{"id":155586,"date":"2023-04-15T15:38:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T15:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=155586"},"modified":"2023-06-12T13:56:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:56:19","slug":"lady-gagas-just-dance-achieves-diamond-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/music\/lady-gagas-just-dance-achieves-diamond-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” Achieves Diamond Certification"},"content":{"rendered":" \r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n
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On April 12, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Lady Gaga’s debut single “Just Dance” as Diamond, marking 10,000,000 units sold.<\/span><\/p>\n The announcement came shortly after the 15th anniversary of the hit song featuring Colby O\u2019Donis.<\/span><\/p>\n This achievement makes Lady Gaga the first woman to receive the RIAA’s Digital Diamond Award, as “Just Dance” joins her other Diamond-certified tracks, “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face.”<\/span><\/p>\n Originally released as the lead single from Gaga’s debut album, The Fame, “Just Dance” climbed to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in winter 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n It spent three weeks at the top, becoming the first of Gaga’s five No. 1 hits, alongside “Poker Face,” “Born This Way,” “Shallow” (with Bradley Cooper), and “Rain on Me” (with Ariana Grande).<\/span><\/p>\n The Fame also holds the record for the most non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 in Billboard\u2019s Dance\/Electronic Albums chart history, with 175 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n In honor of this milestone, Lady Gaga has re-released limited-edition merchandise from all her past album eras, including The Fame Monster (2009), Born This Way (2011), Artpop (2013), Joanne (2016), and Chromatica (2020).<\/span><\/p>\n Select pieces dedicated to Love for Sale (2021), her collaborative LP with Tony Bennett, and her contribution to the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack are also available.<\/span><\/p>\n Fans can purchase the merchandise on the singer’s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n This achievement makes Lady Gaga the first woman to receive the RIAA’s Digital Diamond Award, as “Just Dance” joins her other Diamond-certified tracks, “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face.”<\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n\r\n Gaga shares the spotlight with Katy Perry and Cardi B as they hold the record for the most diamond-certified songs by a female artist, with three each.<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, only a little over a hundred songs have achieved diamond certification, with Bruno Mars holding the record for the most diamond-certified singles (six) and Drake, Post Malone, and The Weeknd tied for second place with five each.<\/span><\/p>\n Apart from her musical achievements, Lady Gaga recently completed filming for the upcoming movie Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux.<\/span><\/p>\n Directed by Todd Phillips, the crime caper serves as a sequel to the 2019 film Joker and features Gaga portraying Harley Quinn alongside Joaquin Phoenix as Gotham City’s infamous villain.<\/span><\/p>\n Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance” was written in a mere ten minutes and initially gained popularity on the dance music charts before reaching the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100, where it remained for nearly an entire year.<\/span><\/p>\n The song’s Diamond certification and continued success illustrate the enduring impact of Gaga’s music on the industry and fans alike.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":155587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410,398],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-culture","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chart-topping Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Celebrating the Moment<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Other Diamond-certified Artists<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Lady Gaga’s Continuing Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n
A Lasting Legacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n