Music Canada Has Certified 44 Singles Diamond to Date

There are no conflict diamonds being mined in music! Diamond certification is awarded to pieces of music that reach the equivalent of ten times platinum. Currently, this means 800,000 units. A unit for a song can be the sale of a physical copy, such as a CD single, or a purchased digital download. In recent years Music Canada has also factored in on-demand audio streams. The current definition is 150 streams count as one unit. With this, we currently have 44 diamond-certified singles. Six of these are from Canadian artists (not including Justin Bieber’s feature in “Despacito”). Most of these songs have been released in the past several years with the oldest being from 2010. It may come as a surprise but the artist scoring the most diamond-certified singles is Post Malone with six. Find a listing of the songs below.

DIAMOND-CERTIFIED SINGLES FROM CANADIAN ARTISTS

💎 “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, from 2011
💎 “Starboy” by The Weeknd, from 2016
💎 “One Dance” by Drake, from 2016
💎 “Body” by Loud Luxury (ft. Brando), from 2017
💎 “God’s Plan” by Drake, from 2018
💎 “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd, from 2019

DIAMOND-CERTIFIED SINGLES FROM INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS

💎 “Rolling In The Deep” by Adele, from 2010
💎 “Just The Way You Are” by Bruno Mars, from 2010
💎 “Someone Like You” by Adele, from 2011
💎 “Moves Like Jagger” by Maroon 5, from 2011
💎 “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons, from 2012
💎 “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, from 2012
💎 “Let Her Go” by Passenger, from 2012
💎 “Ho Hey” by The Lumineers, from 2012
💎 “Take Me To Church” by Hozier, from 2013
💎 “Counting Stars” by OneRepublic, from 2013
💎 “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, from 2013
💎 “Just Give Me A Reason” by Pink, from 2013
💎 “Riptide” by Vance Joy, from 2013
💎 “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran, from 2014
💎 “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson, from 2014
💎 “Hello” by Adele, from 2015
💎 “7 Years” by Lukas Graham, from 2015
💎 “Cheap Thrills” by Sia, from 2015
💎 “Stressed Out” by Twenty One Pilots, from 2015
💎 “Say You Won’t Let Go” by James Arthur, from 2016
💎 “Can’t Stop The Feeling!” by Justin Timberlake, from 2016
💎 “Closer” by The Chainsmokers, from 2016
💎 “Meant To Be” by Bebe Rexha, from 2017
💎 “Havana” by Camila Cabello, from 2017
💎 “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran, from 2017
💎 “Shape Of You” by Ed Sheeran, from 2017
💎 “Unforgettable” by French Montana, from 2017
💎 “Humble.” by Kendrick Lamar, from 2017
💎 “Despacito” by Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee ft. Justin Bieber, from 2017
💎 “Congratulations” by Post Malone, from 2017
💎 “Rockstar” by Post Malone, from 2017
💎 “I Like It” by Cardi B, from 2018
💎 “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi, from 2018
💎 “Better Now” by Post Malone, from 2018
💎 “Wow.” by Post Malone, from 2018
💎 “Sunflower” by Post Malone & Swae Lee, from 2018
💎 “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X, from 2019
💎 “Dance Monkey” by Tones and I, from 2019