Thresholds
Minimum sales & streaming thresholds required for each tier, by country
Numeric values represent unit equivalents (streams + downloads + physical sales combined). Stream-based entries show the threshold directly.
| Country | Album | Single | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond | Platinum | Gold | Silver | Diamond | Platinum | Gold | Silver | |
Australia
|
500K | 70K | 35K | — | — | 70K | 35K | — |
Austria
|
— | 15K | 7.5K | — | — | 30K | 15K | — |
Canada
|
800K | 80K | 40K | — | 800K | 80K | 40K | — |
Brazil
|
300K | 80K | 40K | — | 300K | 80K | 40K | — |
Denmark
|
— | 40K | 20K | — | — | 9M streams | 4.5M streams | — |
France
|
500K | 100K | 50K | — | 50M streams | 30M streams | 15M streams | — |
Germany
|
750K | 150K | 75K | — | 1.5M | 600K | 300K | — |
Italy
|
500K | 50K | 25K | — | 2M | 200K | 100K | — |
Norway
|
— | 20K | 10K | — | — | 6M streams | 3M streams | — |
Netherlands
|
200M streams | 80M streams | 40M streams | — | 50M streams | 20M streams | 10M streams | — |
New Zealand
|
— | 15K | 7.5K | — | — | 30K | 15K | — |
Poland
|
150K | 30K | 15K | — | 1M | 250K | 125K | — |
South Africa
|
— | 50K | 25K | — | — | 40K | 20K | — |
Spain
|
— | 40K | 20K | — | — | 100K | 50K | — |
Switzerland
|
— | 20K | 10K | — | — | 30K | 15K | — |
UK
|
— | 300K | 100K | 60K | — | 600K | 400K | 200K |
USA
|
10M | 1M | 500K | — | 10M | 1M | 500K | — |