base talk Female artists and their last multiplatinum album in a top IFPI market

[abeille]

Below are female artists' latest multi-platinum studio albums (solo credited) in a top 10 IFPI market as well as how far along into their career they were at the time they achieved it (measured by date of their first proper full-length release)

 

2022:

SZA - SOS; 2× Platinum in the US (8 years in)

Taylor Swift - Midnights; 2× Platinum in the US (16 years in)

Beyoncé - Renaissance; 2× Platinum in Brazil (25 years in)

 

2021:

Adele - 30; 3× Platinum in the US (14 years in)

Doja Cat - Planet Her; 2× Platinum in the US (3 years in)

Olivia Rodrigo - Sour; 3× Platinum in the US (0 years in)

 

2020:

Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts; 2× Platinum in Brazil (14 years in)

Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia; 4× Platinum in Canada (4 years in)

Halsey - Manic; 2× Platinum in the US (6 years in)

 

2019:

Lizzo - Cuz I Love You; 2× Platinum in Canada (7 years in)

Billie Eilish - WWAFAWDWG; 5× Platinum in Canada (2 years in)

Ariana Grande - thank u, next; Diamond in Brazil (7 years in)

 

2018:

Nicki Minaj - Queen; 2× Platinum in Canada (10 years in)

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy; 4× Platinum in the US (1 year in)

Camila Cabello - Camila; 2× Platinum in Canada (0 years in)

 

2017:

Little Mix - Glory Days; 4× Platinum in the UK (6 years in)

Pink - Beautiful Trauma; 4× Platinum in Australia (17 years in)

Shakira - El Dorado; 2× Platinum in Brazil (22 years in)

 

2016:

Celine Dion - Encore un soir; Diamond in France (29 years in)

Rihanna - Anti; 5× Platinum in the US (11 years in)

Sia - This Is Acting; 3× Platinum in France (14 years in)

 

2015:

Ellie Goulding - Delirium; 2× Platinum in Canada (5 years in)

Melanie Martinez - Cry Baby; 2× Platinum in the US (0 years in)

Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh; 4× Platinum in the UK (0 years in)

Meghan Trainor - Title; 3× Platinum in the US (0 years in)

 

2013:

Lorde - Pure Heroine; 4× Platinum in Australia (0 years in)

Katy Perry - Prism; 5× Platinum in the US (6 years in)

 

2012:

Madonna - MDNA; 2× Platinum in Brazil (29 years in)

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die; 5× Platinum in Canada (2 years in)

 

2011:

Susan Boyle - Someone to Watch Over Me; 2× Platinum in Australia (4 years in)

Lady Gaga - Born This Way; 4× Platinum in the US (4 years in)

Carrie Underwood - Blown Away; 3× Platinum in the US (7 years in)

Jessie J - Who You Are; 4× Platinum in the UK (0 years in)

 

2010:

Kesha - Animal; 3× Platinum in the US (0 years in)

 

2009:

Alicia Keys - The Element of Freedom; 3× Platinum in the UK (8 years in)

Leona Lewis - Echo; 2× Platinum in the UK (3 years in)

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You; 3× Platinum in the UK (3 years in)

 

2008: 

Britney Spears - Circus; 3× Platinum in Canada (10 years in)

Enya - And Winter Came; 2× Platinum in Germany (19 years in)

 

2007:

Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing; 2× Platinum in the US (5 years in)

Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection; 6× Platinum in the UK (22 years in)

Norah Jones - Not Too Late; 2× Platinum in the US (5 years in)

 

2006:

Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics; 3× Platinum in Canada (8 years in)

Nelly Furtado - Loose; 6× Platinum in Canada (5 years in)

Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape; 2× Platinum in Canada (13 years in)

 

2005:

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation of Mimi; 7× Platinum in the US (15 years in)

 

2004:

Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway; 6× Platinum in the US (1 year in)

 

2003:

Kylie Minogue - Body Language; 2× Platinum in Australia (15 years in)

 

2002:

Jennifer Lopez - This Is Me... Then; 2× Platinum in the US (4 years in)

 

2001:

Janet Jackson - All For You; 2× Platinum in the US (15 years in)

 

 

Let me know if I missed anyone!

[abeille]

 

[Armani?]

Summer Walker, H.E.R and Jhene Aiko all need to recertify their albums

 

All have 1 over 2M

[Carry My Heart]

12 minutes ago, abeille said:

Taylor Swift - Midnights; 2× Platinum in the US (16 years in)

Just realized they have yet to update this. Hasn't Midnights been eligible for 4x Platinum for like 2 months now?

[themaverickmanner]

Back To Basics went 2x Platinum in the US last year. I don’t get only counting the certifications from the year the album was released lol.

[Delirious]

Thank you for including Ellie Goulding!!

[ariananext]

Ariana's Positions is at 2.25M in the US, can she update it already 

[Miss Americana]

45 minutes ago, Carry My Heart said:

Just realized they have yet to update this. Hasn't Midnights been eligible for 4x Platinum for like 2 months now?

Her team is weird...

They only update based on pure sales.

