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Post Malone broke an RIAA record with three songs reaching diamond status, and he's releasing a compilation album to honor the feat.

Post Malone achieves a high status with the Recording Industry Association of America and is toasting the feat with a new album containing his greatest hits. On Thursday (April 20th), three songs from the artist I Fall Apart, Better Now and Circles all were certified by the Recording Industry Association of America to have crossed the diamond threshold in certified units sold, which is ten million. Universal Music Group announced the achievement on Twitter along with the cover for a new album from Post Malone entitled The Diamond Collection, which will be released from Republic Records on Friday (April 21st). Related Stories Better Now: Post Malone Expecting First Child With Girlfriend The new album will contain nine diamond-certified hits from the rapper and singer, along with a new track, Chemical. The song, the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album, was recently projected to debut on the United Kingdom hit charts just shy of its top ten. For the Utah-based artist, the new song marks a change in his process. Trying to shove 20 to 25 songs, it doesnt work. Talking to the label , Oh, if you have less songs, youre not going to stream as much, but the whole thing is that you dont want to compromise your art and your gut vibe on anything, he said to Billboard. Ive made a lot of compromises, especially musically, but now I dont feel like I want to anymore. I dont need a No. 1; that doesnt matter to me no more, and at a point, it did. He previewed the song to his followers on Instagram before its release. Malones feat broke the previous record of six songs having attained a diamond status, which was previously held by Bruno Mars. The artist also has tied for the highest certified single of all time, with his hit Sunflower with Swae Lee for the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse soundtrack. That song would go on to become seventeen-times platinum per RIAA records. The status is a hard one to obtain, having been first created in 1997 with Something About The Way You Look Tonight / Candle In The Wind 1997 by Elton John. Read more