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{{short description|Album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of earlier released material}}

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A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, 1971). As of 2007, the best-selling remix album of all time is Michael Jackson's Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix (1997).

History and concept

Aerial Pandemonium Ballet (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album.{{cite web |last1=Fennessey |first1=Sean |title=Deconstructing Harry |url=http://grantland.com/features/the-legacy-harry-nilsson/ |website=Grantland |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601154253/https://grantland.com/features/the-legacy-harry-nilsson/ |url-status=live }} It was released after the successes of "Everybody's Talkin'" and The Point!, when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Neu!'s Neu! 2 (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition".{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-07-13/82355/ |last=Chamy |first=Michael |date=13 July 2001 |access-date=1 October 2022 |title=Neu!, Neu! 2, and Neu! 75 (Astralwerks) |website=The Austin Chronicle |archive-date=22 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522124154/http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2001-07-13/82355/ |url-status=live }}

In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, house, and techno into full-length albums, creating a relatively low-overhead addition to the catalogs and balance sheets.{{cite web |last1=Aswad |first1=Jem |title=Dua Lipa's Remix Collection 'Club Future Nostalgia' Is an Immaculate Reconception: Album Review |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/dua-lipa-club-future-nostalgia-album-review-1234751941/ |work=Variety |date=28 August 2020 |access-date=1 October 2020 |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828144744/https://variety.com/2020/music/news/dua-lipa-club-future-nostalgia-album-review-1234751941/ |url-status=live }} Soft Cell's Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing (1982) and The Human League's Love and Dancing (1982) are credited for inventing the modern remix album.{{cite web |last1=Lester |first1=Paul |title=No 216: Spektrum |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/31/popandrock2 |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 October 2022 |date=31 October 2007}} Since this time, this kind of release is not only seen as an easy cash-in for an artist and their label, but also as an opportunity to provide a second lease of life for a record.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/remix-albums-the-best-biggest-and-highest-charting__30793/|title=Remix albums: the best, biggest and highest charting|first=Rob|last=Copsay|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=9 November 2014|date=20 August 2020|archive-date=23 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823072750/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/remix-albums-the-best-biggest-and-highest-charting__30793/|url-status=live}} In reggae music, it is very common for a whole album to be remixed in a dub style.Dub: soundscapes and shattered songs in Jamaican reggae, p.2Chris Roberts, Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind Rhyme, Thorndike Press, 2006 ({{ISBN|0-7862-8517-6}})

Jennifer Lopez's album J to tha L–O! The Remixes (2002) is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first remix album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart.{{cite web |title=First remix album to debut at No.1 on the Billboard 200 chart|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/78361-most-successful-remix-album|work=Guinness World Records|date=2 October 2020}}

List of best-selling remix albums

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|+ Best-selling remix albums worldwide

! scope="col" style="width:10px;"| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Album

! scope="col" style="width:100px;"| Artist

! scope="col" style="width:120px;"| Record label

! scope="col" style="width:30px;"| Released

! scope="col" style="width:125px;"| Total certified units
(from available markets){{efn|name=cert}}

! scope="col" style="width:125px;"| Claimed sales
(At least 500,000 sold)

