Being one of many best-selling artists in digital music historical past actually comes with its fair proportion of record-breaking stats; simply ask The Weeknd.
The identical day the GRAMMY winner (born Abel Tesfaye) realized his 2015 chart-topper ‘Can’t Really feel My Face‘ felt its method to Diamond standing on the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA) for gross sales of 10 million in the US, he was additionally knowledgeable a slew of his different hits had their certifications upgraded as effectively.
The fourth time he’s seen a single attain the gross sales threshold, the crowning – which follows comparable remedy beforehand given to ‘Blinding Lights,’ ‘Starboy,’ and ‘The Hills‘ (as we reported right here) – makes ‘Face’ solely the 94th music in historical past (amongst all artists) to be licensed as excessive. It’s additionally value noting the win makes him the primary Black artist to personal 4 Diamond plaques.
See the total checklist of current updates to his catalog.
10x Platinum [Diamond]
- ‘Can’t Really feel My Face’ (Single)
6x Platinum
- ‘Magnificence Behind the Insanity’ (Album)
5x Platinum
- ‘Die For You’ (Single)
4x Platinum
- ‘Acquainted’ (Single)
3x Platinum
- ‘After Hours’ (Album)
1x Platinum
- ‘I Was By no means There’ (Single)
- ‘Shameless’ (Single)
- ‘Harm You’ (Single)
- ‘Within the Night time’ (Single)
- ‘Prisoner’ (Single)
- ‘My Pricey Melancholy’ (Album)
- ‘Strive Me’ (Single)
Be aware: The time period ‘Platinum’ denotes gross sales of 1 million in the US.
Because of the collective updates, Tesfaye’s cumulative Stateside single gross sales have been hoisted to 108 million – thereby getting into him into an unique membership of hitmakers who’ve offered over 100 million digital information within the nation.
The primary and (at current) solely Black male singer within the group, Abel joins fellow Canadian Justin Bieber as the one two male singers who made the lower.
Amongst all acts, the checklist consists of Katy Perry (109.5 million), Bieber (111 million), Beyonce (114.5 million), Submit Malone (121 million), Taylor Swift (137.5 million), Kanye West (139 million), Rihanna (155.5 million), Eminem (166 million), and Drake (184 million).
