List of Platinum singles in the United Kingdom awarded since 2000

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In the United Kingdom, singles are certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) when they pass 600,000 units as measured by the Official Charts Company. Since July 2013, this has been automatically applied by the BPI as a single reaches the threshold of any multiple of 600,000 rather than relying on the record companies to apply for the awards or limiting awards to releases after 1973 (when the awards system was first set up).[1]

Since 1 January 1989, the number of sales required to qualify for Silver, Gold and Platinum discs has been 200,000, 400,000 and 600,000, respectively. Prior to this, the thresholds were 250,000 (Silver), 500,000 (Gold) and 1,000,000 (Platinum). For singles released before the current thresholds, only digital sales since 2005 are used to calculate the certification: so, for example, "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor was a Gold record from 1982 (500,000 copies) and passed 1 million sales before 2010, but was only certified Platinum in 2014 for 600,000 digital sales (streams and downloads), while its total sales exceeded 1.46 million.

From February 2005, downloads became eligible and for awards made in or after July 2014, audio streaming has been included at a rate of 100 streams equivalent to one unit (with any streams from the start of 2014 being counted).[2]

In the tables below the certifications are all multiples of 600,000 units unless otherwise stated and separated according to whether streaming is included. On 22 July 2013, a large number of certifications were made for singles whose sales passed awards thresholds once digital sales since 2005 were added, and again in July 2014 once audio streams from the start of 2014 were added.[3]

Artists with the most Multi-Platinum singles[]

The artist with the most Multi-Platinum singles in the UK is Ed Sheeran, with 21.

Artist Platinum singles
Ed Sheeran 21
Rihanna 16
Drake 12
Ariana Grande 9
Justin Bieber
Coldplay
Calvin Harris
Adele 8
Post Malone
Eminem
Bruno Mars
Jess Glynne
Sam Smith
Dua Lipa 7
Sia
Little Mix 6
Maroon 5
Katy Perry
Beyoncé
Kanye West 5
Lady Gaga

Multi-Platinum awards[]

4 Million Units[]

8× Platinum[]

"Shape of You" is the only song to go 8× Platinum in the 21st century (4,800,000 units). When it passed 5× Platinum, its total was made up of 764,737 downloads and 2,241,667 sales-equivalent streams.[4]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
8× Platinum
Ed Sheeran "Shape of You" January 2017 September 2020

7× Platinum[]

"Perfect" was the second song to go 7× Platinum in the 21st century (4,200,000 units)

Artist Song Date released Date certified
7× Platinum
Ed Sheeran "Perfect" March 2017 December 2021

3 Million Units[]

6× Platinum[]

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" is the first song ever by a female artist to reach 6x platinum. (3,600,000 units)

Artist Song Date released Date certified
6× Platinum
Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" June 2014 February 2021
Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" November 2014 May 2021
The Killers "Mr Brightside" September 2003 May 2021
Lewis Capaldi "Someone You Loved" November 2018 February 2021
Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito (Remix)" April 2017 September 2021
Mariah Carey "All I Want for Christmas is You" November 1994 December 2021

5× Platinum[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
5× Platinum
Drake featuring Wizkid and Kyla "One Dance" April 2016 September 2019
John Legend "All of Me" February 2014 September 2020
George Ezra "Shotgun" May 2018 October 2020
Tones and I "Dance Monkey" July 2019 June 2021
Adele "Someone like You" January 2011 July 2021
The Weeknd "Blinding Lights" November 2019 August 2021
Ed Sheeran "Castle on the Hill" January 2017 August 2021
Oasis "Wonderwall" October 1995 October 2020
Hozier "Take Me to Church" August 2014 December 2021
Avicii "Wake Me Up" July 2013 November 2021
Pharrell Williams "Happy" November 2013 August 2019
James Arthur "Say You Won't Let Go" September 2016 January 2022

2 Million Sales[]

4× Platinum[]

"Happy" was the first song certified 3× Platinum after streaming was included, having sold 1.55 million copies by July 2014 and been streamed over 25 million times from January to July 2014.[5] In June 2015 it became the highest selling single of the 21st century, and latest release to pass 1.8 million in pure sales.[6]

