Tyla vs Black Sherif

Certified units, compared

Tyla vs Black Sherif

Tyla holds 3.0× the certifications (76 vs 25), and they are worth more units.

Tyla

artist totals · 76 counted · 25 countries

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Black Sherif

artist totals · 25 counted · 1 country

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Featured appearancesFeatured appearances: on · every cert heldNigeriaNigeria: included · by default

Nigeria included by default — Black Sherif has no certifications outside Nigeria.

Tyla · at least

14,395,565

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

Tyla leads by at least 12,845,565 certified units — a floor 9.3× 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.

Tyla — 2 certs · at least 100,000Black Sherif — 25 certs · at least 1,550,000
Separate Nigeria
Tyla ChangeBlack Sherif Change
Comparison mode: Artists

Tyla leads 24 of the 25 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 · 4TylaBlack Sherif
NigeriaNG
100,000Gold
2 certs
1,550,0003× Platinum
25 certs
United StatesUS
7,500,0004× Platinum
7 certs
No cert
United KingdomUK
2,300,0002× Platinum
6 certs
No cert
FranceFR
583,333Diamond ‡
4 certs
No cert
+ 21 further countries where only Tyla is certified · at least 3,912,232 · Show all

‡ 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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