updates

The following is a list of best-selling video albums by country. Since music video certification in almost all countries began in the 2000s, the figures therefore only include sales of DVD releases (or DVD and Blu-ray). The exceptions are Australia, Canada, France, Germany and the United States. Certification in these countries began in VHS era. Currently, video albums are not eligible to certification in most countries.

Europe	Austria ∙ Belgium ∙ Denmark ∙ Finland ∙ France ∙ Germany ∙ Grecce ∙ Ireland ∙ Italy ∙ Netherlands ∙ Norway ∙ Poland ∙ Portugal ∙ Spain ∙ Sweden ∙ Switzerland ∙ United Kingdom
America	Brazil ∙ Canada ∙ Mexico ∙ United States
ROW	Australia ∙ Japan ∙ New Zealand ∙ South Africa

Australia

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Australia

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	P!nk	Funhouse Tour: Live In Australia	480,000	32x Platinum	2009
2	Michael Jackson	Number Ones	345,000	23x Platinum	2003
3	Andre Rieu	Live In Australia	315,000	21x Platinum	2008
4	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over	300,000	20x Platinum	1994
5	P!nk	The Truth About Love – Live From Melbourne	240,000	16x Platinum	2013
6	P!nk	Live From Wembley Arena	240,000	16x Platinum	2007
7	Michael Jackson	Live In Bucharest – The Dangerous Tour	210,000	14x Platinum	2005
8	Pink Floyd	P.U.L.S.E.	210,000	14x Platinum	1995
9	Neil Diamond	Greatest Hits Live	210,000	14x Platinum	1989
10	Eagles	Farewell I Tour: Live From Melbourne	195,000	13x Platinum	2005

Austria

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Austria

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Musical	Elisabeth – Live Aus Dem Theater An Der Wien	50,000	5x Platinum	2005
2	Robbie Williams	What We Did Last Summer – Live At Knebworth	30,000	3x Platinum	2003
3	Falco	Falco Symphonic	20,000	2x Platinum	2008
4	Falco	Hoch Wie Nie	20,000	2x Platinum	2007
5	Herbert Grönemeyer	Mensch Live	20,000	2x Platinum	2003
6	Robbie Williams	Live At The Albert	20,000	2x Platinum	2001
7	AC/DC	Stiff Upper Lip Live	20,000	2x Platinum	2001

Belgium

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Belgium

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Marco Borsato	Symphonica In Rosso	50,000	1x Platinum	2006
2	Marco Borsato	Zien – Live In De Kuip 2004	50,000	1x Platinum	2004
3	Metallica	Francais Pour Une Nuits	25,000	1x Gold	2009
4	Mylène Farmer	Stade De France	25,000	1x Gold	2009
5	Les Enfoirés	2009: Les Enfoirés Font Leur Cinéma	25,000	1x Gold	2009
6	Les Enfoirés	2008: Les Secretses Enfoirés	25,000	1x Gold	2008
7	Celine Dion	Live In Las Vegas: A New Day…	25,000	1x Gold	2007
8	AC/DC	Family Jewels	25,000	1x Gold	2005
9	Mylène Farmer	Mylenium Tour	25,000	1x Gold	2000
10	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	25,000	1x Gold	1991

Brazil

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Brazil

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Paula Fernandes	Paula Fernandes Ao Vivo	750,000	3x Diamond	2011
2	Adele	Live At The Royal Albert Hall	750,000	6x Diamond	2011
3	Ivete Sangalo	MTV Ao Vivo	600,000	6x Diamond	2004
4	Ivete Sangalo	Multishow Ao Vivo – Ivete No Maracanã	500,000	2x Diamond	2007
5	Andrea Bocelli	Vivere – Live In Tuscany	375,000	3x Diamond	2007
6	Padre Marcelo Rossi	Ágape Amor Divino	250,000	1x Diamond	2012
7	Ivete Sangalo	Multishow Ao Vivo Ivete Sangalo No Madison Square Garden	250,000	1x Diamond	2010
8	Ana Carolina & Seu Jorge	Ana & Jorge Ao Vivo	250,000	1x Diamond	2006
9	Aline Barros	Aline Barros & Cia	250,000	1x Diamond	2005
10	Aline Barros	Som De Adoradores	250,000	1x Diamond	2004

Canada

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Canada

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Celine Dion	Live In Las Vegas: A New Day…	300,000	3x Diamond	2007
2	Celine Dion	Through The Eyes Of World / Autour Du Monde	200,000	2x Diamond	2010
3	Various Artists	Live 8	200,000	2x Diamond	2005
4	Various Artists	Live Aid	200,000	2x Diamond	2004
5	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin DVD	200,000	2x Diamond	2003
6	The Rolling Stones	Four Flicks	200,000	2x Diamond	2003
7	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys – The Video	200,000	2x Diamond	1997

Denmark

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Denmark

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	De Nattergale	The Boks	30,000	2x Platinum	2007
2	U2	Go Home – Live From Slane Castle	16,000	2x Platinum	2003
3	Linie 3	Rundrejsen 2001	16,000	2x Platinum	2001
4	Eagles	Hell Freezes Over	16,000	2x Platinum	1994
5	Ole Kibsgaard	Lær At Spille Guitar	15,000	1x Platinum	2009
6	Niels Hausgaard	Niels Hausgaard – The Show	15,000	1x Platinum	2009
7	De Nattergale	The Julekalender	15,000	1x Platinum	2007

Finland

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Finland

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Year
1	Hurriganes	Kuumat Kundit	110,833	2006
2	Various Artists	Suomirokkia Trivia (Peli)	29,123	2006
3	Suomipoppia Series	Suomipoppia Karaoke 3	22,927	2005
4	Iron Maiden	Visions Of The Beast	21,309	2003
5	Nightwish	End Of An Era	19,955	2006
6	Yö	Kolmen Illan Varietee	17,564	2006
7	Suomipoppia Series	Suomipoppia Karaoke 2	16,598	2005
8	Metallica	The Videos 1989-2004	16,033	2006
9	AC/DC	Family Jewels	14,803	2005
10	Fröbelin Palikat	Uudet Kujeet	14,201	2007

France

Full list of the best-selling video albums in France

Germany

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Germany

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Michael Flatley	Lord Of The Dance	450,000	9x Platinum	1997
2	Herbert Grönemeyer	Mensch Live	300,000	6x Platinum	2003
3	Phil Collins	Finally… The First Farewell Tour	275,000	11x Gold	2004
4	Robbie Williams	What We Did Last Summer – Live At Knebworth	275,000	11x Gold	2003
5	Helene Fischer	Farbenspiel: Live Aus Dem Deutschen Theater München	250,000	5x Platinum	2013
6	Pettersson & Findus	Pettersson & Findus – Das Original-Video/Dvd Zum Kinofilm	250,000	5x Platinum	2001
7	Adele	Live At The Royal Albert Hall	200,000	4x Platinum	2011
8	Udo Lindenberg	Mtv Unplugged – Live Aus Dem Hotel Atlantik	200,000	4x Platinum	2011
9	Peter Fox & Cold Steel	Peter Fox & Cold Steele-Live Aus Berlin	200,000	4x Platinum	2009
10	Herbert Grönemeyer	Stand Der Dinge	200,000	4x Platinum	2000
11	Backstreet Boys	Backstreet Boys – The Video	200,000	4x Platinum	1997
12	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	200,000	4x Platinum	1991

Grecce

Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
Mazoo And The Zoo	Mazoo & The Zoo	10,000	1x Platinum	2007
Despina Vandi (Δεσποινα Βανδη)	The Video Collection ’97-’03	5,000	1x Gold	2003
Anna Vissi (Αννα Βισση)	Αννα Βισση Live	5,000	1x Gold	2004

Ireland

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Ireland

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Michael Jackson	This Is It	20,000	5x Platinum	2010
2	Tiesto	In Concert	16,000	4x Platinum	2003
3	Brendan O’carroll	Good Morning Mrs Brown Part 4	12,000	3x Platinum	2006
4	Brendan O’carroll	Mrs Brown Boys 5 – Triple Trouble	12,000	3x Platinum	2006
5	U2	U2 360º At The Rose Bowl	8,000	2x Platinum	2010
6	Conal Gallen	Live & Full Of It	8,000	2x Platinum	2007
7	Des Bishop	Fittin In	8,000	2x Platinum	2006

Italy

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Italy

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Year
1	Fiorello	Fiorello E Baldini Visti Da Dietro	150,000	2006
2	Ligabue	Campovolo	140,000	2005
3	Vasco Rossi	Vasco@Olimpico.07	120,000	2007
4	Pink Floyd	P.U.L.S.E.	120,000	1995
5	Vasco Rossi	È Solo Un Rock & Roll Show	81,000	2005
6	Vasco Rossi	Buoni O Cattivi Live Anthology 04.05	80,000	2005
7	Various Artists	Live 8	60,000	2005
8	Various Artists	Live Aid – 20 Years Ago Today	60,000	2005
9	Freddie Mercury	Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs	50,000	2006
10	U2	Vertigo 2005 – U2 Live From Chicago	50,000	2005

Japan

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Japan

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Year
1	Namie Amuro (安室 奈美恵)	Namie Amuro Final Tour 2018 ～Finally～	1,781,368	2018
2	Arashi (嵐)	Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×20	1,021,428	2020
3	Arashi (嵐)	5×10 All The Best! Clips 1999-2009	836,253	2009
4	Arashi (嵐)	Arashi Anniversary Tour 5×10	806,270	2010
5	Arashi (嵐)	アラフェス	805,000	2012
6	Arashi (嵐)	Arashi 10-11 Tour “Scene” ～君と僕の見ている風景～ Stadium	793,000	2011
7	Arashi (嵐)	5×20 All The Best!! Clips 1999-2019	789,628	2019
8	Arashi (嵐)	Arashi Live Tour 2017-2018「Untitled」	783,120	2018
9	Arashi (嵐)	アラフェス2020 At 国立競技場	775,052	2021
10	Arashi (嵐)	Arashi Live Tour 2016-2017 Are You Happy?	753,714	2017

Mexico

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Mexico

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	One Direction	Up All Night – The Live Tour	100,000	1x Diamond	2012
2	RBD	Tour Generación Rbd En Vivo	50,000	2x Platinum + 1x Gold	2005
3	Juan Gabriel	En El Palacio De Bellas Artes	50,000	2x Platinum + 1x Gold	2002
4	U2	Vertigo 2005 – U2 Live From Chicago	40,000	2x Platinum	2005
5	Luis Miguel	Vivo	40,000	2x Platinum	2000

Norway

Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
Jarle Waldemar	Om Jeg Er Liten Eller Stor	5,000	1x Gold	2007

Netherlands

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Netherlands

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Marco Borsato	Symphonica In Rosso	160,000	2x Platinum	2006
2	Michael Jackson	This Is It	100,000	2x Platinum	2010
3	De Toppers	Toppers In Concert 2006	80,000	1x Platinum	2006
4	De Toppers	Toppers In Concert	80,000	1x Platinum	2005
5	Marco Borsato	Zien – Live In De Kuip 2004	80,000	1x Platinum	2004
6	André Hazes	Live In De Amsterdam Arena	80,000	1x Platinum	2003
7	Wibi Soerjadi	Pieces Of A Dream, Romantic Masterpieces	80,000	1x Platinum	2003
8	Marco Borsato	Onderweg – Live In De Kuip	80,000	1x Platinum	2002

New Zealand

Full list of the best-selling video albums in New Zealand

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Pink Floyd	P.U.L.S.E.	60,000	12x Platinum	1995
2	Andre Rieu	Gala Concert	35,000	6x Platinum + 1x Platinum	2008
3	Andre Rieu	Live In Australia	30,000	6x Platinum	2008
4	Eagles	Farewell I Tour: Live From Melbourne	30,000	6x Platinum	2005
5	Michael Jackson	Number Ones	30,000	6x Platinum	2003
6	Bee Gees	One Night Only	30,000	6x Platinum	1998
7	Fleetwood Mac	The Dance	30,000	6x Platinum	1997
8	Johnny Cash	The Best Of The Johnny Cash Tv Show	20,000	4x Platinum	2007
9	Michael Jackson	Live In Bucharest – The Dangerous Tour	20,000	4x Platinum	2005
10	Simon & Garfunkel	The Concert In Central Park	20,000	4x Platinum	2003

Poland

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Poland

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Pink Floyd	P.U.L.S.E.	30,000	3x Platinum	1995
2	Sade	Bring Me Home – Live 2011	20,000	2x Platinum	2012
3	Leszek Możdżer & Lars Danielsson & Zohar Fresco	Live	20,000	2x Platinum	2007
4	Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax	The Big Four: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria	15,000	3x Platinum	2010

Portugal

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Portugal

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Robbie Williams	What We Did Last Summer – Live At Knebworth	96,000	12x Platinum	2003
2	Queen	Live At Wembley Stadium	92,000	11x Platinum + 1x Gold	1991
3	Panda Vai À Escola	Panda Vai A Escola	48,000	6x Platinum	2009
4	Amy Winehouse	I Told You I Was Trouble – Live In London	48,000	6x Platinum	2007
5	Floribella	Floribella Karaoke	48,000	6x Platinum	2006
6	Bébé Lilly	O Meu DVD	40,000	5x Platinum	2006
7	Xutos & Pontapés	Ao Vivo No Pavilhao Atlantico	40,000	5x Platinum	2005

South Africa

Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
Juanita Du Plessis	10 Jaar Platunum Treffers Live	79,140	3x Platinum	2008
Juanita Du Plessis	Op Haar Beste	60,000	3x Platinum	2004
Juanita Du Plessis	Altyd Daar Live Op Aanvraag	51,098	2x Platinum	2006
Juanita Du Plessis	Tydloos	20,000	1x Platinum	2010
Various Artists	Gospel Skoupel	10,000	1x Gold	2016
Various Artists	Spirit Of Praise Vol.6	10,000	1x Gold	2017

Spain

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Spain

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Cantajuego	Volumen 1	200,000	8x Platinum	2008
2	Cantajuego	Volumen 2	200,000	8x Platinum	2008
3	Cantajuego	Volumen 4	175,000	7x Platinum	2008
4	Cantajuego	Volumen 3	150,000	6x Platinum	2008
5	Cantajuego	Volumen 5	125,000	5x Platinum	2009
6	Mira Quien Baila	Mira Quien Baila	125,000	5x Platinum	2005
7	Cantajuego	Volumen 6	100,000	4x Platinum	2010

Sweden

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Sweden

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Gyllene Tider	GT25 Live! En Scen Vid En Plats I En Stad	40,000	2x Platinum	2004
2	Lars Winnerbäck & Hovet	Live I Linköping	40,000	2x Platinum	2004
3	Tomas Ledin	Just Då!	40,000	2x Platinum	2003
4	One Direction	Up All Night – The Live Tour	20,000	1x Platinum	2012
5	Melodifestivalen Series	Melodifestivalen 2004	20,000	1x Platinum	2004
6	Melodifestivalen Series	Melodifestivalen 2003	20,000	1x Platinum	2003
7	Per Gessle	En Mazarin Älskling?	20,000	1x Platinum	2003
8	Carola	Jubileumsshowen	20,000	1x Platinum	2003

Switzerland

Full list of the best-selling video albums in Switzerland

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Pink Floyd	P.U.L.S.E.	18,000	3x Platinum	1995
2	AC/DC	Family Jewels	12,000	2x Platinum	2005
3	Pink Floyd	The Wall	12,000	2x Platinum	2000

United Kingdom

Full list of the best-selling video albums in the United Kingdom

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification or year-end chart	Year
1	Musical	Riverdance – The Show	1,300,000	26x Platinum	1998
2	Michael Flatley	Lord Of The Dance	1,000,000	20x Platinum	1997
3	Musical	Cats (Original Cast Recording)	950,000	19x Platinum	2002
4	Musical	Dream Cast – Les Miserables In Concert	850,000	17x Platinum	2003
5	Musical	Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor (Original Cast)	700,000	14x Platinum	1999
6	Musical	Les Miserables – In Concert – 25th Anniversary	650,000	13x Platinum	2011
7	Michael Jackson	This Is It	650,000	13x Platinum	2010

United States

Full list of the best-selling video albums in the United States

№	Artist	Title	Sales	Certification	Year
1	Eagles	Farewell I Tour: Live From Melbourne	1,500,000	30x Platinum	2005
2	Michael Jackson	Number Ones	1,300,000	13x Platinum	2003
3	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin DVD	1,238,688	13x Platinum	2003
4	Michael Flatley	Lord Of The Dance	1,200,000	12x Platinum	1997
5	New Kids On The Block	Hangin’ Tough – Live	1,200,000	12x Platinum	1989
6	New Kids On The Block	Hangin’ Tough	1,100,000	11x Platinum	1989
7	Adele	Live At The Royal Albert Hall	1,000,000	10x Platinum	2011

Let’s try to find out which album is the worst in the history of music. In this article you will find several points of view on what the worst album is: various lists of the worst about music magazines, a list of the worst reviews from popular Perfect Replica Watches Swiss publications, as well as aggregated lists based on user reviews and critics.

Critic’s lists	Q Magazine ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ Loudwire ∙ Classic Rock Magazine ∙ Slipped Discs ∙ Independent ∙ AV club ∙ Flavorwire ∙ Line of Best Fit ∙ Ziffit
Lowest Rated	Pitchfork ∙ NME ∙ Rolling Stone ∙ Q Magazine ∙ Spin ∙ The Guardian ∙ Uncut ∙ Mojo ∙ Allmusic ∙ Robert Christgau
Aggregate	Metacritic by critic score ∙ Metacritic by user score ∙ Rate Your Music by user score ∙ AOTY by critic score ∙ AOTY by user score

Critic’s lists

The lists compiled by critics of various magazines included mainly albums from famous artists. There are not only bad albums, but also unsuccessful experiments, poor production (boomer albums of the 80s), changes in style, or simply personal hatred of individual artists. Some albums on this list are much better than the work of little-known artists.

