{"id":324452,"date":"2025-12-03T07:10:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/324452\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T07:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:10:08","slug":"historic-chris-brown-surpasses-michael-jackson-to-become-the-best-selling-black-male-vocalist-in-riaa-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/324452\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic! Chris Brown Surpasses Michael Jackson to Become the Best-Selling Black Male Vocalist in RIAA History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/thatgrapejuice.net\/2025\/12\/historic-chris-brown-surpasses-michael-jackson-to-become-the-best-selling-black-male-vocalist-in-riaa-history\/\" class=\"post-image-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img data-no-lazy=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/michael-jackson-chris-brown-riaa-black-male-singer-vocalist-2025-600x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As if commemorating the 20th anniversary of <a href=\"http:\/\/thatgrapejuice.net\/category\/chris-brown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Brown<\/a>\u2018s self-titled debut album on November 29 wasn\u2019t enough for his fans to celebrate, the dedicated stan group \u2013 affectionately called #TeamBreezy \u2013 were given even more great news to toast to from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Monday (December 1).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking to press on December 1, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaa.com\/gold-platinum\/?tab_active=default-award&amp;se=chris+brown#search_section\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RIAA announced<\/a> the bestowment of eight new plaques to Brown\u2019s discography (mostly for hits found aboard his 2005 inaugural LP).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See the total list below.<\/p>\n<p>5x platinum<\/p>\n<p>4x platinum<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yo (Excuse Me Miss)\u2019 (Single)<br \/>\n\u2018Chris Brown\u2019 (Album)<\/p>\n<p>3x platinum<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Say Goodbye\u2019 (Single)<\/p>\n<p>2x platinum<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Gimme That\u2019 (Single)<\/p>\n<p>1x platinum (for sales of 1 million in the U.S.)<\/p>\n<p>Gold (for sales of 500,000 in the U.S.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Ain\u2019t No Way\u2019 (Single)<br \/>\n\u2018Ya Man Ain\u2019t Me\u2019 (Single)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to the upgrades above, Brown\u2019s cumulative sales in the United States now sit at a whopping 163 million records (singles + albums) \u2013 a sum that is just enough for him to break the longstanding record of his idol <a href=\"http:\/\/thatgrapejuice.net\/category\/michael-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Jackson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The King of Pop, whose 158.5 million sold (albums + singles) in the same territory once saw him crowned the highest-selling Black male vocalist in the 73-year history of the RIAA, has now moonwalked to the #2 spot behind Chris on that list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking globally, however, Brown has quite a way to go to catch up to Jackson who \u2013 at the time of this report \u2013 is said to have sold over 1 billion records worldwide (making him the overall best-selling artist in music history).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In America, however, Chris is now #3 on the all-time best-seller list among all male vocalists and trails only King of Rock N\u2019 Roll Elvis Presley (189.5 million) and Country superstar Luke Combs (163.5 million).<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riaa.com\/gold-platinum\/?tab_active=awards_by_artist#search_section\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As if commemorating the 20th anniversary of Chris Brown\u2018s self-titled debut album on November 29 wasn\u2019t enough 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