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 1

| Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix

| Michael Jackson

| Epic Records

| 1997

|

{{hidden|
2,775,000|

  • US: 1,000,000{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=RIAA: Searchable Database|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=23 September 2011|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209113439/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=EMMYLOU+HARRIS&ti=ELITE+HOTEL|url-status=live}}
  • JPN: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs.html|title=RIAJ: Digital Certifications|language=ja|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=8 November 2015|archive-date=19 February 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160219121058/http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/hs.html|url-status=live}}
  • GER: 250,000
  • UK: 100,000{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=Certified Awards Search|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=7 September 2018|archive-date=21 October 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181021092428/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|url-status=live}}
  • FRA: 300,000{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/|title=SNEP: Les Certifications|work=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|publisher=SNEP|access-date=14 November 2019|language=fr|archive-date=18 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218192953/http://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/|url-status=live}}
  • CAN: 50,000<{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/|title=Music Canada: Gold & Platinum searchable database|publisher=Music Canada|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624042344/http://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/|url-status=live}}
  • AUS: 70,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • AUT: 25,000{{Cite web|url=http://ifpi.dk/?q=content/guld-og-platin-i-august|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120320130813/http://ifpi.dk/?q=content/guld-og-platin-i-august|archive-date = 20 March 2012|title = Home | IFPI}}
  • BRA: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • NLD: 100,000{{Cite news|url=https://nvpi.nl/nvpi-audio/marktinformatie/goud-platina/|title=NVPI: Goud/Platina|publisher=NVPI|access-date=4 July 2018|archive-date=4 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704212857/https://nvpi.nl/nvpi-audio/marktinformatie/goud-platina/|url-status=dead}}
  • ITA: 50,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • SPA: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semanales|title=PROMUSICAE Charts: Home > Weekly charts|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=es|access-date=8 November 2013|archive-date=22 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622171040/https://www.promusicae.es/listas/semanales|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?vqzno2c0fe48zam|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1991-1995|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=928–939|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615195522/http://www.mediafire.com/?vqzno2c0fe48zam|url-status=live}}
  • DEN: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite web|url=http://hitlisten.nu/|title=Hitlisten.nu|work=Tracklisten|publisher=Hitlisten.nu|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-date=26 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226230629/http://hitlisten.nu/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content/guld-og-platin-i-august|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714104319/http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=content/guld-og-platin-i-august|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2018|title=Guld og platin i august|work=IFPI Denmark|date=9 May 2004|access-date=12 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.dk/certificeringer-0|title=IFPI Denmark: Certificeringer|work=IFPI Denmark|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216024100/http://ifpi.dk/certificeringer-0|url-status=live}}
  • SWI: 50,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search|title=Hitparade.ch: Edelmetall|work=Schweizer Hitparade|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=22 July 2017|archive-date=12 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112160150/http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search|url-status=live}} Note that the certifications for DVDs need to be retrieved by selecting the years at"http://hitparade.ch/awards.asp"
  • BEL: 50,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/xls/Awards%201997.htm|title=Awards 1997–2003|work=Belgian Entertainment Association|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=4 February 2011|archive-date=25 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025005859/http://www.ultratop.be/xls/Awards%201997.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/goud-platina/1995/albums|title=Ultratop: Goud En Platina|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=31 May 2018|archive-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713171831/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/goud-platina/1995/albums|url-status=live}}
  • POL: 50,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • FIN: 20,000{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/tutkimukset-ja-tilastot/kulta-ja-platinalevyt/artistit/|title=Kulta- ja platinalevyt: Artistit|publisher=Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland|access-date=23 November 2019|archive-date=5 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705120645/https://www.ifpi.fi/tutkimukset-ja-tilastot/kulta-ja-platinalevyt/artistit/|url-status=dead}}
  • HKG: 20,000{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go3e.php |title=Archived copy |website=ifpihk.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015314/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go3e.php |archive-date=18 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}
  • NOR: 25,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120725054452/http://www.ifpi.no/sok/lst_trofeer_sok.asp?type=artist|archive-date = 25 July 2012|title = Trofeoversikt - IFPI - Gull og Platina}}
  • NZ: 15,000{{cite web|url=http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62|title=Radioscope: Latest Gold / Platinum Albums|publisher=Radioscope|access-date=17 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724195817/http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=62|archive-date=24 July 2011}}}}

| align=right |{{nts|6,000,000}}{{cite book |last=Rojek |first=Chris |title=Cultural Studies |year=2007 |publisher=Polity |page=74 |isbn=978-0-7456-3683-2 }}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 2

| You Can Dance

| Madonna

| Sire Records

| 1987

|

{{hidden|
2,305,000|

  • US: 1,000,000
  • GER: 250,000
  • UK: 300,000
  • FRA: 300,000
  • AUS: 70,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • HK: 20,000[https://web.archive.org/web/20120318015320/http://www.ifpihk.org/www_1/go9e.php "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1988"]. IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  • BRA: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite web|url=https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/|title=PMB: Certificados|publisher=Pro-Música Brasil|access-date=27 October 2018|language=pt|archive-date=19 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119021240/https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/|url-status=live}}
  • POR: 20,000{{cite journal|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-14.pdf#page=6|title=Platinum in Portugal|date=4 January 1989|access-date=16 July 2020|journal=Music & Media|volume=4|issue=2|page=10|first=Luis Pinheiro|last=De Almeida|archive-date=21 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821193805/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-14.pdf#page=6|url-status=live}}
  • SWI: 25,000{{cite journal|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M%26M-1987-12-26.pdf|title=Gold & Platinum Awards 1987: Switzerland|date=16 December 1987|access-date=16 July 2020|journal=Music & Media|volume=4|issue=51–52|page=46|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064410/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1987/M%26M-1987-12-26.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • ARG: 30,000{{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|title=CAPIF: Discos de Oro y Platino (albums)|publisher=CAPIF|access-date=27 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP|archive-date=6 July 2011|df=mdy-all}}
  • NLD: 50,000
  • SPA: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?pd758fesp2w7i7f|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1996-1999|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=940–952|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615195636/http://www.mediafire.com/?pd758fesp2w7i7f|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?7q55521w7go6vh6|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 2000-2002|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=952–966|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615195624/http://www.mediafire.com/?7q55521w7go6vh6|url-status=live}}
  • SWI: 25,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • NZ: 15,000}}

