Whitney Houston makes history with 3rd diamond album

[limezd]

NEW YORK - The late Whitney Houston has earned her third diamond-certified album, becoming the first Black artist to achieve the feat.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and Legacy Recordings announced Wednesday that Houston’s 1987 sophomore album, “Whitney,“ has reached diamond status, which is equivalent to selling 10 million albums. Her self-titled 1985 debut album and 1992’s “The Bodyguard” soundtrack were already diamond successes, selling 13 million and 18 million units, respectively.

“Whitney“ featured four songs that topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart: the Grammy-winning “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me),” “Didn’t We Almost Have It All,” “So Emotional” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go.” The single “Love Will Save the Day” peaked at No. 9 on the chart.

Garth Brooks holds the record for most diamond-certified albums, with nine. Others with three or more albums that have reached diamond status include The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Shania Twain and the Eagles.

The RIAA awards diamond plaques to albums and singles that reach 10 times platinum status. That once was the equivalent of selling 10 million songs or albums, but has changed since 2016, when the RIAA began incorporating streaming from YouTube, Spotify and other digital music services.

Wednesday’s announcement comes a week before Houston, who died in 2012, will be posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2020 class. The ceremony will air on HBO on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. ET.

[limezd]

Shania was the first woman with 3 diamonds albums, but her album up sold 5 million units, but because it’s a double album the sales counted twice. 
 

Glad to see the GP showing all this love to Whitney! It shows that nothing can overshadow her God given talent, not even her own drug abuse. 
 

Queen Forever!

[GMFlop]

 

[brit4u1998]

So much success! 

[LaLohan]

A legend gone too soon... congrats icon 

[officialmaurice]

1 hour ago, limezd said:

Shania was the first woman with 3 diamonds albums, but her album up sold 5 million units, but because it’s a double album the sales counted twice. 
 

Glad to see the GP showing all this love to Whitney! It shows that nothing can overshadow her God given talent, not even her own drug abuse. 
 

Queen Forever!

Lol Shaina’s not Black tho... I think u missed that part (or the OP was edited later $

[limezd]

4 minutes ago, officialmaurice said:

Lol Shaina’s not Black tho... I think u missed that part (or the OP was edited later $

Was talking about any female artists. 

[Stefani]

Black excellence. 

[bliss]

I knew this was coming when her team posted like a year ago that it was close to diamond, but I can't believe someone finally matched Shania, anyway congrats to Whitney

[Godney'sSweetCheeks]

Talent wins. 

 

How many Diamond albums does Beyonce have btw? 

[limezd]

3 hours ago, Godney'sSweetCheeks said:

Talent wins. 

 

How many Diamond albums does Beyonce have btw? 

0 (Zero). And she’s not gonna get any certification soon either. Britney has 2.

[Brat]

This would be her speech 

[Godney'sSweetCheeks]

21 hours ago, limezd said:

0 (Zero). And she’s not gonna get any certification soon either. Britney has 2.

Wow so assuming racism on the whole has declined over the last 2 decades, that would mean that even with a more open minded and less racist consumer pool AND a bigger world population, Beyonce still hasn't managed to do what Whitney did. Interesting... 

[limezd]

Whitney did pop music. All 3 of her diamond albums are pop albums. Her albums that were r&b are nowhere near diamond status.

the only pop-ish album Beyoncé had was “I Am ...”. And that did not really sell. Beyoncé is over hyped. She overhyped herself like MJ used to do, but at least he had all the talent to back himself up. 

she’s a hard worker tho. Also had the labels support behind her for the first 3 albums. Even tho she started flopping with her 2nd solo album.

britneys sales were promising when she first came out, she was matching Whitney’s albums sales with her first 2 albums, but she never had The Bodyguard moment with Crossroads.

still they might not have the most certifications, but their average sales per album is massive. both of them did not put out that many album compared to artists like Madonna, Celine, Mariah or Barbra Straisend.