Davido vs Tyla

Certified units, compared

Davido vs Tyla

Tyla holds 2.4× the certifications (74 vs 31), and they are worth more units.

Davido

artist totals · 31 counted · 8 countries

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Tyla

artist totals · 74 counted · 24 countries

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Davido · at least

5,125,000

certified units · outside Nigeria · 31 of 31 certs counted

Tyla · at least

14,295,565

certified units · outside Nigeria · 74 of 74 certs counted

Tyla leads by at least 9,170,565 certified units — a floor 2.8× the size of Davido's.

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

Nigeria — separated.

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.

Davido — 60 certs · at least 6,350,000Tyla — 2 certs · at least 100,000
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Comparison mode: Artists

Davido leads 1 of the 24 priced markets; Tyla leads 23.

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 · 11DavidoTyla
United StatesUS
2,500,000Platinum
4 certs
7,500,0004× Platinum
7 certs
United KingdomUK
1,120,000Gold
6 certs
2,300,0002× Platinum
6 certs
FranceFR
300,000Gold ‡
3 certs
583,333Diamond ‡
4 certs
South AfricaZA
540,0003× Platinum ‡
7 certs
550,0005× Platinum ‡ Sony Music Africa
10 certs
CanadaCA
360,000Platinum
6 certs
520,0004× Platinum
5 certs
BrazilBR
No cert
440,0002× Diamond
5 certs
AustraliaAU
No cert
315,0004× Platinum
2 certs
GermanyDE
No cert
300,000Gold ‡
1 cert
New ZealandNZ
45,000Gold
3 certs
240,0004× Platinum †
7 certs
SpainES
200,0002× Platinum † ‡
1 cert
100,000Platinum ‡
1 cert
SwitzerlandCH
60,0002× Platinum
1 cert
85,0002× Platinum
3 certs
+ 13 further countries where only Tyla is certified · at least 1,362,232 · Show all

† Multiplier assumed — Promusicae publishes Oro and Platino thresholds only and never states the arithmetic for a multiple. RMNZ publishes no multiplier rule: its Chart Rules and About page define Gold and Platinum only, with one threshold each, and never use the words multi-platinum or 2x. An N× certification is priced here as N × Platinum.

‡ 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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