Rapper Cardi B has surpassed Nicki Minaj to become the highest-certified female rapper in U.S. history.
Cardi B now holds the top spot with 107 million certified units, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Nicki Minaj follows with 106 million units.
While Minaj has sold more records overall, many of her hits were features and not credited to her on the RIAA site.
In other music news, Alicia Keys has earned her first diamond single in the U.S. Her 2009 collaboration with JAY-Z, “Empire State of Mind,” was recently certified Diamond for selling 10 million units. This makes it JAY-Z’s third diamond single, joining “N****s In Paris” with Kanye West and “Umbrella” with Rihanna.
Across the Atlantic, Eminem has received the BRIT Billion Award for becoming the best-selling American rapper in the UK with 7 billion career streams. The BRIT Awards tweeted, “Four times a BRIT Award winner, @Eminem receives a BRIT Billion Award having achieved 7 billion UK career streams!”
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