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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.
2,000,000+ (in increments of 1,000,000 thereafter) units: Multi-Platinum album; 10,000,000 units: Diamond album; Starting from February 1, 2016, each album unit may be one of the following: [15] [16] Each permanent digital album or physical album sale; 10 tracks from the album downloaded; 1,500 on-demand audio or video streams of songs from the ...
The Beatles is the highest-certified music artist in the United States with a total of 183 million certified album-equivalent units.. This is the list of the highest-certified music artists in the United States based on certifications of albums and digital singles (but not physical singles) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [1]
Beyoncé's extensive list of RIAA recognitions includes seven-times platinum status for her debut solo album "Dangerously in Love" as well as her project "I Am Sasha Fierce." Her "4" and "Lemonade ...
Songs and albums earn RIAA Gold certifications if they sell a minimum of 500,000 units. Titles that reach 1 million units sold earn Platinum certifications. ... Diamond certifications are reserved ...
Beyoncé is now the most RIAA certified female artist of all time with 103 certified titles across her discography, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced Tuesday. “We ...
The certified units also can be inflated by the redundancy of certifications, because each of tracks downloads and streams contributed to the certifications of both of the single and the respective album. The RIAA counts 10 downloads of individual track as well as 1,500 audio/video streams as an equivalent to one unit of album, including those ...
The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials ( gold , platinum and diamond ).