| align=right |{{nts|5,000,000}}{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11F59F0E2262FA80&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Madonna, take a bow|date=8 March 2008|access-date=27 July 2013|work=The Detroit News|quote="...a fixture in the city's underground dance club scene, her collection of remixes released a year later in 1987 eventually went on to sell five million copies..."|archive-date=6 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306055044/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11F59F0E2262FA80&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 3

| Love

| The Beatles

| Apple Records

| 2006

|{{hidden|
4,132,500|

  • US: 2,000,000
  • JPN: 250,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • ARG: 20,000
  • GER: 300,000
  • UK: 600,000
  • FRA: 200,000
  • CAN: 200,000
  • AUS: 140,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • NLD: 35,000
  • SPA: 160,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • DEN: 80,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • SWI: 30,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • BEL: 25,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • POL: 20,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • NZ: 15,000
  • GRE: 7,500[https://web.archive.org/web/20070203075615/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm "Greek album certifications – The Beatles – Love" (in Greek)]. IFPI Greece. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  • IRE: 45,000[http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum06.htm "The Irish Charts - 2006 Certification Awards - Multi Platinum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120525163415/http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/multi_platinum06.htm |date=25 May 2012 }}. Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  • MEX: 50,000[https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php "Certificaciones"] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20201114054527/https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php |date=14 November 2020 }} (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved 4 March 2019. Type The Beatles in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Love in the box under TÍTULO}}

| align=right |{{nts|5,000,000}}{{cite news|url=http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press34.htm|title= EMI Group plc preliminary results for the financial year ended 31 March 2007|date=21 May 2007|access-date=27 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219162550/http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press34.htm|archive-date=19 December 2007|url-status=dead}}

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| Reanimation

| Linkin Park

| Warner Bros. Records

| 2002

|{{hidden|
1,597,500|

  • US: 1,000,000
  • GER: 150,000
  • UK: 300,000
  • AUS: 35,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • BRA: 50,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • SWI: 20,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • NZ: 7,500
  • AUT: 15,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • ARG: 20,000}}

|

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5

| J to tha L–O! The Remixes

| Jennifer Lopez

| Epic Records

| 2002

|{{hidden|
1,582,500|

  • US: 1,000,000
  • UK: 300,000
  • FRA: 100,000
  • CAN: 100,000
  • AUS: 35,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • NLD: 40,000
  • NZ: 7,500}}

| align="right" |{{nts|3,000,000}}{{cite web|title=Jennifer Lopez: Officiel engelsk biografi|url=http://www.sonymusic.dk/view.php?page_id=41&template=artist|publisher=Sony Music|date=1 October 2010|access-date=11 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222195114/http://www.sonymusic.dk/view.php?page_id=41&template=artist|archive-date=22 February 2012|language=da, en}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 6

| Shut Up and Dance: Mixes

| Paula Abdul

| Virgin Records

| 1990

|{{hidden|
1,107,500|

  • US: 1,100,000
  • CAN: 100,000
  • NZ: 7,500}}

| align=right |{{nts|1,000,000}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19950623&id=6rUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZM8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4513,1701417 |title=Paula Abdul back with her brand of light pop |newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |date=24 June 1995 |page=A9 |archive-date=7 July 2020 |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707214202/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19950623&id=6rUeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZM8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4513,1701417 |url-status=live }}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 7

| Super Eurobeat Presents Ayu-ro Mix

| Ayumi Hamasaki

| Avex Trax

| 2000

|{{hidden|
1,200,000|

  • JAP: 1,200,000{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年4月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. April 2000 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200006.pdf | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=ja |location=Chūō, Tokyo |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |publication-date=10 June 2000 |volume=487 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922103708/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200006.pdf |archive-date=22 September 2013 |access-date=22 January 2014}}}}