"Uptown Funk" is the latest release to sell a million copies, having sales of 1.39 million by June 2015,[7] implying that it had been streamed more than 41 million times by the time it reached 3× Platinum status and over 80 million times when it reached 4× Platinum.[8]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
4× Platinum
David Guetta featuring Sia "Titanium" August 2011 February 2021
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne "Rather Be" January 2014 October 2018
Justin Bieber "Sorry" October 2015 October 2018
"Love Yourself" November 2015 May 2019
"What Do You Mean?" August 2015 September 2021
Ed Sheeran "The A Team" June 2011 January 2021
"Photograph" June 2014 November 2021
"Galway Girl" March 2017 January 2022
Sia "Cheap Thrills" February 2016 April 2020
"Chandelier" July 2014 September 2021
Passenger "Let Her Go" October 2012 April 2020
Bastille "Pompeii" March 2013 April 2020
George Ezra "Budapest" November 2013 April 2020
OMI "Cheerleader" April 2015 August 2020
French Montana featuring Swae Lee "Unforgettable" April 2017 October 2020
Justin Timberlake "Can't Stop the Feeling!" May 2016 October 2020
Adele "Hello" October 2015 December 2020
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York" November 1987 December 2020
Sam Smith "Stay with Me" May 2014 January 2021
Kings of Leon "Sex on Fire" September 2008 January 2021
Lukas Graham "7 Years" December 2015 January 2021
Snow Patrol "Chasing Cars" July 2006 March 2021
Eminem "Lose Yourself" November 2002 April 2021
Keala Settle "This Is Me" October 2017 April 2021
Journey "Don't Stop Believin'" December 1981 April 2021
The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey "Closer" July 2016 May 2021
Walk the Moon "Shut Up and Dance" September 2014 June 2021
Vance Joy "Riptide" December 2013 June 2021
Oasis "Don't Look Back in Anger" February 1996 July 2021
Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug "Havana" August 2017 July 2021
Cher "Believe" October 1998 July 2021
OneRepublic "Counting Stars" March 2013 July 2021
Eminem featuring Rihanna "Love the Way You Lie" June 2010 September 2021
Calum Scott "Dancing on My Own" April 2016 September 2021
Lil Nas X "Old Town Road" March 2019 October 2021
Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know" December 2011 November 2021
Wham! "Last Christmas" December 1984 December 2021
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper "Shallow" September 2018 January 2022
Dua Lipa "New Rules" January 2017 September 2020
Rag'n'Bone Man "Human" July 2016 January 2022
Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa "One Kiss" June 2018 February 2021
Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams "Get Lucky" April 2013 January 2022
Post Malone featuring 21 Savage "Rockstar" September 2017 February 2022

1 Million Sales[]

3× Platinum[]

"Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" by Pop Idol winner Will Young is the only single since 2000 to achieve 3× Platinum based on shipments at its original release (sales estimates by the Official Charts Company put it just short of 1.8 million).[9] "Barbie Girl" by Aqua and "Believe" by Cher were both released before 2000 and benefited from changes in eligibility rules which allowed downloads (and streaming in the case of "Believe") to be counted for any song regardless of release date.[1]

The first single to achieve 3× Platinum without selling a million copies was "Sorry" by Justin Bieber, which had more than 100 million streams by August 2016.[10]

Ed Sheeran has ten singles certified triple platinum or above. Justin Bieber has five singles certified triple platinum or above. Pharrell Williams has three singles certified triple platinum or above.

