Post Malone holds the record for the most diamond-certified songs with eight to his name. He earned his first in 2019 for "Congratulations." He received two more awards in 2020 (for "Rockstar" and "Sunflower") and an additional two in 2022 (for "White Iverson" and "Psycho" featuring Ty Dolla $ign).
With this latest certification, Katy Perry has amassed a total of four diamond singles throughout her career, and she now holds the record for the most diamond-certified singles among female musicians. Prior to this achievement, she was tied with Lady Gaga, as both artists had three diamond plaques to their credit.
Garth Brooks has received seven Diamond awards for seven individual albums from the RIAA for selling over ten million units each, a feat only he can claim, and is the No.
Others with three or more albums that have reached diamond status include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Shania Twain and the Eagles. The RIAA awards diamond plaques to albums and singles that reach 10 times platinum status.
1. "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
Only 116 songs in history have been certified diamond and 23 artists have multiple songs on the list. Post Malone has the most with eight, followed by Bruno Mars with six.
At the time, Posty joined fellow rappers Juicy J, T.I., OutKast, Tupac Shakur and Drake who have also reached diamond status for either features on a song, their own albums or a song they released during their careers.
There are 116 songs in history that have been certified diamond — here they all are. "Stay" by The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber is the most recent song to receive the rare certification. It's Bieber's fourth diamond song ever. The RIAA gives diamond certifications to songs that have gone platinum 10 times.
Jay-Z has earned his first ever diamond certification. The RIAA noted on Monday (June 12), that his 2011 collaboration with Kanye West, "N-ggas In Paris" achieved 10x platinum status, qualifying it for a diamond plaque with 10,000,000 units sold.
Eminem's combined six RIAA Diamond awards – three albums and three singles – vault him into music's stratosphere and cement his place as one of the most accomplished artists in history.
However, West has just reached another milestone in his career, as he has just earned his first-ever RIAA certified Diamond record. Earlier this week, it was announced that the Chicago hip-hop legend has earned his first certified Diamond single in his 2007 single “Stronger” from his third studio album, Graduation.
"Shake It Off" was certified diamond on March 13, 2020, making Swift the first female artist in US history to have both a diamond-certified single and album (2008's "Fearless").
The anticipation forGet Rich Or Die Tryin''s release was so high that Interscope Records rushed it out five days before its scheduled Feb. 11 date. It sold over 800K copies in its first week and has since been certified Diamond by the RIAA.
March 9, 2011: By 2011, Eminem had proven his historical dominance 10 times over. On this day, in 2011, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) revealed that two of Em's albums had gone diamond.
Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar's single has just sold over 10 million units, making it their first diamond single as individual artists.
This week, Cardi B continues her record-breaking streak by becoming the first female rapper to earn three certified diamond songs by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A diamond certification means that 10 million units of the song have sold.
Eminem Goes Diamond Twice
On March 8th, 2022, the RIAA certified two of his albums as double platinum, as XXL points out. The Eminem Show officially reached 11M units sold while The Marshall Mathers LP reached diamond status on the same day.
As music sales increased with the introduction of compact discs, the RIAA created the Multi-Platinum award in 1984. Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999.
The RIAA bestows a diamond award upon those songs that have moved at least 10 million equivalent units, combining actual sales and equivalent units comprised of streams.
Diamond certifications—awarded to those works that have shifted at least 10 million equivalent copies between pure sales and streaming—are reserved for the biggest and most successful albums and songs, while more than one of these rare plaques means an artist is truly a legend.
“We Found Love” is Rihanna's first certified diamond single as a lead artist. She has three other songs vying for this coveted honor, including “Stay,” “Work,” and most recently, “Needed Me.” Each of the latter three tunes has sales of nine million equivalent units.
Finally, and most importantly, Jackson becomes the first singer in American history to own multiple Diamond singles and albums. Before 'Billie Jean' and 'Thriller' (the song) crossed the sales threshold, their parent album and its 1987 follow-up, 'Bad,' beat them to the punch.