RIAA Certification
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Original Content A comprehensive guide to hip-hop's diamond-certified canon, which includes albums from Eminem, 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G, and Lauryn Hill.
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Robert Blair -
Music Travis Scott and Drake's "SICKO MODE" just joined "God's Plan" and the Kendrick Lamar-assisted "goosebumps" as the RIAA's biggest rap songs.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music Given NBA YoungBoy's ridiculous focus to keep pumping out projects, he may set a record that will never be broken by anyone in rap history.
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Zachary Horvath -
Music Travis Scott stunned the rap world in 2016 when he was able to nab a then secret Kendrick Lamar feature. Now, it's his biggest hit ever.
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Zachary Horvath -
Music Drake keeps stacking commercial achievements on top of each other while fans patiently wait for his next album "ICEMAN."
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music Cardi B's same-day platinum certification for "AM I THE DRAMA?" caused controversy for the inclusion of old tracks that allowed it.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music The long-running success of the "Am I The Drama?"-preceding singles "Up" and "WAP" have propelled Cardi B to an instant hit.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music LiAngelo Ball, aka GELO, burst onto the music scene at the top of 2025 with "Tweaker," a track that would change his career trajectory.
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Zachary Horvath -
Music 10 of Yeat's songs have been certified by RIAA this year.
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Caroline Fisher -
Music Afroman receives his first RIAA certified record.
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Madison Murray -
Original Content These are hip-hop's most commercially successful singles of all time.
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Robert Blair -
Music The Queens mogul got some of his greatest hits re-certified, whereas some hits got their first platinum plaque.
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Gabriel Bras Nevares -
Music Cardi B's debut album, "Invasion of Privacy" becomes the first album by a female rapper to spend 175 weeks on the Billboard 200.
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Kyesha Jennings -
Music Drake is the most decorated rapper of all time, but some of these marks he's hitting may never be replicated.
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Zachary Horvath -
Numbers Shoutout all the Vamps.
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Taylor McCloud