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 8

| We Invented the Remix

| P. Diddy

| Bad Boy Records

| 2002

|{{hidden|
1,100,000|

  • US: 1,000,000
  • UK: 100,000}}

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 9

| Never Say Never: The Remixes

| Justin Bieber

| Island Records

| 2011

|{{hidden|
1,040,000|

  • US: 1,000,000
  • BRA: 40,000{{efn|name=cert}}}}

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 10

| Dance!...Ya Know It!

| Bobby Brown

| MCA Records

| 1989

|

{{hidden|
1,007,500|

  • US: 1,000,000
  • NZ: 7,500

}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 11

| No More Games/The Remix Album

| New Kids on the Block

| Columbia Records

| 1990

|

{{hidden|
1,000,000|

  • US: 500,000
  • JPN: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • CAN: 200,000
  • AUT: 25,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • BRA: 100,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • SPA: 50,000{{efn|name=cert}}{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?x263f6daopkswo8|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año : 1979-1990|publisher=Iberautor Promociones Culturales|isbn=978-84-8048-639-2|author=Salaverri, Fernando|date=2005|pages=913–929|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-date=15 June 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615233123/http://www.mediafire.com/?x263f6daopkswo8|url-status=live}}
  • FIN: 20,000

| align=right |{{nts|500,000}} {{small|(US)}}{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |title=US Certifications |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=2014-12-06 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203141448/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database |url-status=live }}}}

|

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| Misia Remix 2000 Little Tokyo

| Misia

| Arista Records

| 2000

|{{hidden|
800,000|

  • JAP: 800,000}}

| align=right |{{nts|831,000}}{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 2000年6月度 |trans-title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. June 2000 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200008.pdf | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=ja |location=Chūō, Tokyo |publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan |publication-date=10 August 2000 |volume=489 |page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140117092718/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2000/200008.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2014 |access-date=17 January 2014}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"|13

| Further Down the Spiral

| Nine Inch Nails

| Nothing Records

| 1995

|

{{hidden|
600,000|

  • US: 500,000
  • UK: 100,000}}

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 14

| Ayu-mi-x II Version Non-Stop Mega Mix

| Ayumi Hamasaki

| Avex Trax

| 2000

|

{{hidden|
400,000|

  • JPN: 400,000{{efn|name=cert}}}}

| align=right |{{nts|505,000}}{{cite web | title=オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 | trans-title=Oricon Ranking Information Service 'You Big Tree' | url=http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/ | language=ja | work=Oricon | url-access=subscription | access-date=21 May 2014 | archive-date=21 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421062058/http://ranking.oricon.co.jp/ | url-status=live }}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 15

| Disco

| Pet Shop Boys

| Parlophone

| 1986

|

{{hidden|
550,000|

  • GER: 250,000
  • UK: 100,000}}
scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 16

| New Old Songs

| Limp Bizkit

| Interscope Records

| 2001

|

{{hidden|
500,000|

  • US: 500,000}}

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 17

| Eu e Memê, Memê e Eu

| Lulu Santos

| BMG Brasil

| 2000

|

{{hidden|
500,000|

  • BRA: 500,000{{efn|name=cert}}}}

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 18

| The Remix

| Lady Gaga

| Interscope Records

| 2010

|

{{hidden|
405,000|

  • JPN: 250,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • BRA: 40,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • BEL: 15,000{{efn|name=cert}}
  • UK: 100,000}}

| align=right |{{nts|500,000}}{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1643274/20100708/lady_gaga/|title=Lady Gaga Remix Album Due In The U.S. Next Month|last= Ziegbe|first=Mawuse|date=July 8, 2010|access-date=July 9, 2010|publisher=MTV News}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 19

| The Remixes

| Shakira

| Sony Music

| 1997

|

{{hidden|
200,000|

  • US: 200,000}}

| align=right |{{nts|500,000}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dinero.com/negocios/articulo/los-millones-shakira/137325 |title=Los millones de Shakira, Empresas - Edición Impresa Dinero.com - Últimas Noticias |publisher=Dinero.com |date=2011-10-13 |access-date=2014-02-22|language=es|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125222202/http://www.dinero.com/negocios/articulo/los-millones-shakira/137325|archivedate=25 January 2013}}

scope=row style="text-align:center;"| 20

| Todas as Estações - Remixes

| Sandy & Junior

| Universal Music Group

| 2000

|

{{hidden|
250,000|

  • BRA: 250,000{{efn|name=cert}}}}

| align=right |{{nts|500,000}}{{cite news|url=http://epoca.globo.com/edic/20000710/cult1b.htm |title=A nova namoradinha do brasil |last=Garcia |first=Lauro Lisboa |date=10 July 2000 |access-date=9 July 2010 |publisher=Editora Globo |work=Revista Época |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907161403/http://epoca.globo.com/edic/20000710/cult1b.htm |archive-date=7 September 2008 |url-status=dead }}