Artist Song Date released Date certified
3× Platinum
Aqua "Barbie Girl" May 1997 July 2013
Will Young "Anything Is Possible"/"Evergreen" February 2002 March 2002
Spice Girls "Wannabe" July 1996 November 2019
Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans "I'll Be Missing You" June 1997 February 2018
Celine Dion "My Heart Will Go On" February 1998 May 2019
Shaggy featuring Rikrok "It Wasn't Me" January 2001 September 2018
Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean "Hips Don't Lie" January 2006 July 2021
The Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling" July 2009 March 2019
Bruno Mars "Just the Way You Are" August 2010 February 2019
Adele "Rolling in the Deep" January 2011 May 2020
Ed Sheeran "Sing" June 2014 August 2021
Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera "Moves Like Jagger" August 2011 April 2018
Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris "We Found Love" September 2011 June 2018
Carly Rae Jepsen "Call Me Maybe" April 2012 June 2019
Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams "Blurred Lines" May 2013 December 2015
Mr Probz "Waves" April 2014 June 2018
Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring "Lean On" March 2015 August 2018
Shawn Mendes "Stitches" May 2015 December 2018
Mike Posner "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" January 2016 November 2018
Calvin Harris featuring Rihanna "This Is What You Came For" April 2016 June 2019
Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie "Rockabye" October 2016 April 2019
Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson "Symphony" March 2017 May 2019
The Chainsmokers and Coldplay "Something Just Like This" February 2017 March 2020
Taylor Swift "Shake It Off" August 2014 May 2020
Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber "I Don't Care" May 2019 June 2020
Coldplay "Viva la Vida" June 2008 July 2020
Adele "Make You Feel My Love" January 2008 October 2020
Ariana Grande "One Last Time" August 2014 November 2020
Little Mix "Shout Out to My Ex" October 2016 November 2020
"Black Magic" May 2015 April 2021
The Weeknd "Can't Feel My Face" June 2015 July 2021
Coldplay "Fix You" June 2005 August 2021
Coldplay "Yellow" June 2000 October 2021
Major Lazer featuring Justin Bieber and "Cold Water" July 2016 December 2021
Coldplay "Paradise" September 2011 December 2021
Ed Sheeran "Bad Habits" June 2021 January 2022
Coldplay "Hymn for the Weekend" February 2016 February 2022

2× Platinum[]

The artists with the most double platinum awards is Ed Sheeran with ten

Sales or shipments only[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
2× Platinum
Coolio featuring L.V. "Gangsta's Paradise" October 1995 May 2014
Fugees "Killing Me Softly" January 1996 July 2013double-dagger
Spice Girls "Wannabe" July 1996 July 2013
Robbie Williams "Angels" December 1997 December 1998
Take That "Back for Good" March 1995 July 1996
Run–D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins "It's Like That" March 1998 July 2013
Gareth Gates "Unchained Melody" March 2002 March 2002
Band Aid 20 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" November 2004 December 2004
Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay "(Is This the Way to) Amarillo" March 2005 July 2013
The X Factor 2008 finalists "Hero" October 2008 January 2009
Alexandra Burke "Hallelujah" December 2008 July 2013
LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock "Party Rock Anthem" January 2011 July 2013
Psy "Gangnam Style" September 2012 December 2013
James Arthur "Impossible" December 2012 July 2013

