Chris Brown awarded 17 new RIAA certifications

The rapper is among the top ten artists with the most multi-platinum certifications

Global superstar Chris Brown garners 17 more RIAA certifications, including the rapper’s first RIAA diamond-certified single for “No Guidance” featuring Drake. His album Indigo was also certified triple platinum while Breezy was certified gold. These certifications now put Chris Brown in the top ten artists across all genres with the most multi-platinum certifications.

In addition to these incredible new accolades, Brown is also nominated for three 2025 Grammy Awards for the following: Best R&B Album – 11:11 (Deluxe), Best R&B Performance – “Residuals,” and Best African Music Performance – “Sensational” featuring Davido & Lojay. In total, spanning across Chris Brown’s entire career, he has earned 25 Grammy nominations.

If the above wasn’t massive enough, Brown went No. 1 on rhythmic radio this week with his newly Grammy-nominated single “Residuals.” With this, Brown now has the third-most No. 1s on rhythm radio with 15 of all time for any artist. “Residuals” is also Brown’s 57th top 10 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, which earns him the spot of second most of all artists and top among singers. Chris has had at least one top-10 single on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart each year since 2010. On top of this, “Residuals” hit a new peak on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week, now sitting at #69.

Throughout his career, Brown has continued to break records – even his own – and received a plethora of accolades. Chris Brown currently stands as the R&B singer with the most Hot 100 entries in Billboard history to date.

The new single certifications include “No Guidance” receiving 11 platinum (diamond); “With You” six times platinum; “Under The Influence five times platinum; “Heat” quadruple platinum; “Privacy” and “Party” triple platinum, “She Ain’t You,” “Take You Down,” and “Tempo” double platinum with “Call Me Every Day,” “Indigo,” “To My Bed,” and “WE (Warm Embrace)” earning platinum status. “Angel Numbers/Ten Toes” and “Juice Booty” were certified gold with sales of at least 500,000.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn