Rihanna has made history once again. The singer has earned four diamond certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) last week, breaking the record for most Diamond Certified singles by a female artist.
In total, Rihanna has seven Diamond singles. “Needed Me,” “Work,” (feat. Drake) “Umbrella,”(feat. JAY-Z), and “Stay” (feat. Mikky Ekko), all joined the diamond club at the end of last month. This follows “We Found Love” and the ironically named “Diamonds” who were given the achievement in April.
The mother of two hasn’t released a full album since 2016’s ANTi, but promises new music will be coming. It’s just a matter of when. The singer told Extra in an interview, the new music will be released when it is “perfect.”
“It has to be — that is the only reason it’s not out yet. If I’m not feeling it, and I’m not feeling like it represents the evolution, the time I spent away. There should be a show of growth, right? I want to play, and I feel like music is a playground, and I want to have fun with it and show truly where I am at.”
The singer has kept busy with her billion-dollar businesses SAVAGE X Fenty, and Fenty Beauty, which also sells Fenty Skin products. She also released the ballad “Lift Me Up,” featured in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, in October 2022.
The current all-time diamond-certified record is held by Post Malone who received his eight certification last year.
