Asake vs Omah Lay

Certified units, compared

Asake vs Omah Lay

Asake holds more certifications (80 vs 63), and they are worth more units.

Asake

artist totals · 80 counted · 4 countries

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Omah Lay

artist totals · 63 counted · 9 countries

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Featured appearancesFeatured appearances: on · every cert heldNigeriaNigeria: included · by default

Nigeria included by default — both artists hold most of their certifications there.

Asake · at least

14,500,000

certified units · Nigeria included · 80 of 80 certs counted

Omah Lay · at least

8,688,666

certified units · Nigeria included · 63 of 63 certs counted

Asake leads by at least 5,811,334 certified units — a floor 1.7× the size of Omah Lay's.

28 countries checked · Nigeria included · both registers read 2 October 2026, then re-read on each register's publishing day (latest 22 October 2026)

Nigeria — included.

Nigeria included by default — both artists hold most of their certifications there.

TCSN's register is request-based, so a title missing from it proves nothing about what it sold — only that nobody applied. A gap between two artists there can measure paperwork rather than sales, which is why it is counted on its own line.

Asake — 71 certs · at least 12,825,000Omah Lay — 44 certs · at least 5,925,000
Separate Nigeria
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Comparison mode: Artists

Asake leads 3 of the 10 priced markets; Omah Lay leads 6; 1 level.

Pill = the top certification there · bar = units, scaled to the row's larger figure · solid leads, outlined trailsThe pill is the top certification in that market. Each bar is that side's units, scaled to the row's larger figure: solid leads, outlined trails.

Country by country

Country · 10AsakeOmah Lay
NigeriaNG
12,825,0008× Platinum
71 certs
5,925,0006× Platinum
44 certs
United KingdomUK
1,160,000Gold
7 certs
660,000Silver
4 certs
FranceFR
No cert
1,016,666Diamond ‡
6 certs
United StatesUS
500,000Gold
1 cert
500,000Gold
1 cert
GermanyDE
No cert
300,000Gold ‡
1 cert
CanadaCA
No cert
160,000Platinum
3 certs
SpainES
No cert
50,000Gold ‡
1 cert
South AfricaZA
No cert
40,000Platinum ‡
1 cert
PortugalPT
No cert
37,000Platinum ‡
2 certs
New ZealandNZ
15,000Gold
1 cert
No cert

‡ This body raised its thresholds since 2015 — the figure is today's level, and a certification awarded before the rise may have cleared a lower bar. Which bodies, and when ↗

How this is counted

Every certification is a floor — a Platinum single in the UK means at least 600,000, and could be 1,190,000. This page adds those floors up for two records or two artists, at each certifying body's own published threshold, under identical rules.

The full method

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