Certified units, compared
Davido vs Ayra Starr
Davido holds 2.2× the certifications (91 vs 42), and they are worth more units.
Nigeria included by default — both artists hold most of their certifications there.
Davido · at least
11,475,000
certified units · Nigeria included · 91 of 91 certs counted
Ayra Starr · at least
8,086,666
certified units · Nigeria included · 42 of 42 certs counted
Davido leads by at least 3,388,334 certified units — a floor 1.4× the size of Ayra Starr'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.
Comparison mode: Artists
- Song vs song
- Album vs album
- Artist totals
- By country
Davido leads 7 of the 14 priced markets; Ayra Starr leads 7.
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 · 13 | Davido | Ayra Starr |
|---|---|---|
| NigeriaNG | 6,350,0005× Platinum 60 certs | 2,775,0004× Platinum 24 certs |
| United StatesUS | 2,500,000Platinum 4 certs | No cert |
| MexicoMX | No cert | 1,760,0004× Platinum † ‡ § 1 cert |
| United KingdomUK | 1,120,000Gold 6 certs | 800,000Platinum 2 certs |
| United StatesUS · LATIN | No cert | 960,00016× Platino 1 cert |
| FranceFR | 300,000Gold ‡ 3 certs | 866,666Diamond ‡ 4 certs |
| SpainES | 200,0002× Platinum † ‡ 1 cert | 550,0005× Platinum † ‡ 2 certs |
| South AfricaZA | 540,0003× Platinum ‡ 7 certs | No cert |
| CanadaCA | 360,000Platinum 6 certs | 160,000Platinum 3 certs |
| ItalyIT | No cert | 100,000Gold ‡ 1 cert |
| SwitzerlandCH | 60,0002× Platinum 1 cert | 15,000Gold 1 cert |
| DenmarkDK | No cert | 45,000Gold 1 cert |
| New ZealandNZ | 45,000Gold 3 certs | 30,000Platinum 1 cert |
| PortugalPT | No cert | 25,000Platinum ‡ 1 cert |
† Multiplier assumed — Promusicae publishes Oro and Platino thresholds only and never states the arithmetic for a multiple. An N× certification is priced here as N × Platinum. AMPROFON publishes no multiplier rule for singles; its own register stacks the levels it has awarded. An N× certification is priced here as N × Platinum, and a combined certification (Platino & Oro, 4 & 1) as the sum of its parts, 4 × Platinum + 1 × Gold.
‡ 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 ↗
§ Ratio assumed — AMPROFON measures singles in audio streams (video streams may be added since November 2020) and publishes no stream-to-unit ratio. Its certifications are converted at 100 streams to a unit, the ratio IFPI Denmark and IFPI Norway publish for the same measure.
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.
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