With hit singles like We Found Love and You Da One as part of the tracklist, it was only a matter of time until Rihanna’s Talk That Talk (TTT) was certified gold in the United States.
On December 16 last year, the RIAA solidified RiRi’s sixth studio album as gold status after shipping out over 500,000 copies of the project. This week the Barbadian singer passed the 500k mark by selling another 42,000 copies this week, bringing the total sales to 514,000.
Her gold status comes less than two months after her November 21, 2011 release of TTT.
In other RiRi News, Rihanna is ending the year with a huge paycheck from her “Loud” tour efforts, making over $90 million. And it nearly cost her health along the way.
The superstar’s hard work actually beat out Jay-Z and Kanye West on their “Watch the Throne” tour which made only $48.3 million. According to Pollstar’s Top 25 Worldwide Tours of 2011, the “Loud” tour ranked No. 7 also stomping out Britney Spears, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
Rihanna appeared in 78 cities around the world promoting her 2010 album “Loud.”
The project also produced three No. 1 records: “Only Girl (In the World),” “S&M,” and “What’s My Name?”
But that’s not all. Her fifth and latest album, “Talk that Talk” debuted at No. 3 last week.
