Much like his good friend Rihanna, Eminem is seeing diamonds. The Detroit rhymer has achieved another
first in his career. He’s the first artist to
receive two RIAA Digital Single
Diamond Awards for a combined 10
million sales and streams. Em was given the honor for his two songs “Not Afraid” and “Love the Way
You Lie” featuring Rihanna, off his
2010 album Recovery. By the way,
that album is 4 times platinum with 4.5
millions sales in the U.S. and over 10
million worldwide. RIAA Chairman and CEO Cary Sherman
went on Twitter to formally announce
Eminem’s prestigious honor.
“Congratulations to @Eminem – the
only artist in @RIAA Gold & Platinum
history to earn 2 Digital Diamond Awards!” he tweeted. This is some major news and a
crowning achievement for Slim Shady.
But judging by the photo, it looks like
this is just another day for Em. It seems
like the 42-year-old rapper is over it
and ready to move on. Come on Em, gives us a smile. In addition to his two new Digital
Diamond song trophies, Eminem has
two Diamond album honors for
2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP and
2002’s The Eminem Show. When it
comes to digital song sales overall, the “Lose Yourself” rapper has sold 31
million tunes among 10 different
songs. This achievement places him at
No. 6 on the all-time list, behind Kanye
West with 31.5 million and ahead of
Flo Rida with 29.5 million. Eminem just released a new single
“Phenomenal,” which will appear on the soundtrack for the upcoming
boxing movie Southpaw. The film,
starring Jake Gyllenhaal, 50 Cent, Rita
Ora and Forest Whitaker, hits theaters
on July 24. Culled from the: theboombox.com/eminem-receives-two-digital-diamond-awards/