other stats RIAA's Top Certified Female R&B Songs by year of release (1996-2021)

[Green]

I'm doing it since 1996 because before that year there were so many Platinum physical singles each year and most of them haven't been updated since the mid 90's.

 

1996: Mariah Carey, "Always Be My Baby":  5x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

1997: Mariah Carey, "Honey"  2x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

1998: Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"  2x Platinum  (last update: 1998)

1999: TLC, "No Scrubs"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

2000: Destiny's Child, "Say My Name" 3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2001: Alicia Keys, "Fallin'"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2002: Ashanti, "Foolish":  2x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

2003: Beyoncé, "Crazy In Love":  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2004: Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2005: Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together" 4x Platinum  (last update: 2019)

2006: Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2007: Alicia Keys, "No One"  8x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2008: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"  9x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2009: Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

2010: Rihanna, "What's My Name?"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2015)

2011: Beyoncé "Love On Top":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2012: Alicia Keys, "Girl On Fire"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2013: Beyoncé, "Drunk In Love"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2014: Jhené Aiko, "The Worst"; Beyoncé, "Partition";  Beyoncé, "7/11":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2015: Rihanna, "***** Better Have My Money";  Andra Day, "Rise Up":  3x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

2016: Rihanna, "Needed Me"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

2017: H.E.R., "Best Part"; SZA, "Love Galore":  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2018: Ella Mai, "Boo'd Up"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2019: Summer Walker, "Playing Games"; H.E.R, "Slide":  3x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

 

2020: SZA, "Good Days"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2021: Doja Cat, "Streets"; Doja Cat, "You Right":  2x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

[GreatestLoveofAll]

Bey snatching the most makes sense tbh but Alicia's fallin is only 2x platinum??

[Bey_Rihstan]

7 minutes ago, Green said:

1998: Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"  2x Platinum  (last update: 1998)

 

if these lazy ******* don't update their certs 

[JoAddams]

13 minutes ago, Green said:

2009: Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2009: Beyoncé, "Halo"  9x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

[Green]

30 minutes ago, JoAddams said:

2009: Beyoncé, "Halo"  9x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

 

It's a pop song. It won Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammys.

[QueenBeyoncé]

SMN should be higher than 3xP

[dabunique]

Streets is up to 4x platinum

 

 

[Green]

30 minutes ago, dabunique said:

Streets is up to 4x platinum

 

 

 

This list is based on RIAA certifications

[EarStyle]

All queens. Didn't expect to see AIKON make it. 

 

Imagine if streaming was a thing for some of these older songs like "No Scrubs" prob would be like 100x Platinum lmao 

[Armani?]

16 minutes ago, JoAddams said:

2009: Beyoncé, "Halo"  9x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

That is not R&B.  The closest is Diva which is 2X Platinum 

[dabunique]

2 minutes ago, Green said:

 

This list is based on RIAA certifications

i kno they really slow but once they get it recertified its at 4 million

[Armani?]

H.E.R with multiple entries, but ATRL told me no one listened to her

 

 

 

[MingYouToo]

Free us from the shackles of black women = r&b music PLEASE!

Edited September 5, 2022 by MingYouToo

[zzmyth]

6 hours ago, Green said:

I'm doing it since 1996 because before that year there were so many Platinum physical singles each year and most of them haven't been updated since the mid 90's.

 

1996: Mariah Carey, "Always Be My Baby":  5x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

1997: Mariah Carey, "Honey"  2x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

1998: Brandy & Monica, "The Boy Is Mine"  2x Platinum  (last update: 1998)

1999: TLC, "No Scrubs"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

2000: Destiny's Child, "Say My Name" 3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2001: Alicia Keys, "Fallin'"  2x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2002: Ashanti, "Foolish":  2x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

2003: Beyoncé, "Crazy In Love":  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2004: Alicia Keys, "If I Ain't Got You"  4x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2005: Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together" 4x Platinum  (last update: 2019)

2006: Beyoncé, "Irreplaceable"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2007: Alicia Keys, "No One"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2008: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"  9x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2009: Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

2010: Rihanna, "What's My Name?"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2015)

2011: Beyoncé, "Run The World (Girls)"; Beyoncé "Love On Top":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2012: Alicia Keys, "Girl On Fire"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

2013: Beyoncé, "Drunk In Love"  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2014: Jhené Aiko, "The Worst"; Beyoncé, "Partition";  Beyoncé, "7/11":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2015: Rihanna, "***** Better Have My Money";  Andra Day, "Rise Up":  3x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

2016: Rihanna, "Needed Me"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

2017: H.E.R., "Best Part"; SZA, "Love Galore":  6x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2018: Ella Mai, "Boo'd Up"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2019: Summer Walker, "Playing Games"; H.E.R, "Slide":  3x Platinum  (last update: 2021)

 

2020: SZA, "Good Days"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2021: Doja Cat, "Streets"; Doja Cat, "You Right":  2x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

2007: Alicia Keys, "No One"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

UMBRELLA is 8xPlatinum +2xPlatinum

 

2009: Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

RUDE BOY is 5xPlatinum 

 

2011: Beyoncé, "Run The World (Girls)"; Beyoncé "Love On Top":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

 

TAKE CARE is 5xPlatinum 

 

2012: Alicia Keys, "Girl On Fire"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

STAY is 9xPlatinum

[Armani?]

