Just weeks after making headlines for crushing King of Rock N’ Roll Elvis Presley‘s record for most Gold-certified songs (among male vocalists), Chris Brown is logged in the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) history books for planting R&B’s flag in yet another uncharted territory.
Details inside.
Believe it or not, only 8 acts in the history of recorded music can boast having scored 20 or more multi-Platinum singles in America over their careers. The RIAA qualifies “multi-Platinum” as 2 million or more sold in the United States.
At writing, Chris – with exactly 20 to his credit – is the only male singer in the group. Among all acts, his placement follows Lil Wayne (20), Beyonce (21), Kanye West (26), Taylor Swift (28), Eminem (30), Drake (32), and Rihanna (34).
What’s more, the RIAA took to press earlier this week to award even more plaques to the ‘Loyal‘ hitmaker. See the full list below of updates (as of February 14).
6x Platinum
- ‘Loyal’ (Single)
Platinum (for sales of 1 million in the U.S.)
- ‘Superhero’ (Single)
Gold (for sales of 500,000 in the U.S.)
- B*tches & Marijuana (Single)
Together, the updates help bring Brown’s overall digital single sales to 94.5 million in the U.S. – extending his record as the best-selling male R&B singer of the digital age.
Overall, the only acts to have sold more digital records than Chris are Drake (184 million), Eminem (166 million), Rihanna (161.5 million), Kanye West (140.5 million), Taylor Swift (137.5 million), Post Malone (121 million), Beyonce (114.5 million), Justin Bieber (112.5 million), The Weeknd (111 million), and Katy Perry (109.5 million).
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GOLD Singles…
(Black Female Performers Who Have 20+ Gold Singles)
Sza(20), Nicki Minaj (21), Janet Jackson (22), Doja Cat (23), Whitney Houston (23), Mariah Carey (34), Rihanna (55), and Beyonce (61).
#THE QUEEN OF CHRIST
Did he pay that black businesswoman her million-dollar payment back yet??? Thief beatem up brown lol.
Well if you put out 50x more singles than your 7 competitors across a MUCH shorter time succession, its hardly surprising that you’re gonna come out on top, is it? How about you compare those statistics fairly, representative of time, sales mediums etc?
THIS 👏
I never said they had to buy his music, did I? Reading is comprehension and the point totally went over your head so 🤷
Ppl don’t have to stream or buy his 💩 dummy. U just sound like a HATER. Probably just SALTY 🧂because 🤴 KING CHRIS surpassed MJ’S multi Plat Singles count. 🤷 🤣
#KING OF POP 👑
Their logic and reasoning never adds up, lol
Next they’ll be saying Chris Brown performed magic rituals that hypnotized everyone and made them stream his terrible music.
F*** his microwave singles, what those album sales and tours looking like lol… how many Grammys? Cultural impact…NONE! Don’t ever mention that crackhead in the same breath as MJ. He’s more like a less successful version of Bobby Brown….💀
Don’t forget Michael had pure sales, there was no such thing as streaming. Chris’s music is only known by R&B audiences. He has no crossover success at this point so he couldn’t possibly be in the same lane as Michael was.
Chris brown is a flop that hasn’t had a #1 bb hit in FIFTEEN years
So this is what being “cancelled” looks like? Must be nice.
I thought Chris was in a good place again after Loyal, No Guidance and Go Crazy, so the 2022 Billboard cancellation and all the talk about 2009 again is a surprise to me. People hate Chris but they still love Biggie and Dre who are both celebrated by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. People pick and choose when to let the past be the past while others get canceled.
decapitate chris brown! all you people who hate him for almost killing rihanna
*chris brown getting decapitated by haters
*i want cb decapitated by his haters!
Says no one. Rihorse gets no sympathy.
Something a hater would say. What tour are you headlining? How many fans you have? Oh ok
None really compare to Elvis who did it the hard way not at the click of switch where they get a gold disc at the click of a button.