Albums with the most inclusions on worst lists are:

6
Metallica – St. Anger
The Clash – Cut The Crap
4
Motley Crue – Generation Swine
David Bowie – Never Let Me Down
Genesis – Calling All Stations
Kiss – Music Form The Elder
Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
Van Halen – Van Halen III
Billy Idol – Cyberpunk
Black Sabbath – Forbidden
3
Bob Dylan – Saved
Bruce Willis – The Return of Bruno
Chris Cornell – Scream
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Mardi Gras
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – American Dream
Duran Duran – Thank You
Limp Bizkit – Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water
Ozzy Osbourne – Under Cover
Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks
Shania Twain – Come On Over
Soundtrack – Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Who – It’s Hard
Mick Jagger – Primitive Cool

Q Magazine

The 50 Worst Albums Ever April 2006

Rank	Artist	Album	Year
1	Duran Duran	Thank You	1995
initially in second place are all solo albums by Spice Girls members
2	Emma	Free Me	2004
2	Emma Bunton	A Girl Like Me	2001
2	Geri Halliwell	Passion	2005
2	Geri Halliwell	Schizophonic	1999
2	Geri Halliwell	Scream If You Wanna Go Faster	2001
2	Melanie Brown	Hot	2000
2	Melanie Brown	L.A. State of Mind	2005
2	Melanie C	Beautiful Intentions	2005
2	Melanie C	Northern Star	1999
2	Melanie C	Reason	2003
2	Victoria Beckham	Victoria Beckham	2001
3	Various Artists	Urban Renewal	2001
4	Lou Reed	Metal Machine Music	1975
5	Billy Idol	Cyberpunk	1993
6	Naomi Campbell	Babywoman	1994
7	Kevin Rowland	My Beauty	1999
8	Mick Jagger	Primitive Cool	1987
9	Westlife	….Allow Us to Be Frank	2004
10	Tin Machine	Tin Machine II	1991
11	Limp Bizkit	Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water	2000
12	Tom Jones	Mr. Jones	2002
13	Bruce Willis	The Return of Bruno	1987
14	Terence Trent D’Arby	Neither Fish Nor Flesh	1989
15	Soundtrack	Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978
16	Spice Girls	Forever	2000
17	Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead	Dylan And The Dead	1989
18	Crazy Frog	Crazy Hits	2005
19	Goldie	Saturnzreturn	1998
20	Mariah Carey	Glitter	2001
21	The Clash	Cut The Crap	1985
22	Robson and Jerome	Robson & Jerome	1995
23	Alanis Morissette	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	1998
24	Lauryn Hill	MTV Unplugged No. 2.0	2002
25	The Cranberries	To the Faithful Departed	1996
26	Vanilla Ice	Hard to Swallow	1998
27	Destiny’s Child	Destiny Fulfilled	2004
28	The Rolling Stones	Dirty Work	1986
29	Meco	Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album	1980
30	Michael Jackson	Invincible	2001
31	Stevie Wonder & Dionne Warwick	The Woman in Red (Soundtrack)	1984
32	Ace of Base	The Sign	1993
33	Billy Ray Cyrus	Some Gave All	1992
34	Fischerspooner	#1	2001
35	Puff Daddy	Forever	1999
36	Kula Shaker	Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts	1999
37	Shania Twain	Come On Over	1997
38	Chris Rea	The Road to Hell Part 2	1999
39	Big Country	Under Cover	2001
40	The Others	The Others	2005
41	Paul Simon	Songs From the Capeman	1997
42	Babylon Zoo	The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes	1996
43	Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3	1990
44	KISS	Music Form The Elder	1981
45	William Shatner	The Transformed Man	1968
46	Oasis	Standing on the Shoulder of Giants	2000
47	Ozzy Osbourne	Under Cover	2005
48	Milli Vanilli	All or Nothing	1988
49	Neil Young	Everybody’s Rockin	1983
50	Beck	Midnite Vultures	1999

Rolling Stone

50 Genuinely Horrible Albums by Brilliant Artists February 15, 2023

Rank	Artist	Album	Year
1	Kanye West	Ye	2018
2	The Velvet Underground	Squeeze	1973
3	Yes	Union	1991
4	Pantera	Metal Magic	1983
5	Bob Dylan	Down in the Groove	1988
6	Black Sabbath	Forbidden	1995
7	John Lennon and Yoko Ono	Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins	1968
8	Elvis Presley	Fun in Acapulco: Original Soundtrack	1963
9	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	American Dream	1988
10	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Mardi Gras	1972
11	The Beach Boys	Summer in Paradise	1992
12	Van Morrison	Latest Record Project, Volume 1	2021
13	Elton John	Leather Jackets	1986
14	Stephen Stills	Right By You	1984
15	The Jacksons	2300 Jackson St.	1989
16	John Mellencamp	Chestnut Street Incident	1976
17	David Bowie	Never Let Me Down	1987
18	Lou Reed	Mistrial	1986
19	George Harrison	Gone Troppo	1982
20	Queen + Paul Rodgers	The Cosmos Rocks	2008
21	Carole King	Speeding Time	1983
22	The Doors	Full Circle	1972
23	Cheap Trick	The Doctor	1986
24	Lil Wayne	Rebirth	2010
25	Neil Young	Fork in the Road	2009
26	Madonna	American Life	2003
27	Run-DMC	Crown Royal	2001
28	The Allman Brothers Band	Brothers of the Road	1981
29	Joni Mitchell	Dog Eat Dog	1985
30	Paul McCartney	Give My Regards To Broad Street	1984
31	Weezer	Raditude	2009
32	Liz Phair	Liz Phair	2003
33	Devo	Smooth Noodle Maps	1990
34	Aerosmith	Nine Lives	1997
35	Pete Townshend	Psychoderelict	1993
36	Kiss	Music Form The Elder	1981
37	Fleetwood Mac	Time	1995
38	Prince	Chaos and Disorder	1996
39	The Monkees	Changes	1970
40	The Kinks	Soap Opera	1975
41	Genesis	Calling All Stations	1997
42	The Clash	Cut The Crap	1985
43	Metallica	St. Anger	2003
44	R.E.M.	Around the Sun	2004
45	Willie Nelson	Countryman	2005
46	Outkast	Idlewild	2006
47	The Grateful Dead	Built to Last	1989
48	Van Halen	Van Halen III	1998
49	Billy Joel	The Bridge	1986
50	The Who	It’s Hard	1982

Loudwire

25 Worst Albums by Legendary Metal + Hard Rock Bands November 21, 2023

Artist	Album	Year
Alice Cooper	Welcome 2 My Nightmare	2011
Anthrax	Volume 8 – The Threat Is Real	1998
Bad Religion	Into the Unknown	1983
Black Sabbath	Forbidden	1995
Celtic Frost	Cold Lake	1988
Deep Purple	Bananas	2003
Def Leppard	Songs From the Sparkle Lounge	2008
Dio	Angry Machines	1996
Guns N’ Roses	Chinese Democracy	2008
Iron Maiden	Virtual XI	1998
Judas Priest	Demolition	2001
KISS	Hot in the Shade	1989
Korn	Untitled	2007
Megadeth	Risk	1999
Metallica	St. Anger	2003
Morbid Angel	Illud Divinum Insanus	2011
Motley Crue	Generation Swine	1997
Ozzy Osbourne	Black Rain	2007
Pantera	Metal Magic	1983
Queensryche	Frequency Unknown	2013
Scorpions	Eye II Eye	1999
Skid Row	Revolutions Per Minute	2006
Slayer	Diabolus in Musica	1998
The Stooges	The Weirdness	2007
Van Halen	Van Halen III	1998

Classic Rock Magazine

50 Worst Albums Of All Time 2012

№	Artist	Album	Year
1	KISS	Music Form The Elder	1981
2	Billy Idol	Cyberpunk	1993
3	Jon Anderson	Olias Of Sunhillow	1976
4	Soundtrack	Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978
5	David Bowie	Tonight	1984
6	David Bowie	Never Let Me Down	1987
7	Tin Machine	Tin Machine II	1991
8	Neil Young	Trans	1982
9	Neil Young	Everybody’s Rockin	1983
10	Neil Young	Landing On Water	1986
11	Bob Dylan	Dylan	1973
12	Bob Dylan	Saved	1980
13	Bob Dylan & The Grateful Dead	Dylan And The Dead	1989
14	Queen	Hot Space	1982
15	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Love Beach	1978
16	The Clash	Cut The Crap	1985
17	Michael Bolton	Soul Provider	1989
18	T. Rex	Zinc Alloy	1974
19	Killing Joke	Outside The Gate	1988
20	Motley Crue	Generation Swine	1997
21	Rod Stewart	Body Wishes	1983
22	Capitan Beefheart	Bluejeans & Moonbeams	1974
23	Def Leppard	X	2002
24	Electric Light Orchestra	On The Third Day	1973
25	Mick Jagger	Primitive Cool	1987
26	Gene Simmons	Asshole	2004
27	George Harrison	Gone Troppo	1982
28	Scorpions	Eye II Eye	1999
29	Van Halen	Van Halen III	1998
30	Iron Maiden	The X Factor	1995
31	Black Sabbath	Born Again	1983
32	Genesis	Calling All Stations	1997
33	The Doors	Other Voices	1971
34	The Rolling Stones	Dirty Work	1986
35	Aerosmith	Just Push Play	2001
36	AC/DC	Fly On The Wall	1985
37	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Live It Up	1990
38	Deep Purple	The House Of Blue Light	1987
39	The Who	It’s Hard	1982
40	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Mardi Gras	1972
41	Fleetwood Mac	Time	1995
42	The Byrds	Byrdmanix	1971
43	Jimi Hendrix	Crash Landing	1975
44	Ozzy Osbourne	Under Cover	2005
45	Guns N’ Roses	The Spaghetti Incident?	1993
46	Bon Jovi	This Left Feels Right	2003
47	Scott Wieland	The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year	2011
48	Metallica	St. Anger	2003
49	Metallica & Lou Reed	Lulu	2011
50	Lou Reed	Metal Machine Music	1975

Slipped Discs

Slipped Discs – The Worst Rock ’n’ Roll Records of All Time 1991

Rank	Artist	Album	Year
1	Elvis Presley	Having Fun with Elvis on Stage	1974
2	Lou Reed	Metal Machine Music	1975
3	Bob Dylan	Self Portrait	1970
4	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	American Dream	1988
5	Pat Boone	Pat Boone	1957
6	Milli Vanilli	the Remix Album	1990
7	Chicago	Chicago at Carnegie Hall	1971
8	The Doors	Alive, She Cried	1983
9	The Grateful Dead	Europe ’72	1972
10	Yes	Tales from Topographic Oceans	1973
11	Jethro Tull	Aqualung	1971
12	The Byrds	Byrds	1973
13	Queen	Queen II	1974
14	Queen	Live Killers	1979
15	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe	1989
16	Shaggs	Philosophy of the World	1969
17	Shaggs	Shaggs’ Own Thing	1982
18	John Travolta	Travolta Fever	1978
19	Moody Blues	Days of Future Passed	1967
20	Various Artists	70’s Hits: Great Records of the Decade – Original Recordings Vol 1	1990
21	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan At Budokan	1978
22	Rogers Waters	Radio K.A.O.S.	1987
23	Van Dyke Parks	Song Cycle	1967
24	The Who	Who’s Last	1984
25	The Rolling Stones	Still Life (American Concert 1981)	1982
26	Bon Jovi	Slippery When Wet	1986
27	Journey	Greatest Hits	1988
28	The Beach Boys	Still Cruisin’	1989
29	Starship	Knee Deep in the Hoopla	1985
30	Bruce Willis	the Return of Bruno	1987
31	Blood, Sweat and Tears	Blood, Sweat & Tears	1969
32	Donovan	Greatest Hits	1969
33	Rick Astley	Whenever You Need Somebody	1987
34	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Tarkus	1971
35	Starland Vocal Band	4 X 4	1980
36	Joel Grey	Black Sheep Boy	2005
37	REO Speedwagon	Life as We Know It	1987
38	America	History: America’s Greatest Hits	1975
39	Ringo Starr	Stop and Smell the Roses	1981
40	Ringo Starr	Old Wave	1983
41	Aretha Franklin	La Diva	1979
42	Phantom, Rocker & Slick	Phantom, Rocker & Slick	1985
43	Soundtrack	Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band	1978
44	Elvis Costello & the Attractions	Goodbye Cruel World	1984
45	David Bowie	Never Let Me Down	1987
46	Scotty Moore	Guitar That Changed the World	1964
47	Tony Sheridan & the Elvis Presley TCB Band	Tony Sheridan & the Elvis Presley TCB Band	1981
48	Nick Lowe	Pinker and Prouder than Previous	1988
49	Graham Parker & the Rumour	The Parkerilla	1978
50	U2	Unforgettable Fire	1984

Independent

15 terrible albums by classic bands 11 August, 2023

Rank	Artist	Album	Year
1	Duran Duran	Thank You	1995
2	Chris Cornell	Scream	2009
3	Metallica	St. Anger	2003
4	The Clash	Cut The Crap	1985
5	Genesis	Calling All Stations	1997
6	Led Zeppelin	Presence	1976
7	Kiss	Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions	1997
8	Black Sabbath	Forbidden	1995
9	The Who	It’s Hard	1982
10	Mötley Crüe	Generation Swine	1997
11	Van Halen	Van Halen III	1998
12	The Doors	Other Voices	1971
13	Aerosmith	Draw The Line	1977
14	Queen + Paul Rodgers	The Cosmos Rocks	2008
15	Guns N’ Roses	Chinese Democracy	2008

AV Club

Terrible albums by brilliant musicians September 26, 2023

Artist	Album	Year
Aerosmith	Night In The Ruts	1979
The Beach Boys	Still Cruisin’	1989
Black Sabbath	Forbidden	1995
David Bowie	Tonight	1984
Mariah Carey	Glitter	2001
Cheap Trick	The Doctor	1986
Chicago	Hot Streets	1978
The Clash	Cut The Crap	1985
Chris Cornell	Scream	2009
Elvis Costello	Mighty Like A Rose	1991
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Mardi Gras	1972
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	American Dream	1988
Duran Duran	Liberty	1990
Bob Dylan	Dylan	1973
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	Love Beach	1978
Genesis	Calling All Stations	1997
George Harrison	Dark Horse	1974
Billy Idol	Cyberpunk	1993
Michael Jackson	Michael	2010
Jethro Tull	A	1980
Jewel	0304	2003
Elton John	Leather Jackets	1986
Kiss	Music Form The Elder	1981
John Lennon & Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band	Some Time In New York City	1972
Madonna	American Life	2003
Meat Loaf	Dead Ringer	1981
Metallica	St. Anger	2003
Motley Crue	Generation Swine	1997
Paul McCartney	Give My Regards To Broad Street	1984
Stevie Nicks	The Other Side Of The Mirror	1989
Pink Floyd	The Final Cut	1983
Prince	NEWS	2003
Queen + Paul Rodgers	The Cosmos Rocks	2008
Red Hot Chili Peppers	One Hot Minute	1995
Lou Reed	Mistrial	1986
Bruce Springsteen	Only The Strong Survive	2022
Ringo Starr	Ringo The 4th	1977
Kanye West	Ye	2018
U2	Songs Of Innocence	2014
ZZ Top	Recycler	1990

Flavorwire

The 50 Worst Albums Ever Made November 5, 2014

Artist	Album	Year
Alice Deejay	Who Needs Guitars Anyway?	2000
Alien Ant Farm	Anthology	2001
Attila	About That Life	2013
The Black Eyed Peas	The E.N.D.	2009
blink-182	Enema of the State	1999
brokeNCYDE	I’m Not a Fan, But the Kids Like It!	2009
Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas	1994
The Clash	Cut The Crap	1985
Phil Collins	No Jacket Required	1985
Chris Cornell	Scream	2009
The Cranberries	To the Faithful Departed	1996
Creed	Human Clay	1999
Drowning Pool	Sinner	2001
Bob Dylan	Saved	1980
Eagles, generally[sic]
Eagles	Eagles	1972
Eagles	Desperado	1973
Eagles	On the Border	1974
Eagles	One of These Nights	1975
Eagles	Hotel California	1976
Eagles	The Long Run	1979
Eagles	Long Road Out of Eden	2007
Foxygen	We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic	2013
The Grateful Dead	Terrapin Station	1977
Green Day	American Idiot	2004
Happy Mondays	Yes Please	1992
Mick Jagger	Primitive Cool	1987
Jay Z	Magna Carta (Holy Grail)	2013
Jet	Shine On	2006
Billy Joel	River of Dreams	1993
Hootie and the Blowfish	Cracked Rear View	1994
Dee Dee King	Standing in the Spotlight	1989
KISS	Lick It Up	1983
Kula Shaker	Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts	1999
Lady Gaga	ARTPOP	2013
Len	You Can’t Stop the Bum Rush	1999
The Libertines	The Libertines	2002
Limp Bizkit	Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water	2000
Linkin Park	Hybrid Theory	2000
Live	Secret Samadhi	1997
Metallica	St. Anger	2003
Alanis Morissette	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie	1998
Mindless Self Indulgence	How I Learned to Stop Giving a Shit and Love Mindless Self Indulgence	2013
Mr. Blobby	Mr. Blobby: The Album	1993
Nas	Nastradamus	1999
Nickelback	All the Right Reasons	2005
The Notorious B.I.G.	Born Again	1999
Oasis	Be Here Now	1997
Julian Plenti	Julian Plenti Is… Skyscraper	2009
Puddle of Mudd	Come Clean	2001
The Rolling Stones	Their Satanic Majesties Request	1967
Ed Sheeran	x	2014
Shania Twain	Come On Over	1997
Thirty Seconds to Mars	Thirty Seconds to Mars	2002
Various Artists	Woodstock 1999	1999
Weezer	Raditude	2009
Scott Weiland	The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year	2011

Line of Best Fit

Top Ten Worst Albums by Great Bands April 7, 2013

Rank	Artist	Album	Year
1	Prince	Come	1994
2	David Bowie	Never Let Me Down	1987
3	Ryan Adams	Rock N Roll	2003
4	Bonnie Prince Billy	…sings Greatest Palace Music	2004
5	Japan	Adolescent Sex	1978
6	The Charlatans	Simpatico	2006
7	R.E.M.	Around the Sun	2004
8	The Shins	Port of Morrow	2012
9	Bruce Springsteen	Working on a Dream	2009
10	Bright Eyes	Cassadaga	2007

Ziffit

50 Worst Albums September 2016
Based on a survey of 2,000 Britons

Rank	Artist	Album	Year
1	Mr Blobby	Mr Blobby the Album	1994
2	Cheeky Girls	Party Time	2004
3	Vengaboys	The Party Album	1999
4	Justin Bieber	Believe	2012
5	Justin Bieber	Purpose	2015
6	Aqua	Aquarium	1997
7	Bruce Willis	The Return of Bruno	1987
8	One Direction	Take Me Home	2012
9	JLS	JLS	2009
10	Hanson	MMMBop: The Collection	2005
11	One Direction	Made in the A.M.	2015
12	Ozzy Osbourne	Under Cover	2005
13	Eminem	Recovery	2010
14	Rick Astley	The Best Of	2014
15	Britney Spears	Oops!… I did it Again	2000
16	Limp Bizkit	Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavoured Water	2009
17	Puff Daddy	Forever	2005
18	Billy Ray Cyrus	Some Gave All	1992
19	James Blunt	Back to Bedlam	2004
20	Lou Reed	Metal Machine Music	1975
21	Madonna	MDNA	2015
22	Meghan Trainor	Title	2015
23	Robbie Williams	Swing When You’re Winning	2001
24	Limp Bizkit	Results May Vary	2008
25	Nickelback	Dark Horse	2008
26	U2	How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb	2004
27	Britney Spears	Greatest Hits: My Prerogative	2004
28	Michael Buble	Crazy Love	2009
29	Mika	Life in Cartoon Motion	2007
30	U2	All That You Can’t Leave Behind	2000
31	Babylon Zoo	Boy with the X-Ray Eyes	1996
32	Prince	Come	1994
33	Rod Stewart	Body Wishes	1983
34	Shania Twain	Come On Over	1997
35	Billy Idol	Cyberpunk	1993
36	Busted	Busted	2002
37	Green Day	American Idiot	2004
38	Oasis	Standing on the Shoulder of Giants	2000
39	Duran Duran	Thank You	1995
40	Michael Bolton	Time, Love and Tenderness	1991
41	Nickelback	Silver Side Up	2001
42	Bob Dylan	Saved	1980
43	Bon Jovi	What About Now	2013
44	Elvis Presley	Having Fun with Elvis on Stage	1974
45	Happy Mondays	Uncle Dysfunktional	2007
46	Justin Timberlake	Justified	2002
47	Lou Reed & Metallica	Lulu	2011
48	Aerosmith	Pump	1989
49	Avril Lavigne	Under My Skin	2004
50	Elton John	Victim of Love	1979

Lowest Rated

Here are the albums that received the lowest ratings (0/10, 0 or 1 star out of 5) from popular music magazines.

