The Afrobeats Board

Where Burna Boy stands among the genre’s biggest names — counted the same way he is, every figure read in the issuing body’s own register or, where it holds no row, the body’s own announcement or the label’s own award.

Re-read at each sweep, last 6 September – 3 October 2026 · Burna Boy’s pages daily

This siteBurna Boy249 certifications · 26 countriesHis certifications, in full →

DiamondWizkid159 · 21 countries 6× PlatinumSeyi Vibez102 · 1 country 5× PlatinumDavido91 · 9 countries DiamondRema85 · 23 countries 8× PlatinumAsake80 · 4 countries DiamondTems76 · 21 countries 2× DiamondTyla75 · 24 countries 5× PlatinumBNXN65 · 6 countries DiamondOmah Lay63 · 9 countries 4× PlatinumOlamide54 · 2 countries DiamondAyra Starr42 · 12 countries DiamondFireboy DML36 · 6 countries 5× PlatinumKizz Daniel36 · 3 countries DiamondCKay29 · 15 countries 3× PlatinumBlack Sherif25 · 1 country 3× PlatinumVictony24 · 6 countries 4× PlatinumRuger19 · 4 countries DiamondOxlade15 · 12 countries 2× PlatinumTiwa Savage12 · 2 countries

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Live placements across Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Deezer, Shazam and YouTube country charts — platform charts, not official ones.

Counted under the rules on the methodology page. Last read at source 6 September – 3 October 2026.

One rule, 20 verified artists

The Afrobeats Board

Where Burna Boy stands among the genre's biggest names — counted the same way he is. One plaque per title per country at its current tier, lead and featured credits both, every figure read in the issuing body's own register (or, where it holds no row, the body's own announcement or the label's own award) rather than taken from a fan tally.

The board is re-read at each register sweep — last on 6 September – 3 October 2026. Burna Boy's own pages update daily.

The field

This siteBurna Boy249 certifications · 26 countriesThe African Giant — this site's subject, updated daily.DiamondWizkid159 certifications · 21 countries“One Dance” is Diamond in five countries — the deepest plaque count on this board after Burna Boy.6× PlatinumSeyi Vibez102 certifications · 1 country102 plaques and 129 chart entries, every one of them Nigerian — a record built at home, so far.5× PlatinumDavido91 certifications · 9 countriesNinety-one plaques across nine countries, and sixteen Nigerian No. 1s — second only to Asake at home.DiamondRema85 certifications · 23 countries“Calm Down” is certified in twenty-two countries — a French Diamond, 9× Platinum in Portugal.8× PlatinumAsake80 certifications · 4 countriesEighty plaques and 24 Nigerian No. 1s — more chart-toppers at home than anyone else on this board.DiamondTems76 certifications · 21 countriesHolds a US Diamond for “Wait For U” — one of only two on this board who do.2× DiamondTyla75 certifications · 24 countries“Water” took amapiano worldwide and won the first Best African Music Performance Grammy.5× PlatinumBNXN65 certifications · 6 countriesSeven Nigerian No. 1s — and Britain, Canada and New Zealand still file Wizkid's “Mood” under Buju, the name on his records until early 2022.DiamondOmah Lay63 certifications · 9 countriesTwo French Diamonds — “soso” and Jul's “Namek” — and plaques in nine countries.4× PlatinumOlamide54 certifications · 2 countriesA hundred and three charted records in Nigeria — fourth on this board behind Seyi Vibez, Davido and Wizkid, and all but three of his chart entries came at home.DiamondAyra Starr42 certifications · 12 countriesThe youngest artist on this board, and “Rush” went Diamond in France — one of 42 plaques across twelve countries.DiamondFireboy DML36 certifications · 6 countries“Peru” is Diamond in France and 3× Platinum in the UK — and every plaque he holds outside Nigeria is for it or “Bandana”.5× PlatinumKizz Daniel36 certifications · 3 countriesHis Nigerian No. 1s run from singles to an EP and an album — and “Buga”, with Tekno, is the record the United States certified Gold.DiamondCKay29 certifications · 15 countriesFrance certified two of his records Diamond — the only country to certify him Diamond, and it did it twice.3× PlatinumBlack Sherif25 certifications · 1 countryThe only Ghanaian on this board, and “Kwaku the Traveller” took him to No. 1 in Nigeria — a foreign act topping someone else's national chart.3× PlatinumVictony24 certifications · 6 countriesOutside Nigeria, five countries have certified him — and all five did it for the same record, “Soweto”.4× PlatinumRuger19 certifications · 4 countries“Asiwaju” went to No. 1 in Nigeria and Gold in France — and New Zealand certified “Girlfriend” Gold.DiamondOxlade15 certifications · 12 countriesEvery plaque he holds outside Nigeria is for one record, “Ku Lo Sa” — and France certified it Diamond.2× PlatinumTiwa Savage12 certifications · 2 countriesHer biggest plaque is a feature — Spyro's “Who Is Your Guy? (Remix)” — and so is the one New Zealand gave her, Korede Bello's “Romantic”.One rule, counted the sameOne plaque per title per country at its current tier. Award events are not plaques, fan tallies are not registers, and nothing is published here that was not read from the body or label that issued it.How the counting works →ProvenanceRead at source, 6 September – 3 October 202619 register sweeps — RIAA, BPI, SNEP, TurnTable and their equivalents — re-read at each sweep, last on 6 September – 3 October 2026. A figure with no register row behind it is published only where the body itself announced it or the label issued or announced the plaque — 14 of the board's plaques, each named in the methodology.Where the figures come from →

The shape of the field

countries wide × plaques deep · every dot verified

Burna Boy — this siteThe fieldBottom-right = wide & shallow · top-left = deep at home (Seyi Vibez) · top-right = both (Burna Boy, Wizkid)

Counted under the rules on the methodology page. Last read at source 6 September – 3 October 2026.