#1 – Eminem In March of 2022, three of Eminem's albums, The Eminem Show, Curtain Call: The Hits, and The Marshall Mathers LP, were diamond certified songs as well.
Post Malone has broken the record for the most RIAA diamond-certified singles from any artist, with three newly certified records.
Post Malone has broken the record for the most Diamond-certified singles in RIAA history. Post Malone has made history.
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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.
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.
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.
47. "Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott featuring Drake. "Sicko Mode" was certified diamond on December 9, 2020.
"Bodak Yellow" made Cardi B the first female rapper to have a song certified Diamond by the RIAA, a record which she has since extended to three Diamond-certified songs.
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.
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. The RIAA awards diamond plaques to albums and singles that reach 10 times platinum status.
From 2Pac The Greatest Hits, Eminem The Eminem Show to Outkast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, here are the 7 diamond selling rap albums ranked.
The album became the first rap album to go diamond, and helped transform hip hop music into a global phenomenon. Since then, only a handful of rappers have managed to hit diamond status: What is this? MC Hammer: You have people who are really good at rapping and they call themselves a lyricist.
Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar's single has just sold over 10 million units, making it their first diamond single as individual artists.
We finally know the fate of Lil Uzi Vert's forehead diamond and all we can say about this anecdote is "ouch." In case you forgot, the rapper got a $24 million natural pink diamond implanted into his forehead back in February 2021, though the stone mysteriously disappeared from his face a few months later.
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.
Lil Uzi Vert is now a Diamond recording artist thanks to his hit “XO Tour Lif3.”
Post Malone holds the record for the most diamond-certified songs with eight to his name.
Released two years after Tupac Shakur's death, Greatest Hits features the rapper's iconic singles like "Hail Mary," "California Love," "Hit 'Em Up," "I Ain't Mad at Cha" and "I Get Around." In 2011, the album was given a Diamond status by the RIAA.
Drake's "God's Plan" was certified diamond in 2019. The rapper received a second diamond certification in 2020 as a featured artist on Travis Scott's "Sicko Mode," and a third in 2021 as a featured artist on Future's "Life Is Good." He added two more to his total in 2022 for "Hotline Bling" and "One Dance."
As the song from the 1953 film,Gentlemen Prefer Blondes goes, “Diamonds are a girl's best friend.” For Cardi B, those diamonds are certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which recently announced that the “WAP” artist has become the first female rapper to go diamond with multiple songs.
Nicki Minaj is now the third female rapper in history to earn a diamond plaque, as the RIAA confirmed that “Super Bass” has sold over 10 million units.
With a combined six Diamond awards — three for albums and three for singles — Eminem has firmly secured a place as one of the biggest-selling acts in music history, with the more than 73 million new certifications pushing his career RIAA Award total to 227.5 million; that number includes 166 million single ...
Thriller, the album, gained its overall Diamond certification back in 1983 and became 34 times multi-platinum in August 2021. That same month, Bad also became 11 times multi-platinum after becoming a Diamond-certified album in February 2017.