Chris Brown Earns 17 more RIAA Certs, Placing Top 10 Of All Artists Across All Genres With Multi-Platinum Certs.
Grammy winning global superstar Chris Brown garners 17 more RIAA certifications – including Brown’s first RIAA Diamond-certified single for “No Guidance” featuring Drake and his albums Indigo (3x Platinum) and Breezy (Gold) receiving certifications as well. These certifications now put Chris Brown in the top 10 of all artists across all genres with the most multi-Platinum certifications. See the full list of the new 17 RIAA certifications for Chris Brown below.
In addition to these incredible new accolades, Brown is also nominated for three 2025 Grammy Awards for the following: Best R&B Album – 11:11 (Deluxe), Best R&B Performance – “Residuals,” and Best African Music Performance – “Sensational” featuring Davido & Lojay. In total, spanning across Chris Brown’s entire career, he has earned 25 Grammy nominations.
If the above wasn’t massive enough, Chris Brown went #1 at Rhythmic Radio this week with his newly Grammy nominated single “Residuals.” With this, Brown now has the third-most #1’s at Rhythm Radio (15 total) of all time for any artist. “Residuals” is also Brown’s 57th top 10 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, which earns him the spot of second most-of all artists and top among primarily singers. Chris has had at least one top 10 single on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart each year since 2010. On top of this, “Residuals” hit a new peak on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart this week, now sitting at #69.
Throughout his career, Brown has continued to break records – even his own – and received a plethora of accolades. Chris Brown currently stands as the R&B singer with the most Hot 100 entries in Billboard history to-date.
CHRIS BROWN – 17 NEW RIAA CERTIFICATIONS
Singles
“No Guidance” – 11x Platinum (DIAMOND)
“With You” – 6x Platinum
“Under The Influence – 5x Platinum
“Heat” – 4x Platinum
“Privacy” – 3x Platinum
“Party” – 3x Platinum
“She Ain’t You” – 2x Platinum
“Take You Down” – 2x Platinum
“Tempo“- 2x Platinum
“Call Me Every Day” – Platinum
“Indigo” – Platinum
“To My Bed” – Platinum
“Angel Numbers / Ten Toes” – Gold
“WE (Warm Embrace)” – Platinum
“Juicy Booty” – Gold
Albums
Indigo – 3x Platinum
Breezy – Gold
Chris Brown released the deluxe to his 11th solo studio album, 11:11 via RCA Records/Chris Brown Entertainment back in April 2024. The deluxe adds 13-tracks to the original album and includes features from Bryson Tiller, Joyner Lucas, Lil Wayne, Tee Grizzley, Mario, and Davido.
The original 11:11 album debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B Albums chart, the first album to unseat SZA’s S.O.S, which had been #1 on this chart every week since its release.It also landed at #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and top 10 (#9) on the Billboard 200 chart – keeping Chris Brown’s streak of all his solo albums debuting in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart. Brown also went on his sold-out 11:11 Tour, which was an extensive 26-city tour across North America that made stops in Brooklyn, Toronto, Atlanta, Los Angeles and more.
Chris Brown is a generational talent that transcends genres and boxes; earning accolade after accolade, dropping hit after hit, is a testament to that.