See also

Notes

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{{efn|name=cert|Certification systems have been established periodically throughout the past half century; thus, certification databases are not able to cover all sales. Some (or all) records released and sold prior to a certification system's establishment year may not be found within the available searchable certification databases. Year of establishment (from largest market to smallest based on Retail Value each market generates respectively):{{cite web|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=1638|title=RIAJ Yearbook 2017: IFPI Global Music Report 2017 (Page 4)|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=2018-06-20|archive-date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618052745/https://www.riaj.or.jp/riaj/open/open-record!file?fid=1638|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/02_Markt-Bestseller/MiZ-Grafiken/2017/BVMI_ePaper_2017.pdf|title=Bundesverband Musikindustrie: Internationales: ABB. 28// Umsätze aus dem europäischen Musikverkauf (Page 58)|publisher=Bundesverband Musikindustrie|access-date=20 June 2018|archive-date=26 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426150201/http://www.musikindustrie.de/fileadmin/bvmi/upload/02_Markt-Bestseller/MiZ-Grafiken/2017/BVMI_ePaper_2017.pdf|url-status=live}}

  • United States: 1958{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/story/|title=History of the Awards|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=6 August 2011|archive-date=9 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109215641/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/story/|url-status=live}}
  • Japan: 1989{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/e/about/history.html|title=About RIAJ: History|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=8 November 2015|archive-date=12 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212022327/http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/e/about/history.html|url-status=live}}
  • Germany: 1975{{cite web|url=https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank|title=BVMI: Gold-/Platin-Datenbank|publisher=Bundesverband Musikindustrie|access-date=5 August 2019|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802130033/https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-/platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung/datenbank|url-status=live}}
  • United Kingdom: 1973{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/bpi-awards/about-bpi-awards/|title=About BPI Awards|publisher=British Phonographic Industry|access-date=7 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107222214/https://www.bpi.co.uk/bpi-awards/about-bpi-awards/|url-status=dead}}
  • France: 1973
  • Canada: 1975{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qCQEAAAAMBAJ&q=CRIA+Gold+and+Platinum+1975&pg=PT58|title=CRIA|magazine=Billboard|access-date=1 July 2014|date=2 October 1976|last1=Nielsen Business Media|first1=Inc}}
  • Australia: 1997{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm|title=ARIA Charts – Accreditations|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=15 September 2009|archive-date=27 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727044505/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations.htm|url-status=live}} (online certification-database has begun since 1997. Certifications; however, existed in Australia since the 1970s)
  • Brazil: 1990{{cite web|url=https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/|title=Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos – Certificados|trans-title=Brazilian Association of Record Producers – Certificates|publisher=Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos|language=pt|access-date=27 October 2018|archive-date=19 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119021240/https://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/|url-status=live}}
  • Netherlands: 1978
  • Italy: 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:album/year:2018/page:0|title=F.I.M.I: Federazione Industria Musicale Itaiana|language=it|publisher=Federation of the Italian Music Industry|access-date=7 June 2018|archive-date=4 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204022527/http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:album/year:2018/page:0|url-status=live}} (online certification-database covers certifications issued since 2009. Certifications; however, have existed in Italy since the 1990s)
  • Spain: 1979
  • Sweden: 1987{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.se/?page_id=67|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517224028/http://www.ifpi.se/?page_id=67|archive-date=17 May 2011|title=Guld & Platina IFPI|trans-title=Gold & Platinum IFPI|language=sv|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Sweden|access-date=31 August 2013}}
  • Denmark: 2001 (online certifications for Denmark start from 2001. Certifications; however, existed in Denmark since the early 1990s{{cite book|url=http://www.b.dk/kultur/guld-og-platinplader-er-devalueret|title=Guld- og platinplader er devalueret|trans-title=Gold and Platinum awards are lowered|date=24 April 2003|work=b.dk|language=da|access-date=7 June 2014|archive-date=14 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814232808/http://www.b.dk/kultur/guld-og-platinplader-er-devalueret|url-status=live}})
  • Switzerland: 1989{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1989|title=The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community – Awards|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=15 September 2009|archive-date=11 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711184400/http://www.swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=1989|url-status=live}}
  • Mexico: 1999{{cite web|url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?item=menuCert&contenido=certificados|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412161601/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?item=menuCert&contenido=certificados|archive-date=12 April 2010|title=Certificaciones (Earlier certification database covering the years 1999–2010)|publisher=AMPROFON|language=es|access-date=8 April 2013}}
  • Argentina: 1980{{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESOP&CO=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820130003/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?CodOp=ESOP&CO=5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 August 2011|title=Capif|publisher=Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers|language=es|access-date=20 June 2018}}
  • Belgium: 1995{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/goud-platina/1995/|title=Goud En Platina - Singles 1995|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=30 June 2018|archive-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909235248/http://www.ultratop.be/nl/goud-platina/1995/|url-status=live}}
  • Austria: 1990{{cite web|url=https://ifpi.at/auszeichnungen/|title=IFPI Austria : Gold & Platin|language=de|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry – Austria|access-date=13 February 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723062814/http://www.ifpi.at/?section=goldplatin|archive-date=23 July 2011}}
  • Poland: 1995{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/|title=Polish certification awards 1995–present|publisher=ZPAV|language=pl|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805080904/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/|url-status=live}}
  • Finland: 1971{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myontamisrajat|title=Tilastot|trans-title=IFPI Statistics|language=fi|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Finland|access-date=27 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610024250/http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/myontamisrajat|archive-date=10 June 2010|url-status=dead}}
  • Ireland: 2005{{cite news|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/index.htm|title=The Irish Charts: Certtifications-Awards|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|access-date=18 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208043010/http://www.irishcharts.ie/awards/index.htm|archive-date=8 February 2012}}
  • New Zealand: July 1978{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/1978-07-14|title=Recorded Music New Zealand: The Official New Zealand Music Chart|publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand|access-date=16 May 2015|archive-date=4 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204013759/https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/1978-07-14|url-status=live}}

