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The Diamond Award. The DIAMOND AWARD is presented to those select top-selling artists who have sold over 100 million Records during their career. It is not presented every year. H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco presented the very first Diamond Award to Rod Stewart at the 2002 World Music Awards in Monte-Carlo and to Mariah Carey in 2003.
- Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain (1984, 13x Platinum) A soundtrack that actually makes for a more coherent cinematic experience than the film it accompanies, Purple Rain is certainly in contention for the most perfect album in rock or pop history, expertly flowing from track to track while delighting, surprising and astounding at each bend.
- The Beatles, Abbey Road (1969, 12x Platinum) Sgt. Pepper suggested that an album could be more than the sum of its parts, but Abbey Road’s side two moved to make those parts essentially inseparable: Chances are, you’ve never once in your life heard “Carry That Weight” without it coming between “Golden Slumbers” and “The End.”
- Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971, 23x Platinum) Eight tracks of boundless melodic creativity and instrumental virtuosity, Led Zeppelin’s ambiguously titled fourth album defines the phrase “classic rock” in perpetuity.
- Michael Jackson, Thriller (1982, 33x Platinum) Chris Rock has deemed both Purple Rain and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy superior to Thriller, the best-selling album in U.S. history, saying that “there’s no ‘Baby Be Mine’” on either of those albums.
Aug 30, 2023 · The RIAA has different certification levels for different types of music recordings. For example, in the U.S., a gold certification is awarded for selling 500,000 copies of an album or a single. A recording artist can become certified platinum for selling one million copies of their album. And diamond certified for selling ten million copies.
RIAA certification. In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) operates an awards program based on the certified number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets. [ 1 ] Other countries have similar awards (see music recording certification). Certification is not automatic; for an award ...
Aug 29, 2024 · Imagine Dragons has four diamond-certified songs, the most of any band in history. "Radioactive" earned the band's first diamond award on July 6, 2015. It was followed by "Demons" and "Believer ...
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Aug 29, 2024 · 33. "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. "Old Town Road" was released in 2019. Lil Nas X/YouTube. "Old Town Road" is the fastest song in history to be certified diamond. It ...
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The World Music Awards were established in 1989. [2] Honors are based entirely on worldwide sales figures in the music industry based on the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). [3] The Diamond World Music Award is an award created in 2001.
