Barely a month after extending her record as the Queen of Digital Downloads (and besting Beyonce to become the most Platinum-awarded Black female artist in history), Rihanna has increased the distance between herself and the competition in the record books of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
See how inside.
On Tuesday (March 14), the RIAA took to press to announce ‘Lift Me Up’ – the chart-topping lead single from 2022’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack – had pounced to Platinum.
Denoting sales equivalence of 1 million units in the United States, the new certification comes less than five months after ‘Lift Me Up’ was released and ups the Pop diva’s career count to 163.5 million singles sold in the territory (the most among women).
And, thanks to a critically acclaimed live showing at the 2023 Academy Awards just days prior to the RIAA’s announcement, the Tems-penned tune is enjoying a sales and streaming boost that may expedite its lift to double Platinum status.
The 43rd song of Rih’s career to be certified as high or higher, the only acts to have accumulated as many or more of the shiny plaques in the RIAA’s 70-year history are Drake (74), Kanye West (49), Taylor Swift (49), and Post Malone (43).
It’s of important note that while the GRAMMY-winning songstress is attached to a number of other Platinum-certified hits over her nearly 20-year career, artists’ official Gold, Platinum, multi-Platinum, and Diamond cumulative counts only include songs on which they are listed as lead performers.
So let me get this straight, the single debuts at #2 then falls of the charts shortly thereafter and now is certified platinum…. Billboard is a joke now. This song was a huge flop
Renaissance huge flop and only platinum too so going crying about it!
Break My Soul and Cuff It both slayed Snooze Me Up.
LOL FLOP MY SOUL AND FLOPP IT COULDNT EVEN LAST ON THE CHARTS LONGER THAN LIFT ME PLATINUM LMAOOOO
This song never fell off the charts! It was in the top 40 for weeks. Didn’t fall off until Christmas and bounced back
Folks on this page just speak
Out of their azzzzz
After all that promo, a music video and payola it still couldn’t maintain….. a FLOP is what it was. Smoke n mirrors – story of her untalented career
LOL U ROACHES MAD CUZ THAT FLOPPED ROACH USED TIK TOK, MADONNA AND PAYOLA AND FLOPAISSANCE STILL FLOPPED HARD AND FAST, WHILE QUEEN RIHANNA WENT PLATINUM AND TOP 2 RIGHT OUT THE GATE. LMAOOOO RIHANNA OWNS THAT ROACH AT THIS POINT LMAOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sooo true, this new sales counts for the digital era are totally a joke.
We will never know the real sales anymore.
Streaming inflates figures,depending on who is controlling the narrative.
Cancel the charts.
LMAOOO YALL SAY THAT EVERY TIME RIHANNA OUTSELLS THAT FLOPPED ROACH LMAOOOOO
She is nothang but a microwave single artist 💅🏾 plus her baby is ugly as hell, Diva can imagine that baby is aggressive like most Black men
What is wrong g with you?00
What’s right with you? 💅🏾
Calling someone ugly when you probably look like a baboons a**. Suck it up buttercup. Her songs are amazing and she is doing everything that a low life like you could never achieve in 50 lifetimes.
Bow down to the beautiful billionaire.
If you don’t care for her or her music that definitely your choice, but your a piece of $h-t for even putting a baby in the middle of something he has nothing to with. You’re a whole crusty a$$!!!
I don’t believe it. Nobody liked the song it sucked!!!
That Rihanna reign just won’t let up.
I’m giving my smile away to her achievements Mother and Monster .
“Beyonce”Hip/not/attic has a song.Its😇😇
LMAOOO SOOO, WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CUFF IT? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAOOO BUMYONCE IS RIHANNAS MAID AT THIS POINT, NOBODY EVEN REMEMBERS FLOPAISSANCE HAPPENED LMAOOOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This is one of the most beautiful songs I heard in a long time! It brings tears to my eyes.
Rihanna is blessed with that midas touch. Wherever she extends her talent its majestic glow just radiates the universe. Some people are born with talent some achieve talent and others have talent thrusted upon them. Rihanna falls into all three categories
LOL FLOP MY SOUL AND FLOPP IT COULDNT EVEN LAST ON THE CHARTS
LONGER THAN LIFT ME PLATINUM LMAOOOO