The Afters' single “Beautiful Love” has been awarded the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Gold Certification. The song, which is the theme to MTV's 8th & Ocean, spurred more than 90,000 online purchases in six weeks.

RIAA Gold Certification for Digital Sales is given to tracks with more than 100,000 downloads.

The band also recently won its first Dove Award for New Artist of the Year (2006).

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