Certified sales might sometimes be larger than actual sales, if stores order more albums than they are able to sell, due to certifications generally being determined by shipments and not actual sales. Often, however, actual sales are larger than certified sales, since record labels must pay a fee to obtain certifications. Record companies often apply for certifications only when a record reaches a multiple certification-levels, meaning certifications might not be visible in the databases for more than a short period of time after an album reached a certification level.{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124760651612341407|title=Spun: The Off-the-Wall Accounting of Record Sales|work=The Wall Street Journal|last=Bialik|first=Carl|access-date=8 September 2009|date=15 July 2009|archive-date=10 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310033949/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB124760651612341407|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/about-awards/|title=The awards: Certifications|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=6 August 2011|archive-date=9 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109215629/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/about-awards/|url-status=live}}

As global music sales declined in the 2000s mostly due to CD burning and downloading from unauthorized sites, certification bodies opted to reduce their certification levels.{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/worldsales2003.pdf|title=The Recording Industry – World Sales 2003|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=16 September 2009|archive-date=29 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229203203/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/worldsales2003.pdf|url-status=dead}} See the changes in Certification-award-levels in the following markets:

  • United States{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=B5127985-CDB2-C7AD-ADF1-E33023D88A0C|title=Country Takes The Crop (February 14, 2008)|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080301040927/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?id=B5127985-CDB2-C7AD-ADF1-E33023D88A0C|archive-date=1 March 2008|access-date=23 January 2010}} (Note, U.S. certification-award-levels for singles before 1989 were: 1,000,000 for Gold and 2,000,000 for Platinum.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-14-fi-188-story.html|title=New Golden Rule: 500,000 Sales Mark for All Singles|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=26 November 2010|date=14 May 1989|first=Paul|last=Grein|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608131656/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-14-fi-188-story.html|url-status=live}} Also, U.S. certification-awards for Shortform albums before September 1996 were: 250,000 for Gold and 500,000 for Platinum{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35|title=RIIA Certifications|magazine=Billboard|access-date=9 July 2011|date=10 August 1996}})
  • Japan{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBEEAAAAMBAJ&q=Japan+platinum+certification-awards+2002&pg=PA10|title=RIAJ Certs Plan Criticized|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=30 March 2012|date=25 October 2003}}{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|title=現基準-旧基準（～2003.06）|trans-title=Current criteria-Former Criteria|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|access-date=8 November 2015|archive-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119180239/http://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html|url-status=live}}
  • Germany{{cite web|url=https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung|language=de|title=GOLD-/PLATIN- und DIAMOND-Auszeichnung|trans-title=GOLD / PLATINUM and DIAMOND awards|publisher=Bundesverband Musikindustrie|access-date=26 January 2020|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107171923/https://www.musikindustrie.de/markt-bestseller/gold-platin-und-diamond-auszeichnung|url-status=live}}
  • United Kingdom{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/08mugz08pmrii9x/BPI+Certified+Awards+Timeline.pdf|title=Certified Awards Timeline|publisher=BPI|access-date=1 May 2012|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412110832/http://www.mediafire.com/file/08mugz08pmrii9x/BPI+Certified+Awards+Timeline.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • France{{cite web|url=http://snepmusique.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SNEP-tableau.pdf|title=A propos des certifications|work=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|publisher=SNEP|access-date=14 November 2019|language=fr|archive-date=28 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228125217/http://snepmusique.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SNEP-tableau.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certification_Methodologie.php|title=Les Certifications Officielles: Chronologie Albums|publisher=Info Disc|access-date=4 March 2016|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225230958/http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Certification_Methodologie.php|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JhYEAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_JhYEAAAAMBAJ/page/n15 16]|quote=SNEP reduces Platinum certification.|title=France Lowers Gold Standard|magazine=Billboard|access-date=22 April 2012|date=26 July 2006|last1=Nielsen Business Media|first1=Inc}}{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Certification_Methodologie.php|title=Les Certifications Officielles: Chronologie Singles|publisher=Info Disc|access-date=4 March 2016|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307202102/http://www.infodisc.fr/Chanson_Certification_Methodologie.php|url-status=live}}
