Love or loathe him, Chris Brown‘s stats are undeniable – especially at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
As if breaking King of Rock N’ Roll Elvis Presley‘s record for most Gold-certified singles (among male singers) wasn’t enough to brag, he’s also listed in the organization’s logs for being the first male vocalist in their 72-year history to nab 20 Platinum-certified singles.
For context, “Gold” denotes sales of 500,000 in the United States while “Platinum” refers to sales equivalence of 1 million in the same territory.
Now, thanks to the ongoing success of hits like ‘No Guidance,’ ‘Loyal,’ ‘Look at Me Now,’ and more, Brown’s broken even more new ground at the RIAA.
Taking to press on Tuesday (November 12), Chris was greeted with news that his certifications log at the RIAA had been refreshed with several upgrades.
See the full list below.
Diamond (for sales of 10 million)
- No Guidance (Single)
6x Platinum
- With You (Single)
5x Platinum
- Under the Influence (Single)
4x Platinum
- Heat (Single)
3x Platinum
- Privacy Party (Single)
- Indigo (Album)
2x Platinum
- Tempo (Single)
- She Aint You (Single)
- Take You Down (Single)
Platinum
- Indigo (Single)
- Call Me Every Day (Single)
- To My Bed (Single)
Gold
- Breezy (Album)
- Juicy Booty (Single)
- Warm Embrace (Single)
- Angel Numbers (Single)
The updates above bring Chris’ cumulative single sales to 114.5 million – the most of any male R&B singer in music history.
After The Weeknd (whose single sales now sit at 126 million), Brown is the second Black male vocalist to ever cross the RIAA’s 100 million threshold.
When all genres are considered, Brown is listed 10th place on the all-time list behind Drake (244 million), Rihanna (183 million), Eminem (167 million), Kanye West (160.5 million), Taylor Swift (137.5 million), Post Malone (136 million), The Weeknd (126 million), Justin Bieber (121.5 million), Travis Scott (121 million), and Beyonce (114.5 million).
#KING OF MUSIC/POP
& Michael Jackson’s RIAA total?
FREE STREAMING NUMBERS FREE STREAMING NUMBERS FREE STREAMING NUMBERS. Meanwhile the actual pure sales are less than 3 million lol
He ain’t worried about the pure numbers for a 5-year-old song when all in one year he can earn $9 million from just 3 shows, gross $82 million from a 26-city tour (the same gross as Janet’s 2003 tour after inflation), then plan a stadium show overseas and sell it out twice. Who do you think is getting the last laugh? The certifications and ticket sales are proof that a big audience is still engaging with Chris and his music after 20 years. That’s what every artist wants.
STFU Chris Brown groupie ass n****
He ain’t worried about the pure numbers for a 5-year-old song when all in one year he can earn $9 million from just 3 shows, gross $82 million from a 26-city tour (the same gross as Janet’s 2003 tour after inflation), then plan a stadium show overseas and sell it out twice. Who do you think is getting the last laugh? The certifications and ticket sales are proof that a big audience is still engaging with Chris and his music after 20 years. That’s what every artist wants.
LMAO the entire paragraph you typed doesn’t change the fact majority of this song is basically free streaming Numbers. Plus Drake is the one that got him this free Diamond song, just like this song was his first top five hot 100 song in 15 years thanks to Drake lol. Furthermore bragging that his tour Gross the same amount as Janet Jackson tour 21 years ago is not a flex lol. 21 years later his gross should’ve been double and that has nothing to do with global inflation. The funny thing is his last two albums debut with less than 20,000 combined first week sales lol. But you guys swear he is the most successful Artist in the world lol.
@Truth LIAR. CB’s first top song in 15 years? U must be pulling that bleep out your a** because it stinks. He has the most top 40 songs of any male in music history. Of any man. He just had a #1 hit. Maybe you’ve heard of “Sensational”. Yes #1. Oops sorry I forgot his must recent number one “Residuals”. See Breezy fans are not letting you lie all over the page. No son it’s not going down like that.
One for the road –
Breezy just sold out almost 100,000 seat stadium.
In Johannesburg, South Africa in a country not his home country.
In 2 hours.
Gotta love it!
@Truth can you even pee straight for being mad at Chris Brown lmao! You writing paragraphs for a man who could take your woman, send her back to you, all while you are at your 9-5 and still broke lol! Get you some therapy man it ain’t that serious. Bruh is shutting things down. Hard! He’s changing. Making mad bread. Throwing out hits. Touring and stiring up everybody on social media. And making the haters mad.
And Truth. Breezy is the ish. That’s why you’re mad.
GOAT SH*T! FINALLY GAVE HIM HIS DIAMOND
A free screaming Numbers Single going Diamond is not goat s*** lol.
Diamond is GOAT ****
Not for everybody but for a rare talent like Chris Brown it truly is. His talent alone is GOAT. He is the best dancer ever. I grew up with Michael Jackson and even he can’t remotely touch Chris Brown’s dancing ability.
Unimpressive. All smoke and mirrors.
No guidance pure sales probably less than 3 million. He’s overall Singles definitely less than 20 million lol.
Breezy is way better than Beyawnce.
Beyoncé hasnt had an update since Break my soul released so her total is missing Cuff it and Texas Hold Em numbers.
Despite being black listed, Chris has consistently been putting out HITS! . The public rocks with him and there’s not much anyone can do to stop it. Not even the clowns over at the ID channel.
Ha ha ha You said it. Not even the jealous ID channel clowns who saw his success and intentionally tried to hurt him. I removed then from your channels for that nasty piece of work. The public and his fans will stay and we know they’ll try something else that’s why we will rock with him no matter what. We only want the best for Chris and love him and his artistry.
He has bops but is missing that one era that really solidified him. Everything has been blending together for the past 8 years…..
Chris Brown reached GOAT status when he came out as a remarkable dancer that no one has ever seen.
Haters can keep crying. …and he’s not finished.
Haters can keep crying. Shoot more documentaries. Sign more petitions. The man is a force of nature. Stadiums deserve Breezy not the other way around.
After “Fine China”, all the music sounds the same but can’t deny that some facet of the public rocks with him.
When you told the lie his music sounds the same you just let us know you don’t listen to his music. He covers about 5 different genre’s lol.
How many Grammys tho? lol oh okay