Blazin' Squad - Crossroads - Silver - 2002

Do they have to split this award 12 ways? XD

26 March 2021

Songs

Abra Cadabra - On Deck - Silver - 2020

Alan Walker feat. Noah Cyrus & Digital Farm Animals - All Falls Down - Silver - 2017

Blossoms - I Can't Stand It - Silver - 2019

Catfish & The Bottlemen - Business - Silver - 2014

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son - Platinum - 1969/2005

Don Henley - The Boys of Summer - Platinum - 1985

Ed Sheeran - I See Fire - 2x Platinum - 2013

Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Platinum - 1976

Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly - Platinum - 2005

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia - Gold - 1976

Jackie Wilson - I Get the Sweetest Feeling - Gold - 1972

Jackson 5 - ABC - Platinum - 1970

James Taylor - You've Got a Friend - Silver - 1971

Juice WRLD - Wishing Well - Gold - 2020

Kygo & Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do With It - Silver - 2020

Lewis Capaldi - Forever - Gold - 2019

Lil Tjay & 6LACK - Calling My Phone - Silver - 2021

LSD feat. Sia, Diplo & Labrinth - Genius - Silver - 2018

M Huncho - Tranquility - Silver - 2019

NF - Let You Down - 2x Platinum - 2017

Outkast - Roses - Gold - 2004

Polo G - Martin & Gina - Silver - 2020

Radiohead - Karma Police - Gold - 1997

Riton x Nightcrawlers feat. Mufasa & Hyperman - Friday - Silver - 2021

Shane Codd - Get Out My Head - Gold - 2020

Sigala & James Arthur - Lasting Lover - Gold - 2020

Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars - 4x Platinum - 2006

SZA - The Weekend - Platinum - 2017

The Feeling - Fill My Little World - Gold - 2005

The Plug feat. D Block Europe & Offset - Rich - Silver - 2019

The Proclaimers - Sunshine On Leith - Silver - 1988

 

Albums

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 - Silver - 2011

Biffy Clyro - Opposites - Platinum - 2013

D-Block Europe - Home Alone - Gold - 2020

Fall Out Boy - Greatest Hits: Believers Never Die: Volume Two - Silver - 2019

Four Tops - The Masters Collection - Silver - 2008

Kanye West - Jesus Is King - Silver - 2020

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream - 5x Platinum - 2010

Max Richter - Sleep - Silver - 2015

R Kelly - The Essential - Silver - 2014

Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad - 7x Platinum - 2008

Stevie Wonder - Millennium Collection - Silver - 2006

 

'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' sold 890k in 1976; 1.49m in total.

 

'Midnight Train to Georgia' sold 110k in 1976; 510k in total.

 

'I Get the Sweetest Feeling' sold 150k in 1972 and 315k in 1987, it also reached #25 in 1975 (50k?); 900k+ in total.

 

'ABC' sold 125k in 1970; 725k in total.

 

'You've Got a Friend' sold 330k in 1971; 530k in total.

Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours certified silver.

 

So odd considering it was never released in the UK

Gigi D'Agostino - L'Amour Toujours certified silver.

 

So odd considering it was never released in the UK

 

The power of streaming and the fact it’s on a TON of dance compilations and playlists on Spotify etc.,

02 April 2021

Songs

A1 & J1 - Latest Trends - Silver - 2021

Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone - Gold - 2007

Britney Spears - If U Seek Amy - Silver - 2008

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) - Gold - 1978

Charly Black - Gyal You a Party Animal - Silver - 2015

Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall - Platinum - 2011

Conan Gray - Maniac - Silver - 2019

Counting Crows - Mr. Jones - Gold - 1994

Daft Punk - Da Funk - Silver - 1997

Demi Lovato - Confident - Gold - 2015

Elvis Presley - Return to Sender - Silver - 1962

Gerry Cinnamon - Sun Queen - Silver - 2019

Gerry Cinnamon - Canter - Gold - 2019

JX - There's Nothing I Won't Do - Gold - 1996

Kranium - Nobody Has to Know - Silver - 2013

Lil Uzi Vert - XO TOUR Llif3 - 2x Platinum - 2017

Loyle Carner & Jordan Rakei - Ottolenghi - Silver - 2018

Macklemore feat. Kesha - Good Old Days - Silver - 2017

Madonna - Like a Prayer - Platinum - 1989

Maximo Park - Our Velocity Warp - Silver - 2007

Meek Mill feat. Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj - All Eyes On You - Gold - 2015