Lover was certified 3x platinum 8 months ago despite selling 5M. Same with folklore and evermore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gagacharts]

Chromatica (2020) is probably 2x Platinum in Brazil, but they won´t update her Gaga´s certificatons.

 

She also has "A Star Is Born" (2018) which is 2x Platinum (or more) in the US, UK, France, Canada & Australia but it´s a Soundtrack.

[littlebodybigheart]

this might seem like a dumb question, but what merit do certifications have when we already know the actual sales of the albums? for example, why should i care whether a song being under certified when the actual sales/stats are known to the public anyway?

[Carry My Heart]

37 minutes ago, Miss Americana said:

Her team is weird...

They only update based on pure sales.

Lover was certified 3x platinum 8 months ago despite selling 5M. Same with folklore and evermore.

These chartdata tweets weren't certification updates – they only posted her latest certifications on Oct 20 because Midnights was coming out the next day, as they do for many artists. They were not updated that day.

 

Also, it's impossible for them to only certify pure sales. It isn't her team that certifies albums, but RIAA, who uphold the same criteria (certifications based on SPS) for all artists. When Midnights was certified 2x Platinum, it hadn't yet sold 2 million pure copies in the US as you suggest. It reached that figure 2 months later.

 

Taylor's team only issues requests for certifications, and they don't typically issue discography-wide requests, but respectively for albums once they reach certain thresholds.

Edited May 10, 2023 by Carry My Heart

[Into The Void]

What are the IFPI main markets lol

[Miss Americana]

10 minutes ago, Carry My Heart said:

These chartdata tweets weren't certification updates – they only posted her latest certifications on Oct 20 because Midnights was coming out the next day, as they do for many artists. They were not updated that day.

 

Also, it's impossible for them to only certify pure sales. It isn't her team that certifies albums, but RIAA, who uphold the same criteria (certifications based on SPS) for all artists. When Midnights was certified 2x Platinum, it hadn't yet sold 2 million pure copies in the US as you purport.

 

Taylor's team only issues requests for certifications, and they don't typically issue discography-wide requests, but respectively for albums once they reach certain thresholds.

Maam...

 

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Taylor+swift&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section

 

You can literally go to the site and see when they got certified.

 

 

Quote

Folklore

Release Date.July 24, 2020

Type: Standard

Certified Units: 2 Million

Genre: ALTERNATIVE

Previous Certification:

2x Multi-Platinum | October 19, 2022

Platinum | October 26, 2020

Gold | October 26, 2020

 

Quote

Taylor Swift Lover

Release Date.August 23, 2019

Category: SOLO

Type: Standard

Certified Units: 3 Million

Genre: POP

Previous Certification:

3x Multi-Platinum | October 19, 2022

2x Multi-Platinum | March 13, 2020

Platinum | September 27, 2019

Gold | September 27, 2019

 

[Carry My Heart]

7 minutes ago, Miss Americana said:

Maam...

 

https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Taylor+swift&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section

 

You can literally go to the site and see when they got certified.

 

 

 

 

This is so weird. But Midnights hadn't reached 2M pure when it was certified 2x Platinum in early December – it only did so in February. What's the gag?

 

ETA: Midnights is the only album released in the 2020s to sell 2M pure in the US (per chartdata, second tweet below). If Folklore had moved 2M pure by last October, then it would've been the first instead of Midnights.

Edited May 10, 2023 by Carry My Heart

[toxicgenie]

Nevermind just saw multiplatinum. 

Edited May 10, 2023 by toxicgenie

[Mr. Stratus]

1 hour ago, Gagacharts said:

Chromatica (2020) is probably 2x Platinum in Brazil, but they won´t update her Gaga´s certificatons.

 

She also has "A Star Is Born" (2018) which is 2x Platinum (or more) in the US, UK, France, Canada & Australia but it´s a Soundtrack.

Chromatica probably has a chance diamond in Brazil, the equivalent to 2xPlat in Mexico, and 2xPlat Canada. They just need to update. These are all IFPI markets hihi!

[BrokenMachine]

1 hour ago, Insanity said:

What are the IFPI main markets lol

 

[ninetiesceline]

7 hours ago, abeille said:

2016:

Celine Dion - Encore un soir; Diamond in France (29 years in)

Céline was already 35 years in her career when she released Encore Un Soir.

[abeille]

2 minutes ago, ninetiesceline said:

Céline was already 35 years in her career when she released Encore Un Soir.

I counted 'Unison' as her debut since it was her first to be released internationally but whatever the case she still has the best longevity on the list

[abeille]

7 minutes ago, ithinkheknowsoutsold said:

This is not a studio album.

Her last would then be My Love Is Your Love in 1998 which is 4x Platinum in the US

[MadMax12]

Wow I didn’t realise Prism sold that much. Those two diamond singles really carried the sales!

[Power love]

9 hours ago, abeille said:

Christina Aguilera

Babe you forgot Burlesque which came out in 2010 & considered her album.

[abeille]

21 minutes ago, Power love said:

Babe you forgot Burlesque which came out in 2010 & considered her album.

I didn't include OSTs for anyone as they're not credited as solo albums

[eli's_rhythm]

All for You was 19 years into Janet’s career.

[Kyoto]

Happier than Ever certifications are not up to date