This Wednesday (24), Jay-Z and Alicia Keys celebrated this song empire of reason has been certified diamond. The Recording Industry Association of America announced it. This is Jay’s second diamond platter.
“The Empire is diamond!!!!!!!!”, the singer said on X, where she reshared Roc Nation’s tweet about the achievement.
please note this empire of reason was released in October 2009 as the third single from the album The project 3 by Jay-Z. The Al Shux-produced track went platinum two months later in December. The song went 9x platinum in June 2023.
According to Billboard, the artists’ collaboration peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks, also topping the Rhythmic Airplay, Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts.
Jay-Z released the track to his official YouTube page on his birthday, December 4, 2021, and it has since garnered over 262 million views.
According to Business Insider, empire of reason It is the 148th song to reach diamond status and Jay-Z is the 26th artist to achieve diamond success.
It’s worth noting that Jay-Z and Alicia surprised fans by reuniting to perform Empire State of Mind at the Tony Awards in June.”I had to do something crazy: it’s my hometown” Keys said before Jay stormed the stage for the pre-recorded performance.
Keys is getting closer to joining Jay in the multi-diamond hit club, as evidenced by her track Nobody 2007 reached 9x platinum status by Valentine’s Day 2023.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz to embark on world museum tour
The art exhibition Giants In Swizz Beatz AND Alicia Keyswill be exhibited internationally in a global museum tour.
“Our mission has always been to make art accessible to all and showcase these GIANT artists. We quickly realized that this meant this collection would need to travel to communities across the country and the world. We are so excited that Atlanta and the High Museum of Art will be the first stop on the GIANT tour.“, they said in a statement.
Organized by the museum’s curator of modern and contemporary art Kimberli Gant and assistant Indira A. Abiskaroon, the exhibition brings together nearly 100 works by 37 black artists and will be on view through July 7 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. The next stop is the city of Atlanta.
“Atlanta has been a huge part of my story since I attended Stone Mountain High, Redan High and Open Campus“said Beatz.
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The empire is diamond!!!!!!!! https://t.co/Fkh1kWGJnU
— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) July 24, 2024
Source: Terra
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