Omah Lay vs Fireboy DML

Certified units, compared

Omah Lay vs Fireboy DML

Omah Lay holds more certifications (63 vs 36), and they are worth more units.

Omah Lay

artist totals · 63 counted · 9 countries

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Fireboy DML

artist totals · 36 counted · 6 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.

Omah Lay · at least

8,688,666

certified units · Nigeria included · 63 of 63 certs counted

Fireboy DML · at least

6,868,333

certified units · Nigeria included · 36 of 36 certs counted

Omah Lay leads by at least 1,820,333 certified units — a floor 1.3× the size of Fireboy DML'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.

Omah Lay — 44 certs · at least 5,925,000Fireboy DML — 28 certs · at least 2,900,000
Separate Nigeria
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Comparison mode: Artists

Omah Lay leads 7 of the 11 priced markets; Fireboy DML leads 4.

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 · 11Omah LayFireboy DML
NigeriaNG
5,925,0006× Platinum
44 certs
2,900,0007× Platinum
28 certs
United KingdomUK
660,000Silver
4 certs
2,000,0003× Platinum
2 certs
United StatesUS
500,000Gold
1 cert
1,500,000Platinum
2 certs
FranceFR
1,016,666Diamond ‡
6 certs
333,333Diamond ‡
1 cert
GermanyDE
300,000Gold ‡
1 cert
No cert
CanadaCA
160,000Platinum
3 certs
No cert
DenmarkDK
No cert
90,000Platinum
1 cert
SpainES
50,000Gold ‡
1 cert
No cert
New ZealandNZ
No cert
45,000Platinum
2 certs
South AfricaZA
40,000Platinum ‡
1 cert
No cert
PortugalPT
37,000Platinum ‡
2 certs
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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