Certification

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These are the recording sales certifications for Urapopstar, also known as URAPS. Certifications have been adjusted to account for inflation twice since 2001.

Singles[edit | edit source]

Format Effective date Thresholds per award
Silver Gold Platinum Diamond
Singles March 2001 — June 2013 125,000 150,000 250,000
June 2013 — August 2014 150,000 225,000 300,000
August 2014 — present 150,000 300,000 500,000 1,000,000

Multi-platinum is any whole number times the sales threshold. For instance, to go 2x platinum, one has to sell 500,000 copies if released before June 2013; 600,000 copies if released between June 2013 and August 2014; or 1,000,000 (a.k.a. Diamond) copies if released after August 2014.

Albums[edit | edit source]

Format Effective date Thresholds per award
Silver Gold Platinum Diamond
Albums March 2001 — June 2013 100,000 200,000 300,000 1,000,000
June 2013 — August 2014 200,000 400,000 600,000 1,000,000
August 2014 — present 250,000 500,000 750,000 1,500,000

Multi-platinum is any whole number times the sales threshold. For instance, to go 2x platinum, one has to sell 600,000 copies if released before June 2013; 1,200,000 copies if released between June 2013 and August 2014; or 1,500,000 copies (a.k.a. Diamond) if released after August 2014. To go "multi-diamond", one has to sell 2,000,000 copies if released before August 2014 or 3,000,000 copies if released after August 2014.

Digital downloads[edit | edit source]

Digital downloads do not count towards official single sales nor do they have a sales-certification system of their own.