{"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&#8217;s &#8220;Just Dance&#8221; Achieves Diamond Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Lady Gaga's debut single \"Just Dance\" as Diamond, marking 10,000,000 units sold.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>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.\"<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>\"Just Dance\" climbed to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in winter 2009, becoming the first of Gaga's five No. 1 hits.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>In honor of the milestone, Lady Gaga re-released limited-edition merchandise from all her past album eras, including Love for Sale, her collaborative LP with Tony Bennett, and her contribution to the Top Gun: Maverick soundtrack.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Lady Gaga's \"Just Dance\" continues to illustrate the enduring impact of her music on the industry and fans alike, and she recently completed filming for the upcoming movie Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On April 12, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified Lady Gaga&#8217;s debut single &#8220;Just Dance&#8221; as Diamond, marking 10,000,000 units sold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The announcement came shortly after the 15th anniversary of the hit song featuring Colby O\u2019Donis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This achievement makes Lady Gaga the first woman to receive the RIAA&#8217;s Digital Diamond Award, as &#8220;Just Dance&#8221; joins her other Diamond-certified tracks, &#8220;Bad Romance&#8221; and &#8220;Poker Face.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Chart-topping Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally released as the lead single from Gaga&#8217;s debut album, The Fame, &#8220;Just Dance&#8221; climbed to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in winter 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It spent three weeks at the top, becoming the first of Gaga&#8217;s five No. 1 hits, alongside &#8220;Poker Face,&#8221; &#8220;Born This Way,&#8221; &#8220;Shallow&#8221; (with Bradley Cooper), and &#8220;Rain on Me&#8221; (with Ariana Grande).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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<h2><strong>Celebrating the Moment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans can purchase the merchandise on the singer&#8217;s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>                        <!-- <div class=\"container-c\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"row justify-content-between\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"col-post-800\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- start html -->\r\n                        <div class=\"blockquote-wapper\">\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                <span class=\"text_quot\">\r\n                                    <p>This achievement makes Lady Gaga the first woman to receive the RIAA&#8217;s Digital Diamond Award, as &#8220;Just Dance&#8221; joins her other Diamond-certified tracks, &#8220;Bad Romance&#8221; and &#8220;Poker Face.&#8221;<\/p>\n                                <\/span>\r\n\r\n                                <div class=\"quot_icon\">\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quot_tick\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot_tri.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <!-- end html -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                                    <\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Other Diamond-certified Artists<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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<h2><strong>Lady Gaga&#8217;s Continuing Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from her musical achievements, Lady Gaga recently completed filming for the upcoming movie Joker: Folie \u00e0 Deux.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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&#8217;s infamous villain.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Lasting Legacy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Just Dance&#8221; 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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The song&#8217;s Diamond certification and continued success illustrate the enduring impact of Gaga&#8217;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}]}}