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Beyonce playing to a sold out show at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Australia
Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Beyonce Received Most Gold and Platinum Awards Last Decade

By Paul Cashmere
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:00:53 +1100

Beyonce has lead the list of Gold and Platinum earners in the past decade with 64 awards going here was, according to RIAA.

The Recording Industry Association of America gives awards in the music industry for sales of cumulative album, digital song, master ringtone and music video.

Beyonce scored most with 64, Eagles were second with 46 and Michael Jackson received 44 in the past decade.

Here is the list:

Group: The Eagles, 48 (WMG)
Male solo artist: Michael Jackson, 44 (Sony/Epic)
Female solo artist: Beyonce, 64 (Sony/Columbia)

Most album certifications:
Group: Nickelback, 25 (Roadrunner)
Male solo artist: George Strait, 29 (UMG/MCA Nashville)
Female solo artist: Britney Spears, 23 (Sony/Jive)

Most digital song certifications:
Group: Linkin Park, 13 (WMG)
Male solo artist: Kanye West, 19 (UMG/Def Jam)
Female solo artist: Taylor Swift, 25 (Big Machine)

Most master ringtone certifications:
Male solo artist: T.I., 15 (WMG/Atlantic/Grand Hustle)
Female solo artist: Beyonce, 19 (Sony/Columbia)

HIGHEST CERTIFIED RELEASES

Highest certified album:
Group: *NSYNC’s No Strings Attached (Sony/Jive, 2000) 11x Platinum/OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (LaFace/Jive, 2003) 11x Platinum
Male solo artist: Usher’s Confessions (LaFace/Jive, 2004) 10x Platinum
Female solo artist: Shania Twain’s Up! (UMG/Mercury Nashville, 2002) 11x Platinum

Highest certified digital song:
Group: Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” (EMI, Capitol, 2008) 3x multi-platinum and The Fray’s “How to Save a Life” (Sony/Epic, 2006) 3x multi-Platinum
Male solo artist: Flo Rida’s “Low” (Warner/Atlantic, 2008) 5x multi-Platinum
Female solo artist: Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” (UMG/Interscope) 4x multi-platinum and Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” (Big Machine, 2008) 4x multi-platinum

Highest certified master ringtone:
Group: D4L’s “Laffy Taffy” (Atlantic, 2006) 3x multi-platinum; Hinder’s “Lips of an Angel” (Universal Records, 2006) 3x multi-platinum, and Shop Boyz’ “Party Like a Rockstar” (Universal Records) 3x multi-platinum
Male solo artist: Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” (Universal/Cash Money) 5x multi-platinum (Universal/Cash Money, 2008)
Female solo artist: Beyonce’s “Irreplaceable” (Sony/ Columbia, 2006) 3x multi-platinum
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