double-daggerPreviously awarded 2× Platinum in 1996

Including streaming (certified July 2014 onwards)[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
2× Platinum
Rage Against the Machine "Killing in the Name" November 1992 September 2020
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" October 1975 March 2019
Queen "Don't Stop Me Now" January 1979 April 2019
Toto "Africa" May 1982 July 2019
Wham! "Last Christmas" December 1984 December 2018
The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl "Fairytale of New York" November 1987 December 2016
Tracy Chapman "Fast Car" April 1988 July 2019
Guns N' Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine" May 1989 May 2019
Nirvana "Smells Like Teen Spirit" November 1991 April 2019
No Doubt "Don't Speak" January 1995 September 2018
Spice Girls "2 Become 1" December 1996 March 2018
Aerosmith "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" January 1997 December 2015
The Verve "Bitter Sweet Symphony" January 1997 December 2018
Natalie Imbruglia "Torn" October 1997 September 2015
Goo Goo Dolls "Iris" January 1998 May 2017
Boyzone "No Matter What" August 1998 July 2018
TLC "No Scrubs" February 1999 July 2018
Eiffel 65 "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" April 1999 May 2017
Lou Bega "Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit of...)" April 1999 August 2018
Wheatus "Teenage Dirtbag" July 2000 January 2018
Toploader "Dancing in the Moonlight" November 2000 February 2019
Eminem "Stan" December 2000 January 2018
Enrique Iglesias "Hero" August 2001 June 2018
Kylie Minogue "Can't Get You Out of My Head" September 2001 August 2015
Eminem "Without Me" June 2002 December 2018
Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland "Dilemma" October 2002 May 2018
R. Kelly "Ignition (Remix)" January 2003 June 2017
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z "Crazy in Love" January 2003 January 2019
The Black Eyed Peas "Where Is the Love?" September 2003 July 2017
Outkast "Hey Ya!" September 2003 April 2019
Jay-Z and Linkin Park "Numb/Encore" December 2004 July 2019
The Fray "How to Save a Life" January 2005 May 2018
Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx "Gold Digger" August 2005 July 2018
Arctic Monkeys "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" October 2005 June 2019
The Kooks "Naïve" March 2006 August 2018
Gnarls Barkley "Crazy" April 2006 April 2016
Rihanna featuring Jay-Z "Umbrella" May 2007 December 2018
Kanye West "Stronger" July 2007 August 2018
Leona Lewis "Bleeding Love" October 2007 December 2016
Take That "Rule the World" October 2007 January 2018
Nickelback "Rockstar" November 2007 July 2019
Estelle featuring Kanye West "American Boy" March 2008 June 2019
Jason Mraz "I'm Yours" April 2008 September 2017
The Script "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" July 2008 March 2019
The Killers "Human" October 2008 July 2019
Beyoncé "If I Were a Boy" October 2008 July 2019
"Halo" November 2008 May 2018
Kings of Leon "Use Somebody" December 2008 June 2016
Lady Gaga "Poker Face" April 2009 October 2015
"Bad Romance" December 2009 March 2018
"Just Dance" November 2008 September 2019
Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande "Rain on Me" May 2020 November 2021
Florence and the Machine "You've Got the Love" July 2009 August 2018
Owl City "Fireflies" July 2009 May 2019
Tinie Tempah "Pass Out" April 2010 October 2018
Christina Perri "Jar of Hearts" July 2010 March 2018
Katy Perry "Firework" August 2010 September 2016
Bruno Mars "Grenade" September 2010 January 2018
Rihanna "Only Girl (In the World)" October 2010 January 2016
Cee Lo Green "Forget You" October 2010 May 2018
Jessie J featuring B.o.B "Price Tag" January 2011 July 2014
Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer "Give Me Everything" April 2011 March 2018
Foster the People "Pumped Up Kicks" June 2011 April 2019
One Direction "What Makes You Beautiful" September 2011 June 2018
Christina Perri "A Thousand Years" November 2011 January 2018
Avicii "Levels" November 2011 June 2019
Nicki Minaj "Starships" February 2012 October 2017
fun. featuring Janelle Monáe "We Are Young" April 2012 August 2015
The Lumineers "Ho Hey" June 2012 August 2017
Rudimental featuring John Newman "Feel the Love" June 2012 December 2017
Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa "Payphone" June 2012 May 2019
Rihanna "Diamonds" September 2012 February 2016
The Script featuring will.i.am "Hall of Fame" September 2012 March 2018
Mumford & Sons "I Will Wait" September 2012 July 2019
Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin "Don't You Worry Child" October 2012 July 2016
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton "Can't Hold Us" October 2012 August 2017
Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé "Beneath Your Beautiful" October 2012 January 2018
Pink featuring Nate Ruess "Just Give Me a Reason" October 2012 August 2018
Bruno Mars "Locked Out of Heaven" October 2012 September 2018
Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" November 2012 May 2017
Rudimental featuring Ella Eyre "Waiting All Night" April 2013 June 2018
Naughty Boy featuring Sam Smith "La La La" May 2013 November 2015
Arctic Monkeys "Do I Wanna Know?" June 2013 May 2018
Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais "Summertime Sadness" July 2013 December 2018
Ellie Goulding "Burn" August 2013 January 2019
Katy Perry "Roar" September 2013 July 2015
Avicii "Hey Brother" September 2013 April 2019
Eminem featuring Rihanna "The Monster" October 2013 November 2018
Pitbull featuring Kesha "Timber" December 2013 October 2016
