The Chopard Diamond award, or simply the Diamond award, is a special award of merit given by the World Music Awards to recording artists who have sold over 100 million albums during their career. The World Music Awards were established in 1989. Honors are presented annually by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and are based entirely on worldwide sales figures in the music industry.The first Chopard Diamond award was issued in 2002 to British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart. He is known to have sold over 100 million records throughout his career. American entertainer Mariah Carey was honored the following year. She has sold more than 200 million albums, singles and videos worldwide and was named the best-selling female pop artist of the millennium at the 2000 World Music Awards. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Carey is the third best-selling female artist and sixteenth overall recording artist with shipments of over 62.5 million albums in the US.

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