Hudson Westbrook Earns RIAA Platinum for "House Again"

Country artist Hudson Westbrook's single "House Again" has achieved Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), an award dated November 5, 2025. The certification recognizes 1,000,000 certified units in the United States. The single was released by River House Artists / Warner Music Nashville.

Released on October 18, 2024, "House Again" served as Westbrook's breakthrough single and his official debut to country radio. The song's lyrics detail a narrator's reflection on how a former partner made his house feel like a home, contrasting the warmth of the past with its current emptiness after she moved out. The track, which appears on Westbrook's 17-track debut album, Texas Forever, has found a significant audience, earning over 154 million streams on Spotify and more than 765,000 Shazams.

A native of Stephenville, Texas, Hudson Westbrook is an artist rooted in the state's Red Dirt scene, with influences including George Strait, Turnpike Troubadours, and Parker McCollum. He made a viral debut in 2024 with his first release, "Take It Slow," and cultivated a grassroots following with subsequent hits like the Texas radio chart-topper "Two Way Drive" while he was a student at Texas Tech University. Praised by Billboard for his "traditional country sounds and timeless songwriting," Westbrook's rapid ascent is underscored by his digital metrics, which include over 6.7 million monthly Spotify listeners, 1.2 million TikTok followers, and more than 106 million lifetime streams on Pandora.