Idina Menzel "Let It Go" December 2013 February 2017
Vance Joy "Riptide" December 2013 December 2017
James Bay "Let It Go" May 2014 January 2018
Ella Henderson "Ghost" June 2014 October 2015
Ed Sheeran "Don't" June 2014 September 2018
"Lego House" November 2011 May 2018
"Bloodstream" March 2015 August 2019
"I See Fire" November 2013 March 2021
"Supermarket Flowers" March 2017 July 2021
"Happier" March 2017 September 2020
Magic! "Rude" July 2014 September 2018
Sam Smith "I'm Not the Only One" August 2014 February 2018
Meghan Trainor "All About That Bass" September 2014 December 2015
Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang" October 2014 June 2018
James Bay "Hold Back the River" November 2014 May 2016
Fetty Wap "Trap Queen" December 2014 July 2018
Kygo featuring Conrad Sewell "Firestone" December 2014 October 2018
Rihanna, Kanye West & Paul McCartney "FourFiveSeconds" January 2015 March 2019
Ellie Goulding "Love Me like You Do" February 2015 January 2016
Jack Ü with Justin Bieber "Where Are Ü Now" February 2015 May 2017
Maroon 5 "Sugar" February 2015 September 2017
Years & Years "King" March 2015 February 2017
Jess Glynne "Hold My Hand" March 2015 April 2017
Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth "See You Again" April 2015 February 2016
Jason Derulo "Want to Want Me" April 2015 July 2017
Twenty One Pilots "Stressed Out" April 2015 March 2019
The Weeknd "The Hills" May 2015 May 2017
Little Mix "Black Magic" May 2015 March 2018
Lost Frequencies "Are You with Me" June 2015 November 2017
Calvin Harris and Disciples "How Deep Is Your Love" July 2015 March 2017
MNEK & Zara Larsson "Never Forget You" July 2015 September 2018
Jess Glynne "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" August 2015 April 2019
DNCE "Cake by the Ocean" September 2015 May 2018
Major Lazer featuring Nyla and Fuse ODG "Light It Up" November 2015 March 2018
Coldplay "Adventure of a Lifetime" November 2015 September 2018
Little Mix "Secret Love Song" November 2015 October 2020
Jonas Blue featuring Dakota "Fast Car" December 2015 June 2017
Zara Larsson "Lush Life" January 2016 January 2017
Rihanna featuring Drake "Work" January 2016 March 2017
Alan Walker "Faded" January 2016 January 2019
The Chainsmokers featuring Daya "Don't Let Me Down" February 2016 July 2017
Fifth Harmony featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Work from Home" February 2016 August 2017
Kungs vs. Cookin' on 3 Burners "This Girl" February 2016 March 2018
Drake featuring Rihanna "Too Good" May 2016 December 2017
Ariana Grande featuring Nicki Minaj "Side to Side" May 2016 June 2019
Shawn Mendes "Treat You Better" June 2016 July 2018
Jonas Blue featuring JP Cooper "Perfect Strangers" June 2016 May 2019
DJ Snake featuring Justin Bieber "Let Me Love You" August 2016 November 2017
Neiked featuring Dyo "Sexual" August 2016 June 2018
The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk "Starboy" September 2016 October 2017
Little Mix "Shout Out to My Ex" October 2016 February 2018
"Touch" November 2016 August 2018
"Power" May 2017 January 2020
Martin Jensen "Solo Dance" November 2016 April 2019
Jax Jones featuring Raye "You Don't Know Me" December 2016 May 2018
Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still" March 2017 November 2018
J Hus "Did You See" March 2017 July 2019
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne "I'm the One" April 2017 November 2018
Shawn Mendes "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" April 2017 December 2018
Jonas Blue featuring William Singe "Mama" May 2017 January 2019
DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna & Bryson Tiller "Wild Thoughts" June 2017 July 2018
Sigala featuring Ella Eyre "Came Here For Love" June 2017 February 2020
Marshmello featuring Khalid "Silence" August 2017 May 2019
Sam Smith "Too Good at Goodbyes" September 2017 March 2019
Rita Ora "Anywhere" October 2017 July 2019
Drake "God's Plan" January 2018 June 2018
Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen "These Days" January 2018 August 2018
George Ezra "Paradise" January 2018 February 2019
Dua Lipa "IDGAF" January 2018 May 2019
Lil Dicky featuring Chris Brown "Freaky Friday" March 2018 July 2020
Drake "Nice for What" April 2018 January 2019
Anne-Marie "2002" April 2018 May 2019
Ariana Grande "No Tears Left to Cry" April 2018 May 2019
Tyga featuring Offset "Taste" May 2018 June 2020
Benny Blanco, Halsey & khalid "Eastside" July 2018 May 2019
Ava Max "Sweet but Psycho" August 2018 May 2019
Calvin Harris & Sam Smith "Promises" August 2018 June 2019
Lil Nas X "Old Town Road" March 2019 August 2019
Coldplay "Clocks" November 2004 August 2019
Ariana Grande "Thank U, Next" November 2018 November 2019
Rihanna "Stay" November 2012 November 2019
Stormzy "Vossi Bop" April 2019 January 2020
Ariana Grande "Into You" March 2016 February 2020
Coldplay "The Scientist" November 2002 July 2020
Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid "Beautiful People" June 2019 May 2020
Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran "River" December 2017 July 2020
Ed Sheeran featuring Stormzy "Take Me Back to London" July 2019 August 2020
Saint Jhn "Roses" September 2019 August 2020
Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy "Own It" November 2019 September 2020
Rihanna featuring Drake "What's My Name?" November 2010 October 2020
Ariana Grande "7 Rings" January 2019 October 2020
Dave featuring Fredo "Funky Friday" October 2018 July 2021
CNCO & Little Mix "Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" August 2017 September 2021
Ed Sheeran featuring Camila Cabello & Cardi B "South Of The Border" July 2019 October 2021

