Certified units, compared
Tems vs Black Sherif
Tems holds 3.0× the certifications (76 vs 25), and they are worth more units.
Nigeria included by default — Black Sherif has no certifications outside Nigeria.
Tems · at least
29,495,618
certified units · Nigeria included · 76 of 76 certs counted
Black Sherif · at least
1,550,000
certified units · Nigeria included · 25 of 25 certs counted
Tems leads by at least 27,945,618 certified units — a floor 19× 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.
Comparison mode: Artists
- Song vs song
- Album vs album
- Artist totals
- By country
Tems leads 20 of the 21 priced markets; Black Sherif leads 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 · 4 | Tems | Black Sherif |
|---|---|---|
| NigeriaNG | 775,0002× Platinum 8 certs | 1,550,0003× Platinum 25 certs |
| United StatesUS | 20,500,00011× Platinum 7 certs | No cert |
| United KingdomUK | 5,060,0002× Platinum 10 certs | No cert |
| CanadaCA | 720,0003× Platinum 8 certs | No cert |
| + 17 further countries where only Tems is certified · at least 2,440,618 · Show all | ||
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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