Rihanna Is RIAA’s Most Awarded Artist for Digital Songs: ‘I’m Grateful for This Honor!’
Rihanna hasn’t dropped any new material but she’s still making music history. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, RiRi is the most certified artist for Digital Songs of all time.
As it stands, the pop superstar has 124 million song awards spanning 44 separate songs.
Upon hearing the great news, Rihanna went on her Instagram page to thank the fans for helping her achieve such a prestigious honor.
"I’m grateful for this honor! Thank you God, and thank you to my fans and supporters for holding me down and propelling me forward throughout the years!" she wrote. "[RIAA] thank you for always acknowledging us music peeps!! One Love always."
The honor places Rihanna as the top artist in the history of the Digital Song chart with 124 million certified units. Taylor Swift follows with 108.5 million and Eminem with 107.5 million.
Last month, Rihanna earned the recognition of being the female artist to hit 2 billion streams at Apple Music.
Meanwhile, on the music front, Rihanna and rising R&B singer H.E.R. are reportedly working on "secret projects" together.
Congrats to Rihanna on her RIAA Songs Awards honor.
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