This database contains records of BPI award certifications. BPI member companies are given certified awards to mark sales to UK retailers.

Singles

Silver 200,000
Gold 400,000
Platinum 600,000

Albums

Silver 60,000
Gold 100,000
Platinum 300,000

Downloads for members

Members can download the certification rules here. Visit the Certified Awards Reports page in this section to download quarterly certification reports.

History

BPI certified awards were originally introduced in April 1973 to measure the performance of individual records based on sales to the trade each week.

Qualification for albums was initially on the basis of revenue received by manufacturers, and in January 1978 the BPI abolished the old monetary system for albums and replaced it with a unit system.

This brought album awards into line with singles and also with other countries where qualification levels are based on unit sales.

Multi-platinum awards, introduced in February 1987, are any multiple of the platinum level, e.g. album quadruple platinum status = 1.2m.