Kanye West lands his first Diamond-certified song
Kanye West has finally got his first Diamond-certified single with ‘Stronger’.
The track has taken 14 years to achieve this milestone after being released in 2007 on his third album, Graduation. Staggeringly, ‘Stronger’ has now eclipsed the 10 million sales mark and joins an exclusive club of records to reach this achievement.
Def Jam Records shared the good news on Twitter, posting, “Kanye West’s ‘Stronger’ is now @RIAA certified DIAMOND! Congratulations to Yeezy and the entire team.”
The Recording Industry Association of America announced earlier this year that only 58 songs have been certified Diamond. It’s the highest achievement in music sales, and only a select few have ever achieved it.
Some other hip-hop artists who’ve managed this feat include Lil Nas X, Drake, who secured it with ‘God’s Plan’, and Eminem has managed it twice with ‘Not Afraid’ and ‘Lose Yourself’. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Ye is allegedly planning a selection of tech products related to his tenth studio album, Donda.
West has already shared an item called the ‘Stem Player’, which will cost $200 for fans to purchase. The device lets users “customise any song”, which, in effect, allows them to “control vocals, drums, bass, and samples,” and also “isolate parts” to add effects or “split any song into stems”.
Now, documents discovered by TMZ show that Yeezy is planning on creating a range of Donda related “tablet computers, surround sound systems, smartwatches, smart glasses, wearable activity trackers, protective flip covers for tablets, and earphones”.