Drake rang in his 39th birthday on Friday (October 24) with a history-making update from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
While it’s no secret Drake (born Aubrey Graham) was already the best-selling artist in the 73-year history of the RIAA, he managed to extend that reign with some jaw-dropping certification upgrades to his catalog.
See the full list of updates bestowed to his projects on Friday.
10x Platinum (aka Diamond)
- Nice for What (Single)
- Take Care (Album)
- The Motto (Single)
- Headlines (Single)
- Passionfruit (Single)
- Nonstop (Single)
9x Platinum
- Views (Album)
7x Platinum
- Nothing Was the Same (Album)
5x Platinum
- If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (Album)
- Chicago Freestyle (Single)
- Rich Flex (Single)
3x Platinum
- For All the Dogs (Album)
- Rich Baby Daddy (Single)
2x Platinum
- Slime You Out (Single)
- Virginia Beach (Single)
- Hours in Silence (Single)
For context, the term “Platinum” refers to the sales equivalence of 1 million units in the United States.
Thanks to the massive updates above, Drizzy’s catalog now sits at 329.5 million – making the Canadian hitmaker the first artist in American music history to sell over 300 million total records.
In addition to his 96 Gold-certified releases, that 329.5 million is comprised of 11 Diamond-certified titles, 52 multi-Platinum-certified projects, and 95 Platinum-certified efforts.
To date, no artist could ever boast accumulating as many Diamond, Platinum, or multi-Platinum-certified titles. At writing, the record for Gold releases remains with King of Rock n’ Roll Elvis Presley (155).
Most successful BLACK artist of all time.
1. Michael Jackson
2. Beyonce
3. Rihanna
4. Mariah
5. Drake
Beyonce has not out sold Rihanna , Mariah or Whitney. And Drake is placed at number 6 on the list and Beyonce got him of a margarine 30 million ahead.
1. Michael Jackson
2. Rihanna
3. Mariah Carey
4. Whitney Houston
5. Beyonce
Sorry dear but drake is not top 5 amongst top 5 of all time in sells. He actually falls at number 6. Close though but not quite.
And ps the real winner on this list is Rihanna who is the second highest selling female artist in the world only second behind Madonna. And second behind Michael Jackson amongst blacks. And hasn’t put out a album in almost 10 years. And have a huge empire of cosmetics and lingerie etc. And Is worth also the most on the list. So shes the real winner.
Your welcome ,
It’s ok we still don’t fw him
Somebody lying cause he still movin and I ain’t talking that bbl he got.
I wish they would quit posting these bogus ass FREE STREAMING Numbers/fake sales from this generation Artist who had their prime in the past 15 years.
How many ALBUMS sold? That’s what we care about most… total ALBUM SALES. Single sales are a whole different metric.