RIAA Certifies 50 Cent's "In Da Club" Diamond After Selling Another Million Copies In 10 Months

[WSFGDan]

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson Achieves RIAA Diamond Status With “In Da Club” and Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Debut Album “Get Rich Or Die Tryin'”

Curtis “50 Cent” Jacksons’ seminal 2003 smash “In Da Club” has officially reached RIAA Diamond status! It marks his very first Diamond certification. Thus far, the song has amassed over 1.2 billion Spotify streams and 1.8 billion YouTube views on the music video. It impressively averages 42 million-plus streams per week worldwide. Produced by Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo, it notably concluded 2003 as the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart.

“In Da Club” adorned his blockbuster 9x-platinum full-length debut album, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. The GRAMMY® and Emmy Award-winning Queens, NY rapper, entrepreneur, actor, and producer delivered a modern classic on his first try. It arrived on February 6, 2003, and it immediately bowed at #1 on the Billboard 200. It capped off 2003 as “the best-selling album of the year” and saw him score a total of five GRAMMY® Award nominations, including “Best New Artist,” “Best Rap Album,” “Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group” for “Magic Stick” [with Lil’ Kim], and “Best Male Rap Solo Performance” and “Best Rap Song” for “In Da Club.”

Speaking to its enduring influence, Rolling Stone named it one of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” while The Ringer hailed it as a “classic” in a detailed deep dive retrospective. Recalling the stratospheric #1 success of “In Da Club,” Stereogum proclaimed, “He was New York to the bone, but his music, thanks to a rare and impossible-to-replicate combination of factors, transcended the regionalism that’s always been a key part of rap’s power.”

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[OJ Simpsom]

Well deserved

 

[letti cook]

i was looking at billboard last week....50, Eminem, Kanye, Pac, Drake, Cole, Kendrick, and MJ got old ass albums and singles that are living on the charts because of streaming

the "weeks on the chart" slot be looking crazy

 

[puppetmaster]

Surprised it wasn’t already. It’s one of those songs that belongs in a time capsule for how well it captured the exact era it emerged from

 

[WSFGDan]

Surprised it wasn’t already. It’s one of those songs that belongs in a time capsule for how well it captured the exact era it emerged from

Songs are going diamond rapidly now because of streaming.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Grats. That's the type of song that's gonna keep stacking certs with streaming too. Could easily hit 12mil+ before 2030.

 

[OJ Simpsom]

Go Shawty. It's your Birthday.

and

It's getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes.

Might be the two most recognized lines in Hip-Hop history.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Go Shawty. It's your Birthday.

and

It's getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes.

Might be the two most recognized lines in Hip-Hop history.

Back Dat Azz Up
I Want To Rock Right Now

 

[Nostalgic]

In hindsight the song really isn't all that great, but if you ever play a song for someone that wants to know what music was in the early 2000s this song it it, it was perfect for that time.

IMO I always liked Wanksta more than In Da Club.

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

Go Shawty. It's your Birthday.

and

It's getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes.

Might be the two most recognized lines in Hip-Hop history.

Both get played heavy at top 40 clubs

Nobody playing one mic or devils

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

In hindsight the song really isn't all that great, but if you ever play a song for someone that wants to know what music was in the early 2000s this song it it, it was perfect for that time.

IMO I always liked Wanksta more than In Da Club.

The song is great because it continues to resonate with people

 

[Easy-E]

Man, again, make fun of 50 all you want.

I lived it, in real time, 50 Cent had the hottest debut in HISTORY.

 

[WSFGDan]

Grats. That's the type of song that's gonna keep stacking certs with streaming too. Could easily hit 12mil+ before 2030.

if it's seliing a million copies per year baring no slow down, it'll be 15-16 times platinum by 2030

 

[Studious one]

In hindsight the song really isn't all that great, but if you ever play a song for someone that wants to know what music was in the early 2000s this song it it, it was perfect for that time.

IMO I always liked Wanksta more than In Da Club.

Same. I hate thst song. Great, classic album though. Used to like many men, but hearing it again is blah. Was playing Heat this weekend.

 

[banner34]

i was looking at billboard last week....50, Eminem, Kanye, Pac, Drake, Cole, Kendrick, and MJ got old ass albums and singles that are living on the charts because of streaming

the "weeks on the chart" slot be looking crazy

Classic songs are going to stream forever