Certified units, compared
Tems vs Ayra Starr
Tems holds 3.8× the certifications (68 vs 18), and they are worth more units.
Tems · at least
28,720,618
certified units · outside Nigeria · 68 of 68 certs counted
Ayra Starr · at least
5,311,666
certified units · outside Nigeria · 18 of 18 certs counted
Tems leads by at least 23,408,952 certified units — a floor 5.4× the size of Ayra Starr'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.
Comparison mode: Artists
- Song vs song
- Album vs album
- Artist totals
- By country
Tems leads 18 of the 22 priced markets; Ayra Starr 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 · 13 | Tems | Ayra Starr |
|---|---|---|
| United StatesUS | 20,500,00011× Platinum 7 certs | No cert |
| United KingdomUK | 5,060,0002× Platinum 10 certs | 800,000Platinum 2 certs |
| MexicoMX | No cert | 1,760,0004× Platinum † ‡ § 1 cert |
| United StatesUS · LATIN | No cert | 960,00016× Platino 1 cert |
| FranceFR | 500,000Platinum ‡ 4 certs | 866,666Diamond ‡ 4 certs |
| CanadaCA | 720,0003× Platinum 8 certs | 160,000Platinum 3 certs |
| SpainES | 50,000Gold ‡ 1 cert | 550,0005× Platinum † ‡ 2 certs |
| New ZealandNZ | 442,5004× Platinum † 11 certs | 30,000Platinum 1 cert |
| AustraliaAU | 245,0002× Platinum 3 certs | No cert |
| ItalyIT | 200,000Gold ‡ 2 certs | 100,000Gold ‡ 1 cert |
| DenmarkDK | 180,000Platinum 2 certs | 45,000Gold 1 cert |
| South AfricaZA | 180,0003× Platinum ‡ 3 certs | No cert |
| PortugalPT | 174,0003× Platinum ‡ 5 certs | 25,000Platinum ‡ 1 cert |
| SwitzerlandCH | 45,000Platinum 2 certs | 15,000Gold 1 cert |
| + 8 further countries where only Tems is certified · at least 424,118 · Show all | ||
† Multiplier assumed — 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. 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. Promusicae publishes Oro and Platino thresholds only and never states the arithmetic for a multiple. 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 ↗
§ 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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