"Something About the Way You Look Tonight / Candle in the Wind" became the first-ever song to be certified diamond on October 9, 1997. In fact, it received the certification two years before the official diamond award was unveiled by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Imagine Dragons has four diamond-certified songs. "Radioactive" earned the band's first diamond award on July 6, 2015.
As far as just Double Diamond, there's The Eagles' 'Hotel California,' AC/DC's 'Back in Black,' and Led Zeppelin's 'Led Zeppelin IV. '
Post Malone has broken the record for the most RIAA diamond-certified singles from any artist, with three newly certified records.
There are 110 songs in history that have been certified diamond — here they all are. Post Malone recently earned his eighth diamond award, setting a new record for the most of any artist in history. The RIAA gives diamond certifications to songs that have gone platinum 10 times.
Brooks' seven diamond albums are his self-titled debut, No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Hits, Double-Live, The Ultimate Hits and, coincidentally, Sevens.
Michael Jackson Receives Posthumous RIAA Diamond Certifications – VIBE.com.
The award levels are Silver (20,000+), Double Silver (40,000+), Gold (75,000+), Double Gold (150,000+), Diamond (200,000+), Platinum (400,000+) and Double Platinum (800,000+).
1. "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus.
This week marked the one-week anniversary since Eminem became the first and only rapper to earn two diamond-certified albums. On March 8th, 2022, the RIAA certified two of his albums as double platinum, as XXL points out.
Although 50 Cent mentions diamond status in his posts, his first two albums haven't yet been certified diamond on the Recording Industry Association of America's website. According to the RIAA, as of February 2020, Get Rich or Die Tryin' — which celebrated its 18th anniversary last month — went platinum nine times.
Off The Wall made Jackson the first solo artist to have four singles from the same album peak in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified 9× Platinum by the RIAA and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Garth Brooks holds the record for most diamond-certified albums, with nine. Others with three or more albums that have reached diamond status include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Shania Twain and the Eagles.
1. Elvis Presley. You can't really act surprised when you see Elvis Presley at the top of this list. You know, there's a reason why they called him "The King." You wanted to know who has the most platinum records, and here he is!
Adele's 2015 album 25 has gone diamond, and it's done it in less than a year. Her label presented her with the plaque last week at Madison Square Garden, where she was performing.
On Monday (June 12), RIAA updated their website to show that Jay-Z and Kanye West's 2011 hit “N****s in Paris” had achieved 10x platinum status, qualifying it for a diamond plaque with 10,000,000 units sold.
Diamond Platnumz who came into the spotlight in 2010 after releasing "Kamwambie" has made a new record in Africa after clocking 2 Billion views on YouTube.
With 146.5 million cumulative Album Awards, spanning 101 separate Gold (or higher) albums, Elvis has earned the most Gold Album Awards of any artist in RIAA history. Did You Know?
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, weighing 3,106 carats (621.20 g), discovered at the Premier No. 2 mine in Cullinan, South Africa, on 26 January 1905. It was named after Thomas Cullinan, the owner of the mine.
Post Malone is officially the youngest person in history to earn three diamond plaques at only 25 years old. The three singles to sell more than 10 million copies each are “Congratulations” featuring Quavo, “Sunflower” with Swae Lee and “Rockstar” with 21 Savage.
Kanye West has earned his first ever Diamond certification, with 'Stronger' surpassing the 10 million sales mark earlier this week. Released in 2007 from West's third album 'Graduation', the track has reached the milestone 14 years later.