  • Canada{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/certification/|title=Certification Definitions|publisher=Music Canada|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220020/http://musiccanada.com/certification/|url-status=live}} (Canadian certification-award-levels for singles before February 1982 were: 75,000 for Gold and 150,000 for Platinum{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2yQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Canada%20(CRIA)%20Singles%20Gold%20and%20Platinum%20levels&pg=PA56|title=CRIA Reports 46% Rise for Disk Certifications|magazine=Billboard|date=27 February 1982|access-date=29 July 2011}})
  • Brazil{{cite web|url=http://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/tabela-de-niveis-de-certificacao-pro-musica/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621044425/http://pro-musicabr.org.br/home/certificados/tabela-de-niveis-de-certificacao-pro-musica/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2018|title=Tabela de Níveis de Certificação Pro-Música|trans-title=Levels for Certifications (most recent)|language=pt|publisher=Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos|access-date=7 November 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://abpd.org.br/home/certificados/tabela-de-niveis-de-certificacao-pro-musica/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906115346/http://abpd.org.br/home/certificados/tabela-de-niveis-de-certificacao-pro-musica/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2017|title=Níveis de Certificação|trans-title=Levels for Certifications|language=pt|publisher=Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos|access-date=27 October 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190545/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/certification-award-levels.pdf|title=Certification Award Levels 2009|publisher=IFPI|archive-date=4 March 2016}}
  • Netherlands{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/download/83ujwbf3d0fjuid/NVPI_Certification-award-levels.doc|title=Dutch Certification-award-levels|format=Words|language=nl|publisher=NVPI|access-date=1 May 2012}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Italy{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XBQEAAAAMBAJ&q=FIMI++Platinum+from+100,000+to+80,000+2005&pg=PA45|title=Newsline: Italian Label Body FIMI|magazine=Billboard|date=5 February 2005|access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1313783/fimi-lowers-gold-platinum-levels|title=FIMI Lowers Gold, Platinum Levels|magazine=Billboard|date=28 January 2008|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413073010/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1313783/fimi-lowers-gold-platinum-levels|url-status=live}}
  • Spain{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hhMEAAAAMBAJ&q=Canada%20lowers%20Gold%2FPlatinum%20certification-levels%20of%20singles&pg=PA24|title=Global Newsline: Spain Lowers Certifications|magazine=Billboard|date=26 November 2005|access-date=24 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2009_37.pdf|title=PROMUSICAE: Top 100 Albums (SEMANA 37: del 07.09.2009 al 13.09.2009)|publisher=PROMUSICAE|date=13 September 2009|access-date=13 November 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509061758/http://promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2009_37.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2013}}
  • Sweden{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/download/yv8zdd3dtqwg67h/Sweden%27s_certification-award-levels%282%29.pdf|title=Swedish Certification-award-levels|publisher=IFPI Sweden|access-date=31 August 2013|archive-date=2 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102103258/http://www.mediafire.com/download/yv8zdd3dtqwg67h/Sweden%27s_certification-award-levels%282%29.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • Denmark{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1326640/ifpi-denmark-revamps-certification-levels|title=IFPI Denmark Revamps Certification Levels|date=7 February 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=28 June 2011|archive-date=7 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607140055/https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/global/1326640/ifpi-denmark-revamps-certification-levels|url-status=live}}{{cite book|url=http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/32163|title=Nye regler for platinplader til downloads|trans-title=New rule for Gold and Platinum downloads|date=20 April 2009|work=gaffa.dk|access-date=7 June 2014|archive-date=22 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322231923/https://gaffa.dk/nyhed/32163|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|url=http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=node/11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411134535/http://www.ifpi.dk/?q=node/11|archive-date=11 April 2011|title=IFPI Denmark: Guld og platin|year=2011|work=IFPI (Denmark)|access-date=7 June 2014|url-status=dead}}
