Rihanna's 2012 smash 'Diamonds' remains true to its title 12 years later, earning diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Monday (April 22).
Roc Nation officially announced the news via X on Monday morning, revealing that the single has amassed 10 million equivalent song units. According to the RIAA, one equivalent song unit equals one digital song sale or 150 on-demand audio and/or video streams. This is Rihanna's third song to achieve diamond status, following her 2010 collaboration “Love the Way You Lie” with Eminem (certified May 9, 2013) and her 2011 collaboration “We Found Love” with Calvin Harris (certified on April 27, 2023).
Rihanna released “Diamonds” as the lead single from her seventh studio album in 2012 Unforgivable, which was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. It earned RiRi her 12th No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, where she spent three weeks atop the chart. The song also reached the top Advertising signDance Club Songs (1 week), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (14 weeks) and Rhythmic Airplay charts (10 weeks).
He embarked on the Diamonds World tour in support Unforgivable, which she announced after opening the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards alongside her current partner A$AP Rocky, with whom she has two sons RZA and Riot Rose Mayers. He reflected on their recent performance Interview cover theme. “He grabbed my a–… So when he grabbed my a– that night, everybody thought he was going to… My team was worried that I wanted to have his head with the king's mantle,” he said. “But I was like, 'Oh, no.' That's why everyone was like, “Oh my God. Likes.'”
Listen to “Diamonds” and read Roc Nation's post below:
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