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Artists who don’t regularly update their RIAA certifications

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I have noticed some artists don’t regularly update their certifications.
For instance Beyonce has sooooo many plaques that need to be updated
Look at the dates on these!!
Imagine if she were to update them today WOW
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Nicki updates her stuff once in a while but even when she does, she doesn’t update everything.

These two singles are probably Diamond by now!
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I KNOW Beez in the Trap is multiplatinum already what is she waiting for?!
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What other artists do you know who don’t update their certifications regularly?
 

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I'm surprised Nicki doesn't update her sh!t because she sure likes to brag about her stats. :disdain

No surprise with Bey. She dgaf.

Michael is criminally under certified.
 

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The King and Queen of Pop don't need RIAA validation. Their validation was being born Black.
 

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Janet
Micheal
Bey
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Madonna

When artists get to be mega-superstars they don't give a sh!t about the certifications or the numbers.

No one would ever be able to break Micheal's records if his estate regularly updated. The Beatles might be a close second.

I don't Mariah updates regularly either.
 

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I’m suprised they don’t have assistants than do this for them..
 

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I'm not sure how much it costs, but I think they have to pay to have it certified. Which means it's not really for them as an artist because I'm sure their bank account knows just how much they make off the songs.

These certifications are for bragging rights and record keeping. At some point all the big artists don't seem like they care because they don't need it.
 

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The riaa gets paid for certifications, either the label or the artists has to pay. There is no reason for labels to keep updating certifications and artists who are not stat obsessed dont seem to bother. Im sure these multi platinum artists has their accountants keeping track of the royalties instead of caring about plaques. Fans care about this for bragging rights.
 

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The certification is just the certification. They can always find out the amount sold on their own and what they’re eligible for. A lot of ppl probably had diamond albums years ago but just never got the certification for it. You see the dates on those certifications. The artists probably cared closer to when the songs/albums were released. But years later? Meh.

For instance, I believe Cooleyhighharmony by Boyz II Men is eligible for the diamond certification. It was last certified as 9x platinum in 1995; released in 1991/1993. II is certified as diamond tho. It was last certified back in 1996; album was released in 1994.

Mariah’s debut is probably eligible for diamond. It was last certified in the 90s. In fact, I don’t think Mariah has updated any of her 90s albums since the 90s.

Nelly just got his diamond certification for Country Grammar in 2016 but it had been eligible for a while.

I guess it’s just something they don’t really think or obsess about; especially if you’ve reached a certain point in your career where you’re basically a legend. Everyone knows you’re great and at the end of the day, it’s just for bragging rights and a cool plaque.
 

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I'm surprised Nicki doesn't update her sh!t because she sure likes to brag about her stats. :disdain

No surprise with Bey. She dgaf.

Michael is criminally under certified.

His estate finally caught up with everything. The last update they did was August 2018; I assume to commemorate his 60th birthday. A whole bunch of stuff was updated and/or finally certified. Michael himself clearly didn’t care about it too much. A lot of his stuff pre-Dangerous wasn’t certified or updated til like 2005. All of the Bad singles JUST got certified. Also, Bad is now diamond.
 

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Janet Jackson ...she doesn’t care but if she did Janet. Or Rhythm Nation might be diamond by now

Rhythm Nation is diamond just under certified.

Janet. is over 8 million by now

Control is over 7 million by now

All For You is easily 4x platinum too.

Her total sales should be 150-170 million records globally by now
 

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