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This list compiles the best-selling singles in the United States, based on reported sales figures. Some of the singles have been certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In music, a single is a song considered commercially viable enough by the artist and record company to be released separately from an album , usually ...
The first single to achieve 3× Platinum without selling a million copies was "Sorry" by Justin Bieber, which had more than 100 million streams by August 2016. [10] Ed Sheeran has ten singles certified triple platinum or above, Justin Bieber has five, Lady Gaga has four and Pharrell Williams has three.
Kanye West's album The Life of Pablo achieved Platinum without selling a single copy and was only available for streaming. [ 8 ] Issued certifications for songs which have been recorded by multiple artists including featured artists are added to each artist's total amount of certified units, as all the artists would have played a significant ...
List of best-selling sheet music; List of best-selling music artists; List of best-selling albums; List of best-selling albums of the 21st century; List of highest-certified music artists in the United States: This lists the top 100 certified music artists (albums), and the top 50 certified music artists (digital singles).
See also List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000, List of million-selling singles in the United Kingdom. On 1 April 1973 the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) launched the Certified Awards scheme for singles and albums. From then until 1988, Platinum was awarded to singles with sales or shipments of 1 million (with ...
The association is popularly known for its traditional gold and platinum certification of albums and songs in the United States and also participates in collective recording rights management. The private company Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman (GR&F) is responsible for auditing RIAA sales.
The following is a list of the best-selling albums in the United States based on RIAA certification and Nielsen SoundScan sales tracking. The criteria are that the album must have been published (including self-publishing by the artist), and the album must have achieved at least a diamond certification from the RIAA.
It has been certified 3× platinum for streaming and 2× platinum for download. Anne-Marie 's " 2002 " was the first non-Korean language song to be certified. Since 2018, 179 songs have been certified in South Korea in accordance with the certification levels set up by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA).