EARLIER THIS SUMMER, when Josh Abbott learned he achieved a third gold single, his first thought was about the big-picture symbolism.

“To have it happen in the second decade of my career, makes me feel validated,” Abbott says. “It says that we are a band that will last and be around a long time. It says that I can write successful music, and that I don’t need to rely on national radio to get it to gold.”

The Josh Abbott band announced on Thursday that “Settle Me Down,” off the group’s 2020 album of the same name, received the certification from RIAA. The song joins Abbott’s 2010 recordings “She’s Like Texas” and “Oh, Tonight” — the latter recorded as a duet with Kacey Musgraves — in hitting the milestone of 500,000 sales.