Mac Miller posthumously earns platinum certification for 2018 album Swimming

Mac Miller has posthumously earned his first platinum album for Swimming, which was released shortly before his death in 2018.

The Recording Industry Association of America awarded the late rapper the honour after his album sold over one million copies in the United States.

Swimming featured popular songs such as Come Back To Earth, What’s The Use and Wings.

Mac, real name Malcolm James McCormick, died in September 2018 after being found unresponsive at his home, with the LA County Coroners Office finding fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol in his system.

Last year, his family released a deluxe edition of his posthumous album Circles, which he was working on at the time of his death.

A statement by his family at the time read: ‘Here we are. The act of having to write this at all feels surreal. At the time of his passing, Malcolm was well into the process of recording his companion album to Swimming, entitled Circles.

‘Two different styles complementing each other, completing a circle – Swimming in Circles was the concept. He had been working with Jon Brion, who after hearing some early versions of songs, cleared his calendar to help Malcolm fine-tune them.’

‘After his passing, Jon dedicated himself to finishing Circles based on his time and conversations with Malcolm. We are eternally grateful to Jon and to those who gave their best to the difficult and emotional task of putting out this body of work.’

His family went on to discuss how the companion album was ‘important’ to the artist and how it was a ‘difficult decision’.

‘One of the most difficult decisions in the process is how best to let people know about it – how to communicate meaningfully while keeping sacred what should be kept sacred,’ the statement continued.

‘We hope you take the time to listen. The look on his face when everyone was listening said it all.’

Circles featured the critically acclaimed songs called Right and Floating, and debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200 charts.

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