The Barbadian superstar has secured four new Diamond certifications for her singles: “Umbrella” (featuring Jay-Z), “Stay” (11x), “Work” (featuring Drake), and “Needed Me.” This achievement makes her the female artist with the most Diamond-certified singles in RIAA history, totaling seven.
“Umbrella” becomes Jay-Z’s second Diamond certification, and “Work” becomes Drake’s sixth Diamond certification.
In the U.S., a Diamond award is given by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales amounting to 10 million units. The RIAA considers both downloads and on-demand audio and video streams towards the required thresholds.
Rihanna is now the first female artist in RIAA history to surpass 200 million total certified units as a soloist (183 million singles, 28 million albums).
The formula for calculating certifications is 150 on-demand streams equaling one download, and a song is re-certified after each million units in sales.
Rihanna is the only artist from the Caribbean with a Diamond single certification in RIAA history. On May 31, 2024, the Fenty mogul also earned several multi-Platinum certifications: 7x Platinum for “Love On The Brain,” 5x Platinum for “FOURFIVESECONDS” and the album “Loud,” 6x Platinum for “S&M,” 4x Platinum for “Bitch Better Have My Money,” and 3x Platinum for “Shut Up And Drive,” “Hate That I Love You,” and “Sex With Me.” Additionally, she received a Platinum certification for “Cockiness.”
The mother of two posted on X, “ain’t no back and forth.”
ain’t no back n forth pic.twitter.com/hXnIN7ZGap
— Rihanna (@rihanna) May 31, 2024
Only 26 artists have multiple Diamond-Certified Songs as of — See them below Updated May 31, 2024:
- Justin Bieber“Baby” (May 9, 2013)
- “Despacito” (2018)
- “Sorry” (2021)
- “Stay” with The Kid LAROI (2023)
- Eminem“Not Afraid” (June 10, 2014)
- “Lose Yourself” (2018)
- “Love the Way You Lie” (2018)
- Lady Gaga“Bad Romance” (2015)
- “Poker Face” (2015)
- “Just Dance” (2023)
- Imagine Dragons“Radioactive” (2015)
- “Demons” (2021)
- “Believer” (2021)
- “Thunder” (2022)
- Bruno Mars“Uptown Funk”
- “Just the Way You Are”
- “Grenade”
- “That’s What I Like”
- “When I Was Your Man”
- “Locked Out of Heaven”
- Katy Perry“Roar” (2017)
- “Firework” (2018)
- “Dark Horse” (2018)
- “California Gurls” (2023)
- Pharrell“Blurred Lines” (2018)
- “Happy” (2020)
- Florida Georgia Line“Cruise” (2018)
- “Meant to Be” (2020)
- Ed Sheeran“Shape of You” (2019)
- “Thinking Out Loud” (2019)
- “Perfect” (2019)
- The Weeknd“The Hills” (2019)
- “Blinding Lights”
- “Starboy”
- “Can’t Feel My Face” (2022)
- “Earned It” (2023)
- Drake“God’s Plan” (2019)
- “Sicko Mode” (2020)
- “Life Is Good” (2021)
- “Hotline Bling”
- “One Dance” (2022)
- “Work” (2024)
- Post Malone“Congratulations” (2019)
- “Rockstar”
- “Sunflower” (2020)
- “White Iverson”
- “Psycho” (2022)
- “Better Now”
- “I Fall Apart”
- “Circles” (2023)
- “Wow.” (2024)
- Cardi B“Bodak Yellow” (2021)
- “Girls Like You” (2021)
- “I Like It” (2021)
- Maroon 5“Moves Like Jagger”
- “Girls Like You” (2021)
- “Sugar” (2022)
- The Chainsmokers“Closer” (2018)
- “Don’t Let Me Down”
- “Something Just Like This” (2022)
- Twenty One Pilots“Stressed Out” (2021)
- “Heathens” (2022)
- Swae Lee“Sunflower” (2020)
- “Unforgettable” (2022)
- Michael Jackson“Billie Jean” (August 29, 2022)
- “Thriller” (August 29, 2022)
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis“Thrift Shop” (2015)
- “Can’t Hold Us” (2022)
- Halsey“Closer” (2018)
- “Without Me” (2023)
- Rihanna“Love the Way You Lie” (2018)
- “We Found Love” (2023)
- “Diamonds” (2024)
- “Umbrella” featuring Jay-Z (2024)
- “Work” with Drake (2024)
- “Stay” (2024)
- “Needed Me” (2024)
- Kanye West“Stronger” (2021)
- “Niggas in Paris” (2023)
- XXXTentacion“Sad!” (2021)
- “Fuck Love” (2023)
- Khalid“Location” (2022)
- “Young Dumb & Broke” (2023)
- Nicki Minaj“Super Bass” (2021)
- “Bang Bang” (2024)
- Jay-Z“Niggas in Paris” (2023)
- “Umbrella” with Rihanna (2024)
