Could 30, 2025
Drake makes historical past together with his tenth Diamond-certified single.
Drake has made historical past as the primary artist to earn 10 Diamond-certified singles, setting a brand new all-time report.
The RIAA introduced the information on Could 28, celebrating the Grammy-winning rapper as the highest holder of Diamond data, every representing 10 million items offered, Billboard reviews. Drake’s newest record-breaking feat comes with “Maintain On, We’re Going House” (2013) and “Greatest I Ever Had” (2009) formally going Diamond. They be a part of his rising record of 10 million-sellers, together with “God’s Plan,” “One Dance,” “Hotline Bling,” Travis Scott’s “SICKO MODE,” “Life Is Good” with Future, Lil Wayne’s “Love Me,” Chris Brown’s “No Steerage,” and Rihanna’s “Work.”
“Drake has probably the most RIAA Diamond Certifications of any artist, ever,” the RIAA captioned an Instagram graphic highlighting all 10 of Drake’s Diamond plaques. “‘Maintain On, We’re Going House’ and ‘Greatest I Ever Had’ at the moment are licensed RIAA Diamond, bringing Drake to a complete of 10 Diamond Certifications.”
The Toronto native could quickly add one other Diamond plaque to his assortment, as his 2018 hit “Good for What” from the chart-topping Scorpion album is at present licensed 9x Platinum. Drake’s different firsts inside the Diamond membership embrace reaching double-digit Diamond certifications throughout each singles and albums, breaking a tie with Garth Brooks and Submit Malone, who every maintain 9.
Extensively thought-about one of many biggest rap artists of all time, Drake is credited with bringing a easy, melodic mix of R&B and hip-hop to mainstream rap. Each album he’s launched since his 2010 debut, Thank Me Later, has topped the US Billboard charts. His 2016 undertaking, Views, spent 13 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, whereas 2021’s Licensed Lover Boy set a report for many U.S. high 10 hits from a single album, with 9.
His newest launch, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, a joint undertaking with PARTYNEXTDOOR, dropped in February and nonetheless has two singles charting: “Nokia” at No. 12 and “Anyone Loves Me” at No. 77 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.
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