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The first Diamond award was issued in 2001 to British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart.He is known to have sold over 100 million records throughout his career. [4] American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey was honored in 2003.
Diamond awards, honoring those artists whose sales of singles or albums reached 10,000,000 copies, were introduced in 1999. [ 9 ] In the 20th century, and for a part of the first decade of the 21st, it was common for distributors to claim certifications based on their shipments – wholesale to retail outlets – which led to many ...
Diamond-award is applicable to titles released on/after January 1, 2013. [19] ^ IV Hungarian sales figures provided refer to "Pop" albums. A separate scale is used for jazz, spoken word, classical, and world music albums: sales exceeding 1,500 and 3,000 for Gold and Platinum awards respectively.
Reflecting additional growth in music sales, the Diamond award was instituted in 1999 for albums or singles selling ten million units. [5] Because of these changes in criteria, the sales level associated with a particular award depends on when the award was made.
The Chopard Diamond award (or simply the Diamond award) is given by the World Music Awards to artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. This award is occasionally confused with the previously created RIAA certification of "Diamond," which represents the sale of over ten million copies of an album in the U.S., and was ...
The CWA Diamond Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime contribution to the ...
Reflecting additional growth in music sales, the Diamond award was instituted in 1999 for albums or singles selling ten million units. [14] Because of these changes in criteria, the sales level associated with a particular award depends on when the award was made.
On 3 May 2013, Diamond Platnumz set a new record at the Tanzania Music Awards by winning 7 awards, including Best Male Writer, Best Male Artist, Best Song Writer and Best Male Entertainer of the Year. The previous record was set by 20%, a recording artist who walked away with 5 awards at the 2011 Tanzania Music Awards where diamond left empty ...