Whitney Houston and Shania Twain each have three diamond-certified albums.
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The RIAA gives diamond certifications (upon request) to albums that have gone platinum 10 times.
Out of more than 100 diamond-certified albums, only 30 are by women or female-fronted bands.
Whitney Houston, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, and others have multiple entries on this list.
Columbia
“Music Box” was certified 10-times platinum on November 5, 1997.
Sire/Warner Bros.
“Like a Virgin” was certified 10-times platinum on May 21, 1998.
Maverick/Reprise
“Jagged Little Pill” was certified 16-times platinum on July 29, 1998.
Trauma/Interscope
“Tragic Kingdom” was certified 10-times platinum on February 5, 1999.
Arista
“Whitney Houston” was certified 13-times platinum on July 29, 1999.
Epic Records
“Let’s Talk About Love” was certified 10-times platinum on November 3, 1999.
Mercury Nashville
“The Woman In Me” was certified 12-times platinum on December 1, 2000.
Sire/Warner Bros.
“The Immaculate Collection” was certified 10-times platinum on October 11, 2001.
Jive
“…Baby One More Time” was certified 14-times platinum on July 19, 2004.
Mercury Nashville
“Up!” was certified 11-times platinum on September 23, 2004.
Mercury Nashville
“Come On Over” was certified 20-times platinum on November 15, 2004.
Britney Spears/Amazon
“Oops!… I Did It Again” was certified 10-times platinum on January 24, 2005.
Decca
“Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits” was certified 10-times platinum on September 22, 2005.
Atlantic
“Pieces of You” was certified 12-times platinum on January 30, 2006.
Warner Bros
“Rumours” was certified 20-times platinum on October 3, 2014.
Columbia
“21” was certified 14-times platinum on September 20, 2016.
Columbia
“25” was certified 11-times platinum on August 22, 2017.
RCA Records
“The Bodyguard” was certified 18-times platinum on November 17, 2017.
Big Machine Records
“Fearless” was certified 10-times platinum on December 11, 2017.
LaFace/Arista
“CrazySexyCool” was certified 12-times platinum on October 11, 2019.
Monument
“Fly” was certified 11-times platinum on March 5, 2020.
Monument
“Wide Open Spaces” was certified 13-times platinum on March 5, 2020.
Arista
“Whitney” was certified 10-times platinum on October 28, 2020.
Columbia
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” was certified 10-times platinum on February 16, 2021.
Columbia
“Falling Into You” was certified 12-times platinum on March 3, 2021.
Blue Note
“Come Away With Me” was certified 12-times platinum on November 22, 2021.
Columbia
“Daydream” was certified 11-times platinum on March 27, 2022.
Ode
“Tapestry” was certified 14-times platinum on May 5, 2022.
The Bicycle Music Company
“Fallen” was certified 10-times platinum on November 30, 2022.
Capitol Records
“Teenage Dream” was certified 10-times platinum on July 1, 2024.
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