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# RIAA Names Katy Perry Top Certified Digital Artist Of All Time
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/riaa-names-katy-perry-top-certified-digital-artist-of-all-time/
- Published: 2014-06-26T12:45:46.000Z
- Updated: 2014-06-26T12:45:46.000Z
- Description: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has crowned Katy Perry as the most awarded digital act in the history of Gold & Platinum awards. 18 Perry songs, from “I Kissed a. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/06/riaa-names-katy-perry-top-certified-digital-artist-of-all-
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:38

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The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has crowned Katy Perry as the most awarded digital act in the history of Gold & Platinum awards. 18 Perry songs, from “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot N Cold” to newer releases “Dark Horse” and “Birthday” are included in Perry’s 72 million cumulative RIAA Digital Single Certifications which count both downloads and on-demand streams.

**20 Million More Than Any Other Artist**

A new batch of certifications vaulted Perry to the top of the RIAA’s list with the most Digital Single Certifications. Perry is also the first to surpass the 70 million – 20 million ahead of any other artist.

More than 32 million new cumulative certifications were awarded to Perry today including a 9x multi-Platinum for “Firework,” two 7x multi-Platinums for “California Gurls” and “E.T.,” three 6x multi-Platinums for “Dark Horse,” “Hot N Cold” and “Teenage Dream” and [more](http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content%5Fselector=gold-platinum-searchable-database&ref=hypebot.com). Katy’s career RIAA tally now encompasses 18 Gold, 16 Platinum and 56 multi-Platinum Digital Single Awards, in addition to her 2x multi-Platinum album “Teenage Dream” and Platinum album “One Of The Boys.”

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