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Whitney Houston earns 11 new RIAA Platinum or higher certifications during her 40th Anniversary in music & entertainment. With 3 Diamond albums, she becomes the first African American recording artist to reach this milestone! 👑🎶

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Travis Vincenzo 🇨🇦1 year ago

Michael Jackson would have been if their lazy estate and @sonymusic would get off their asses and re certify Off The Wall and HIStory which would give MJ 4 diamond albums.

Quote1 year ago

Michael Jackson should have five by now (Off the Wall, Bad, Thriller, Dangerous, History) but Sony never updates him.

LazyFit1 year ago

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jp1 year ago

Queen!! She deserves

Davisfierce 👑1 year ago

History

Donte Newman1 year ago

The greatest of all time

david.1 year ago

Forever the Queen. She is missed. 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

Arya BiblioBrit 🇬🇧1 year ago

No one else makes me invent kitchen choreography like Whitney. Those high notes, those platinum stats—classic joy. 👑

𝐉𝐎𝐇𝐍𝐍𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐓1 year ago

Terrible video. Hard to read when you're blurring it out. Just post a normal list.

Diego Serafim1 year ago

OMG that's my Whitney!!!

Nightmare Nails1 year ago

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