MK feat. Alana - Always - Silver - 2014

Mumford & Sons and Baaba Maal - There Will Be Time - Silver - 2016

Natalie Taylor - Surrender - Silver - 2020

Oh Wonder - All We Do - Silver - 2015

Pink feat. Cash Cash - Can We Pretend - Silver - 2019

Robbie Williams - Angels - 3x Platinum - 1997

Sam Hunt - Body Like a Back Road - Silver - 2017

Sam Smith - Make It To Me - Silver - 2014

Spandau Ballet - Through the Barricades - Silver - 1986

SZA - Good Days - Silver - 2020

The Beatles - Come Together - Platinum - 1969/2010

The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr. A - Platinum - 2007

Tiesto - The Business - Gold - 2020

Wham - Everything She Wants - Silver - 1984/2004

 

Albums

Headie One - EDNA - Silver - 2020

Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts - Silver - 2018

Killswitch Engage - As Daylight Dies - Gold - 2006

Pop Smoke - Meet the Woo 2 - Gold - 2020

The Rainbow Collections - The Rainbow Collections - Silver - 2010

Tom Jones - The Best of Tom Jones - Gold - 1998

Various Artists - 80s Car Songs - Silver - 2018

 

'Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)' sold 210k in 1978; 610k sold in total.

 

'Return to Sender' sold an estimated 700k in the 60s; 900k sold in total.

 

'Like a Prayer' sold 412k in 1989; 1.012m sold in total.

 

'Through the Barricade' sold 170k in the 80s; 370k sold in total.

 

09 April 2021

Songs

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long - Platinum - 1980

Ariana Grande - positions - Platinum - 2020

ATB x Topic x A7s - Your Love (9PM) - Silver - 2021

Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life - Silver - 2005

Bugzy Malone - M.E.N - Gold - 2015

Catfish & The Bottlemen - Cocoon - Platinum - 2014

Coldplay - Midnight - Silver - 2014

Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died in Your Arms - Gold - 1986

Dan & Shay feat. Justin Bieber - 10,000 Hours - Gold - 2019

Gerry Cinnamon - Diamonds in the Mud - Silver - 2017

Gigi D'agostino - L'amour Toujours - Silver - 2000

Headie One feat. Young T & Bugsey - Princess Cuts - Silver - 2020

Enrique Iglesias feat. Sean Paul and Matt Terry - Subeme La Radio - Platinum - 2017

Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek - Silver - 2005

Christopher Jackson, Rachel House and Nicole Scherzinger - Where You Are - Gold - 2016

Jax Jones, Martin Solveig and RAYE - Tequila - Gold - 2020

Lana Del Rey - Young & Beautiful - Platinum - 2013

The Libertines - Don't Look Back Into the Sun - Platinum - 2003

Little Mix - Black Magic - 3x Platinum - 2015

London Grammar - Oh Woman Oh Man - Silver - 2019

Lord Huron - The Night We Met - Platinum - 2015

Loren Allred - Never Enough - 2x Platinum - 2017

Macklemore feat. Skylar Grey - Glorious - Platinum - 2017

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere to Run - Silver - 1965

Meridian Dan feat. Big H and JME - German Whip - Silver - 2014

Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted - Wellerman - Gold - 2021

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky - Silver - 1970

PARTYNEXTDOOR - Break From Toronto - Silver - 2013

PARTYNEXTDOOR feat. Drake - Recognize - Silver - 2014

Pop Smoke - What You Know Bout Love - Platinum - 2020

Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman - Gold - 1964

Shawn Mendes and Justin Bieber - Monster - Silver - 2020

Shayne Ward - No U Hang Up / If That's OK With You - Silver - 2007

Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer - Platinum - 2008

Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down - Platinum - 2019

Tyga - Rack City - Gold - 2011

Uk Apachi and Shy FX - Original Nuttah - Silver - 2019

Watermat - Bullit - Silver - 2014

 

Albums

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - Silver - 2003

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory - Silver - 1991

Bob Dylan - Another Self Portrait: 1969-1971 - Silver - 2013

Enya - Amarantine - Silver - 2006

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison / At San Quentin - Gold - 2006

Original Soundtrack - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Gold - 2011

 

'(I Just) Died in Your Arms' sold 275k in 1986; 675k sold in total.

 

'Nowhere to Run' sold 90k physically; 290k sold in total.

 

'Spirit in the Sky' sold an estimated 650k in 1970; 850k sold in total.

 

'Oh Pretty Woman' sold an estimated 680k in the 60s; 1.08m sold in total.

