It is a phenomenal effort just in the copying, collating, typing and posting these original chart Gallup/BMRB reports, and it should be clear for those interested in these over on UKMix but don't know the history that it couldn't have happened without three key chartographers of our time - Robbie himself who does the posting, KingofSkiffle who does the collation and database elements, and most importantly Kobyhadrian, who originally obtained all the reports from the BPI and spent Lord-knows how many man hours typing them up into a presentable form! They have between them summoned up a very thorough and as accurate as is available database of panel sales activity across almost two decades' worth of singles chart history, and the quality and consistency of the results now being steadily made accessible to us all can't be underestimated. I'm keen that fellow chart travellers on BuzzJack are aware of this if ever they investigate these chart reports and make use of them.

 

Yes, it still leaves us bereft of such detailed data for the three most recent decades since Millward Brown have been at the helm of official chart compilation, and of course the pre-1976 era when popular music as we know it truly established itself. But we've got to be grateful for what we get, and tolerate the reality that there'll almost certainly always be significant gaps where there is far less data, or none at all, accessible to us. Anything like exact weekly or monthly panel sales reports from the latter period probably no longer exist and the further one goes back, the less accurate any data becomes; as to the former, there will be much accurate and useful sales information stored, but unless we ever have the luxury of someone posting Millward Brown original reports, or somebody gets rare (and ludicrously expensive!) access to the OCC's database, one has to doubt that those decades will ever be covered in the same depth chart-wise as the 1976-'94 canon. So we're lucky even to now have that.

Does the record company have to request for certification, how does the process work?

No, not now. It is automatic. Sales come from the OCC.

Automatic since 22nd July 2013!

 

Kind of messy before then, with labels having to request it, and shipped physicals meaning that albums/songs could get certification levels above what it had actually sold.

Certifications announced on the BRITs Twitter account today:

 

SINGLES:

Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (5X PLATINUM)

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (2X PLATINUM)

Burna Boy ft. Ed Sheeran - For My Hand (PLATINUM)

SZA - Snooze (PLATINUM)

Dasha - Austin (SILVER)

Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song (SILVER)

Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far (SILVER)

Tom Odell - Black Friday (SILVER)

 

ALBUMS:

Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (PLATINUM)

Niall Horan - The Show (SILVER)

I wonder why a few weeks ago the OCC posted updated little mix sales and "Heartbreak Anthem" already had 1.2 million copies but they still haven't certified it 2x platinum...

The OCC round off sales in their articles

Full certifications list for 3rd May 2024:

 

SINGLES:

Gotye ft. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know (5X PLATINUM)

Ariana Grande - One Last Time (4X PLATINUM)

Dean Lewis - Be Alright (3X PLATINUM)

Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (2X PLATINUM)

Muse - Supermassive Black Hole (2X PLATINUM)

Paul Woolford, Diplo & Kareen Lomax - Looking For Me (2X PLATINUM)

Pop Smoke ft. Lil Tjay - Mood Swings (2X PLATINUM)

Taylor Swift - Lover (2X PLATINUM)

venbee & goddard. - messy in heaven (2X PLATINUM)

Ashe - Moral Of The Story (PLATINUM)

Benson Boone - In The Stars (PLATINUM)

Burna Boy ft. Ed Sheeran - For My Hand (PLATINUM)

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

Central Cee - Let Go (PLATINUM)

Frank Ocean - Nights (PLATINUM)

Good Charlotte - The Anthem (PLATINUM)

SZA - Snooze (PLATINUM)

Basement Jaxx - Romeo (GOLD)

Djo - End Of Beginning (GOLD)

Fitz And The Tantrums - Out Of My League (GOLD)

Jaymes Young - Infinity (GOLD)

Pop Smoke - Welcome To The Party (GOLD)

Suede - Beautiful Ones (GOLD)

Taron Egerton - I'm Still Standing (GOLD)

Tears For Fears - Shout (GOLD)

The Paper Kites - Bloom (GOLD)

Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me (SILVER)

Artemas - i like the way you kiss me (SILVER)

Bob Marley And The Wailers - Satisfy My Soul (SILVER)

Bring Me The Horizon - Teardrops (SILVER)

Bugzy Malone & Mist - Energy (SILVER)

Cat Burns - People Pleaser (SILVER)

Chicago - You're The Inspiration (SILVER)

Clavish - Greece (SILVER)

Dasha - Austin (SILVER)

Davido - Fall (SILVER)

D-Block Europe - No Cellular Site (SILVER)

Doves - There Goes The Fear (SILVER)

Drake - Come Thru (SILVER)

Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (SILVER)

J. Cole - Immortal (SILVER)

Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle (SILVER)

Kings Of Leon - Notion (SILVER)

Lil Uzi Vert - Sanguine Paradise (SILVER)

Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song (SILVER)

M Huncho ft. Nafe Smallz - Thumb (SILVER)

Noah Kahan - You're Gonna Go Far (SILVER)

Phillipa Soo & Lin-Manuel Miranda - That Would Be Enough (SILVER)

Picture This - Take My Hand (SILVER)

SZA - Blind (SILVER)

SZA - Normal Girl (SILVER)

The Stone Roses - Ten Storey Love Song (SILVER)

Tin Tin Out ft. Shelley Nelson - Here's Where The Story Ends (SILVER)

Tom Odell - Black Friday (SILVER)

Usher - Nice & Slow (SILVER)

 

ALBUMS:

Taylor Swift - THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT (PLATINUM)

Mitski - Be The Cowboy (GOLD)

T-Rex - Get It On: The Collection (GOLD)

Black Veil Brides - We Stitch These Wounds (SILVER)

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign - Vultures 1 (SILVER)

Niall Horan - The Show (SILVER)

The Supremes - I Hear A Symphony (SILVER)

Tiësto - The London Sessions (SILVER)

Edited May 3, 20241 yr by DanielSwift

Awww, pleased for Mae Muller getting that silver cert!

