Metro Boomin Earns RIAA 2x Platinum for "Heroes & Villains"

Metro Boomin's acclaimed sophomore album, Heroes & Villains, has officially been certified 2x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The certification, dated December 1, 2025, recognizes 2,000,000 units in the United States. Released on December 2, 2022, via Boominati Worldwide and Republic Records, the album continued the producer's streak of chart-topping success.

Upon its release, Heroes & Villains became Metro Boomin's third project to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album spawned a quartet of Top 40 entries, led by the chart-topping platinum-selling single "Creepin'," a collaboration with The Weeknd and 21 Savage that notably interpolated Mario Winans' 2004 hit "I Don't Wanna Know." Other standout tracks that amassed massive streaming numbers include "Too Many Nights" (featuring Don Toliver and Future), "Trance" (with Travis Scott and Young Thug), and "Superhero (Heroes & Villains)" (with Future and Chris Brown). The project's critical and commercial success was further recognized with a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

A St. Louis native who became a central figure in Atlanta's trap scene, Metro Boomin (born Leland Wayne) has been a dominant force in modern hip-hop for over a decade. He rose to prominence crafting a signature "jet-black and low-gloss" sound for artists like Future, Migos, and Drake, producing a string of multi-platinum hits including "Bad and Boujee" and "Congratulations." His own projects have consistently achieved No. 1 status, from his 2018 solo debut Not All Heroes Wear Capes to collaborative albums like Savage Mode II with 21 Savage and 2024's WE DON'T TRUST YOU with Future. His work on the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack also topped the charts, and his influence was further cemented by a Grammy nomination for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.