Pitchfork

1.0
Total – Tanzmusik der Renaissance (1996)
The Moog Cookbook – Plays the Classic Rock Hits: “Ye Olde Space Bande” (1998)
CIV – Thirteen Day Getaway (1998)
Geoff Farina – Blobscape (2002)
Statistics – Often Lie (2005)
The Stooges – The Weirdness (2007)
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan – Pullhair Rubeye (2007)
Lou Reed & Metallica – Lulu (2011)
Mac Miller – Blue Slide Park (2011)
Pixies – EP1 (2013)

0.9
The Kelley Deal 6000 – Boom! Boom! Boom! (1997)
The Zombies – As Far as I Can See… (2004)
Gay Dad – Leisure Noise (1999)

0.8
Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop (1996)
The Samples – Here and Somewhere Else (1998)
Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With the Arab Strap (1998)
KISS – Unmasked (1980)
Toe – Variant (2000)
Metallica – St. Anger (2003)
Northern State – Dying in Stereo (2003)

0.7
The Promise Ring – Electric Pink (2000)
Panthers – Are You Down?? (2002)

0.6
Liars Academy – No News is Good News (2001)
Andrew W.K. – I Get Wet (2001) [8.6 for reissue in 2012]
Various Artists – Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads (2006)

0.5
The Explosion – The Explosion (2000)
ИOИ – Children of the Black Sun (2002)
Death From Above 1979 – Romance Bloody Romance (Remixes & B Sides) (2005)

0.4
Various Artists – Who Covers Who (1995)
Courtney Love – In Conversation (1999)
Bootleg Nine Inch Nails – Things Falling Apart (2000)
Butthole Surfers – Weird Revolution (2001)
Weezer – Make Believe (2005)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – The Effects of 333 (2008)

0.34
Michael Nyman – The Claim (2001)

0.3
T. Rex – Light of Love (1974)
Allan Holdsworth – None Too Soon (1996)
Meg Lee Chin – Piece and Love (1999)
Old Time Relijun – Uterus and Fire (1999)

0.2
Wolfie – Where’s Wolfie (1999)
Vue – Vue (2000)
Shat – The Cunt Chronicles (2002)
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip – Angles (2008)
Various Artists – Johnny Cash Remixed (2009)

0.1
Badawi – The Heretic of Ether (1999)
The Push Kings – Feel No Fade (2001)

0.0
Peter Criss – Peter Criss (1978)
Flaming Lips – Zaireeka (1997)
John Frusciante – Smile From the Streets You Hold (1997)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Best of B.T.O. (Remastered Hits) (1998)
KISS – Music From The Elder (1981)
Sonic Youth – NYC Ghosts & Flowers (2000)
Liz Phair – Liz Phair (2003)
Travis Morrison – Travistan (2004)
Robert Pollard – Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) [have a dual rating of 0.0 and 10.0]
Jet – Shine On (2006)

NME

0/10
LMFAO – Sorry for Party Rocking (2011)
Megadeth – Risk (1999)
B*Witched – Awake And Breathe (1999)
Pram – Sargasso Sea (1995)
Miss Kittin & The Hacker – Two (2009)
3OH!3 – Streets Of Gold (2010)
Scouting For Girls – Everybody Wants To Be On TV (2010)
Good Charlotte – The Chronicles Of Life And Death (2004)
Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill Acoustic (2005)
Barenaked Ladies – Maroon (2000)
Tom Odell – Long Way Down (2013)

1/10
The Red Krayola – Introduction (2006)
Nelly – Suit (2004)
Cosmo Jarvis – Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? (2011)
Roll Deep – Winner Stays On (2010)
Chase & Status – No More Idols (2011)
God Help The Girl – God Help The Girl (2009)
The Black Crowes – Lions (2001)
Limp Bizkit – Gold Cobra (2011)
Pure Love – Anthems (2013)
Disturbed – Ten Thousand Fists (2005)
Morcheeba – Charango (2002)
Skunk Anansie – Black Traffic (2012)
Frankmusik – Complete Me (2009)
Jamiroquai – Dynamite (2005)
The Fiery Furnaces – Blueberry Boat (2004)
Smith & Burrows – Funny Looking Angels (2011)
Good Charlotte – Cardiology (2011)

Rolling Stone

Chris Cornell – Scream (2009)
Manic Street Preachers – Know Your Enemy (2000)

Gym Class Heroes – The Papercut Chronicles II (2011)
Kevin Federline – Playing With Fire (2006)

more 1 star reviews in The Rolling Stone Record Guide 1979 issue, 1983 issue, 2004 issue

Q Magazine

Adam Green – Gemstones (2005)

The Knife – Silent Shout (2006)
Brett Anderson – Brett Anderson (2007)

Spin

0/10
Liars – They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004)
Cocorosie – Noah’s Ark (2005)

1/10
Gucci Mane – Baytl (2011)
Everclear – Songs From An American Movie, Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude (2000)
Mooney Suzuki – Have Mercy (2007)

The Guardian

Jamie Foxx – Unpredictable (2005)
Mika – Life In Cartoon Motion(2007)

Uncut

1/10
I’m From Barcelona – Let Me Introduce My Friends (2007)

Mojo

1/10
Willie Nelson – Milk Cow Blues (2000)

Allmusic

800+ studio albums with 1 star rating – here.

Robert Christgau

Robert’s least rated albums for Consumer Guide from the 1969 to 1989. In 1990, Christgau changed his grading scale and focused more on albums he liked (B+ and higher). More reviews here.

E-
Aorta – Aorta (1969)
Kim Fowley – I’m Bad (1972)

E
Bow Wow Wow – Twelve Original Recordings (1982)
Canned Heat – Vintage (1969)
Bob Dylan – Dylan (1973)
Kim Fowley – Outrageous (1969)
Guns N’ Roses – G N’ R Lies (1988)
Kay Huntington – What’s Happening to Our World? (1970)
Jebadiah – Rock ‘n’ Soul (1978)
David Peel and the Lower East Side – The Pope Smokes Dope (1972)
The Rock and Roll Revival – The Greatest Oldies Done Hear and Now (1969)
Peter Schickele – Good-Time Ticket (1969)
Sha Na Na – Rock & Roll Is Hear to Stay! (1969)
Laurie Styvers – Spilt Milk (1971)
Bernie Taupin – Bernie Taupin (1972)
Wolfman Jack – Wolfman Jack (1972)
Various – Ultimate Worship Music (2004)

E+
Carmen – Fandangos in Space (1974)
Congress of Wonders – Sophmoric (1973)
Eli Radish – I Didn’t Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier (1969)
Harrison & Tyler – Try It–You’ll Like It (1972)
Burt Reynolds – Ask Me What I Am (1973)
Murray Roman – Busted (1972)
Various – Wow Hits 2003 (2002)

Aggregate

Collectively voted the worst.

Metacritic by critic score

Albums with 45 points or less based on 7 reviews. A Metascore (points) is a weighted average of reviews from top critics and publications. Only more or less famous performers may be included in this list. No one will review blatant trash or little-known bands. Kevin Federline’s Playing with Fire is the worst album according to the music review aggregator Metacritic.

Sc	Artist	Album	Year
15	Kevin Federline	Playing With Fire	2006
33	Limp Bizkit	Results May Vary	2003
34	Viva Brother	Famous First Words	2011
34	Phil Collins	Testify	2002
35	Dirty Vegas	One	2004
37	Lil Wayne	Rebirth	2010
37	Charlie Puth	Nine Track Mind	2016
37	Louis XIV	Slick Dogs And Ponies	2008
37	Puddle Of Mudd	Life On Display	2003
38	Chris Brown	Fortune	2012
38	6ix9ine	DUMMY BOY	2018
39	The Panic Channel	(One)	2006
39	Richard Ashcroft	United Nations of Sound	2011
39	V-Nasty	BAYTL	2011
39	Chris Brown	Graffiti	2009
40	Alanis Morissette	Jagged Little Pill Acoustic	2005
40	Liz Phair	Liz Phair	2003
40	Backstreet Boys	Never Gone	2005
40	Paul Oakenfold	A Lively Mind	2006
41	Staind	14 Shades Of Grey	2003
41	Nickelback	All The Right Reasons	2005
41	Megadeth	Super Collider	2013
41	Chingy	Hoodstar	2006
42	Black Flag	What The…	2013
42	Kreayshawn	Somethin’ ‘Bout Kreay	2012
42	Queen + Paul Rodgers	Cosmos Rocks	2008
42	Soulja Boy Tell Em	iSouljaBoyTellem	2008
42	Rod Stewart	It Had to Be You… The Great American Songbook	2002
42	The Twang	Jewellery Quarter	2009
42	Chris Cornell	Scream	2009
43	Lenny Kravitz	Baptism	2004
43	Ashlee Simpson	I Am Me	2005
43	The Chainsmokers	Memories: Do Not Open	2017
43	Ben Lee	The Rebirth Of Venus	2009
43	Run-D.M.C.	Crown Royal	2001
43	Mariah Carey	Charmbracelet	2002
44	Audio Bullys	Generation	2006
44	Liam Payne	LP1	2019
44	The Stooges	The Weirdness	2007
44	The Entrance Band	The Entrance Band	2009
44	XXXTentacion	Skins	2018
44	The Vines	Melodia	2008
44	Bizarre	Hannicap Circus	2005
44	Meat Loaf	Hell in a Handbasket	2012
45	Good Charlotte	Good Morning Revival	2007
45	Damon Albarn	Democrazy	2003
45	Jennifer Lopez	Como Ama Una Mujer	2007
45	Incubus	8	2017
45	Santana	All That I Am	2005
45	G-Unit	T.O.S. (Terminate On Sight)	2008
45	Ja Rule	Blood In My Eye	2003
45	Jennifer Lopez	A.K.A.	2014
45	James Blunt	Some Kind of Trouble	2011
45	Spice Girls	Forever	2000
45	Billy Talent	Billy Talent III	2009
45	Santana	Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time	2010
45	Santana	Shape Shifter	2012
45	Mos Def	True Magic [First Version]	2006
45	Metallica	Lulu	2011

Metacritic by user score

All the same albums, only through the eyes of users. Since users are more “cruel”, the threshold has been reduced to 40 points. iSouljaBoyTellem by Soulja Boy Tell Em is the Metacritic users’ least favorite album.

Sc	Artist	Album	Year
14	Soulja Boy Tell Em	iSouljaBoyTellem	2008
15	Robin Thicke	Paula	2014
19	6ix9ine	DUMMY BOY	2018
21	John Legend	A Legendary Christmas	2018
21	The Chainsmokers	Memories: Do Not Open	2017
21	Soulja Boy Tell Em	souljaboytellem.Com	2007
21	Kevin Federline	Playing With Fire	2006
22	Kid Rock	First Kiss	2015
22	V-Nasty	BAYTL	2011
23	Rick Ross	Hood Billionaire	2014
23	Santana	Corazón	2014
23	Metallica	Lulu	2011
24	Lil Xan	Total Xanarchy	2018
24	Chingy	Hoodstar	2006
24	Dirty Vegas	One	2004
25	DJ Khaled	KHALED KHALED	2021
25	Lil Pump	Harverd Dropout	2019
25	Sheryl Crow	Be Myself	2017
25	Dizzee Rascal	The Fifth	2013
25	Flo Rida	Wild Ones	2012
25	Viva Brother	Famous First Words	2011
25	Paul Oakenfold	A Lively Mind	2006
26	Mims	Music Is My Savior	2007
27	will.i.am	#willpower	2013
27	Jamel Irief	Selling My Soul	2012
28	DJ Khaled	Father Of Asahd	2019
28	Soulja Boy Tell Em	The DeAndre Way	2010
29	Jack Harlow	Come Home the Kids Miss You	2022
29	Scouting For Girls	Everybody Wants To Be On TV	2010
30	Uncle Kracker	Seventy Two & Sunny	2004
31	Van Morrison	Latest Record Project, Vol. 1	2021
32	Danzig	Black Laden Crown	2017
32	Mariah Carey	Merry Christmas II You	2010
32	Sheryl Crow	100 Miles from Memphis	2010
33	Diplo	Chapter 1: Snake Oil	2020
33	UB40	Getting Over the Storm	2013
33	Lil Wayne	Rebirth	2010
34	Chris Brown	Fortune	2012
34	Taio Cruz	Rokstarr	2010
34	Justin Bieber	My World 2.0	2010
34	Jonas Brothers	Lines, Vines and Trying Times	2009
35	Drake	Certified Lover Boy	2021
35	Sheryl Crow	Feels Like Home	2013
35	Meat Loaf	Hell in a Handbasket	2012
35	Mims	Guilt	2009
36	Rat Boy	Internationally Unknown	2019
36	Mindy Smith	Long Island Shores	2006
36	Ashanti	Concrete Rose	2004
37	Sheryl Crow	Threads	2019
37	Chance the Rapper	The Big Day	2019
37	Luke Bryan	Kill the Lights	2015
37	Toby Keith	Honkytonk University	2005
38	Flo Rida	Mail On Sunday	2008
38	XXXTentacion	Skins	2018
38	DJ Khaled	Grateful	2017
38	Tyga	Hotel California	2013
38	Kid Rock	Rebel Soul	2012
38	Daughtry	Break the Spell	2011
38	Misfits	The Devil’s Rain	2011
39	Drake	Scorpion	2018
39	Lil Yachty	Teenage Emotions	2017
39	Kodaline	Coming Up for Air	2015
39	Lil Wayne	I Am Not a Human Being II	2013
39	T-Pain	rEvolver	2011
39	Blake Shelton	Red River Blue	2011
40	Authentic	LL Cool J	2013
40	Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time	Santana	2010
40	Streets Of Gold	3OH!3	2010

Rate Your Music by user score

Probably, it’s the most truthful list due to a huge selection of albums. A huge number of disgusting albums that received ratings from RYM users, which reputable publications are unlikely to ever get around to.RYM uses its own weighing system, read more about the system here. I’m a Meme by Onision is the worst albums accourding RYM.

Rank	Artist	Album	Rating	Users	Year
1	Onision	I’m a Meme	0.57	478	2019
2	Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun	The Brave II	0.59	491	2023
3	Onision	Onision	0.60	531	2012
4	Doug Walker	Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall	0.65	4132	2019
5	Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun	The Brave	0.63	843	2022
6	Iced Earth	A Narrative Soundscape	0.67	663	2022
7	Hentai Dude	OWO What’s This?	0.67	709	2015
8	Tom MacDonald	Deathreats	0.69	1012	2018
9	Ronald Reagan	Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine	0.69	1411	1962
10	Psychosexual	Torch the Faith	0.74	433	2020
11	Ironic Punishment Division	Trigger Warning	0.75	524	2018
12	Tones and I	Welcome to the Madhouse	0.81	2210	2021
13	Kid Rock	Bad Reputation	0.79	659	2022
14	Lil Xan	Total Xanarchy	0.85	4593	2018
15	Tougher Than Nails	Delusional Blasphemies Destroyed	0.79	348	2021
16	José Sepúlveda	Homenaje a un gran General	0.78	470	1998
17	Wyatt James	Fuck Eating on the Weekend	0.83	337	2023
18	Chris Brown	Heartbreak on a Full Moon	0.83	982	2017
19	Six Feet Under	Graveyard Classics IV: The Number of the Priest	0.84	623	2016
20	Tom Sawyer	Momma	0.84	427	2020
21	brokeNCYDE	Bc13	0.83	531	2008
22	93PUNX	93Punx	0.89	889	2019
23	Kevin Federline	Playing With Fire	0.88	733	2006
24	6ix9ine	Leyenda viva	0.90	502	2023
25	Dan Bull	The Life of Pablo	0.87	384	2016
26	Black Eyed Peas	Elevation	0.91	672	2022
27	Onision	I Am Trash	0.58	268	2020
28	Borgore	#NEWGOREORDER	0.91	362	2014
29	XXXTENTACION	Bad Vibes Forever	0.96	3524	2019
30	Unkle Adams	Planting Seeds	0.93	454	2016
31	brokeNCYDE	Guilty Pleasure	0.91	343	2011
32	The Faggets	We Don’t Give a Fuck About Shit	0.97	601	2021
33	Eminem	Revival	1,03	10720	2017
34	Trapt	Shadow Work	0.95	428	2020
35	Mike Love, Bruce Johnston & David Marks	Salute NASCAR	0.97	379	1998
36	6ix9ine	TattleTales	1.0	1981	2020
37	brokeNCYDE	The Broken!	0.92	490	2007
38	The Beach Boys	Summer in Paradise	1,01	1929	1992
39	Justin Bieber	My Worlds Acoustic	0.95	464	2010
40	AJR	Born and Bred	0.69	322	2010

AOTY by critic score

The list of albums on AOTY is wider than on Metacritic. Another difference, AOTY uses the arithmetic mean. For this reason, albums with a minimum number of reviews are included. Kevin Federline’s Playing with Fire is the worst here too, no wonder.

Sc	Artist	Album	Year	Reviews
20	Kevin Federline	Playing With Fire	2006	6
29	The Enemy	Streets in the Sky	2012	6
30	Cute Is What We Aim For	Rotation	2008	5
34	Bo Bice	The Real Thing	2005	5
34	Lil Wayne	Rebirth	2010	22
35	Gucci Mane & V-Nasty	BAYTL	2011	8
35	Puddle of Mudd	Life on Display	2003	5
35	Sly Stone	I’m Back! Family & Friends	2011	5
35	The Script	#3	2012	7
35	Tulisa	The Female Boss	2012	6
36	6ix9ine	DUMMY BOY	2018	10
36	Chris Brown	Fortune	2012	13
36	Cute Is What We Aim For	The Same Old Blood Rush With a New Touch	2006	7
36	Dirty Vegas	One	2004	5
36	Shwayze	Shwayze	2008	6
37	Cast	Troubled Times	2011	6
37	Iglu & Hartly	& Then Boom	2008	8
37	Nickelback	All the Right Reasons	2005	5
37	Rock Star Supernova	Rock Star Supernova	2006	5
37	Viva Brother	Famous First Words	2011	20
38	Bloodhound Gang	Hefty Fine	2005	5
38	Kid Cudi	Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven	2015	8
38	Rod Stewart	It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook	2002	5
38	Soulja Boy	souljaboytellem.com	2007	6
39	Fitz & the Tantrums	Fitz & the Tantrums	2016	8
39	Gavin Rossdale	WANDERlust	2008	6
39	Hadouken!	For the Masses	2010	6
39	Maroon 5	JORDI	2021	13
39	Spice Girls	Forever	2000	7
39	Staind	14 Shades of Grey	2003	7
39	Sugababes	Sweet 7	2010	9
39	The Pussycat Dolls	Doll Domination	2008	8
39	The Twang	Jewellery Quarter	2009	7
40	Air Traffic	Fractured Life	2007	5
40	Gary Numan	Pure	2000	5
40	Jennifer Lopez	Como Ama una Mujer	2007	5
40	Limp Bizkit	Results May Vary	2003	10
40	Nickelback	Dark Horse	2008	11
40	Pendulum	In Silico	2008	5
40	Prince	20Ten	2010	6
40	Remi Nicole	My Conscience and I	2007	7
40	Scouting For Girls	Scouting for Girls	2007	5
40	Theory of a Deadman	The Truth Is…	2011	5
41	Ben Lee	The Rebirth of Venus	2009	9
41	Dec. 99th	December 99th	2016	5
41	Live	Songs From Black Mountain	2006	6
41	Liz Phair	Liz Phair	2003	16
41	Louis XIV	Slick Dogs and Ponies	2008	7
41	Uffie	Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans	2010	15
41	will.i.am	#willpower	2013	9

AOTY by user score

The lowest ratings among aggregators are here. How bad is an album if the average score from 300 users is 1/100? RYM Users and AOTY Users are in solidarity by choosing I’m a Meme by Onision as the worst.

