Certified units, compared
Rema vs Black Sherif
Rema holds 3.4× the certifications (85 vs 25), and they are worth more units.
Nigeria included by default — Black Sherif has no certifications outside Nigeria.
Rema · at least
19,038,451
certified units · Nigeria included · 84 of 85 certs counted · 1 not comparable
Black Sherif · at least
1,550,000
certified units · Nigeria included · 25 of 25 certs counted
Rema leads by at least 17,488,451 certified units — a floor 12× 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.
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- By country
Rema leads 23 of the 23 priced markets; Black Sherif leads 0. Colombia is listed, not priced ¹.
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 · 5 | Rema | Black Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| NigeriaNG | 4,325,0003× Platinum 38 certs | 1,550,0003× Platinum 25 certs |
| United StatesUS | 5,500,0005× Platinum 2 certs | No cert |
| United KingdomUK | 2,860,0003× Platinum 6 certs | No cert |
| FranceFR | 1,233,333Diamond ‡ 7 certs | No cert |
| ColombiaCO | Not counted ¹Diamond | No cert |
| + 18 further countries where only Rema is certified · at least 5,120,118 · Show all | ||
¹ Not counted — Colombia (Pro Música Colombia). Listed, never summed: these bodies publish no threshold this page can put on the same scale as the rest.
‡ 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.
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