  • Switzerland
  • Mexico{{cite web|url=http://amprofon.com.mx/en/media/documentos/antecedentes_criterios_certificaciones.pdf|title=Certificaciones|language=es|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|access-date=20 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321130303/http://amprofon.com.mx/en/media/documentos/antecedentes_criterios_certificaciones.pdf|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?item=menuCert&contenido=criterios|archive-date=12 July 2010|title=Certificaciones (Earlier changes in certification-levels including levels for Pre-loaded albums/singles and Mater Ringtones)|language=es|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|access-date=8 April 2013|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712080550/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/certificaciones.php?item=menuCert&contenido=criterios|df=mdy-all}}
  • Argentina
  • Belgium{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/Certification%20Awards%20Full%20List%20-%20OCTOBER%2007.pdf|title=Certification Award Levels 2007|publisher=IFPI|access-date=16 April 2011|archive-date=27 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227030349/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/Certification%20Awards%20Full%20List%20-%20OCTOBER%2007.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • Austria:{{cite web|url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/issue/pdf/RIAJ2005E.pdf|title=35. Standard for Certifying Awards of Countries (Unit sales) (Page 25)|work=IFPI|publisher=RIAJ|access-date=26 May 2011|archive-date=14 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214002411/http://www.riaj.or.jp/e/issue/pdf/RIAJ2005E.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/?sa87881rf7jmad9|title=Certification levels for Austria (all periods)|publisher=IFPI Austria|language=de|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113015117/http://www.mediafire.com/?sa87881rf7jmad9|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4AkEAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4AkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n65 54]|quote=GSA Region Platinum.|title=GSA: Austria|magazine=Billboard|access-date=26 May 2011|date=6 December 1997}}
  • Poland{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/regulamin.php|title=Pełny Tekst Regulaminu Przyznawania Wyróżnień|trans-title=Complete Rules of Awards|language=pl|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=13 November 2014|archive-date=4 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170304143505/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/regulamin.php|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/download/c9idhc732dnn2x6/Poland%27s_Certification-award-levels.pdf|title=Polish Certification-levels|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=31 August 2013|archive-date=13 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113015114/http://www.mediafire.com/download/c9idhc732dnn2x6/Poland%27s_Certification-award-levels.pdf|url-status=live}}
  • Finland
  • New Zealand: (NZ certification-levels for singles before 1989 were: 10,000 for Gold, 20,000 for Platinum){{cite web|url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/b1l57842fpfp59p/NZ_chart+book_Cher.pdf|title=The Complete NZ Music Charts 1966-2006|work=Dean Scapolo|access-date=12 November 2018|archive-date=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412110923/http://www.mediafire.com/file/b1l57842fpfp59p/NZ_chart+book_Cher.pdf|url-status=live}} (NZ certification-levels for singles before June 2007 were: 5,000 for Gold, 10,000 for Platinum){{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1567-04-jun-07.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119193025/http://www.rianz.org.nz/attachments/rianz/chart-1567-04-jun-07.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2014|title=The Official Music Charts of NZ: June 4, 2007|publisher=rianz.org.nz|access-date=7 July 2016}} (The levels for singles were adjusted again on 17 June 2016 from previous 7,500 for Gold, 15,000 for Platinum, to 15,000 for Gold, 30,000 for Platinum){{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1606/S00183/on-demand-streams-added-to-new-zealand-top-40-album-charts.htm|title=On Demand Streams Added To New Zealand Top 40 Album Charts|publisher=scoop.co.nz|access-date=7 July 2016|archive-date=8 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808092507/https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1606/S00183/on-demand-streams-added-to-new-zealand-top-40-album-charts.htm|url-status=live}}

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