Sc	Artist	Album	Year	Reviews
1	Onision	I’m a Meme	2019	143
1	Onision	The Banana Man	2019	480
1	Onision	Onision	2012	87
1	Me&me	Playdough Cooked in Tea	2017	788
1	Onision	I Am Trash	2020	385
1	Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun	The Brave II	2023	879
2	Tom Macdonald & Madchild	Killing The Neighbors	2020	96
2	Tom MacDonald	Renegade	2022	308
2	Tom MacDonald & Adam Calhoun	The Brave	2022	1021
3	Tom MacDonald	The Revolution	2022	114
3	Hentai Dude	OWO What’s This?	2015	750
3	Tom MacDonald	Us Against The World	2021	333
3	Tom MacDonald	Ghostories	2019	134
3	Tom MacDonald	Deathreats	2018	195
3	Tom MacDonald	Gravestones	2020	127
3	Tom MacDonald	See You Tomorrow	2015	104
3	Iced Earth	A Narrative Soundscape	2022	327
3	Doug Walker	Nostalgia Critic’s The Wall	2019	1094
4	R. Kelly	I Admit It	2022	613
4	BRANDON HART, Nova Rockafeller & Tom MacDonald	As Far As the Stars	2021	57
4	Ronnie Radke	Watch Me	2013	704
4	Jake Paul & Team 10	Litmas	2017	315
4	Blood On The Dance Floor	Let’s Start a Riot	2008	166
5	Kodiyakredd	TRENDSETTERS	2022	179
5	TECHROW & Jonathan Hay	Nirvana Reimagined As House & Techno	2021	148
5	Tom MacDonald	LeeAnn’s Son	2014	147
6	Trippie Redd	Spooky Sounds	2020	393
6	DEMONDICE	DEMONDICE EP	2017	638
6	Kid Rock	Bad Reputation	2022	669
6	Cokie the Clown	You’re Welcome	2019	193
8	TRAMP STAMPS	WE GOT DRUNK AND MADE AN EP	2021	525
6	Justin Bieber	Couple Goals	2020	81
6	Psychosexual	Torch The Faith	2020	59
6	Panic! at the Disco	House of Memories	2022	83
7	Various Artists	Pornhub Valentine’s Day Album	2019	266
7	Tones And I	Welcome To The Madhouse	2021	1768
7	Burger King	You Rule. Jingles	2023	785
7	DEMONDICE	Satan’s Lemonade Stand Vol. 1	2017	264
7	Tom MacDonald	Dream People and the Whiskey Wars	2015	77
7	Tom Sawyer	Daddy	2019	146

Updated: November 25, 2024

This page lists the criteria for certification of musical works in different countries and territories. The data is grouped by music format and by country. The current (or last applied before closure) levels for albums, singles, music videos and ringtones are listed first. Next are the certification criteria with explanations by country. For each country, the certifying organization, current levels, all previous levels with comments, and history of the awards are indicated. The tables by format and by country indicate the required number of sales and the required number of streams (for singles and albums) for certification.

The page lists the criteria for the following formats, countries and territories:

Format	Albums ∙ Singles ∙ Music Video ∙ Ringtones
Country	Argentina ∙ Australia ∙ Austria ∙ Belgium ∙ Brazil ∙ Bulgaria ∙ Canada ∙ Chile ∙ China ∙ Colombia ∙ Croatia ∙ Cyprus ∙ Czech Republic ∙ Denmark ∙ Ecuador ∙ Egypt ∙ Finland ∙ France ∙ Germany ∙ Grecce ∙ Hong Kong ∙ Hungary ∙ Iceland ∙ India ∙ Indonesia ∙ Ireland ∙ Israel ∙ Italy ∙ Japan ∙ Latvia ∙ Lebanon ∙ Lithuania ∙ Malaysia ∙ Mexico ∙ Netherlands ∙ New Zealand ∙ Nigeria ∙ Norway ∙ Paraguay ∙ Peru ∙ Philippines ∙ Poland ∙ Portugal ∙ Russia ∙ Singapore ∙ Slovakia ∙ Slovenia ∙ South Africa ∙ South Korea ∙ Spain ∙ Sweden ∙ Switzerland ∙ Taiwan ∙ Thailand ∙ Turkey ∙ Ukraine ∙ United Kingdom ∙ United States ∙ Uruguay ∙ Venezuela
Territory	Central America ∙ Europe IFPI ∙ Europe IMPALA ∙ Gulf States

Certification rules depend on the following factors:

Date restrictions: all recordings may be certified or only recordings released after a certain date.
Procedure: the label must apply for certification or certification is automatic.
Release date: thresholds are the same for all releases or depend on the release date
Certification date: what levels were applied at the time of certification of the music product.
Formats: what formats are taken into account for certification: physical, digital, ringtones, streaming. Sales in all formats are counted together or there is a separate category for each format.
Streaming: what type of streams is included: only premium or free and premium; only audio streams or audio and video streams. When was streaming added to the certification. Streaming may count towards certification for all releases or only for products released after a certain date. How many streams are equivalent to an album or single in a given country.
Country of origin: levels may vary for domestic and international releases.
Genre: levels may vary for different genres (usually a separate category for Jazz, Blues, Classical and Children’s music).
Monetary revenue: in some countries, income may be used as a sales equivalent or even as a primary criterion.
Multi-disc releases: separate rules may apply for releases consisting of two or more units (LP’s, cassettes, CD’s, DVDs, etc.).

Albums – current levels

Numbers guide:
sales, sales international (if the levels for international albums are different from domestic)
audio streams, audio streams international, free streams
video streams, video streams international
premium audio + video streams, free audio + video streams
monetary revenue, monetary revenue international

Country	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Argentina	10,000	20,000	135,000
Australia	35,000 59.5 M 147 M	70,000 119 M 294 M	500,000 – –
Austria	7,500 14.1 M	15,000 28.2 M	– –
Belgium	10,000	20,000	100,000
Brazil	40,000 20,000 80 M 40 M 400 M 200 M	80,000 40,000 160 M 80 M 800 M 400 M	300,000 160,000 600 M 320 M 3,000 M 1,600 M
Bulgaria	1,000	2,000	–
Canada	40,000 60 M	80,000 120 M	800,000 1,200 M
Chile		25 M
China	10,000	20,000	–
Colombia	10,000 5,000	20,000 10,000	– –
Croatia	3,000	5,000	10,000
Cyprus	3,000	6,000	–
Czech Rep.Czech Republic	0.5 M Kč	1 M Kč	–
Denmark	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M	– –
Ecuador	3,000	6,000	–
Egypt	25,000 5,000	50,000 10,000	– –
Finland	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M	– –
France	50,000 75 M 525 M	100,000 150 M 1,050 M	500,000 750 M 5,250 M
Germany	75,000 150 M	150,000 300 M	750,000 1,500 M
Greece	6,000 3,000	12,000 6,000	– –
Hong Kong	15,000 7,500	30,000 15,000	– –
Hungary	2,000 6.56 M 29.40 M	4,000 13.12 M 58.80 M	– – –
Iceland	2,000 3 M	5,000 7.5 M	50,000 75 M
India	75,000 12,000 75 M 12 M 225 M 36 M	150,000 30,000 150 M 30 M 450 M 90 M	– – – – – –
Indonesia	Rp 500 M	Rp 1,000 M	–
Ireland	7,500	15,000	–
Israel	15,000 10,000	30,000 20,000	– –
Italy	25,000 32.5 M	50,000 65 M	500,000 650 M
Japan	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
Latvia	2,000 2 M	4,000 4 M	– –
Lebanon	20,000 1,000	40,000 2,000	– –
Lithuania	5,000 2.5 M	8,000 4 M	12,000 6 M
Malaysia	5,000	10,000	–
Mexico	70,000	140,000	700,000
Netherlands	18,604 40 M	37,209 80 M	93,023 200 M
N. ZealandNew Zealand	7,500 0.75 M	15,000 1.5 M	– –
Nigeria	25,000 37.5 M	50,000 75 M	– –
Norway	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M	– –
Paraguay	5,000	10,000	–
Peru	3,000	6,000	–
Philippines	7,500	15,000	150,000
Poland	15,000 10,000 0.3 M zł 0.2 M zł	30,000 20,000 0.6 M zł 0.4 M zł	150,000 100,000 3 M zł 1 M zł
Portugal	7,500 18.75 M	15,000 37.5 M	– –
Russia †	25,000 5,000	50,000 10,000	100,000 30,000
Singapore	5,000	10,000	–
Slovakia	0.01 M €	0.02 M €	–
Slovenia	2,000	4,000	–
South Africa	25,000 30 M	50,000 60 M	– –
South Korea	–	250,000	1,000,000
Spain	20,000 50 M	40,000 100 M	– –
Sweden	15,000 15 M	30,000 30 M	– –
Switzerland	10,000	20,000
Taiwan	15,000 5,000 4.5 M 元 1.5 M 元	30,000 10,000 9 M 元 3 M 元	– – – –
Thailand	10,000 5,000 0.85 M ฿ 0.425 M ฿	20,000 10,000 1.7 M ฿ 0.85 M ฿	– – – –
Turkey	50,000 3,000	100,000 5,000	150,000 10,000
Ukraine	50,000 25,000	100,000 50,000	500,000 100,000
U. K.United Kingdom	100,000 100 M	300,000 300 M	– –
U. S.United States	500,000 750 M	1,000,000 1,500 M	10,000,000 15,000 M
Uruguay	2,000	4,000	–
Venezuela	5,000	10,000	–
Region	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
C. AmericaCentral America	3.5 M	7 M	35 M
EU IFPIEurope IFPI	–	1,000,000	–
EU IMPALAEurope IMPALA	100,000	500,000	250,000
Gulf States	10,000 3,000	20,000 6,000	– –

Singles – current levels

Numbers guide:
sales, sales international (if the levels for international albums are different from domestic)
audio streams, audio streams international, free streams
video streams, video streams international
premium audio + video streams, free audio + video streams
monetary revenue, monetary revenue international

Country	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Argentina 1	10,000 8 M	20,000 16 M	135,000 100 M
Australia	35,000 5.95 M 14.70 M	70,000 11.9 M 29.4 M	– – –
Austria	15,000 2.820 M 12.645 M	30,000 5.64 M 25.29 M	– – –
Belgium	10,000 20,000	20,000 40,000	100,000 200,000
Brazil	40,000 20,000 8 M 4 M 40 M 20 M	80,000 40,000 16 M 8 M 80 M 40 M	300,000 160,000 60 M 32 M 300 M 160 M
Canada	40,000 6.4 M 9.6 M	80,000 12.8 M 19.2 M	800,000 128 M 192 M
Chile	10 M	20 M	40 M
Czech Rep.Czech Republic	0.2 M Kč	0.4 M Kč	–
Denmark	45,000 4.5 M	90,000 9 M	– –
Egypt	20,000	40,000	–
Finland	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M	– –
France	100,000 15 M 105 M	200,000 30 M 210 M	333,333 50 M 350 M
Germany	300,000 60 M 396 M	600,000 120 M 792 M	1,500,000 300 M 1,980 M
Greece	1 M	2 M	10 M
Hungary	2,000 0.656 M 2.940 M	4,000 1.312 M 5.880 M	– – –
Iceland	0.75 M	1.5 M	–
India	120,000 60,000 12 M 6 M 36 M 18 M	240,000 120,000 24 M 12 M 72 M 36 M	– – – – – –
Ireland	7,500	15,000	–
Italy	50,000 6.5 M	100,000 13 M	1,000,000 130 M
Japan 1	100,000 50 M	250,000 100 M	1,000,000 500 M
Latvia	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M	– –
Lithuania	25,000 2.5 M 15.25 M	40,000 4 M 24.4 M	60,000 6 M 36.6 M
Mexico	70,000 22 M	140,000 44 M	700,000 220 M
Netherlands	46,511 10 M	93,023 20 M	232,558 50 M
N. ZealandNew Zealand	15,000 1.5 M	30,000 3 M	– –
Nigeria	50,000 7.5 M	100,000 15 M	– –
Norway	30,000 3 M	60,000 6 M	– –
Philippines	75,000	150,000	–
Poland	25,000 0.05 M zł	50,000 0.1 M zł	250,000 0.5 M zł
Portugal	5,000 1.25 M	10,000 2.5 M	– –
Singapore	5,000	10,000	–
Slovakia	0.002 M €	0.004 M €	–
South Africa	20,000 2.4 M	40,000 4.8 M	– –
South Korea 1	– –	2,500,000 100 M	10,000,000 1,000 M
Spain	30,000 7.5 M	60,000 15 M	– –
Sweden	6 M	12 M	–
Switzerland	15,000 2.415 M 17.775 M	30,000 4.83 M 35.55 M	– – –
Taiwan	5,000 0.5 M 元	10,000 1 M 元	– –
Thailand	10,000	20,000	–
Turkey	25,000	50,000	75,000
U.K.United Kingdom	400,000 40 M 240 M	600,000 60 M 360 M	– – –
U.S.United States	500,000 75 M	1,000,000 150 M	10,000,000 1,500 M
Region	Silver	Gold	Platinum
C. AmericaCentral America	3.5 M	7 M	35 M
1 – streaming and sales are separate categories

Music Video – current levels

Numbers guide:
sales, sales international (if the levels for international albums are different from domestic)

Country	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Argentina	5,000	10,000	50,000
Australia	7,500	15,000	–
Austria	5,000	10,000	–
Belgium	10,000 15,000	20,000 30,000	– –
Brazil	25,000 15,000	50,000 30,000	250,000 125,000
Canada †	5,000	10,000	100,000
Colombia	5,000	10,000	–
Czech Republic	1,500 750	3,000 1,500	– –
Denmark †	7,500	15,000	–
Finland	5,000	10,000	–
France	5,000	10,000	40,000
Germany	25,000	50,000	–
Greece	3,000	6,000	–
Hungary †	2,000	4,000	–
Iceland	5,000	10,000	–
Ireland	2,000	4,000	–
Italy †	10,000	20,000	–
Japan	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
Latvia	5,000	8,000	–
Mexico	10,000	20,000	100,000
Netherlands	7,500	15,000	–
New Zealand	2,500	5,000	–
Norway	5,000	10,000	–
Philippines	7,500	15,000	–
Poland	5,000	10,000	50,000
Portugal	4,000	8,000	–
Russia †	10,000 3,000	20,000 6,000	– –
Slovakia	750	1,500	–
South Africa	5,000	10,000	–
Spain †	10,000	25,000	–
Sweden	5,000	10,000	–
Switzerland	3,000	6,000	–
United Kingdom	25,000	50,000	–
United States	50,000	100,000	1,000,000
Uruguay	1,000	2,000	–

Ringtones / Mastertones / Ringback tones – current levels

Country	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Canada †	20,000	40,000	400,000
Egypt	20,000	40,000	–
Japan	–	–	1,000,000
Mexico †	10,000	25,000	250,000
Russia †	100,000	200,000	–
Spain †	10,000	20,000	–
United States	500,000	1,000,000	–

Argentina

Certifying organization: CAPIF – Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers)

CAPIF began certifying sales of singles and albums in Argentina in 1980. The Diamond album certification was introduced in 1999. In 2001, CAPIF lowered the thresholds for albums released since January 1, 2001, and also removed the Singles and Compilation categories. Since 2009, two separate categories for digital and physical sales in Argentina. In 2013, album certification levels were lowered for the second time. In 2016, CAPIF updated its levels and added a streaming category, so now Argentina has two separate categories for singles – streaming and downloads. The new thresholds apply to all albums released since July 1, 2016.

Physical Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1980	30,000	60,000	500,000
1.01.2001	20,000	40,000	250,000
1.01.2013	15,000	30,000	200,000
1.07.2016	10,000	20,000	135,000
Digital Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2009	10,000	20,000	135,000
Compilations †
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1980	100,000	200,000	–
† – discontinued in 2001
Physical Singles †
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1980	50,000	100,000	–
† – discontinued in 2001
Digital Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2009	10,000	20,000	135,000
Streaming Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.07.2016	8 M	16 M	100 M
number of streams in millions
Music DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2001	4,000	8,000	–
1.01.2009	7,500	15,000	75,000
1.07.2016	5,000	10,000	50,000
CD / DVD Combo
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.07.2016	5,000	10,000	50,000

Australia

Certifying organization: ARIA – Australian Recording Industry Association

In November 2014 ARIA launched Diamond Award for albums selling 500,000 copies. For the purposes of the ARIA Diamond Award, sales of Albums, plus the sales of the Singles and Tracks from that Album accrued after 1 July 2014, are aggregated (streaming not included).
From 1 July 2015 Qualifying streams are eligible to contribute to the accreditation of Singles. Those eligible streams are to be factored at the conversion rate applicable at the time that the streams occurred. For accreditation calculation purposes only, from March 2022, official content streams on YouTube may be included in Qualifying Streams. From May 2017 Stream Equivalent Albums (SEA) are eligible to contribute to the accreditation of Albums.

Current conversion rate (as of July 2023):
1 album sale = 1700 premium audio + video streams = 4200 free audio + video streams
1 single sale = 170 premium audio + video streams = 420 free audio + video streams

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.1977	25,000	50,000	–
Since 1.01.1983	35,000	70,000	–
Since 1.11.2014	35,000	70,000	500,000
Since 1.05.2017	35,000 59.5 M 147 M	70,000 119 M 294 M	500,000 – –
equivalent premium audio + video streams in millions equivalent free audio + video streams in millions
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.1977	50,000	100,000	–
Since 1.01.1983	35,000	70,000	–
Since 1.07.2015	35,000 5.95 M 14.70 M	70,000 11.9 M 29.4 M	– – –
equivalent premium audio + video streams in millions equivalent free audio + video streams in millions
Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
at least 1990	7,500	15,000	–
Extended Plays †
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.1977	30,000	–	–
† – discontinued in 1983

Austria

Certifying organization: Verband der Österreichischen Musikwirtschaft – IFPI Austria

Premium streams are taken into account for singles releases from January 1, 2015 and free streams for singles releases from July 1, 2023 with a ratio:
1 single sold = 188 premium streams = 843 free streams

Premium streams are counted for albums released since January 1, 2017. The record must contain at least 6 songs to be considered an album. A maximum of 12 streamed tracks of an album are counted for the album award. The number of plays of the top two songs is reduced to the average number of the rest.
1 album sold = 1880 premium streams

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.2000	25,000	50,000
Since 1.01.2001	20,000	40,000
Since 1.01.2003	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2007	10,000	20,000
Since 1.01.2013	7,500	15,000
Since 1.01.2017	7,500 14.1 M	15,000 28.2 M
equivalent streams in millions
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.1988	50,000	100,000
Since 1.01.1989	25,000	50,000
Since 1.01.2001	20,000	40,000
Since 1.01.2003	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2015	15,000 2.82 M	30,000 5.64 M
Since 1.07.2023	15,000 2.820 M 12.645 M	30,000 5.640 M 25.290 M
equivalent free streams in millions equivalent premium streams in millions
Music Video
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2001	5,000	10,000

Belgium

Certifying organization: current – BRMA – Belgian Recorded Music Association.
before 2022 – BEA – Belgian Entertainment Association
certification database – Ultratop

Singles sales awards include streaming since 2016. Since June 2017 album figures can include stream equivalent albums. A maximum of 12 streamed tracks of an album are counted for the album award. The 2 most streamed tracks are not taken into account with the actually achieved premium streams, but only with the average number of (maximum) 10 following tracks. Conversion factor for albums and singles is unknown.

As of 2008, Belgium had different levels for international DVDs, Belgian DVDs (a Belgian product distributed nationally) and regional DVDs (a Belgian product limited to one language region – French or Dutch).

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 30.04.2007	15,000	30,000	–
Since 1.05.2007	10,000	20,000	–
Since 1.04.2022	10,000	20,000	200,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.12.2006	25,000	50,000	–
Since 1.01.2007	20,000	40,000	–
Since 1.05.2007	15,000	30,000	–
Since 1.07.2017	10,000	20,000	–
Since 1.04.2022	10,000	20,000	200,000
Domestic Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.12.2008	15,000	30,000	–
Since 1.01.2009	10,000	20,000	–
Since 1.04.2022	10,000	20,000	100,000
International Singles
Until 31.12.2008	25,000	50,000	–
Since 1.01.2009	15,000	30,000	–
Since 1.07.2017	20,000	40,000	–
Since 1.04.2022	20,000	40,000	200,000
Music Video (as of 2008)
Type	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Belgian	15,000	30,000	50,000
Regional	7,500	15,500	25,500
International	25,000	50,000	100,000
Music Video (as of 2015)
Type	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Domestic	10,000	20,000	–
International	15,000	30,000	–

Brazil

Certifying organization: PMB – Pro-Música Brasil. Until 2016 known as ABPD – Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (Brazilian Association of Record Producers)

In 1990 ABPD introduced music recording certifications for albums. Music DVD certification was launched in 2002. In November 2008, the ABPD created another category “Produtos Digitais” for digital albums and singles. Thus, until December 2016, digital and physical albums were certified separately. Since 2017 certification includes physical album sales, paid digital downloads of full albums, paid digital downloads of tracks / singles from the album and audio / video streaming and Produtos Digitais ceased to exist as a separate category. In 2022, Pro-Música Brasil introduced separate requirements for audio and video streams.