It's difficult to imagine there was once a time that Tin Tin Out feat. Shelley Nelson would generate a genuine top 10 hit.

Awww, pleased for Mae Muller getting that silver cert!

 

Cue: GreyAsh’s long article about this fact on Facebook.

Certifications announced on the BRITs Twitter account today:

 

SINGLES:

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (6X PLATINUM)

Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum (3X PLATINUM)

Belters Only ft. Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good (2X PLATINUM)

Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM (PLATINUM)

Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange (PLATINUM)

Rizzle Kicks - Skip To The Good Bit (GOLD)

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (SILVER)

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight (SILVER)

 

ALBUMS:

Ed Sheeran - X (13X PLATINUM)

Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (GOLD)

Edited May 17, 20241 yr by DanielSwift

Mardy Bum going 3x platinum - that must be one of the biggest selling songs never to have charted?

Full certifications list for 10th May 2024:

 

SINGLES:

Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (6X PLATINUM)

Kanye West ft. Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger (4X PLATINUM)

Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child (4X PLATINUM)

Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum (3X PLATINUM)

Drake ft. Majid Jordan - Hold On, We're Going Home (3X PLATINUM)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (3X PLATINUM)

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (3X PLATINUM)

Belters Only ft. Jazzy - Make Me Feel Good (2X PLATINUM)

Daft Punk - One More Time (2X PLATINUM)

Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love (2X PLATINUM)

Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz - Talk Dirty (2X PLATINUM)

Martin Solveig ft. Ina Wroldsen - Places (2X PLATINUM)

Naughty Boy ft. Beyoncé & Arrow Benjamin - Runnin' (Lose It All) (2X PLATINUM)

S Club 7 - Reach (2X PLATINUM)

Beyoncé - TEXAS HOLD 'EM (PLATINUM)

Carmen Twillie - Circle Of Life (PLATINUM)

Hotel Ugly - Shut Up My Mom's Calling (PLATINUM)

Michael Jackson - Dirty Diana (PLATINUM)

Tove Lo - Habits (PLATINUM)

Zach Bryan - Something In The Orange (PLATINUM)

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie - Jungle (GOLD)

Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Roslyn (GOLD)

Drake ft. Sexyy Red & SZA - Rich Babby Daddy (GOLD)

Gigi D'Agostino - L' Amour Toujours (GOLD)

Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It (GOLD)

MK & Sonny Fodera ft. Raphaella - One Night (GOLD)

Mr. Mister - Broken Wings (GOLD)

Panic! At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon (GOLD)

Pop Smoke - Got It On Me (GOLD)

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners - Evergreen (GOLD)

Rizzle Kicks - Skip To The Good Bit (GOLD)

America - Ventura Highway (SILVER)

Dylan Gossett - Coal (SILVER)

Ed Sheeran - Life Goes On (SILVER)

Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame (SILVER)

Gym Class Heroes - Clothes Off (SILVER)

Kristen Bell - The Next Right Thing (SILVER)

Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heatwave (SILVER)

Michael Jackson - Chicago (SILVER)

Mitski - I Bet On Losing Dogs (SILVER)

MoStack - Screw & Brew (SILVER)

NewEra - Birds In The Sky (SILVER)

Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning (SILVER)

Olivia Rodrigo - the grudge (SILVER)

Paris Paloma - Labour (SILVER)

Regard & Years & Years - Hallucination (SILVER)

Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso (SILVER)

Sault - Wildfires (SILVER)

Section Boyz - Lock Arff (SILVER)

Shinedown - Second Chance (SILVER)

Sugababes - Stronger/Angels With Dirty Faces (SILVER)

Taylor Swift ft. Post Malone - Fortnight (SILVER)

Taylor Swift - I Wish You Would (SILVER)

The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (SILVER)

T-Rex - Ride A White Swan (SILVER)

Tyler, The Creator & A$AP Rocky - Potato Salad (SILVER)

Westlife - Bop Bop Baby (SILVER)

 

ALBUMS:

Ed Sheeran - X (13X PLATINUM)

Taylor Swift - 1989 (6X PLATINUM)

Ariana Grande - eternal sunshine (GOLD)

DJ Fresh - Nextlevelism (GOLD)

Don Williams - It Must Be Love: The Collection (SILVER)

Eric Clapton & Friends - The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale (SILVER)

Jonas Brothers - The Family Business (SILVER)

Lil Peep - Hellboy (SILVER)

Pop Smoke - Meet The Woo (SILVER)

Edited May 12, 20241 yr by DanielSwift

What does everyone think of this week's certifications?

MJ - Chicago getting certified seems extremely random? Happy the Sugababes finally got there with Stronger

MJ - Chicago getting certified seems extremely random?

It's #5 on his current most popular songs list on Spotify and has 255m streams worldwide. No idea why, is it a TikTok thing?

oh my never heard of MJ-Chicago, had to look it up

'L' Amour Toujours' gold despite never charting.

 

I didn't know it was that popular here!

Certifications announced on the BRITs Twitter account today:

 

SINGLES:

Olivia Rodrigo - good 4 u (4X PLATINUM)

Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (3X PLATINUM)

Coldplay - Clocks (2X PLATINUM)

Nicky Youre & Dazy - Sunroof (PLATINUM)

Tame Impala - Borderline (PLATINUM)

Fred again... & The Blessed Madonna - Marea (We've Lost Dancing) (GOLD)

Hozier - Too Sweet (GOLD)

Good Neighbours - Home (SILVER)

The 1975 - Menswear (SILVER)

 

ALBUMS:

BLACKPINK - The Album (GOLD)