Artists with the most Platinum singles[]

The artist with the most Platinum singles in the UK is Ed Sheeran, with 39.

Artist Platinum
Ed Sheeran 39
Drake 33
Rihanna 31
Calvin Harris 22
Eminem 20
David Guetta 19
Little Mix 17
Ariana Grande
Justin Bieber
Chris Brown 16
Kanye West
Katy Perry
Beyoncé 15
Coldplay
Taylor Swift
Oasis
Dua Lipa 14
Jason Derulo
Bruno Mars 13
Post Malone
Sam Smith
Flo Rida
Pink 12
Lady Gaga
Maroon 5
One Direction
Adele
Queen
Nicki Minaj
Michael Jackson 11
Jess Glynne
Arctic Monkeys
The Weeknd
Khalid 10
Elton John
Take That

Platinum awards[]

These lists exclude any song that appears above in the lists of multi-Platinum awards. Any certifications made since July 2014 include streaming regardless of the release date and are listed separately. The last song to be certified Platinum on sales or shipments only was "Brimful of Asha" by Cornershop, which was remixed by Norman Cook and reached number one in February 1998. It was certified Platinum on 13 June 2014.

Released before 2000 (sales or shipments only)[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
Bon Jovi "Always" January 1995 July 2013
Deep Blue Something "Breakfast at Tiffany's" January 1995 July 2013
The Prodigy "Firestarter" March 1996 March 2014
Aqua "Doctor Jones" January 1997 July 2013
Eternal featuring Bebe Winans "I Wanna Be the Only One" October 1997 July 2013
Baz Luhrmann "Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)" January 1998 July 2013
Christina Aguilera "Genie in a Bottle" January 1999 July 2013
Cornershop "Brimful of Asha" January 1998 June 2014
Macy Gray "I Try" January 1999 July 2013
Ronan Keating "When You Say Nothing at All" July 1999 July 2013
Alice DeeJay "Better Off Alone" July 1999 May 2000
R. Kelly "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" October 1999 January 2000
Artful Dodger "Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta)" November 1999 March 2000