Album equivalent from 2017 to 2021: 1 album sale = 10 digital tracks = 5000 audio / video streams
Album equivalent since 2022: 1 album sale = 10 digital tracks = 2000 audio streams = 10000 video streams

Single equivalent from 2017 to 2021: 1 single sale = 500 audio / video streams
Single equivalent since 2022: 1 single sale = 200 audio streams = 1000 video streams

From 1990 to 2016, different criteria were applied depending on the album’s release date. Since 2017, the same criteria are applied regardless of the album’s release date.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 2003	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
Since 2004 1	50,000	125,000	500,000
Since 2006 1	50,000	100,000	500,000
Since 2010 1	40,000	80,000	300,000
Since 2017 2	40,000 200 M	80,000 400 M	300,000 1,500 M
Since 2022 2	40,000 80 M 400 M	80,000 160 M 800 M	300,000 600 M 3,000 M
equivalent audio and video streams in millions equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions 1 – only applies to albums released after this date 2 – applies to all albums regardless of release date
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 2000	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
Since 2001 1	50,000	125,000	500,000
Since 2006 1	30,000	60,000	250,000
Since 2010 1	20,000	40,000	160,000
Since 2017 2	20,000 100 M	40,000 200 M	160,000 800 M
Since 2022 2	20,000 40 M 200 M	40,000 80 M 400 M	160,000 320 M 1,600 M
equivalent audio and video streams in millions equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions 1 – only applies to albums released after this date 2 – applies to all albums regardless of release date
Domestic Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2017	40,000 20 M	80,000 40 M	300,000 150 M
Since 2022	40,000 8 M 40 M	80,000 16 M 80 M	300,000 60 M 300 M
equivalent audio and video streams in millions equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
International Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2017	20,000 10 M	40,000 20 M	160,000 80 M
Since 2022	20,000 4 M 20 M	40,000 8 M 40 M	160,000 32 M 160 M
equivalent audio and video streams in millions equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
Digital Albums & Singles †
Type	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Domestic	50,000	100,000	500,000
International	30,000	60,000	250,000
† – This category was used from 1.11.2008 to 31.12.2016
Domestic Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2002	25,000	50,000	100,000
Since 2006	25,000	50,000	250,000
International Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2002	25,000	50,000	100,000
Since 2006	15,000	30,000	125,000

Bulgaria

Certifying organization: БАМП – Българска асоциация на музикалните продуценти (BAMP – Bulgarian Association of Music Producers)

Certification has existed in Bulgaria since at least 2007. The thresholds were lowered between September 2011 and June 2013, the exact date is unknown.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of September 2011 a	15,000	30,000
as of March 2015 b	1,000	2,000
a – first mention of these criteria in 2007 b – first mention of these criteria in June 2013
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of September 2011 a	10,000	20,000
as of March 2015 b	1,000	2,000
a – first mention of these criteria in 2007 b – first mention of these criteria in June 2013

Canada

Certifying organization: Music Canada. Before 2011 known as CRIA – Canadian Recording Industry Association.

Certifications for music recordings in Canada began in 1975. From late 1990’s for Certifications involving multi-unit packages (i.e., 3 or more vinyl LPs, or 2 or more Compact Discs in a package) — each unit within the set counts as one unit towards Certification, provided pricing reflects the typical fair market value of each of the constituent components of the package.

In 2008, CRIA added a separate category to certify digital singles. The Digital Download and Physical Single categories were retired on September 16, 2016, and units sold are eligible under the Single Award guidelines. As of April 1, 2021, the certification categories for Ringtone and Music DVD have been retired. While Music Canada no longer accepts new certification applications for these categories

In September 2016, Music Canada launched the new Single Award, which combines on-demand streams with digital download and physical single sales. In July 2017, Music Canada updated the Album Award guidelines to include Track Equivalent Album (TEA) and Stream Equivalent Album (SEA) units toward Certification.

Until March 4, 2024:
1 album sale = 10 tracks sales = 1500 on-demand audio streams
1 single sale = 1 digital download sale = 150 on-demand audio streams

Since March 5, 2024:
1 album sale = 10 tracks sales = 1600 on-demand premium audio/video streams = 2400 on-demand ad-supported audio/video streams

Note: Certifications levels for Albums and Physical Singles are based on the recording release date

Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 30.04.2008	50,000 75 M	100,000 150 M	1,000,000 1,500 M
Since 1.05.2008	40,000 60 M	80,000 120 M	800,000 1,200 M
equivalent audio streams in millions
Singles
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 12.09.2016	40,000 6 M	80,000 12 M	800,000 120 M
Since 5.04.2024	40,000 6.4 M 9.6 M	80,000 12.8 M 19.2 M	800,000 128 M 192 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent premium audio/video streams in millions ad-supported audio/video streams in millions
Physical Singles †
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.01.1982	75,000	150,000	1,500,000
Since 1.02.1982	50,000	100,000	1,000,000
Since 1.09.2002	5,000	10,000	100,000
† – discontinued September 12, 2016
Digital Singles †
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.03.2006	10,000	20,000	200,000
Since 1.01.2007	20,000	40,000	400,000
Since 1.05.2010	40,000	80,000	800,000
† – discontinued September 12, 2016
Ringtones †
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2007	20,000	40,000	400,000
† – discontinued April 1, 2021
Music Video †
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.1990	5,000	10,000	100,000
† – discontinued April 1, 2021

Chile

Certifying organization: IFPI Chile. Streaming Awards is available on PROFOVI Sociedad de Productores Fonográficos y Videográficos de Chile (Society of Phonographic and Videographic Producers of Chile) website.

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 2001	15,000	25,000	–
Since 2002	10,000	20,000	–
Since 2008	7,500	15,000	–
as of 2017 *		25 M
based on streaming units (in millions) only * – the date of change of criteria is unknown
Streaming
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 2017	4 M	8 M	–
Since 2018	6 M	12 M	50 M
Since 2020	10 M	20 M	40 M
number of streams in millions

China

In January 2008, the IFPI added levels for Domestic, International and Regional Album to its tables for the first time. In 2010, the thresholds for Domestic and Foreign Albums were lowered, but for Regional ones they remained the same. According to RIN (Recording Industry in Numbers), these criteria are in effect at least until March 2015.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2009	40,000	80,000
Since 2010	10,000	20,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2009	15,000	30,000
Since 2010	10,000	20,000
Regional Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of 2015	75,000	150,000

Colombia

Certifying organizations: current – a) Promúsica Colombia. Formerly known as APDIF – Asociación para la Protección de los Derechos Intelectuales sobre Fonogramas y Videogramas Musicales (Association for the Protection of Intellectual Rights on Musical Phonograms and Videograms)
current – b) ACINPRO – Asociación Colombiana de Intérpretes y Productores Fonográficos (Colombian Association of Performers and Phonogram Producers)
previous – ASINCOL – Asociación Colombiana de Productores de Fonogramas (Colombian Association of Phonogram Producers)

Until 2006 levels for domestic and international albums were the same. Reduced thresholds for foreign repertoire were introduced in 2007.

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 1999	30,000	60,000
Since 2000	25,000	50,000
Since 2001	20,000	40,000
Since 2003	15,000	30,000
Since 2004	10,000	20,000
Since 2007	10,000 5,000	20,000 10,000
levels for international albums in italics
Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 2007	5,000	10,000

Croatia

Certifying organization: HDU – Hrvatska Diskografska Udruga (Croatian Phonographic Association)

In Croatia, until 2008, there were different thresholds for domestic and international albums.

Albums
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
14.06.1995	7,500 2,500	15,000 5,000	30,000 10,000	60,000 20,000
1.01.2009	3,000	7,500	15,000	30,000
1.05.2015	1,000	3,000	5,000	10,000
levels for international albums in italic

Cyprus

Certifying organization: IFPI Cyprus

Levels for Albums are as of mid-2000’s.

Albums
Gold	Platinum
3,000	6,000

Czech Republic

Certifying organization: ČNS IFPI – Česká národní skupina Mezinárodní federace hudebního průmyslu, z. s. (Czech National Group of the International Federation of music industry)

Since 2016, thresholds have been based on monetary revenue.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.1999	25,000	50,000
Since 1.01.2000	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2002	10,000	20,000
Since 1.01.2008	7,500	15,000
Since 1.01.2009	6,000	12,000
Since 1.01.2012	5,000	10,000
Since 1.01.2014	3,000	6,000
Since 1.01.2016	0.5 M Kč	1 M Kč
based on monetary revenue (in millions CZK)
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.1999	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2000	10,000	20,000
Since 1.01.2002	5,000	10,000
Since 1.01.2008	3,000	6,000
Since 1.01.2012	2,500	5,000
Since 1.01.2014	1,500	3,000
Since 1.01.2016	0.5 M Kč	1 M Kč
based on monetary revenue (in millions CZK)
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.2009	1,000	2,000
Since 1.01.2010 *	–	1,000
Since 1.01.2016	0.05 M Kč	0.1 M Kč
Since 1.01.2020	0.1 M Kč	0.2 M Kč
Since 1.01.2020	0.2 M Kč	0.4 M Kč
based on monetary revenue (in millions CZK) * – Diamond award for 2,000 during this period
Domestic Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2006	1,500	3,000
International Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2006	750	1,500

Denmark

Certifying organization: IFPI Danmark (IFPI Denmark)

A certification system has existed in Denmark since at least 1975. In 2003, IFPI Danmark extended its awards program to video and began certifying Music DVD and Entertainment DVD (a category for stand-up, series etc). In February 2007, IFPI Danmark included sales of digital albums and singles for certification. Separate award levels for streaming had been operating from January 7, 2011 to November 16, 2014. Starting November 17, 2014, certifications for singles include audio streams in addition to downloads at a rate of 100 audio streams = 1 single sold, for albums at a rate of 1000 audio streams = 1 albums sold.

Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.10.1990	25,000	50,000	100,000
Since 1.11.1990	–	40,000	80,000
Since 1.01.1994	–	25,000	50,000
Since 1.04.2003	–	20,000	40,000
Since 1.02.2007	–	15,000	30,000
Since 7.01.2011	–	10,000	20,000
Since 17.11.2014	– –	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M
equivalent audio streams in millions
Singles
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
as of 1975 *	25,000	50,000	–
Until 31.10.1990	–	25,000	50,000
Since 1.11.1990	–	10,000	20,000
Since 1.04.2003	–	4,000	8,000
Since 1.02.2007	–	7,500	15,000
Since 7.01.2011	–	15,000	30,000
Since 17.11.2014	– –	30,000 3 M	60,000 6 M
Since 1.04.2016	– –	45,000 4.5 M	90,000 9 M
equivalent audio streams in millions * – the date of change of criteria is unknown

Streaming †
Since	Gold	Platinum
7.01.2011	0.05 M	0.1 M
30.01.2012	0.45 M	0.9 M
30.04.2012	0.9 M	1.8 M
21.03.2014	1.3 M	2.6 M
number of streams in millions † – discontinued November 16, 2014
Music DVD †
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.04.2003	4,000	8,000
1.02.2007	7,500	15,000
† – discontinued April 1, 2016
Entertainment DVD †
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.04.2003	20,000	40,000
1.02.2007	15,000	30,000
7.01.2011	10,000	20,000
† – discontinued April 1, 2016

Ecuador

Certifying organization: SOPROFON – Sociedad de Productores de Fonogramas (Society of Phonogram Producers)

Levels for Albums are as of March 2015.

Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Until 2007	3,750	7,500	15,000
Since 2008	–	3,000	6,000

Egypt

Certifying organization: IFPI Egypt

A certification system has existed in Egypt since at least 2005. The current thresholds were listed in the IFPI table in March 2010. Subsequent IFPI’s levels lists did not include Egypt.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2008	50,000	100,000
Since 2009	25,000	50,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
at least 2005	5,000	10,000
Digital Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 2009	20,000	40,000
Master Tones
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 2009	20,000	40,000

Finland

Certifying organization: Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland (Music Producers). Until August 27, 2010 known as ÄKT – Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat (Finnish Audio and Video Recording Producers).

The Finnish certification system, launched in 1971, is one of the oldest in Europe. IFPI Finland added a multi-platinum category in 1989 for albums and in 2008 for singles. Audio streaming services (Apple Music, Deezer, Google Play, Spotify, Tidal) are taken into account from January 1, 2014.

Streams are converted according to the following formula:
1 album sold = 1000 streams
1 single sold = 100 streams

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
17.09.1971	30,000	–	–
1.07.1973	15,000	–	–
1.10.1975	25,000	–	50,000
23.08.1976	25,000	100,000	–
1.01.1989	25,000	50,000	–
1.01.1994	20,000	40,000	–
1.01.2001	15,000	30,000	–
1.01.2008	15,000 10,000	30,000 20,000	–
1.01.2010	10,000	20,000	–
1.01.2014	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M	– –
levels for international albums in italic equivalent streams in millions

Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
17.09.1971	20,000	–
1.07.1973	10,000	–
1.01.1991	5,000	–
1.01.1994	5,000	10,000
1.01.2014	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M
equivalent streams in millions
Extended Plays
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2010	5,000	10,000
Music DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.06.2004	5,000	10,000

France

Certifying organizations: a) SNEP – Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique (National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing)
b) UPFI – Union des Producteurs Phonographiques Français Indépendants (The Union of Independent French Phonographic Producers)

In January 1973 SNEP introduced the Gold certification for albums and singles. Platinum certifications was added in May 1980. In November 1988 SNEP introduced Silver, Double Gold, Multi-Platinum and Diamond awards for albums. Silver and Double Gold certifications removed in June 2006. Multi-Diamond awards was added in January 2014. Since 2016, certification is automatic.

Since January 1, 2016 certification includes streaming. Half of the streams of the most popular track are subtracted from the total. Since May 2018 ONLY paid streams counted. In July 2024, SNEP began counting free streams at a ratio of 1 premium stream = 7 free streams.

Album equivalent from 1.01.2016 to 30.04.2018: 1 album sale = 1000 streams
Album equivalent from 1.05.2018 to31.12.2018: 1 album sale = 1000 premium streams
Album equivalent since 1.01.2019: 1 album sale = 1500 premium streams
Album equivalent since 1.07.2024: 1 album sale = 1500 premium streams = 10,500 free streams

Single equivalent from 1.01.2016 to 30.04.2018: 1 single sale = 150 streams
Single equivalent since 1.05.2018: 1 single sale = 150 premium stream
Single equivalent since 1.07.2024: 1 single sale = 150 premium streams = 1,500 free streams

SNEP levels

Albums
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1973	–	100,000	–	–
1.05.1980	–	100,000	400,000	–
1.07.1985	–	100,000	300,000	–
1.11.1988	50,000	100,000	300,000	1,000,000
1.06.2006	35,000	75,000	200,000	750,000
1.07.2009	–	50,000	100,000	500,000
1.01.2016	– –	50,000 50 M	100,000 100 M	500,000 500 M
1.01.2019	– –	50,000 75 M	100,000 150 M	500,000 750 M
1.07.2024	– – –	50,000 75 M 525 M	100,000 150 M 1,050 M	500,000 750 M 5,250 M
equivalent streams in millions equivalent free streams in millions
Singles
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1973	–	500,000	–	–
1.05.1980	–	500,000	1,000,000	–
1.07.1985	250,000	500,000	1,000,000	–
1.11.1988	200,000	400,000	800,000	–
1.03.1991	125,000	250,000	500,000	–
1.01.1997	125,000	250,000	500,000	750,000
1.05.2005	100,000	200,000	300,000	500,000
1.07.2009	–	150,000	250,000	400,000
1.01.2013	–	75,000	150,000	250,000
1.01.2016	– –	66,666 10 M	133,333 20 M	233,333 35 M
1.04.2018	– –	100,000 15 M	200,000 30 M	333,333 50 M
1.07.2024	– – –	100,000 15 M 105 M	200,000 30 M 210 M	333,333 50 M 350 M
equivalent streams in millions equivalent free streams in millions
Music Video
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.09.1989	–	10,000	20,000	–
1.08.1991	–	10,000	20,000	100,000
1.07.2009	–	7,500	15,000	60,000
1.01.2018	–	5,000	10,000	40,000

UFPI levels

The UFPI has certified music products released by independent record companies in France at their request. Certifications are now automatically awarded by OCC (Official Charts Company). This means that a certification can be in both the UFPI database and the SNEP database at the same time. Unlike SNEP, UFPI is not a member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

Since 2016 certifications includes streaming. From April 27, 2018, only premium streams are taken into account. Conversion ratio:
1 album sale = 1500 streams
1 single sale = 150 streams

Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.05.2005	35,000	75,000	200,000	750,000
1.07.2009	–	50,000	100,000	500,000
4.01.2019	– –	50,000 75 M	100,000 150 M	500,000 750 M
Singles
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.05.2005	100,000	200,000	300,000	500,000
1.07.2009	–	150,000	250,000	400,000
7.04.2016	– –	100,000 15 M	200,000 30 M	333,333 50 M
Music Video †
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.05.2005	–	10,000	20,000	100,000
1.07.2009	–	7,500	15,000	60,000
† – discontinued in 2018

Germany

Certifying organization: BVMI – Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Music Industry Association)

Music recording certification was introduced in Germany in 1975. Music video certification was launched in 1990. Since 1994, BVMI has certified jazz repertoire (albums and singles) released after January 1, 1992. In 2022, BVMI added a separate category for Classical music released since January 1, 2020. In June 2014, BVMI introduced Diamond certifications for albums and singles, which can only be awarded to music products released after January 1, 2013. Kids repertoire, Comedy and Audio Books can also be certified under the album rules.

Since June 1, 2014, premium streams have been included for singles certification, and free (ad-supported) streams were added on January 29, 2016. Since January 29, 2016, premium streams are taken into account for albums, regardless of the release date.

The calculation applies to streams made up to December 7th, 2023: The two most played tracks of an album are not taken into account with the premium streams actually achieved, but with the average amount of the ten following tracks.
The following applies to streams from December 8th, 2023: The most played track of an album will be taken into account with 70 percent of the streams achieved, the following 11 tracks will be counted in full.

Streams are converted into albums in the ratio:
1000 premium streams accumulated until April 5, 2018 = 1 album sale
2000 premium streams accumulated since April 6, 2018 = 1 album sale

Streams are converted into singles in the ratio:
100 premium streams accumulated until April 5, 2018 = 1 single sale
200 premium streams accumulated since April 6, 2018 = 1 single sale
1320 free streams accumulated since December 30, 2022 = 1 single sale

Note: Certifications levels for Albums and Singles are based on the recording release date

Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 24.08.1999	250,000 500 M	500,000 1,000 M	– –
Since 25.08.1999	150,000 300 M	300,000 600 M	– –
Since 01.01.2003	100,000 200 M	200,000 400 M	– –
Since 01.01.2013	100,000 200 M	200,000 400 M	750,000 1,500 M
Since 29.06.2023	75,000 150 M	150,000 300 M	750,000 1,500 M
equivalent streams accumulated since 6.04.2018
Singles
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.12.2002	250,000 50 M 330 M	500,000 100 M 660 M	– – –
Since 1.01.2003	150,000 30 M 198 M	300,000 60 M 396 M	– – –
Since 1.06.2014	200,000 40 M 264 M	400,000 80 M 528 M	1,000,000 200 M 1,320 M
Since 29.06.2023	300,000 60 M 396 M	600,000 120 M 792 M	1,500,000 300 M 1,980 M
premium streams accumulated since 6.04.2018 free streams accumulated since 30.12.2021

Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum
01.01.1990	25,000	50,000
Kids / Comedy Video
Since	Gold	Platinum
01.01.2002	25,000	50,000
Jazz (Albums & Singles)
Since	Gold	Platinum
01.01.1992	10,000	20,000
Classic (Albums & Singles)
Since	Gold	Platinum
01.01.2020	30,000	60,000

Greece

Certifying organization: IFPI Greece

From February 2022 singles certification includes streams from Spotify, Apple Music, Napster and Deezer. iTunes downloads are transformed to stream points at a ratio that is not disclosable at the moment.

