Whitney Houston, Taylor Swift, and Britney Spears.
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The RIAA gives diamond certifications (upon request) to albums that have gone platinum 10 times.There are 31 diamond-certified albums by women or female-fronted bands.Taylor Swift's "1989" is the most recent album to receive the award.
Out of more than 100 diamond-certified albums across history, only 31 are by women or female-fronted bands.
The Recording Industry Association of America bestows a diamond award when an album has gone 10x platinum, meaning it has moved at least 10 million equivalent units by combining sales and streaming numbers. The artist or label must also request certification.
Ahead of the release of her new album, "The Life of a Showgirl," Taylor Swift submitted her catalog for updated certifications and officially earned her second diamond album — joining legendary artists like Madonna, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, Adele, Whitney Houston, The Chicks, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey, all of whom have multiple entries on this list. (Twain and Houston have the most diamond certified-songs, with three apiece.)
Keep reading for the RIAA's complete list of diamond-certified albums by women, in chronological order of certification date.
1. "Music Box" by Mariah Carey
"Music Box" was released in 1993.
Columbia
"Music Box" was certified 10x platinum on November 5, 1997.
2. "Like a Virgin" by Madonna
Sire/Warner Bros.
"Like a Virgin" was certified 10x platinum on May 21, 1998.
3. "Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morissette
"Jagged Little Pill" was released in 1995.
Maverick/Reprise
"Jagged Little Pill" was certified 16x platinum on July 29, 1998.
4. "Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt
"Tragic Kingdom" was released in 1995.
Trauma/Interscope
"Tragic Kingdom" was certified 10x platinum on February 5, 1999.
5. "Whitney Houston" by Whitney Houston
"Whitney Houston" was released in 1985.
Arista
"Whitney Houston" was certified 13x platinum on July 29, 1999.
6. "Let's Talk About Love" by Celine Dion
"Let's Talk About Love" was released in 1997.
Epic Records
"Let's Talk About Love" was certified 10x platinum on November 3, 1999.
7. "The Woman In Me" by Shania Twain
"The Woman In Me" was released in 1995.
Mercury Nashville
"The Woman In Me" was certified 12x platinum on December 1, 2000.
8. "The Immaculate Collection" by Madonna
"The Immaculate Collection" was released in 1990.
Sire/Warner Bros.
"The Immaculate Collection" was certified 10x platinum on October 11, 2001.
9. "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
"...Baby One More Time" was released in 1999.
Jive
"...Baby One More Time" was certified 14x platinum on July 19, 2004.
10. "Up!" by Shania Twain
"Up!" was released in 2002.
Mercury Nashville
"Up!" was certified 11x platinum on September 23, 2004.
11. "Come On Over" by Shania Twain
"Come On Over" was released in 1997.
Mercury Nashville
"Come On Over" was certified 20x platinum on November 15, 2004.
12. "Oops!... I Did It Again" by Britney Spears
Britney Spears/Amazon
"Oops!... I Did It Again" was certified 10x platinum on January 24, 2005.
13. "Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" by Patsy Cline
"Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" was released in 1967.
Decca
"Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits" was certified 10x platinum on September 22, 2005.
14. "Pieces of You" by Jewel
"Pieces of You" was released in 1995.
Atlantic
"Pieces of You" was certified 12x platinum on January 30, 2006.
15. "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac
"Rumours" was released on February 4, 1977.
Warner Bros
"Rumours," widely considered one of the best breakup albums of all time, was certified 20x platinum on October 3, 2014.
16. "21" by Adele
"21" was released in 2011.
Columbia
"21" was certified 14x platinum on September 20, 2016.
17. "25" by Adele
"25" was released in 2015.
Columbia
"25" was certified 11x platinum on August 22, 2017. It also holds the record for the most copies sold in a single week following its release.
18. "The Bodyguard" by Whitney Houston
"The Bodyguard" was released in 1992.
RCA Records
"The Bodyguard" was certified 18x platinum on November 17, 2017.
19. "Fearless" by Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift's sophomore album, "Fearless," was released in 2008.
