Aside from being a successful beauty mogul and entrepreneur, Rihanna recently broke a record despite not that being active in the music industry. More recently, she dethroned Eminem for a specific breakthrough that her fans noticed.
According to Uproxx, the "Rude Boy" hitmaker is now the second artist with the most certified singles in the United States based on the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The musician has 166.5 million certified units under her name, dethroning Eminem who previously had the record. In fact, their units were only separated by a small number of 500,000.
Rihanna surpassed Eminem and is now the second artist with the most certified singles in the United States (as lead). pic.twitter.com/1eqQ48oL7g
— navy (@robynfentyR9) May 12, 2023
Drake still remains the artist who has the most certified singles with a whopping 184 million.
Other artists within the first five are Kanye West (placed fourth with 142.5 million units) and Taylor Swift (placed fifth with 137.5 million units).
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Top 10 RIAA Certified Artists
Check out the complete list of top ten artist below:
1. Drake - 184 Million
2. Rihanna - 166.5 Million
3. Eminem - 166 Million
4. Kanye West - 142.5 Million
5. Taylor Swift - 137.5 Million
6. Post Malone - 134 Million
7. Justin Bieber - 116 Million
8. Beyonce - 114.5 Million
9. The Weeknd - 111 Million
10. Katy Perry - 109.5 Million
The main reason why Rihanna got a push on her record was because of her most popular singles to date like her collaboration with Calvin Harris titled "We Found Love" that currently has the diamond status.
In addition, songs like "Work," "Stay," and "Needed Me" are eight times platinum, while others are seven times platinum.
Rihanna Updates
In other reports, the name of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky's first child has finally been revealed to the public before his birthday.
The musician has been sharing videos of her firstborn over the past few months and many fans are in awe of how much of a hands-on mother the Fenty Beauty founder is.
However, many were curious what to call the baby as the couple kept it a secret until a few days ago. Their baby boy's name is RZA, seemingly named after the rapper and producer RZA, popularly known for being a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. (via Page Six)
It appears that baby RZA will be a big brother soon as the singer is currently pregnant with their second child, which she revealed during her performance at this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show.
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