Domestic Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.1989	–	50,000	100,000
Since 1.01.1990	15,000	30,000	60,000
Since 1.01.1997	–	25,000	50,000
Since 1.09.2002	–	20,000	40,000
Since 1.09.2006	–	15,000	30,000
Since 1.07.2008	–	6,000	12,000
International Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.1989	–	50,000	100,000
Since 1.01.1990	15,000	30,000	60,000
Since 1.01.1997	–	15,000	30,000
Since 1.09.2002	–	10,000	20,000
Since 1.09.2006	–	7,500	15,000
Since 1.06.2007	–	5,000	10,000
Since 1.07.2008	–	3,000	6,000
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 30.08.2006	10,000	20,000	–
Since 1.09.2006	7,500	15,000	–
Since 1.07.2008	5,000	10,000	–
Since 1.07.2009	3,000	6,000	–
Since 1.02.2021	1 M	2 M	10 M
number of streams in millions

Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 1.07.2009	5,000	10,000
Since 1.07.2009	3,000	6,000

Hong Kong

Certifying organizations: since 2008 – HKRIA – Hong Kong Recording Industry Alliance Limited
since 1975 – IFPI Hong Kong Group

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1977	25,000	50,000
2006	20,000	40,000
2008	15,000	30,000
International Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1977	10,000	20,000
2008	7,500	15,000

Hungary

Certifying organization: MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége (Hungarian Recording Industry Association)

Gold and platinum awards for album and single sales existed in Hungary even before MAHASZ was founded in 1992. In 1974, the threshold for gold award was 50,000 for albums and 100,000 for singles. In 1992, MAHASZ introduced a new certification system for music recordings. Until January 1, 2018, there were separate levels for International Albums, as well as Jazz, Classic and World Music.

Since January 1, 2018 certification includes streaming. Different coefficients apply for premium and free (ad-supported) streams.

Album equivalent from 1.01.2018 to 12.07.2023: 1 album sale = 1000 premium audio streams = 5000 free audio streams
Album equivalent since 13.07.2023: 1 album sale = 3280 premium audio + video streams = 14700 free audio + video streams

Single equivalent from 1.01.2018 to 12.07.2023: 1 single sale = 100 premium audio streams = 500 free audio streams
Single equivalent since 13.07.2023: 1 single sale = 328 premium audio + video streams = 1470 free audio + video streams

Note: Certifications levels for Albums, Singles and Videos are based on the recording release date

Domestic Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 11.06.1992	100,000	200,000	400,000
Since 12.06.1993	50,000	100,000	200,000
Since 3.12.1997	25,000	50,000	–
Since 23.04.2002	15,000	30,000	–
Since 23.02.2005	10,000	20,000	–
Since 13.09.2006	7,500	15,000	–
Since 1.10.2009	5,000	10,000	–
Since 14.12.2012	2,000	4,000	–
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2018 (for all releases)	2 M 10 M	4 M 20 M	– –
Since 13.07.2023 (for all releases)	6.56 M 29.40 M	13.12 M 58.80 M	– –
equivalent premium audio streams in millions equivalent free audio streams in millions equivalent premium audio + video streams in millions equivalent free audio + video streams in millions
International Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 12.06.1993	50,000	100,000	200,000
Since 3.12.1997	15,000	30,000	–
Since 23.04.2002	10,000	20,000	–
Since 23.02.2005	5,000	10,000	–
Since 13.09.2006	3,000	6,000	–
Since 1.14.2012	1,000	2,000	–
Since 1.01.2018	2,000	4,000	–
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2018 (for all releases)	2 M 10 M	4 M 20 M	– –
Since 13.07.2023 (for all releases)	6.56 M 29.40 M	13.12 M 58.80 M	– –
equivalent premium audio streams in millions equivalent free audio streams in millions equivalent premium audio + video streams in millions equivalent free audio + video streams in millions

Albums (Classic, Jazz, World) †
Released	Gold	Platinum
Since 23.04.2002	5,000	10,000
Since 23.02.2005	2,500	5,000
Since 13.09.2006	1,500	3,000
† – discontinued December 10, 2017
Singles
Released	Gold	Platinum
Until 22.05.2005	5,000	10,000
Since 23.05.2005	2,500	5,000
Since 13.09.2006	1,500	3,000
Since 1.01.2018	2,000	4,000
Certified	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2018 (for all releases)	0.2 M 1 M	0.4 M 2 M
Since 13.07.2023 for all releases	0.656 M 2.940 M	1.312 M 5.880 M
equivalent premium audio streams in millions equivalent free audio streams in millions equivalent premium audio + video streams in millions equivalent free audio + video streams in millions
Music Video †
Released	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.2005	3,000	6,000
Since 1.01.2006	2,000	4,000
† – discontinued December 10, 2017
Music Video (Jazz, Classic, World) †
Released	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2006	1,000	2,000
† – discontinued December 10, 2017

Iceland

Certifying organization: FHF – Félag Hljómplötu Framleiðenda (Record Manufacturers Association)

Album figures can include streams with a ratio 1500 audio streams = 1 album sale. The new FHF rules do not define levels for music videos, so the criteria are as of March 2015.

Note: Certifications levels for Albums and Singles are based on the recording release date

Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 1974	2,500 3.75 M	– –	–
Since 1975	5,000 7.5 M	10,000 15 M	– –
Since 1987	3,000 4.5 M	7,500 11.25 M	–
Since 1994	5,000 7.5 M	10,000 15 M	–
Since 2015	3,000 4.5 M	7,000 10.5 M	– –
Since 2018	2,000 3 M	5,000 7.5 M	50,000 75 M
equivalent audio streams in millions

Streaming Singles
Released	Gold	Platinum
Until 2020	0.5 M	1 M
Since 2021	0.75 M	1.5 M
number of audio streams in millions
Music Video
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of 2015 *	5,000	10,000
* – at least from 2009

India

Certifying organization: IMI – The Indian Music Industry

Album and Single equivalents in India are:

Album equivalent from 2013 to 2017: 1 album sale = 25 CRBTs (caller ring-back tones) = 10 track downloads
Album equivalent since 2018: 1 digital / physical album sale= 20 CRBTs (30 Day) = 10 track downloads = 1000 audio streams = 3000 video streams

Single equivalent since 2018: 1 single sale = 2 CRBTs (30 day) = 1 digital track download = 100 audio streams = 300 video streams

Albums (Hindi films)
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.10.1998	500,000	1,000,000
Since 1.01.2007	100,000	200,000
Since 1.01.2018	75,000 75 M 225 M	150,000 150 M 450 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
Albums (Regional Films)
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.10.1998	100,000	200,000
Since 1.01.2007	50,000	100,000
Since 1.01.2018	40,000 40 M 120 M	80,000 80 M 240 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
Albums (Classical/Folk)
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.10.1998	20,000	40,000
Since 1.01.2007	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2018	5,000 5 M 15 M	10,000 10 M 30 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.10.1998	20,000	40,000
Since 1.01.2004	10,000	20,000
Since 1.01.2007	4,000	6,000
Since 1.01.2018	12,000 12 M 36 M	30,000 30 M 90 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
Devotional Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2018	10,000 10 M 30 M	20,000 20 M 60 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
Albums (Pop/Basic)
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2018	15,000 15 M 45 M	30,000 30 M 90 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions
Albums (Regional Basic) †
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.10.1998	60,000	120,000
Since 1.01.2007	25,000	50,000
† – discontinued in 2017
Albums (National Basic) †
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.10.1998	100,000	200,000
Since 1.01.2007	50,000	100,000
† – discontinued in 2017
Singles (since 2018)
Category	Gold	Platinum
Hindi films	120,000 12 M 36 M	240,000 24 M 72 M
Regional films	60,000 6 M 18 M	120,000 12 M 36 M
Pop/Basic	60,000 6 M 18 M	120,000 12 M 36 M
Devotional	50,000 5 M 15 M	100,000 10 M 30 M
Classical/Folk	10,000 1 M 3 M	20,000 2 M 6 M
International	60,000 6 M 18 M	120,000 12 M 36 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions

Indonesia

Certifying organization: ASIRI – Asosiasi Industri Rekaman Indonesia (Indonesia Recording Industry Association)

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2008	75,000	150,000
Since 2009	35,000	75,000
Since 2015	25,000	50,000
Since 2016	Rp 500 M	Rp 1,000 M
based on monetary revenue (in millions IDR)
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2007	25,000	50,000
Since 2008	20,000	40,000
Since 2009	10,000	15,000
Since 2012	5,000	10,000

Ireland

Certifying organization: IRMA – Irish Recorded Music Association

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of 1989	10,000	30,000
Since 1992	7,500	15,000
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of 1974	50,000	100,000
as of 1989	none	none
Since 1992	7,500	15,000
Video
Since	Gold	Platinum
at least 2005	2,000	4,000

Israel

Certifying organization: IFPI Israel – הפדרציה הישראלית לתקליטים וקלטות (Israeli Federation of Phonograms and Cassettes)

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.08.2012	20,000	40,000
Since 1.09.2012	15,000	30,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.08.2012 *	20,000	40,000
Since 1.09.2012	10,000	20,000
* – at least from 1993

Italy

Certifying organization: current – FIMI – Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana;
before 1992 – AFI – Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani

Sales awards have been given out in Italy since at least 1974. The album and single had to sell a minimum of one million copies to qualify for gold certification. At that time, the required sales level for albums was even higher than in the United States. Later, the AFI lowered the thresholds (the exact date is unknown, but new criteria were already in December 1982). The last time API levels changed was in 1987. Since 1994, FIMI has been responsible for the certification of musical records in Italy.

From 1994 until January 1998 there were no awards for singles in Italy. FIMI resumed singles certification in 1999. In 2009, FIMI added multi-platinum certifications for singles. Diamond certificates for singles have been awarded since 2014.

Since 2014, single certifications include downloads and streaming. In 2018, streaming was included in album certification. According to the FIMI rules, the most streamed track on an album cannot exceed 70% of total streams. If exceeded, the contribution value of this track is reduced to 70 %.

Album equivalent since 1.01.2018: 1 album sale = 1300 premium audio streams

Single equivalent from 1.01.2014 to 28.02.2017: 1 single sale = 100 audio streams
Single equivalent from 1.03.2017 to 31.12.2017: 1 single sale = 130 audio streams
Single equivalent since 1.01.2018: 1 single sale = 130 premium audio streams

Albums (AFI era) †
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
as of 1974 *	500,000	1,000,000	–
Until 31.12.1986	–	250,000	500,000
Since 1.01.1987	–	100,000	200,000
† – discontinued in 1994 * – the date of change of criteria is unknown
Albums (FIMI era)
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.10.1994	50,000	100,000	500,000
Since 1.01.2005	40,000	80,000	400,000
Since 1.01.2008	35,000	70,000	350,000
Since 1.09.2009	30,000	60,000	300,000
Since 1.01.2012	30,000	60,000	600,000
Since 1.01.2014	25,000	50,000	500,000
Since 1.01.2018	25,000 32.5 M	50,000 65 M	500,000 650 M
Compilations †
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2012	30,000	60,000	–
† – discontinued in 2014

Singles (AFI era) †
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
as of 1974 *	–	1,000,000	–
Until 31.12.1986	–	300,000
Since 1.01.1987	–	100,000	200,000
* – the date of change of criteria is unknown † – discontinued in 1994
Singles (FIMI era)
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.1999	25,000	50,000	–
Since 1.01.2005	10,000	20,000	–
Since 1.01.2009	15,000	30,000	–
Since 1.01.2014	15,000 1.5 M	30,000 3 M	300,000 30 M
Since 26.01.2015	25,000 2.5 M	50,000 5 M	500,000 50 M
Since 1.03.2017	25,000 3.25 M	50,000 6.5 M	500,000 65 M
Since 1.01.2020	35,000 4.55 M	70,000 9.1 M	700,000 91 M
Since 1.01.2022	50,000 6.5 M	100,000 13 M	1,000,000 130 M

Music DVD †
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 2005	15,000	30,000
Since 2008	10,000	20,000
† – discontinued in 2011

Japan

Certifying organization: 日本レコード協会 (RIAJ – Recording Industry Association of Japan)

RIAJ certifies albums, singles and videos released after January 21, 1989. Until July 2003, separate levels were used for domestic and international repertoire. Japan does not have a Diamond Award, but instead uses an award called “Million”.

Since August 2006, RIAJ has certified paid downloads in the following categories:
着うた (R) – [Chaku-uta (R) – Ringtone]
着うたフル (R) – [Chaku-uta Full (R) – Full Ringtone]
PC配信 シングル – [PC distribution single – Digital Single]
PC配信 アルバム – [PC distribution album – Digital Album]

Since 2014, Full Ringtone sales have been included in Digital Singles sales. RIAJ is not certified gold or platinum for Ringtones (着うた (R)) sales. For Ringtones awards start at 500,000 – Double Platinum level.

In 2022, RIAJ introduced separate category for audio streams. All three formats (physical sales, digital sales, streaming) are certified separately.

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Million
21.01.1989	200,000 100,000	400,000 200,000	1,000,000 1,000,000
1.07.2003	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
levels for international albums in italics
Digital Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Million
20.06.2006	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Million
21.01.1989	200,000 50,000	400,000 100,000	1,000,000 1,000,000
1.07.2003	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
levels for international singles in italics
Digital Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Million
20.06.2006	100,000	250,000	1,000,000

Streaming Singles
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.04.2020	30 M	50 M	100 M	500 M
1.01.2023	–	50 M	100 M	500 M
number of streams in millions

Ringtones (since 20.06.2006)
Award	Ringtone	Full Ringtone †
Gold	–	100,000
Platinum	–	250,000
2x Platinum	500,000	500,000
3x Platinum	750,000	750,000
Million	1,000,000	1,000,000
† – discontinued December 31, 2013

Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum	Million
1.07.2003	100,000	250,000	1,000,000

Latvia

Certifying organization: LaIPA – Latvijas Izpildītāju un producentu apvienība (Latvian Performers’ and Producers’ Association)

Until 2009, Latvia had different thresholds for domestic and international albums. Since 2024, LaIPA certification is based on streaming units. Only releases from January 1, 2022 are eligible for certification.
1 song download = 100 streams; 1 album download = 1,000 streams.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1999	8,000 4,000	15,000 8,000
2010	5,000	9,000
2024	2,000 2 M	4,000 4 M
levels for foreign albums number of streams in millions
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
2024	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M
number of streams in millions
Music DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum
2007	5,000	8,000

Lebanon

Certifying organization: IFPI Middle East

Levels for Domestic and International Albums are as of June 2013.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
at least 2005	20,000	40,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.09.2009 *	5,000	10,000
Since 1.10.2009	1,000	2,000
* – since at least 2005

Lithuania

Certifying organization: AGATA – Lithuanian: Lietuvos gretutinių teisių asociacija (Lithuanian Neighbouring Rights Association)

Album equivalents used by AGATA: 1 vinyl LP sold = 1,000 streams; 1 CD sold = 500 streams

Single equivalents used by AGATA since 27.09.2022: 1 digital download = 100 audio streams = 300 video streams
Single equivalents used by AGATA since 11.04.2024: 1 digital download = 100 audio streams = 610 video streams

Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
2000 – 2008	10,000	20,000	–
2009 – 2013	No awards were given
Since 2014	5,000	8,000	–
Since 27.09.2022	1,400 0.7 M	2,000 1 M	4,000 2 M
Since 11.04.2024	5,000 2.5 M	8,000 4 M	12,000 6 M
equivalent audio streams in millions
Singles
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 2006	3,000	5,000	–
Since 2007	3,000	6,000	–
Since 2011	7,500	15,000	–
Since 27.09.2022	30,000 3 M 9 M	50,000 5 M 15 M	70,000 7 M 21 M
Since 11.04.2024	25,000 2,5 M 15.25 M	40,000 4 M 24.4 M	60,000 6 M 36.6 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent video streams in millions

Malaysia

Certifying organization: RIM – Recording Industry Association of Malaysia

Levels for Albums are as of March 2015.

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2006	15,000	25,000
Since 2007	10,000	20,000
Since 2009	7,500	15,000
Since 2013	5,000	10,000

Mexico

Certifying organization: AMPROFON – Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms)

In 2007, AMPROFON established separate criteria for certification of digital music sales (Internet Downloads / Mobile Digital Content Downloads). In 2008, AMPROFON expanded its digital certificate program by adding awards for Pre-loaded products. In September 2010, all types of digital album sales were merged with physical ones. At the same time, a new “Single Track” category replaced the “Single Track Downloads” and “Preloaded Single Track” categories.

For releases starting on November 1, 2020, the video streams of the single tracks included in the album to be certified can be added, where videos whose content is generated by the user are excluded. For Singles and albums released before November 1, 2020, only audio streams are taken into account.

Note: Certifications levels for Albums and Singles are based on the recording release date

Albums
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.12.1998	100,000	250,000	1,000,000
Since 1.01.1999	75,000	150,000	1,000,000
Since 1.01.2000	75,000	150,000	500,000
Since 1.07.2003	50,000	100,000	500,000
Since 1.01.2008	40,000	80,000	400,000
Since 1.07.2009	30,000	60,000	300,000
Since 1.11.2020	70,000	140,000	700,000
Digital Download Albums †
Certified	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2007	5,000	10,000	–
† – discontinued September 2010
Pre-loaded Albums †
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.05.2008	50,000	100,000	500,000
Since 1.06.2008	40,000	80,000	400,000
† – discontinued September 2010
Singles
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.10.2020	30,000 9.3 M	60,000 18.6 M	300,000 93 M
Since 1.11.2020	70,000 22 M	140,000 44 M	700,000 220 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Digital Download Singles †
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2007	1,500	3,000	–
† – discontinued September 2010
Pre-loaded Singles †
Released	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.06.2008	50,000	100,000	500,000
Since 1.06.2008	40,000	80,000	400,000
† – discontinued September 2010
Ringtones †
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2007	10,000	25,000	250,000
† – discontinued September 2010
Music Video
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.01.2004	10,000	20,000	–
Since 19.02.2014	10,000	20,000	100,000

Netherlands

Certifying organization: NVPI – Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld – en geluidsdragers (The Dutch Association of Producers and Importers of image – and sound carriers)

NVPI launched certification program in 1978. Separate criteria apply for jazz and classical albums. In June 2009, digital sales of albums and singles were added for certification.

Streams count towards gold and platinum status for singles since July 2014.The number of streams equivalent to 1 single has changed over time:
from 1.07.2014 to 30.06.2016: 1 single sale = 100 premium streams
from 1.07.2016 to 31.12.2019: 1 single sale = 150 premium streams
since 1.01.2020: 1 single sale = 215 premium + free streams

Streaming albums may be included in the count starting January 1, 2015. Until 2019, the album equivalent unit was calculated for each album depending on the number of songs according to the formulа:
1 album sale = 150 x number of songs in the album (1500 for 10 track album, 1350 for 9, etc).

On January 1, 2020, NPVI began taking into account free (ad-supported) streams. Along with these changes, NVPI has set a new album equivalent unit of 2150 streams.

