The RIAA established its Digital Single Award in 2004 in recognition of the significant sales of emerging digital music formats.

sales of 10 million or more copies of an album or single. Officially launched in 1958, the RIAA’s Gold & Platinum Program expanded in 1999 to include a Diamond Award honoring U.S. The Monster Tour will then continue to Detroit August 16th and 17th and close in New York August 22nd and 23rd. His career RIAA album awards represent more than 37 million sold in the United States, while his digital single certifications now surpass the 31 million threshold, counting downloads and streams and spanning 10 separate songs.Įminem kicks off The Monster Tour with Rihanna this summer in Los Angeles, August 7th and 8th.

In addition to two Diamond song honors, Eminem also has two 10x multi-Platinum Diamond certified albums: “The Marshall Mathers LP” (Aftermath/Interscope, 2000) and “The Eminem Show” (Aftermath/Interscope, 2002). This singular achievement – earning a Diamond Award on two separate digital songs – is unparalleled, and we congratulate him on forever etching a mark in Gold & Platinum Program history.” “We are delighted to recognize Eminem as the first artist to earn two RIAA Digital Diamond Awards. Eminem also holds an 11x multi-Platinum Digital Single Diamond Award for “Love The Way You Lie” (featuring Rihanna Aftermath/Interscope), and today became the first artist to earn two RIAA Digital Single Diamond Awards.Ĭary Sherman, Chairman & CEO, RIAA said the following about Eminem’s Diamond Award milestone: WASHINGTON–The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today awarded Eminem with a new Diamond certification in recognition of “Not Afraid” (Aftermath Entertainment/Interscope Records) surpassing the 10 million threshold counting song sales and streams.

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