Brenda Lee’s halls have been decked with a slew of certifications and plaques from the RIAA and Spotify – all in honor of her enduring holiday classic “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree.”
The RIAA presented Lee with a 7x platinum cert for the song – the second highest cerfified Christmas title—song or album—in the organization’s history. Spotify, meanwhile, celebrated Lee for reaching 1b streams of “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” the only holiday song by a female country artist to enter the streamer’s Billions Club. The song also stands at #1 on Spotify’s Top 50 US chart.
The UMG Nashville singer, who’ll celebrate her 80th birthday on 12/11, was also honored last week by Tennessee governor Bill Lee and Nashville-area state representative Jason Powell, who issued a proclamation naming the 1958 classic the state’s official holiday song.
Pictured (l-r): Spotify’s Gemma McInturff, Tim Foisset, Rachel Whitney. Brenda Lee.UMGN’s Cindy Mabe, Tatiana Angulo, Vipin Reddy, Derek Anderson
