Simply 9 months after Eminem dethroned Drake because the King of Digital Music, the Canadian hitmaker returned in an enormous method to recapture the crown.
Particulars inside.
Earlier than Thursday (December 8), Em reigned within the document books of the Recording Business Affiliation of America (RIAA) as the primary and solely rapper to boast 3 Diamond singles – that means every music had offered 10 million copies in the US. That modified with the newest RIAA announcement which revealed Drake has a slew of certifications connected to a few of his largest hits.
Main the pack is 2018’s ‘God’s Plan,’ which now sits at 15x Platinum (making it the third highest-certified music in RIAA digital historical past). At writing, solely Lil Nas X‘s ‘Previous City Highway’ and Publish Malone & Swae Lee‘s ‘Sunflower’ have been licensed greater. Elsewhere, Drizzy welcomed two new Diamond singles, ‘Hotline Bling‘ (2015) and ‘One Dance‘ (2016), to his RIAA complete – making him the second emcee in historical past to gather three plaques of such stature.
Amongst all artists, solely Em (3), Katy Perry (3), Think about Dragons (4), The Weeknd (4), Publish Malone (4), and Bruno Mars (5) can boast having as many or extra Diamond certifications.
See the complete listing of the 6 God’s upgrades beneath.
15x Platinum
- ‘God’s Plan’ (Single)
10x Platinum [Diamond]
- ‘Hotline Bling’ (Single)
- ‘One Dance’ (Single)
7x Platinum
5x Platinum
3x Platinum
- ‘If You’re Studying This It’s Too Late’ (Album)
- ‘I’m Upset’ (Single)
- ‘Extra Life’ (Single)
- ‘Thank Me Later’ (Album)
2x Platinum
- ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ (Album)
Notice: “Platinum” denotes gross sales of 1 million in the US.
The updates above push Drake’s cumulative digital gross sales to 184 million in the US alone, besting the 166 million gross sales of Eminem (the earlier RIAA digital champion)
