As is custom with many artists on the cusp of dropping a new album, Taylor Swift – in preparation for the October 3 release of her ‘Life of a Showgirl‘ LP -has finally had her record logs at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) refreshed.
Unlike many other artists, however, Swift’s updates are not only gargantuan but they are downright historic!
See how inside.
On Tuesday (September 30), the RIAA reported updates to 14 titles from Taylor’s already top-selling discography.
See the full list below.
14x Platinum
11x Platinum
8x Platinum
‘Red’ (Album)
‘Tortured Poets Department’ (Album)
Self-Titled (Album)
7x Platinum
‘Lover’ (Album)
‘Midnights’ (Album)
‘Reputation’ (Album)
6x Platinum
‘Folklore’ (Album)
‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ (Album)
4x Platinum
‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ (Album)
‘Evermore’ (Album)
‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’ (Album)
‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’
While the certification updates are attached to a number of history-making achievements, two are of special note.
First, Taylor now joins a historic list of female acts with multiple Diamond albums: Madonna, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Adele, and Shania Twain.
Uniquely, Swift and Adele are the only two to accomplish the feat this century.
For context, “Diamond” refers to certified sales equivalence of 10 million in the United States.
Second (and most importantly), Swift’s career-wide certified album sales in the U.S. is now at 105 million – making her the best-selling female artist in American history for albums.
For Mariah, the previous recordholder, cumulative sales sit at 68.5 million as of time reported.
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