12 minutes ago, zzmyth said:

2007: Alicia Keys, "No One"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

UMBRELLA is 8xPlatinum +2xPlatinum

 

2009: Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

RUDE BOY is 5xPlatinum 

 

2011: Beyoncé, "Run The World (Girls)"; Beyoncé "Love On Top":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

 

TAKE CARE is 5xPlatinum 

 

2012: Alicia Keys, "Girl On Fire"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

STAY is 9xPlatinum

Stay isnt remotely R&B. They wrote it as a Pop ballad

 

Rude Boy & Umbrella fit in the umbrella 

 

Take Care is supposed to be EDM so no

 

& Run The World shouldn't be listed here either

[Green]

1 hour ago, Armani? said:

Stay isnt remotely R&B. They wrote it as a Pop ballad

 

Rude Boy & Umbrella fit in the umbrella 

 

Take Care is supposed to be EDM so no

 

& Run The World shouldn't be listed here either

 

I deleted Run the World. I wasn't sure to included it since it's more eletropop than R&B

 

So for 2011 I only left Love On Top

[reymiu]

Alicia Keys and her label were fools not releasing Empire State of Mind Pt.II as an official single in US

 

It would have easily been 4x platinum if given proper promo & radio push

[brianc33710]

11 hours ago, Bey_Rihstan said:

if these lazy ******* don't update their certs 

2.6 million physical singles was huge for 1998 & Double Platinum + songs were rare prior to downloading & streaming (about 30 1989-99). That being said, yeah TBIM may need an update. 

[VioletsandRoses]

6 hours ago, zzmyth said:

2007: Alicia Keys, "No One"  7x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

UMBRELLA is 8xPlatinum +2xPlatinum

 

2009: Mariah Carey, "Obsessed"  3x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

RUDE BOY is 5xPlatinum 

 

2011: Beyoncé, "Run The World (Girls)"; Beyoncé "Love On Top":  4x Platinum  (last update: 2022)

 

TAKE CARE is 5xPlatinum 

 

2012: Alicia Keys, "Girl On Fire"  5x Platinum  (last update: 2020)

 

STAY is 9xPlatinum

Rude Boy and What’s my name are pop song with island/dancehall influence. Umbrella in pop song with rock influence. Stay is pop ballad. Run the World is electropop. No one is mostly a pop ballad. Being black isn’t r&b please

[VioletsandRoses]

13 hours ago, GreatestLoveofAll said:

Bey snatching the most makes sense tbh but Alicia's fallin is only 2x platinum??

Physical single cds were dead in US in 2001/2, and iTunes wasn’t open yet. It’s mostly reccurents from streams 

[zzmyth]

8 hours ago, Armani? said:

Stay isnt remotely R&B. They wrote it as a Pop ballad

 

Rude Boy & Umbrella fit in the umbrella 

 

Take Care is supposed to be EDM so no

 

& Run The World shouldn't be listed here either

"Stay" is a pop and R&B^[11][12] ballad that consists of piano and bass guitar instrumentation.^{[13][14][15][16]} It is written in the key of C major,^[17] having the chord progression of C-Dm-Am-F. The song has a moderate tempo of 112 beats per minute.

 

Umbrella" is a pop,[6] hip hop[7] and R&B[8][9] song with rock influences.[6] The song's musicscape is based on the hi-hat, synthesizers, and a distorted bassline.

 

Rude Boy" is an dancehall and R&B song.[7][8] which incorporates elements of raggamuffin.[6][9] The song is written in the key of E minor (recorded in E♭ minor) with a time signature in common time and a tempo of 87 beats per minute

Edited September 6, 2022 by zzmyth

[Green]

4 hours ago, zzmyth said:

"Stay" is a pop and R&B^[11][12] ballad that consists of piano and bass guitar instrumentation.^{[13][14][15][16]} It is written in the key of C major,^[17] having the chord progression of C-Dm-Am-F. The song has a moderate tempo of 112 beats per minute.

 

Umbrella" is a pop,[6] hip hop[7] and R&B[8][9] song with rock influences.[6] The song's musicscape is based on the hi-hat, synthesizers, and a distorted bassline.

 

Rude Boy" is an dancehall and R&B song.[7][8] which incorporates elements of raggamuffin.[6][9] The song is written in the key of E minor (recorded in E♭ minor) with a time signature in common time and a tempo of 87 beats per minute

 

Using the Grammys genre placements:

 

Stay was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

Rude Boy was submitted in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance category. The R&B panel said NO.

 

Umbrella wasn't placed in any R&B categories. They nominated Hate that I love you for R&B song and performance instead, while Umbrella was in Rap/sung performance.

[GreatestLoveofAll]

8 hours ago, VioletsandRoses said:

Physical single cds were dead in US in 2001/2, and iTunes wasn’t open yet. It’s mostly reccurents from streams 

yeah thats true. which dont even reflect its actual popularity