Lady Gaga Ties Cardi B And Katy Perry For The Most Diamond-Certified Singles Among Women.
Post Malone holds the record for the most diamond-certified songs in history 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).
Out of more than 100 diamond-certified albums, only 29 are by women or female-fronted bands. Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, and others have multiple entries on this list.
Katheryn Hudson) is the only other female artist with as many as three Diamond awards, for “Dark Horse” (29 October 2015; 11x multi-platinum as of 12 December 2018), “Firework” (29 October 2015; 12x multi-platinum as of 20 August 2020) and “Roar” (22 June 2017).
Mariah Carey (USA) has topped the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart on 19 different occasions.
Madonna. The Queen of Pop, Madonna, is the bestselling female artist of all time. She's released 14 studio albums, three soundtracks, five live albums and six compilations, plus 63 UK Top 10 singles. Since 1983, she's sold an estimated 335 million albums and singles worldwide.
Whitney Houston holds the Guinness World Record as the most awarded female artist of all time, with more than 400 career awards. Whitney won 6 GRAMMY Awards and 22 American Music Awards. This list details a majority of Whitney's awards.
Gaga is now tied for the most diamond-certified singles among women, as both Katy Perry and Cardi B have also earned as many of these wins.
Brooks' seven diamond albums are his self-titled debut, No Fences, Ropin' The Wind, The Hits, Double-Live, The Ultimate Hits and, coincidentally, Sevens.
The Bodyguard soundtrack by Whitney Houston (with various artists) is the best-selling album credited to a woman; its sales are over 50 million copies since its release in November 1992.
The late singer's 1985 debut Whitney Houston and her sophomore 1987 Whitney album are also Diamond, making her the only female artist to have three albums of that status. Only two other women in music history can say they have a Diamond-certified single and album: Taylor Swift and Mariah Carey.
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.
Nicki Minaj's monumental smash hit single, “Super Bass,” from Pink Friday has become RIAA certified Diamond. The decade old song peaked at the No. 3 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and continues to be a fan favorite.
Post Malone Breaks Bruno Mars' Record For Most Diamond Certified Singles In RIAA History. Post Malone has broken the record for the most Diamond-certified singles in RIAA history.
For starters, unlike Adele, Taylor Swift or Usher, Beyoncé has no diamond-selling albums (not even her double-album I Am … Sasha Fierce, which would've had to sell only 5 million to earn that certification).
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.
Perry also holds the record for the most 6-million-selling songs, with three of her songs—"Firework", "Roar", and "Dark Horse"—selling over 6 million copies. All three have also received Diamond song certifications from the RIAA, making her the first artist to accomplish such a feat.
Not only are Spice Girls the most commercially successful girl group of all time, with 80 million records sold during their career, they're also by far the most influential of modern times.
Selena Gomez is the most-followed woman, actor, musician and North American on Instagram, with over 420 million followers.
With 40 top 10 hits in the Hot 100 over her career, Swift surpassed Madonna as the woman with the most top 10s in the chart's history. (Madonna has 38 top 10 singles.) Swift is only surpassed by Drake, who counts 59 top 10 hits.
The Beatles, unsurprisingly, lead the way with a record 20 No. 1s, all earned between 1964 and 1970. The Fab Four also scored 34 top 10s (second only to Madonna's 38), hitting No. 1 in over half their visits to the top 10.