At writing, there are solely 87 songs within the historical past of recorded music to boast a Diamond certification from the Recording Trade Affiliation of America (RIAA).
A measure that denotes the gross sales equivalence of 10 million items in america, the once-nearly unreachable standing noticed an explosion within the variety of achievers as soon as the group started together with streaming figures in its tabulation.
However, the vied plaque nonetheless eludes even a few of music’s greatest names as evidenced by the listing of hits that presently line the RIAA’s ‘best-selling singles ever’ listing. And whereas only some are fortunate sufficient to nab one Diamond certification over their total careers, a formidable group can boast having lifted two songs from the identical album to achieve the gross sales threshold.
Within the wake of Cardi B lately turning into the primary feminine act in historical past to have two singles from one album licensed 11x Platinum or increased (as we reported right here), That Grape Juice thought it apt to toast the unique membership of hitmakers she joins by carrying out the feat.
Because of Girl Gaga‘s hits ‘Poker Face’ and ‘Unhealthy Romance,’ discovered aboard her debut album, ‘The Fame,’ and its reissue, ‘The Fame: Monster,’ respectively, she grew to become the primary artist to ever launch two Diamond-certified singles from one album/period in 2015.
When ‘Love the Approach You Lie’ was licensed Diamond in 2018 it made Eminem the second artist/first rapper to ever nab two certifications of that stature from one album (2010’s ‘Restoration’). The LP’s ‘Not Afraid’ is its different Diamond holder.
Eminem is uniquely the primary artist in American music historical past to have a number of Diamond singles and albums.
Katy Perry rode ‘Darkish Horse’ proper into RIAA historical past books when it galloped previous the group’s threshold for Diamond certification. She not solely grew to become the primary feminine act to personal three Diamond singles general, however the second woman (after Girl Gaga) to carry two singles to that measure from one album (2013’s ‘Prism‘).
‘Roar‘ is the LP’s different Diamond holder.
An early Christmas current certainly, December 20, 2019, introduced with it information that Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Divide’ single, ‘Good,’ had been licensed Diamond.
The feat made him the primary male singer to personal three Diamond singles general, two of which got here from the ‘Divide’ album. ‘Form of You’ is the LP’s different Diamond holder.
Bruno Mars sits in RIAA report books because the artist with essentially the most Diamond singles general (6).
He’s not solely the primary American male singer to personal two Diamond singles from one album, however he’s the primary (general to do it twice. From his debut album, ‘Doo-Wops & Hooligans,’ the tunes ‘Simply the Approach You Are’ and ‘Grenade‘ sit at Diamond or increased. Its follow-up, ‘Unorthodox Jukebox,’ cranked out two Diamond hits as effectively: ‘After I Was Your Man’ and ‘Locked Out of Heaven.’
In summer season 2021, Think about Dragons – essentially the most Diamond-decorated group in RIAA historical past – earned its second of 4 Diamond singles for the tune ‘Demons.’ The tune, discovered aboard their 2012 debut studio album, ‘Night time Visions,’ shares house on the LP’s tracklist with the 14x Platinum hit, ‘Radioactive.’
At writing, ‘Radioactive’ is the best-selling tune by a bunch within the historical past of American music. Dragons’ tertiary album, ‘Evolve,’ additionally birthed two Diamond singles: ‘Thunder’ and ‘Believer.’ The feat makes them the one group in historical past to have delivered two Diamond singles from one album twice.
December 2021 introduced with it information that Cardi B, due to the Diamond certification of her Scorching 100 #1 single, ‘I Like It,’ had turn out to be the primary feminine rapper to have two Diamond singles.
What’s extra, ‘Like’ – and the beforehand Diamond-certified ‘Bodak Yellow’ – are each from her debut album, ‘Invasion of Privateness’ (which stands as the one LP to have each one in all its tracks licensed Gold or increased).
On what would’ve been his sixty fourth birthday, the late King of Pop Michael Jackson noticed two of his most iconic singles – ‘Billie Jean’ and ‘Thriller’ – respectively topped Diamond, breaking a number of RIAA information within the course of.
First, 1983’s ‘Billie Jean’ now beats Whitney Houston‘s signature basic ‘I Will At all times Love You’ because the oldest Diamond-certified tune in historical past by a solo act. The one single older to have been licensed as excessive is Queen’s 1975 basic, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody.’
Second, ‘Billie’ and ‘Thriller’ are the primary songs from the 80s to be licensed Diamond. Subsequent, the updates make MJ the primary artist whose prime predates the Soundscan period to have a number of Diamond singles within the digital period.
Lastly, the triumph made Jackson turns into the primary singer in American historical past to personal a number of Diamond singles and albums. Earlier than ‘Billie Jean’ and ‘Thriller’ (the tune) crossed the gross sales threshold, their mum or dad album and its 1987 follow-up, ‘Unhealthy,’ beat them to the punch.
The Chainsmokers‘ hit collaboration with Halsey, ‘Nearer,’ and their Daya-assisted hit, ‘Don’t Let Me Down,’ are each Diamond and each discovered on their 2016 EP, ‘Collage.’
Although not an album within the conventional sense, ‘Collage’ – nonetheless a physique of labor – made historical past by making the group the primary act ever to see two singles from an EP licensed as 10 million-sellers.
