RIAA: Katy Perry Ties Whitney Houston As Overall Most Diamond-Certified Female Acts in History
Katy Perry was such a force at the height of her career that content from her best-selling efforts – 2010’s ‘Teenage Dream‘ and 2013’s ‘Prism‘ – are still breaking records, leaving her contemporaries as well as preceding and succeeding artists in her rearview. Her latest history-making accomplishment came courtesy of news the Snoop Dogg-assisted, » Read more about: RIAA: Katy Perry Ties Whitney Houston As Overall Most Diamond-Certified Female Acts in History » The post RIAA: Katy Perry Ties Whitney Houston As Overall Most Diamond-Certified Female Acts in History appeared first on ..::That Grape Juice.net::.. - Thirsty?.
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Katy Perry was such a force at the height of her career that content from her best-selling efforts – 2010’s ‘Teenage Dream‘ and 2013’s ‘Prism‘ – are still breaking records, leaving her contemporaries as well as preceding and succeeding artists in her rearview.
Her latest history-making accomplishment came courtesy of news the Snoop Dogg-assisted, chart-topping 2010 hit ‘California Gurls‘ (found aboard ‘Teenage’) had crossed the threshold for Diamond status at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) – meaning it had sold the equivalence of 10 million units in the United States alone.
That feat not only made her the first woman in music history to own four Diamond plaques for singles, but put her in unique company in the organization’s overall record books.
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Before June 21, late Pop icon Whitney Houston was the only female act to boast four Diamond plaques to her credit.
The timeless classic ‘I Will Always Love You‘ was granted one of those awards while the other three were bestowed to bodies of work – the ‘Whitney Houston‘ (1985) and ‘Whitney‘ (1987) albums as well as the 1992 soundtrack ‘The Bodyguard.’ Uniquely, the latter honors made her the first Black artist to own multiple certifications of that stature for albums.
With Katy’s latest shiny addition, she – despite having no bodies of work certified as high – ties Whitney as the most Diamond-certified women of all time overall.
Among all acts, the only stars to own more plaques of such rank are Garth Brooks (9 Diamond-certified albums), Post Malone (7 Diamond-certified singles), Eminem (3 Diamond-certified albums, 3 Diamond-certified singles), The Beatles (6 Diamond-certified albums), Led Zeppelin (5 Diamond-certified albums), Bruno Mars (5 Diamond-certified singles), and The Weeknd (5 Diamond-certified singles).
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