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Only 30 albums by women have been certified diamond — here they all are

September 5, 20240
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.
1. “Music Box” by Mariah Carey
“Like a Virgin” was released in 1984.

Sire/Warner Bros.

“Like a Virgin” was certified 10-times platinum on May 21, 1998.

3. “Jagged Little Pill” by Alanis Morissette
“Tragic Kingdom” was released in 1995.

Trauma/Interscope

“Tragic Kingdom” was certified 10-times platinum on February 5, 1999.

5. “Whitney Houston” by Whitney Houston
“Let’s Talk About Love” was released in 1997.

Epic Records

“Let’s Talk About Love” was certified 10-times platinum on November 3, 1999.

7. “The Woman In Me” by Shania Twain
“The Immaculate Collection” was released in 1990.

Sire/Warner Bros.

“The Immaculate Collection” was certified 10-times platinum on October 11, 2001.

9. “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears
“Up!” was released in 2002.

Mercury Nashville

“Up!” was certified 11-times platinum on September 23, 2004.

11. “Come On Over” by Shania Twain
“Oops!… I Did It Again” was released in 2000.

Britney Spears/Amazon

“Oops!… I Did It Again” was certified 10-times platinum on January 24, 2005.

13. “Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits” by Patsy Cline
“Pieces of You” was released in 1995.

Atlantic

“Pieces of You” was certified 12-times platinum on January 30, 2006.

15. “Rumours” by Fleetwood Mac
“21” was released in 2011.

Columbia

“21” was certified 14-times platinum on September 20, 2016.

17. “25” by Adele
“The Bodyguard” was released in 1992.

RCA Records

“The Bodyguard” was certified 18-times platinum on November 17, 2017.

19. “Fearless” by Taylor Swift
“CrazySexyCool” was released in 1994.

LaFace/Arista

“CrazySexyCool” was certified 12-times platinum on October 11, 2019.

21. “Fly” by The Chicks
“Wide Open Spaces” was released in 1998.

Monument

“Wide Open Spaces” was certified 13-times platinum on March 5, 2020.

23. “Whitney” by Whitney Houston
“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” was released in 1998.

Columbia

“The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” was certified 10-times platinum on February 16, 2021.

25. “Falling Into You” by Celine Dion
“Come Away With Me” was released in 2002.

Blue Note

“Come Away With Me” was certified 12-times platinum on November 22, 2021.

27. “Daydream” by Mariah Carey
“Tapestry” was released in 1971.

Ode

“Tapestry” was certified 14-times platinum on May 5, 2022.

29. “Fallen” by Evanescence
“Teenage Dream” was released in 2010.

Capitol Records

“Teenage Dream” was certified 10-times platinum on July 1, 2024.

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