"Crystallize" is a song by American dubstep-violinist Lindsey Stirling from her self-titled studio album, Lindsey Stirling. The song was released as a music video on YouTube on February 23, 2012. The video proved to be a success, with more than 42 million views at the end of the year, and was the eighth-most watched video of 2012. The song became Lindsey Stirling's album's lead single due to its success. The song appeared on three Billboard charts and, according to Nielsen SoundScan, by April 2013 it had reached 234,000 digital sales. On February 4, 2014, almost two years after the release of the video, "Crystallize" earned Stirling's first RIAA certified gold record by selling 500,000 copies in the United States. At the end of 2013, on the year-end chart, "Crystallize" finished first in t