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1978	50,000	100,000	–
1.01.2000	40,000	80,000	–
1.01.2006	35,000	70,000	–
1.01.2008	30,000	60,000	–
1.06.2009	25,000	50,000	–
1.07.2014	20,000	40,000	–
1.01.2020	20,000 43 M	40,000 86 M	– –
1.01.2024	18,604 40 M	37,209 80 M	93,023 200 M
equivalent streams in millions
Albums (Jazz / Classic)
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1978	15,000	25,000	–
1.01.2008	10,000	20,000	–
1.01.2020	10,000 21.5 M	20,000 43 M	– –
1.01.2024	9,302 20 M	18,604 40 M	46,511 100 M
equivalent streams in millions
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1978	100,000	150,000	–
1.01.1984	75,000	100,000	–
1.01.1992	50,000	75,000	–
1.01.2000	40,000	60,000	–
1.01.2008	25,000	50,000	–
1.06.2009	10,000	20,000	–
1.07.2014	15,000 1.5 M	30,000 3 M	– –
1.04.2016	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M	– –
1.07.2016	20,000 3 M	40,000 6 M	– –
1.01.2018	40,000 6 M	80,000 12 M	– –
1.01.2020	40,000 8.6 M	80,000 17.2 M	– –
1.01.2024	46,511 10 M	93,023 20 M	232,558 50 M
equivalent streams in millions
Music DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2006	40,000	80,000	–
1.01.2008	30,000	60,000	–
1.06.2009	25,000	50,000	–
1.10.2015	7,500	15,000	–

New Zealand

Certifying organization: Recorded Music NZ (until mid-2013 known as RIANZ – Recording Industry Association of New Zealand)

Certifications for music recordings in New Zealand began in 1978. Since June 2016, certification includes streaming in the ratio:
1 album sale = 1000 premium streams
1 single sale = 100 premium streams

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1978	7,500	15,000
1.06.2016	7,500 0.75 M	15,000 1.5 M
equivalent streams in millions
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
1978	5,000	10,000
1.05.2007	7,500	15,000
17.06.2016	15,000 1.5 M	30,000 3 M
equivalent streams in millions
Music DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum
2004	2,500	5,000

Nigeria

Certifying organization: TCSN – TurnTable Certification System of Nigeria

The TCSN certification system is based on on-demand streaming and digital downloads.  A title is classified as an ‘album’ if it has more than three singles and/or surpasses a 15-minute runtime.

Albums
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
20.02.2023	12,500 18.75 M	25,000 37.5 M	50,000 75 M
equivalent streams in millions
Singles
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
20.02.2023	25,000 3.75 M	50,000 7.5 M	100,000 15 M
equivalent streams in millions

Norway

Certifying organization: IFPI Norge (IFPI Norway)

In 1974 the minimum requirement for a gold album was NOK 500,000 in sales (1 USD ~ 5 NOK as of 1975). Later, Albums began to be certified based on sales rather than monetary revenue. The exact date of the change in criteria is unknown, but already in 1986 awards were given for sales.

Digital downloads are included for all albums and singles released since January 1, 2006. From December 1, 2012 to May 18, 2014 streams and sales were a separate categories. On May 19, physical sales, downloads and streams were merged. Since 2014 album certification also includes streaming.

Current conversion factors are:
1000 audio streams = 1 album sale
1000 audio streams = 1 single sale

Until 31.12.2017, different thresholds were applied in Norway for albums depending on their release date. Since 1.01.2018, the same thresholds apply to all albums regardless of their release date.

Until 18.05.2014, different thresholds were applied in Norway for albums depending on their release date. Since 19.04.2014, the same thresholds apply to all albums regardless of their release date.

Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
as of 1974 *	Kr 0.25 M	Kr 0.5 M	–
Until 31.12.1991	25,000	50,000	100,000
Since 1.01.1992 1	–	25,000	50,000
Since 1.07.2002 1	–	20,000	40,000
Since 13.02.2007 1	–	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2018 2	– –	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M
based on monetary revenue equivalent streams in millions * – the date of change of criteria is unknown 1 – only applies to albums released after this date 2 – applies to all albums regardless of release date
Singles
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
as of 1974 *	20,000	40,000	–
Until 31.12.1991	25,000	50,000	100,000
Since 1.01.1992 1	–	10,000	20,000
Since 1.07.2002 1	–	5,000	10,000
Since 19.05.2014 2	–	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M
Since 1.01.2018 2	–	30,000 3 M	60,000 6 M
streaming equivalent in millions * – the date of change of criteria is unknown 1 – only applies to albums released after this date 2 – applies to all albums regardless of release date
Streaming †
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.12.2012	–	1.5 M	3 M
number of streams in millions † – discontinued May 19, 2014
Music DVD †
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.07.2002	–	5,000	10,000
† – discontinued in July 2022

Paraguay

Certifying organization: SGP – Sociedad de Gestión de Productores Fonográficos del Paraguay (Society of Management of Phonographic Producers of Paraguay)

Levels for Albums are as of March 2015. Since 2023, Singles certification is based on streams

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
at least 2005	5,000	10,000
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
2023	1.25 M	2.5 M
number of streams in millions

Peru

Certifying organization: UNIMPRO – Unión Peruana de Productores Fonográficos (Peruvian Union of Phonograph Producers)

Levels for Albums are as of March 2015.

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2006	5,000	10,000
Since 2007	3,000	6,000

Philippines

Certifying organization: PARI – Philippine Association of the Record Industry (the site is available via Wayback Machine)

Since 2013, awards may include various digital formats. Equivalents are calculated as:
10 downloads = 1 album
20 ringback tones / truetones = 1 album
2 ringback tones / truetones = 1 full track download
2 special premium sales (must have minimum of 5 audio tracks) = 1 album
5 video tracks (live concerts are excluded) = 1 album
10 music video downloads = 1 album

The PARI awards database has not been updated since 2016 and their website has been inaccessible since 2023.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
10.11.1990	20,000	40,000	400,000
1.01.2002	15,000	30,000	300,000
1.01.2008	12,500	25,000	250,000
1.01.2009	10,000	20,000	200,000
1.01.2012	7,500	15,000	150,000
International Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
10.11.1990	20,000	40,000	400,000
1.01.2002	15,000	30,000	300,000
1.01.2007	10,000	20,000	200,000
1.01.2008	7,500	15,000	150,000
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.07.2012	75,000	150,000	–
Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.07.2012	7,500	15,000	–

Poland

Certifying organization: ZPAV – Związek Producentów Audio-Video (Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry)

ZPAV began certifying music recordings in February 1995. This procedure is available for all works released after January 1, 1993. ZPAV has separate criteria for Jazz, Blues and Classic music. If there is any doubt as to which category an album or video should be classified into, the Management Board of ZPAV will decide accordingly. The decisions of the Management Board are final. Another category, soundtrack, is original film music in which songs can make up no more than 20% of the recording length.

Prior to February 20, 2013, for multi-disc or multi-cassette sets, each unit in the set counted as one unit toward certification.

As of September 8, 2010, album certification may include digital downloads of individual tracks, ringback tone or master ringtones at a rate of 10 tracks = 1 album. Since April 2, 2014, album certification includes streaming. Streams accumulated up to February 28, 2017 were converted at the ratio of 2500 streams = 1 album. For all downloads and streams made from March 1, 2018, the new rules apply. The value of revenue of PLN 20 from digital downloads of any of the album’s titles in the form of a single audio recording (download), background music (ringback tone), telephone ringtone using only the original recording (master ringtones), revenue attributed to streaming to a given song – is equivalent to selling 1 CD or DVD audio album. The income of each song on the album is added up.

ZPAV includes streams in certification for singles first released after January 1, 2015. Until February 28, 2017, 1 digital download, 1 ringback tone, 1 master ringtone or 250 streams were counted as 1 single sale. From March 1, 2017 Singles awards are based on monetary revenue from streaming and digital sales. Revenue of PLN 2 counted as 1 single sale.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
8.02.1995	100,000	200,000	–
1.04.1997	50,000	10,000	500,000
1.06.2002	35,000	70,000	350,000
1.06.2006	for releases until 30.06.2005
	35,000	70,000	350,000
	for releases since 1.07.2005
	15,000	30,000	150,000
2.04.2014	for releases until 30.06.2005
	35,000 87.5 M	70,000 175 M	350,000 875 M
	for releases since 1.07.2005
	15,000 37.5 M	30,000 75 M	150,000 375 M
1.06.2015	15,000 37.5 M	30,000 75 M	150,000 375 M
1.03.2017	15,000 37.5 M 0.3 M zł	30,000 75 M 0.6 M zł	150,000 375 M 3 M zł
number of streams accumulated until 28.02.2017 monetary revenue accumulated since 1.03.2017
International Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
8.02.1995	50,000	100,000	–
1.04.1997	50,000	100,000	500,000
1.06.2002	35,000	70,000	350,000
1.06.2004	20,000	40,000	200,000
1.06.2006	for releases until 30.06.2005
	20,000	40,000	200,000
	for releases since 1.07.2005
	10,000	20,000	200,000
2.04.2014	for releases until 30.06.2005
	20,000 50 M	40,000 100 M	100,000 250 M
	for releases since 1.07.2005
	10,000 25 M	20,000 50 M	100,000 250 M
1.06.2015	10,000 25 M	20,000 50 M	100,000 250 M
1.03.2017	10,000 25 M 0.2 M zł	20,000 50 M 0.4 M zł	100,000 250 M 2 M zł
number of streams accumulated until 28.02.2017 monetary revenue accumulated since 1.03.2017
Albums (Classic / Jazz / Blues)
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.06.1997	10,000	20,000	100,000
1.05.2002	5,000	10,000	50,000
2.04.2014	5,000 12.5 M	10,000 25 M	50,000 125 M
1.03.2017	5,000 12.5 M 0.1 M zł	10,000 25 M 0.2 M zł	50,000 125 M 1 M zł
number of streams accumulated until 28.02.2017 monetary revenue accumulated since 1.03.2017
Albums (Compilations)
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
2.04.2014	15,000 37.5 M	30,000 75 M	150,000 375 M
1.03.2017	15,000 37.5 M 0.3 M zł	30,000 75 M 0.6 M zł	150,000 375 M 3 M zł
number of streams accumulated until 28.02.2017 monetary revenue accumulated since 1.03.2017
Albums (Soundtracks)
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.05.2002	10,000	20,000	100,000
2.04.2014	10,000 25 M	20,000 50 M	100,000 250 M
1.03.2017	10,000 25 M 0.2 M zł	20,000 50 M 0.4 M zł	100,000 250 M 2 M zł
number of streams accumulated until 28.02.2017 monetary revenue accumulated since 1.03.2017
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.06.1997	10,000	20,000	100,000
1.01.2015	10,000 2.5 M	20,000 5 M	100,000 25 M
1.03.2017	10,000 0.02 M zł	20,000 0.04 M zł	100,000 0.2 M zł
1.08.2021	25,000 0.05 M zł	50,000 0.1 M zł	250,000 0.5 M zł
number of streams accumulated until 28.02.2018 monetary revenue accumulated since 1.03.2017
Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.06.1997	5,000	10,000	50,000
Music Video (Classic / Jazz / Blues)
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.06.1997	2,500	5,000	25,000

Portugal

Certifying organization: current – AFP – Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (Portugiesischer phonographischer Verband)
before 1989 – UNEVA – União dos Editores de Vídeo e Áudio (Union of Audio and Video Editors) and GPPFV – Grupo Português de Produtores e Fonogramas e Videogramas (Portuguese Group of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms)

Portuguese certification includes streams. 1 album sale = 2500 streams, 1 single sale = 250 streams

Albums
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
1.01.1978	15,000	30,000	–
1.01.1983	15,000	30,000	60,000
1.01.1987	10,000	20,000	40,000
1.05.2005	–	10,000	20,000
1.07.2011	– –	7,500 18.75 M	15,000 37.5 M
equivalent streams in millions as of 2021
Singles
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
1.01.1978	30,000	50,000	–
1.01.1983	25,000	50,000	100,000
1.01.1987	15,000	30,000	60,000
1.01.1989	10,000	20,000	40,000
1.05.2005	–	10,000	20,000
1.01.2016	– –	5,000 1.25 M	10,000 2.5 M
equivalent streams in millions as of 2021
Music Video
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
Until 2000	5,000	7,500	10,000
Since 2001	–	4,000	8,000

Russia

Certifying organization: closed in 2018 – НФПФ – Национальная Федерация Производителей Фонограмм (NFPF – National Federation of Phonograph Producers)

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.05.2003	100,000	300,000	–
Since 1.09.2006	50,000	100,000	300,000
Since 1.04.2010	25,000	50,000	100,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 1.05.2003	25,000	75,000	–
Since 1.09.2006	10,000	20,000	200,000
Since 1.04.2010	5,000	10,000	30,000
Domestic Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.03.2010	25,000	50,000	–
Since 1.04.2010	10,000	20,000	–
International Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 31.03.2010	10,000	20,000	–
Since 1.04.2010	3,000	6,000	–
Ringback Tones
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
as of 2012	100,000	200,000	–

Singapore

Certifying organization: RIAS – Recording Industry Association of Singapore

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of 1994 *	10,000	20,000
Until 2005	7,500	15,000
Since 2008	6,000	12,000
Since 2009	5,000	10,000
* – the date of change of criteria is unknown
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 2006	5,000	10,000

Slovakia

Certifying organization: current – ČNS IFPI – Česká národní skupina Mezinárodní federace hudebního průmyslu, z. s. (Czech National Group of the International Federation of music industry)
before 2010 – SNS IFPI – Slovenská národní skupina IFPI (Slovak National IFPI Group) (the site is available via Wayback Machine)

Since 2016, thresholds have been based on monetary revenue.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2007	5,000	10,000
Since 2008	3,000	6,000
Since 2012	2,000	4,000
Since 2013	1,500	3,000
Since 2016	0.01 M €	0.02 M €
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2007	2,500	5,000
Since 2008	1,000	2,000
Since 2013	750	1,500
Since 2016	0.01 M €	0.02 M €
based on monetary revenue (in millions €)
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2015	1,500	3,000
Since 2016	0.001 M €	0.002 M €
Since 2020	0.002 M €	0.004 M €
based on monetary revenue (in millions €)
Music Video
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2012 *	500	1,000
Since 2013	750	1,500
* – at least from 2009

Slovenia

Certifying organizations: a) IFI – Zavod za uveljavljanje pravic izvajalcev in proizvajalcev fonogramov Slovenije, k.o. (Institute for the Enforcement of the Rights of Performers and Producers of Phonograms of Slovenia)
b) ZFIS – Združenje fonogramske industrije Slovenije (Association of the Phonogram Industry of Slovenia)

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Until 11.05.2014	5,000	10,000	20,000
Since 12.05.2014	2,000	4,000	–

South Africa

Certifying organization: RISA – Recording Industry of South Africa

RISA certification includes downloads and streaming.

Album equivalent from 1.12.2015 to 31.07.2018: 1 album sale = 30 Master Tones = 30 Ringback Tones = 10 Full Track downloads
Album equivalent from 1.08.2018 to 30.11.2018: 1 album sale = 220 Master Tones = 220 Ringback Tones = 10 Full Track downloads
Album equivalent since 1.12.2018: 1 album sale = 1200 audio / video streams = 220 Master Tones =220 Ringback Tones = 10 Full Track downloads

Single equivalent from 1.08.2018 to 30.11.2018: 22 Master Tones = 22 Ringback Tones = 1 Full Track download
Single equivalent since 1.12.2018: 120 audio / video streams = 22 Master Tones =22 Ringback Tones = 1 Full Track download

In 2015, RISA launched a separate category Multi-Box Audio Sets for albums consisting of three or more items. Double albums and cassettes are regarded as 1 (one) unit.

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1992	25,000	50,000
1.08.2006	20,000	40,000
1.12.2015	15,000	30,000
1.12.2018	15,000 18 M	30,000 36 M
1.01.2024	25,000 30 M	50,000 60 M
equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Singles / EP’s
Since	Gold	Platinum
1992	25,000	50,000
as of 2005 *	10,000	25,000
1.12.2015	10,000	20,000
1.12.2018	10,000 1.2 M	20,000 2.4 M
1.01.2024	20,000 2.4 M	40,000 4.8 M
equivalent audio + video streams in millions * – the date of change of criteria is unknown
Multi-Box Audio Sets
Date	Gold	Platinum
1.12.2015	12,500	25,000
Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.12.2015	5,000	10,000
DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.12.2015	10,000	20,000

South Korea

Certifying organization: current – KMCA – 한국음악콘텐츠협회 (Korea Music Content Association)
before 2018 – RIAK – 한국음반산업협회 (Recording Industry Association of Korea)

KCMA certified sales of albums and singles first released after January 1, 2018. The certificate database is available on the Circle Charts website (until July 7, 2022 known as Gaon Chart).

KMCA levels (current)

Albums
Since	Platinum	Million
1.04.2018	250,000	1,000,000
Singles (Download)
Since	Platinum	Diamond
1.04.2018	2,500,000	10,000,000
Singles (Streaming)
Since	Platinum	Billion
1.04.2018	100 M	1,000 M
number of streams in millions

RIAK levels

These levels were published in the IFPI tables, as well as Billboard magazine for June 17, 1994. These levels were used until at least 2015.

Albums (RIAK era)
Date	Gold	Platinum
as of 1994 *	25,000	50,000
as of 2005 *	15,000	30,000
Since 2007	15,000 8,000	30,000 15,000
Since 2009	5,000	10,000
* – the date of change of criteria is unknown levels for international albums in italic

Spain

Certifying organization: PROMUSICAE – Productores de Música de España (Spanish Music Producers, shortened as Promusicae). Before 2004 known as AFYVE – Asociación Fonográfica y Videográfica de España (Phonographic and Videographic Association of Spain).

From January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, PROMUSICAE had different certification levels for physical singles and Digital downloads singles. Certification of physical singles was discontinued on December 31, 2008. In November 2013, a separate category for streaming was added. In January 2015, digital downloads and streaming were merged into one category Singles (Canciones). Sale of 1 digital single is equal to 250 audio streams

Since November 3, 2008 album certification includes digital downloads. Streaming was added to album certification on June 26, 2020. 2500 audio streams equal to selling 1 album.

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1979	50,000	100,000
1.11.2005	40,000	80,000
6.09.2009	30,000	60,000
1.11.2011	20,000	40,000
26.06.2020	20,000 50 M	40,000 100 M
equivalent streams in millions
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2008	10,000	20,000
1.01.2009	20,000	40,000
1.01.2015	20,000 5 M	40,000 10 M
1.01.2022	30,000 7.5 M	60,000 15 M
equivalent streams in millions
Physical Singles †
Since	Gold	Platinum
1979	50,000	100,000
1.11.2005	25,000	50,000
1.04.2007	10,000	20,000
† – discontinued December 31, 2008
Ringtones †
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2008	10,000	20,000
† – discontinued December 31, 2008
Streaming †
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.11.2013	4 M	8 M
number of streams in millions † – discontinued December 31, 2014
Music DVD †
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2004	10,000	25,000
† – discontinued December 31, 2020

Sweden

Certifying organization: IFPI Sverige – IFPI Sweden

In 2002, IFPI Sverige added two categories to albums: the first for Classic, Jazz and Folk and the second for children’s music – Barn. Since July 1, 2004 certification includes digital downloads. Sweden is one of the first countries to add streaming to album and single certifications. Streams are taken into account from January 1, 2010.

1 album = 1000 audio streams, 1 single = 100 streams

From January 1, 2018, only streams may count towards Gold and Platinum for Singles (digital downloads excluded). According to current rules, only recordings released after January 1, 2010 can qualify for certification.

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.1987	50,000	100,000
1.10.1996	40,000	80,000
1.01.2002	30,000	60,000
1.11.2006	20,000	40,000
1.01.2010	20,000 20 M	40,000 40 M
1.01.2018	15,000 15 M	30,000 15 M
equivalent streams in millions
Albums (Classic / Jazz / Folk)
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2002	15,000	30,000
1.07.2004	10,000	20,000
1.01.2010	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M
equivalent streams in millions
Albums (Barn)
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2002	20,000	40,000
1.07.2008	10,000	20,000
1.01.2010	10,000 10 M	20,000 20 M
equivalent streams in millions
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.1987	25,000	50,000
1.10.1996	15,000	30,000
1.07.2003	10,000	20,000
1.01.2010	20,000 2 M	40,000 4 M
1.01.2018	40,000 4 M	80,000 8 M
1.01.2024	60,000 6 M	120,000 12 M
equivalent streams in millions
Music DVD
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.01.2002	10,000	25,000
1.01.2010	5,000	10,000

Switzerland

Certifying organization: IFPI Schweiz (fr – IFPI Suisse; en – IFPI Switzerland)

Since 2007, Switzerland has had a separate scale for albums in Italian and French.

