Gold
- Single 1
- 40,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 40,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 50,000 units
Platinum
- Single 1
- 40,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 40,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 50,000 units
Double Platinum
- Single 1
- 160,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 160,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 200,000 units
Triple Platinum
- Single 1
- 240,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 240,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 300,000 units
Quadruple Platinum
- Single 1
- 320,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 320,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 400,000 units
Quintuple Platinum
- Single 1
- 400,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 400,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 500,000 units
6x Platinum
- Single 1
- 480,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 480,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 600,000 units
7x Platinum
- Single 1
- 560,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 560,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 700,000 units
8x Platinum
- Single 1
- 640,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 640,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 800,000 units
9x Platinum
- Single 1
- 720,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 720,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 900,000 units
Diamond
- Single 1
- 800,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 800,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 1,000,000 units
Double Diamond
- Single 1
- 1,00,000 units
- Album 2 After May 1 2008
- 1,600,000 units
- Album 2 Before May 1 2008
- 2,000,000 units
- Digital Downloads/Streams*/Physical Singles
- Physical/Digital/TEA**/SEA***
* 150 on-demand audio streams = 1 unit towards Single certification
** Track Equivalent Album (TEA): 10 tracks sales = 1 unit towards Album certification
*** Stream Equivalent Album (SEA): 1500 on-demand audio streams of a track = 1 unit towards Album certification
Retired Categories
The Music DVD and Ringtone categories were retired on April 1, 2021. The Digital Download and CD Single categories were retired on September 16, 2016, and units sold are eligible under the Single Award guidelines.
Gold
- Music DVD
- 5,000 units
- Ringtone
- 20,000 units
- Digital Download
- 40,000 units
- CD Single
- 5,000 units
Platinum
- Music DVD
- 10,000 units
- Ringtone
- 20,000 units
- Digital Download
- 80,000 units
- CD Single
- 10,000 units
Double Platinum
- Music DVD
- 20,000 units
- Ringtone
- 80,000 units
- Digital Download
- 160,000 units
- CD Single
- 20,000 units
Triple Platinum
- Music DVD
- 30,000 units
- Ringtone
- 120,000 units
- Digital Download
- 240,000 units
- CD Single
- 30,000 units
Quadruple Platinum
- Music DVD
- 40,000 units
- Ringtone
- 160,000 units
- Digital Download
- 320,000 units
- CD Single
- 40,000 units
Quintuple Platinum
- Music DVD
- 50,000 units
- Ringtone
- 200,000 units
- Digital Download
- 400,000 units
- CD Single
- 50,000 units
6x Platinum
- Music DVD
- 60,000 units
- Ringtone
- 240,000 units
- Digital Download
- 480,000 units
- CD Single
- 60,000 units
7x Platinum
- Music DVD
- 70,000 units
- Ringtone
- 280,000 units
- Digital Download
- 560,000 units
- CD Single
- 70,000 units
8x Platinum
- Music DVD
- 80,000 units
- Ringtone
- 320,000 units
- Digital Download
- 640,000 units
- CD Single
- 80,000 units
9x Platinum
- Music DVD
- 90,000 units
- Ringtone
- 360,000 units
- Digital Download
- 720,000 units
- CD Single
- 90,000 units
Diamond
- Music DVD
- 100,000 units
- Ringtone
- 400,000 units
- Digital Download
- 800,000 units
- CD Single
- 100,000 units
Double Diamond
- Music DVD
- 200,000 units
- Ringtone
- 800,000 units
- Digital Download
- 1,600,000 units
- CD Single
- 200,000 units
| Award | Single Digital Downloads / Streams* / Physical Singles |
Album Physical / Digital / TEA** / SEA*** |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| released after May 1, 2008 |
released before May 1, 2008 |
||||
| Gold | 40,000 units | 40,000 units | 50,000 units | ||
| Platinum | 80,000 units | 80,000 units | 100,000 units | ||
| Double Platinum | 160,000 units | 160,000 units | 200,000 units | ||
| Triple Platinum | 240,000 units | 240,000 units | 300,000 units | ||
| Quadruple Platinum | 320,000 units | 320,000 units | 400,000 units | ||
| Quintuple Platinum | 400,000 units | 400,000 units | 500,000 units | ||
| 6x Platinum | 480,000 units | 480,000 units | 600,000 units | ||
| 7x Platinum | 560,000 units | 560,000 units | 700,000 units | ||
| 8x Platinum | 640,000 units | 640,000 units | 800,000 units | ||
| 9x Platinum | 720,000 units | 720,000 units | 900,000 units | ||
| Diamond | 800,000 units | 800,000 units | 1,000,000 units | ||
| Double Diamond | 1,600,000 units | 1,600,000 units | 2,000,000 units | ||
|
* 150 on-demand audio streams = 1 unit towards Single certification ** Track Equivalent Album (TEA): 10 tracks sales = 1 unit towards Album certification *** Stream Equivalent Album (SEA): 1500 on-demand audio streams of a track = 1 unit towards Album certification |
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Retired Categories
| Award | Music DVD Retired April 1, 2021 |
Ringtone Retired April 1, 2021 |
Digital Download Retired September 12, 2016 |
CD Single Retired September 12, 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 5,000 units | 20,000 units | 40,000 units | 5,000 units |
| Platinum | 10,000 units | 40,000 units | 80,000 units | 10,000 units |
| Double Platinum | 20,000 units | 80,000 units | 160,000 units | 20,000 units |
| Triple Platinum | 30,000 units | 120,000 units | 240,000 units | 30,000 units |
| Quadruple Platinum | 40,000 units | 160,000 units | 320,000 units | 40,000 units |
| Quintuple Platinum | 50,000 units | 200,000 units | 400,000 units | 50,000 units |
| 6x Platinum | 60,000 units | 240,000 units | 480,000 units | 60,000 units |
| 7x Platinum | 70,000 units | 280,000 units | 560,000 units | 70,000 units |
| 8x Platinum | 80,000 units | 320,000 units | 640,000 units | 80,000 units |
| 9x Platinum | 90,000 units | 360,000 units | 720,000 units | 90,000 units |
| Diamond | 100,000 units | 400,000 units | 800,000 units | 100,000 units |
| Double Diamond | 200,000 units | 800,000 units | 1,600,000 units | 200,000 units |
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