Black Sherif vs Victony

Certified units, compared

Black Sherif vs Victony

Black Sherif holds more certifications (25 vs 24); Victony's are worth more units.

Black Sherif

artist totals · 25 counted · 1 country

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Victony

artist totals · 24 counted · 6 countries

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

Nigeria included by default — Black Sherif has no certifications outside Nigeria.

Black Sherif · at least

1,550,000

certified units · Nigeria included · 25 of 25 certs counted

Victony · at least

2,800,000

certified units · Nigeria included · 24 of 24 certs counted

Victony leads by at least 1,250,000 certified units — a floor 1.8× the size of Black Sherif'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 — Black Sherif has no certifications outside Nigeria.

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.

Black Sherif — 25 certs · at least 1,550,000Victony — 19 certs · at least 1,725,000
Separate Nigeria
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Comparison mode: Artists

Black Sherif leads 0 of the 6 priced markets; Victony leads 6.

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 · 6Black SherifVictony
NigeriaNG
1,550,0003× Platinum
25 certs
1,725,0003× Platinum
19 certs
United StatesUS
No cert
500,000Gold
1 cert
United KingdomUK
No cert
400,000Gold
1 cert
FranceFR
No cert
100,000Gold ‡
1 cert
SpainES
No cert
50,000Gold ‡
1 cert
PortugalPT
No cert
25,000Platinum ‡
1 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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