Certification includes premium audio streaming since April 1, 2014 and ad-supported free audio streaming since January 1, 2023. The number of streams equivalent to 1 album sale depends on the number of songs in the album and its release date. The number of songs in the album is multiplied by the coefficient used at the time of the album’s release. The number of streams equivalent to the sale of 1 single is equal to the coefficient itself.

Coefficient values for premium streams:
since 1.04.2014 – 178
since 1.04.2015 – 116
since 1.01.2016 – 114
since 1.10.2016 – 108
since 1.08.2017 – 119
since 1.01.2018 – 127
since 1.01.2019 – 148
since 1.03.2020 – 175
since 1.03.2021 – 176
since 1.02.2022 – 174
since 1.01.2023 – 161

For free streams:
since 1.01.2023 – 1185

(e.g. for a 10 track album released after 1.01.2023 1610 premium streams or 11850 free streams are equivalent to 1 sale; for single released after 1.01.2023 161 premium streams or 1185 free streams are equivalent to 1 sale)

Music Video category can include DVDs, HD-DVDs, Blu-Ray, Downloads, VHS, Video Streaming Subscription (Netflix, Amazon Prime & Co.).

Note: Certifications levels for Albums and Singles are based on the recording release date

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.2000	25,000	50,000
Since 1.01.2001	20,000	40,000
Since 1.01.2006	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2007	15,000 10,000	30,000 20,000
Since 1.01.2013	10,000 7,500	20,000 15,000
French and Italian repertoire in italic
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 31.12.2000	25,000	50,000
Since 1.01.2001	20,000	40,000
Since 1.01.2006	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2017	10,000	20,000
Since 1.07.2023	15,000	30,000
Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.01.2005	3,000	6,000

Taiwan

Certifying organization: RIT – 財團法人台灣唱片出版事業基金會 (Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan)

From January 1, 2011 Award criteria are limited to sales volume or market value. The market value standard is calculated based on physical record sales and is NT$300 per album and NT$100 per single. Digital revenue includes downloads and streaming.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.08.1996	100,000	200,000
1.03.2002	50,000	100,000
1.01.2006	35,000	70,000
1.11.2007	20,000	40,000
1.01.2009	15,000	30,000
1.01.2011	15,000 4.5 M 元	30,000 9 M 元
monetary revenue in millions NT$
International Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.08.1996	25,000	50,000
1.03.2002	15,000	30,000
1.01.2006	10,000	20,000
1.11.2007	7,000	14,000
1.01.2009	5,000	10,000
1.01.2011	5,000 1.5 M 元	10,000 3 M 元
monetary revenue in millions NT$
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum
1.08.1996	25,000	50,000
1.03.2002	10,000	20,000
1.11.2007	7,000	14,000
1.01.2009	5,000	10,000
1.01.2011	5,000 0.5 M 元	10,000 1 M 元
monetary revenue in millions NT$

Thailand

Certifying organization: TECA – สมาคมการค้าผู้ประกอบธุรกิจบันเทิงไทย (Thai Entertainment Content Trade Association)

Levels for Albums are as of March 2015 and for Singles are as of March 2012.

Since 2013, 85 THB in digital sales from same album = 1 album. Includes revenue from ringtones and ringback tunes only (downloads and streams not included).

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2007	50,000	100,000
Since 2008	20,000	50,000
Since 2009	10,000	20,000
Since 2013	10,000 0.85 M ฿	20,000 1.7 M ฿
monetary revenue in THB
International Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
as of 1999 *	25,000	50,000
Until 2007	20,000	40,000
Since 2008	8,000	15,000
Since 2009	5,000	10,000
Since 2013	5,000 0.425 M ฿	10,000 0.85 M ฿
* – the date of change of criteria is unknown monetary revenue in THB
Domestic Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2011	50,000	100,000
Since 2012	10,000	20,000
International Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 2011	20,000	40,000
Since 2012	5,000	10,000

Turkey

Certifying organization: MÜ-YAP – Bağlantılı Hak Sahibi Fonogram Yapımcıları Meslek Birliği (Turkish Phonographic Industry Society)

Levels for Albums and Singles are as of March 2015.

MÜ-YAP began certifying albums in 2003 and singles in 2012. International album certification existed in Turkey in 1994, according to Billboard.

Domestic Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2003	–	–	300,000
Since 2006	100,000	200,000	300,000
Since 2012	50,000	100,000	150,000
International Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
as of 1994 *	50,000	100,000	–
Since 2006	5,000	10,000	20,000
Since 2012	3,000	5,000	10,000
* – pre MÜ-YAP era
Singles
Date	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
Since 2012	25,000	50,000	75,000

Ukraine

Certifying organization: IFPI Україна – IFPI Ukraine

Levels for albums and singles are as of September 2011. Since then, Ukraine has not been included in the IFPI level tables. Current status is unknown.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
2003	50,000	100,000	500,000
International Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
2003	25,000	50,000	100,000

United Kingdom

Certifying organization: BPI – British Phonographic Industry

Pre BPI Era (1959 – 1973)

Any record selling 250,000 got a Silver record. And any record selling 1,000,000 got a Gold record. Nearly 500 Silver records were awarded. And 16 Gold records were. Nearly all were for Singles. Only ONE album received an award. “G.I. Blues” by Elvis Presley was released in 1960, and achieved UK sales of 250 000 in 1962, the first album to do so in the UK.

BPI Era (since 1973)

BPI Awards Timeline
April 1973 – Album awards initially based on revenue received by manufacturers (usually based on price to dealer).
January 1979 – The awards criteria for Albums switched to units sold.
February 1987 – Multi-Platinum awards were added.
January 1989 – BPI lowered thresholds for all Singles released after January 1, 1989
February 2005 – Downloads (as per sales measured by the Official Charts Company) are eligible to be added to the claimable total for both singles and albums awards.
July 2013 – Singles, albums and music videos are automatically certified whenever they pass a new threshold based on over-the-counter sales as verified by the Official Charts Company. Member companies are still permitted to manually certify titles based on shipments as before. Awards with release dates prior to 1973 now qualify for certification and titles released by non-members are also valid.
July 2014 – Streams from audio services are counted towards certified awards for singles. Inclusion of the streaming data is backdated to week one 2014 to ensure it remains consistent with the Official Charts database. Streams are converted using the same ratio that the Official Charts Company use to integrate streams into the Official Singles Chart (100 streams = 1 sale).
March 2015 – Streams from audio services are counted towards certified awards for albums. Counted only 12 most streamed tracks from the standard version of the album, the top two songs will be down-weighted in line with the average of the rest. The total of these streams will be divided by 1000 and added to the physical and digital sales of the album (1000 streams = 1 sale).
July 2018 – Video streams are counted towards certified awards for singles.
January 2023 – Video streams are counted towards certified awards for albums. Streams of an album’s 16 most streamed tracks are aggregated, the top two tracks neutralized to the average of the next 14 and the total streams divided by 1000 to create an album stream (1000 premium audio / video streams = 1 album sale).

Album equivalent from March 2015 to December 2022: 1 album sale = 1000 audio streams
Album equivalent since January 2023: 1 album sale = 1000 premium audio / video streams

Single equivalent from July 2014 to December 2016: 1 single sale = 100 audio streams
Single equivalent from January 2017 to June 2018: 1 single sale = 150 audio streams
Single equivalent since July 2018: 1 single sale = 100 premium audio / video streams = 600 free audio / video streams

Since 1979 BPI use separate criteria for so called non full price albums. BPI has changed the max dealer price for albums in this category several times, but the number of units required to achieve silver, gold or platinum status remains the same. Separate qualifying levels for budget titles dropped in July 2013.

Albums
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
1.04.1973	£0.075 M	£0.15 M	£1 M
1.09.1974	£0.075 M	£0.25 M	£1 M
1.01.1976	£0.1 M	£0.25 M	£1 M
1.01.1977	£0.15 M	£0.3 M	£1 M
1.04.1979	60,000	100,000	300,000
1.06.2015	60,000 60 M	100,000 100 M	300,000 300 M
1.01.2023	60,000 60 M	100,000 100 M	300,000 300 M
based on monetary revenue (in millions GBP) equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Singles
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
1.01.1973	250,000	500,000	1,000,000
1.01.1989	200,000	400,000	600,000
1.07.2015	200,000 20 M	400,000 40 M	600,000 60 M
1.01.2017	200,000 30 M	400,000 60 M	600,000 90 M
1.07.2018	200,000 20 M 120 M	400,000 40 M 240 M	600,000 60 M 360 M
equivalent audio streams in millions equivalent premium audio + video streams in millions equivalent free audio + video streams in millions
Music DVD
Since	Silver	Gold	Platinum
1.02.2005	10,000	25,000	50,000

Non-full price Albums †
Silver	Gold	Platinum
120,000	200,000	600,000
Since	Max dealer price
1.01.1979	£2.24 (LP, MC)
1.01.1988	£2.42 (LP, MC)
1.01.1989	£2.79 (LP, MC), £5.99 (CD)
1.01.1993	£3.49 (LP, MC), £5.99 (CD)
1.01.1994	£3.69 (LP, MC), £5.99 (CD)
† – discontinued July 2013

United States

Certifying organization: RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America

Awards Timeline – The Main
1958 – The Gold record award is introduced. The Gold album is awarded for $1 million in sales based on the manufacturer’s wholesale price based on 33.3% of the list price for each album.
In 1958 a typical LP sold for $3.98. $1 million equals 753,769 units.
In 1968 a typical LP sold for $4.98. $1 million equals 602,410 units.
By 1974 RCA/Victor were selling LPs for $6.98. $1 million equals 429,800 units.
The Gold single signifies one million copies sold.
1970 – The sales of prerecorded tape were counted into the qualifying equation.
1975 – RIAA revises qualifications for Gold album certification to require that an album also sell a minimum of 500,000 copies in addition to reaching $1 million in sales.
1976 – The Platinum award is introduced. The Platinum album is awarded for 1 million copies sold, with $2 million in sales at the manufacturer’s wholesale price. The Platinum single is awarded for two million copies sold.
mid-1970’s – When the 12-inch single was introduced commercially, each copy sold counted as two units for certification purposes.
1984 December – The RIAA introduces the Multi-Platinum category.
1985 – The RIAA began certifying commercially-available music video.
1989 – The Gold single certification is reduced to sales of 500,000 units. Extended-play versions of a single (vinyl EP, cassette maxi-single, three-inch CD maxi) count as two units for certification. The A side or its equivalent must be the same on all configurations to combine sales.
1991 – Short-form albums (Extended Plays except Extended-play versions of a single) are introduced and defined as configurations with at least three, but not more than five, cuts and a maximum running time of 30 minutes. The criteria for Gold short-form albums is 250,000 units sold; for Platinum, 500,000 units sold; and for Multi-Platinum, one million units sold
1991 – The RIAA began certifying Music Video Singles. The video must contain no more than two tracks, and the maximum running time is 15 minutes.
1996 – Criteria for short-form product are amended to match that of full-length product.
1996 – Enhanced CDs must contain 75% of the musical content of regular CDs.
1996 – Singles, both 7-inch and maxis, count once toward certification and are defined as having no more than four different songs.
1999 – The RIAA launches the Diamond Award which honors all artists who have albums or singles that have sold 10 million or more units. Previously, albums and singles that sold 10 million copies were certified 10x Platinum.
2000 – Longform music video certifications defined as having to contain at least 51% musical performance content.
2000 – The RIAA introduces the Premios de Oro y Platino Award to celebrate Latin music sales, specifically titles that contain more than 50 percent Spanish language.
2003 – CD/DVD hybrid certifications are accepted. Sales of CD/DVD hybrid units can be applied equally to each configuration.
2004 – The RIAA launches the digital sales award program. Digital sales now count towards certification.
2006 – The RIAA began certifying Master Ringtones.
2013 May 9 – The RIAA adds on-demand music streams to its Digital Single Award (100 on-demand audio / video streams = 1 single).
2016 February 1 – The RIAA updates its Album Award to include song sales and on-demand streams (1500 on-demand audio / video streams = 1 album).
2016 February 1 – Digital Single Award ratio updated from 100 on-demand streams = 1 download to 150 on-demand streams = 1 download.

Multi-disc certification rules
1983 – Criteria are introduced for multi-albums of three or vinyl sets or the tape/CD equivalent (counted as one unit). Criteria for a Gold multi-album award are 250,000 copies sold, and $2 million in sales. Platinum multi-albums are awarded for 500,000 copies sold, with $4 million in sales.
1991 – Criteria for the multi-box set are established. Gold multi-box sets require 250,000 units sold for sets containing three or more vinyl recordings or cassettes, or two or more CDs, with $2 million in net sales. Platinum multi-box sets are awarded for 500,000 units sold at a value of $4 million. Multi-Platinum multi-box sets require one million units sold at a value of $6 million.
1992 – Multi-box sets are redefined as two or more CDs (or the equivalent in LPs or cassettes) with a minimum running time of 120 minutes. The criteria are also changed so that each unit within a set is counted separately. The criteria for a Gold multi-box set now require sales of 500,000 units; Platinum, one million units; and Multi-Platinum, two million units.
1996 – Box sets are now called multi-disc sets.
1997 – An exception to the 120-minute running time rule for multi-disc sets is implemented for pre-1982 releases. The running time of these albums is no longer considered. The multi-box set running time is reduced to 100 minutes.

Post-release certification delay
1958 – An album or single could be certified on the day of release, or any time afterwards – and some albums (on the basis of advance orders) were certified before they were shipped.
1979 July – RIAA introduced a post-release certification delay: a minimum of 120 days after a record first went on sale. No more instant gold or platinum, the end of “shipped gold – returned platinum” era.
1980 January 4 – RIAA cuts the post-release date requirement to 60 days.
1997 – The RIAA cuts the post-release date requirement to 30 days.
2004 – When the RIAA first created the Digital Single Award in 2004, they did not implement any 30-day rule because there are so few digital returns.
2013 July 1 – Sales of albums in digital format become eligible at the release date.

Other important changes
1991 – Military PX sales are now included in sales tallies.
1994 – General certification requirements are amended to allow recordings to be eligible for awards regardless of the percentage of sales distributed through regular retail chains versus alternative markets. Club bonus records and free goods are now also included in sales tallies.

Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.03.1958	$ 1 M	–	–
1.01.1975	500,000		–
1.01.1976	500,000	1,000,000	–
16.03.1999	500,000	1,000,000	10,000,000
1.02.2016	500,000 750 M	1,000,000 1,500 M	10,000,000 15,000 M
based on a monetary revenue (in millions USD) equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Albums (Multi-disc)
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1983	250,000 $ 2 M	500,000 $ 4 M	–
	Min. units: 3 LP or tape/CD equivalent 1 set counts as 1 album sold required value of sold units in USD
1.01.1991	250,000 $ 2 M	500,000 $ 4 M	–
	Min. units: 2 CD / 3 LP / 3 MC 1 set counts as 1 album sold required value of sold units in USD
1.01.1992	500,000	1,000,000	–
	Min. units: 2 CD / 3 LP / 3 MC Min. running time: 120 minutes every unit in set counts as 1 album sold
1.01.1997	500,000	1,000,000	–
	Min. units: 2 CD / 3 LP / 3 MC Min. running time: 100 minutes any running time for pre-1982 albums every unit in set counts as 1 album sold
16.03.1999	500,000	1,000,000	10,000,000
	Min. units: 2 CD / 3 LP / 3 MC Min. running time: 100 minutes any running time for pre-1982 albums every unit in set counts as 1 album sold
Latin Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2000	100,000	200,000	–
1.01.2008	50,000	100,000	1,000,000
20.12.2013	30,000	60,000	600,000
1.02.2016	30,000 45 M	60,000 90 M	600,000 900 M
equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Extended Plays
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1991	250,000	500,000	–
1.01.1996	500,000	1,000,000	–
1.02.2016	500,000 750 M	1,000,000 1,500 M	– –
equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.03.1958	1,000,000	–	–
1.01.1976	1,000,000	2,000,000
1.01.1989	500,000	1,000,000	–
16.03.1999	500,000	1,000,000	10,000,000
9.05.2013	500,000 50 M	1,000,000 100 M	10,000,000 1,000 M
1.02.2016	500,000 75 M	1,000,000 150 M	10,000,000 1,500 M
equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Latin Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2000	100,000	200,000	–
1.01.2008	50,000	100,000	1,000,000
20.12.2013	30,000 30 M	60,000 60 M	600,000 600 M
1.02.2016	30,000 45 M	60,000 90 M	600,000 900 M
equivalent audio + video streams in millions
Music Video
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1985	50,000	100,000	–
Music Video Single
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.1991	25,000	50,000	–
Multi-Box Music Video Set
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.01.2001	25,000	50,000	–
Min. units: 2 DVD / 2 VHS / 2 Blu-ray counts every unit in set
Master Tones
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.06.2006	500,000	1,000,000	–

Uruguay

Certifying organization: CUD – Cámara Uruguaya del Disco (Uruguayan Record Chamber)

Levels for Albums and Music Video are as of March 2015.

Albums
Date	Gold	Platinum
Until 30.06.2005 *	3,000	6,000
Since 1.07.2005	2,000	4,000
* – at least from 1999
Music DVD
Date	Gold	Platinum
Since 1.07.2005	1,000	2,000

Venezuela

Certifying organization: AVINPRO – Asociación Venezolana de Intérpretes y Productores de Fonogramas (Venezuelan Association of Interpreters and Producers of Phonograms)

Albums
Date	Silver	Gold	Platinum
as of 1994 *	25,000	50,000	100,000
Until 2007	–	10,000	20,000
Since 2008	–	5,000	10,000
* – the date of change of criteria is unknown

Central America

Certifying organization: CFC – Certificación Fonográfica Centroamericana
Qualifying territories: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize

CFC certification is based on premium and free (ad-supported) on-demand streams.

Albums & Singles
Since	Gold	Platinum	Diamond
1.07.2021	3.5 M	7 M	35 M
number of streams in millions

Europe IFPI

Certifying organization: IFPI Europe
Qualifying territories: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom
added in 2010: Luxembourg, Serbia
added in 2012: Croatia, Romania, Slovenia

Platinum Europe Awards were launched in 1996 for artists who have achieved sales of one million copies of an album in Europe. Only albums first released after January 1, 1994 are eligible for the award. The list of awards was published on the IFPI website until 2014; the current status of the awards is unknown.

Albums
Since	Platinum
1996	1,000,000

Europe IMPALA

Certifying organization: IMPALA – Independent Music Companies Association
Qualifying territories: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
added in 2017: Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
added in 2020: Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Tunisia

Albums (until September 2010)
Award	Sales
Silver	30,000
Gold	100,000
Diamond	250,000
Platinum	500,000
Double Platinum	1,000,000
Multi-Platinum	1,500,000 +
Albums (since October 2010)
Silver	20,000
Double Silver	40,000
Gold	75,000
Double Gold	150,000
Diamond	200,000
Platinum	400,000
Double Platinum	800,000
Multi-Platinum	1,200,000 +

Gulf States

Gulf States also known as GCC – Gulf Cooperation Council

Certifying organization: IFPI Middle East
Qualifying territories: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Levels for Domestic and International Albums are as of June 2013.

Domestic Albums
Since	Gold	Platinum
Until 2008	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2009	10,000	20,000
Domestic repertoire – arab repertoire
International Albums
Until 2008	15,000	30,000
Since 1.01.2009	10,000	20,000
Since 1.10.2009	3,000	6,000