Katy Perry named 1st female artist with 2 diamond singlesOctober 30, 2015 - 15:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Katy Perry has hit another major milestone in her career. The pop superstar has just been announced as the first female artist with two RIAA Digital Diamond Awards thanks to her massive hits "Fireworks" and "Dark Horse", AceShowbiz reports. The two songs appear on Perry's "Teenage Dream" and "Prism" albums respectively. As of Thursday, October 29, both tracks officially went diamond after each of them surpassed the 10 million mark in the U.S. Perry is currently close to scoring more diamond-selling singles with some of her other biggest hits. Her "ET" and "Roar" are now certified 8x platinum while "California Gurls" and "Teenage Dream" are following behind with 7x platinum each. The news comes shortly before Perry releases "The Prismatic World Tour Live". The concert film, scheduled to arrive on Friday, October 30, was shot during her "Prism" tour which was recently wrapped up after more than 150 shows. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |