Just six months later Nicki Minaj took the title for most platinum-certified hits among female rappers in the 72-year history of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) taught her’Just say the word‘ co-star Doja cat has clawed her way back to the top alongside her.

At press time earlier this month, the RIAA unveiled Cat’s latest Hot 100 top 10 hits – ‘Agora Hills‘and the hit parade’Paint the city red‘ – have received their first set of certifications.

While ‘Hills’ climbed to 2x platinum status, ‘Red’ doubled that when 4x platinum was added next to his name. For context, “Platinum” indicates sales equivalent of 1 million units in the United States.

Furthermore, the parent album of the tunes – ‘Scarlet‘ – has also been certified Platinum, making it her third consecutive studio effort to reach the sales threshold following 2019’s ‘Hot pink‘ (2x Platinum) and 2021’s ‘Planet Her‘ (2x platinum).

Thanks to the certification upgrades of ‘Hills’ and ‘Red’, Doja now has 25 gold single plaques to her name – one more than Minaj (the previous all-time champion among female rappers).

Cat also now has 19 platinum singles records, a feat that ties her with Nicki’s all-time record (also the highest among female rappers).

Together, the certification upgrades of “Red” and “Hills” push Doja’s career single sales to 51 million in the United States.

Considering only singles, she has now surpassed Nicki to become the second best-selling female rapper Cardi B (58 million).

Note: It’s worth noting that the RIAA only awards certifications to lead acts, so any certified song that lists Cat or Minaj as features will not be officially added to their career counts.