^Enya-Amarantine silver? sure thats an error?

^Enya-Amarantine silver? sure thats an error?

The OCC have two separate entries for it: the original album from 2005 that peaked at #8 and its re-entry the following year that peaked at #53. I guess that could explain why there's two separate BPI certifications?

Some interesting BPI certs today.

 

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl - Sony Music - Platinum 2x - Single - 30.04.2021 - 14.05.2006

 

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'- Columbia - Platinum 4x - Single - 30.04.2021 - 22.11.2004

 

Lewis Capaldi - Grace - Emi - Platinum 2x - Single - 30.04.2021 - 20.09.2018

 

Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure - Emi - Platinum 2x - Single - 30.04.2021 - 02.01.2011

 

Beatles - Hey Jude - Apple Corps - Platinum - Single - 30.04.2021 - 30.08.1988

Fergie - London Bridge is Silver :cheeseblock:

 

It seems curious that her #3 debut hit took longer to certify silver than her cancelled single Fergalicious (which peaked at #105 in January 2007, thanks to the rule that allowed a song to chart without a physical). Fergalicious achieved a download chart run of 89-51-36-38-47-63-78-out-69-88-100-out; the week at #88 is when it peaked at #105 in the singles chart.

Always baffled me that Fergalicious wasn't a proper UK single since I learnt that, I was in Australia when it was released and it was a staple of the music video channels - looking at Wiki it went #4 and 2x platinum there. Suppose it makes some sense that it's now outsold London Bridge despite that, for being more iconic in general.

UK also passed up on Clumsy (#62) ... for a similar reason? That was another big US/Aus hit.

The UK didn't deserve her! Clumsy :wub:

 

Another fairly interesting certification - the One Direction album track Infinity is now Silver. It was originally planned to be a single before they went with History instead.

Always baffled me that Fergalicious wasn't a proper UK single since I learnt that, I was in Australia when it was released and it was a staple of the music video channels - looking at Wiki it went #4 and 2x platinum there. Suppose it makes some sense that it's now outsold London Bridge despite that, for being more iconic in general.

UK also passed up on Clumsy (#62) ... for a similar reason? That was another big US/Aus hit.

 

To be fair everything seems to go double platinum in Australia :lol:

That cancellation of 'Ferlgalicious' was RIDICULOUS!

 

I am positive that would have been a top 5 hit here.

To be fair everything seems to go double platinum in Australia :lol:

Australia are noted for their ridiculously low certification thresholds I'll give you that, although it is more than London Bridge ever got

 

London: #3, Plat

Fergalicious: #4, 2x Plat

Glamorous: #2, 3x Plat

Big Girls: #1, 5x Plat [this was the year-end #1 for 2007]

Clumsy: #5, 2x Plat

 

Meanwhile L.A. Love limped in at #53! UK was the only place that was a top 10 hit in.

Shania Twain I'm Gonna Getcha Good Mercury Silver :o This was literally one of her best for me, such a shite time for sales when it was out.

It's really crazy that Fergie's UK label decided to pass on Fergalicious, made no sense...

was Clumsy properly released it in the UK? or charted just as import?

It's really crazy that Fergie's UK label decided to pass on Fergalicious, made no sense...

was Clumsy properly released it in the UK? or charted just as import?

 

That always seemed strange to me, it seemed like it would’ve been a hit.

I think 'Clumsy' was just genuinely a case of not making much of a splash here that late into the album campaign.

 

Also, I believe it had no physical release... but by that point the rules had changed to allow singles to chart on downloads without one?

I think 'Clumsy' was just genuinely a case of not making much of a splash here that late into the album campaign.

 

Also, I believe it had no physical release... but by that point the rules had changed to allow singles to chart on downloads without one?

Yeah, I definitely recall it being on tv/radio circulation. As you say, no physical release I am aware of so was relying on downloads only late into the album campaign.

 

At the time I know a number of post album singles just had digital releases. Nelly Furtado’s Say It Right being one of the most successful of that period.

Yeah, I definitely recall it being on tv/radio circulation. As you say, no physical release I am aware of so was relying on downloads only late into the album campaign.

 

At the time I know a number of post album singles just had digital releases. Nelly Furtado’s Say It Right being one of the most successful of that period.

If I recall a CD release of 'Say It Right' was planned but scrapped when the track did well as a download only release. Wasn't it the first single to peak inside the top 10 without a physical release? It did so a couple of months after the chart rules had changed to allow download only releases to be chart eligible.