Released before 2000 (including streaming)[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
Ben E. King "Stand by Me" April 1961 August 2018
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" April 1967 October 2018
Van Morrison "Brown Eyed Girl" June 1967 May 2018
Otis Redding "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" January 1968 May 2019
The Jackson 5 "I Want You Back" October 1969 May 2018
Elton John "Your Song" October 1970 January 2019
Stevie Wonder "Superstition" October 1972 August 2016dagger
Wizzard "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" December 1973 December 2017
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Sweet Home Alabama" June 1974 September 2017
Fleetwood Mac "Go Your Own Way" December 1976 September 2017
Eagles "Hotel California" February 1977 March 2018
Fleetwood Mac "The Chain" February 1977 April 2018
Electric Light Orchestra "Mr. Blue Sky" January 1978 November 2017
Earth, Wind & Fire "September" November 1978 March 2018
Bob Marley and the Wailers "Three Little Birds" September 1980 August 2018
Dolly Parton "9 to 5" November 1980 August 2018
Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight" January 1981 March 2018
Survivor "Eye of the Tiger" May 1982 December 2014dagger
Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" January 1983 July 2018
Michael Jackson "Beat It" February 1983 December 2018
"Billie Jean" March 1983 March 2017
New Order "Blue Monday" March 1983 June 2019
Michael Jackson "Thriller" November 1983 February 2018
Kenny Loggins "Footloose" January 1984 December 2018
Simple Minds "Don't You (Forget About Me)" April 1985 April 2019
Bryan Adams "Summer of '69" June 1985 December 2016
Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone" November 1985 January 2018
Paul Simon "You Can Call Me Al" September 1986 February 2019
Bon Jovi "Livin' on a Prayer" October 1986 April 2016
U2 "With or Without You" March 1987 September 2017
Whitney Houston "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" May 1987 February 2018
Michael Jackson "Man in the Mirror" January 1988 July 2016
Fleetwood Mac "Everywhere" March 1988 January 2018
The Proclaimers "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" August 1988 February 2018
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge" March 1992 May 2017
Radiohead "Creep" September 1992 April 2018
Warren G featuring Nate Dogg "Regulate" April 1994 April 2018
Seal "Kiss from a Rose" July 1994 April 2017
Shaggy "Boombastic" June 1995 August 2016
Take That "Never Forget" July 1995 April 2018
Oasis "Roll with It" August 1995 June 2017
Blur "Country House" August 1995 August 2017
Michael Jackson "You Are Not Alone" August 1995 August 2018
Faithless "Insomnia" November 1995 July 2015
Celine Dion "Because You Loved Me" February 1996 May 2018
George Michael "Fastlove" April 1996 April 2019
Oasis "Champagne Supernova" May 1996 September 2018
Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre & Queen Pen "No Diggity" September 1996 April 2016
En Vogue "Don't Let Go (Love)" October 1996 June 2016
Gala "Freed from Desire" January 1997 July 2015
The Notorious B.I.G. "Hypnotize" March 1997 August 2018
Blur "Song 2" April 1997 October 2017
Dario G "Sunchyme" June 1997 July 2014
Backstreet Boys "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" June 1997 February 2017
"As Long As You Love Me" September 1997 July 2017
Eagle-Eye Cherry "Save Tonight" October 1997 October 2016
Green Day "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" October 1997 December 2017
Lighthouse Family "High" January 1998 September 2018
Spice Girls "Stop March 1998 August 2020
2Pac featuring Talent "Changes" October 1998 November 2017
The Offspring "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" November 1998 June 2016
Whitney Houston "It's Not Right but It's Okay" January 1999 April 2017
New Radicals "You Get What You Give" March 1999 October 2016
Backstreet Boys "I Want It That Way" May 1999 April 2016
Sixpence None the Richer "Kiss Me" May 1999 June 2018
Whitney Houston "My Love Is Your Love" August 1999 April 2016
Shania Twain "Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" September 1999 May 2018
Robbie Williams "She's the One"/"It's Only Us" November 1999 October 2018

daggerPre-1989 release certified Platinum for digital sales since 2005.

Released between 2000 and 2009 (sales or shipments only)[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
All Saints "Pure Shores" February 2000 March 2000
Fragma "Toca's Miracle" April 2000 August 2013
Sonique "It Feels So Good" May 2000 June 2000
Robbie Williams "Rock DJ" July 2000 October 2000
Spiller "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" August 2000 July 2013
Baha Men "Who Let the Dogs Out?" October 2000 December 2000
LeAnn Rimes "Can't Fight the Moonlight" November 2000 July 2013
S Club 7 "Never Had a Dream Come True" November 2000 July 2013
Bob the Builder "Can We Fix It?" December 2000 December 2000
Atomic Kitten "Whole Again" January 2001 March 2001
Westlife "Uptown Girl" March 2001 March 2001
Hear'say "Pure and Simple" March 2001 March 2001
S Club 7 "Don't Stop Movin'" April 2001 June 2001
Shakira "Whenever, Wherever" August 2001 July 2013
DJ Ötzi "Hey Baby" September 2001 October 2001
Elvis vs. JXL "A Little Less Conversation" June 2002 August 2002
Las Ketchup "The Ketchup Song (Aserejé)" October 2002 January 2003
DJ Sammy & Yanou featuring Do "Heaven" November 2002 July 2013
Girls Aloud "Sound of the Underground" December 2002 March 2003
Evanescence "Bring Me to Life" January 2003 July 2013
Gareth Gates "Spirit in the Sky" March 2003 May 2003
Will Young "Leave Right Now" December 2003 July 2013
Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules "Mad World" December 2003 January 2004
Eamon "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" April 2004 July 2013
Nickelback "How You Remind Me" November 2004 August 2013
Vengaboys "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" November 2004 November 2013
Brandy & Monica "The Boy Is Mine" November 2004 August 2013
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli "Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò)" March 2005 August 2013
James Blunt "You're Beautiful" May 2005 July 2013
Madonna "Hung Up" November 2005 July 2013
Shayne Ward "That's My Goal" December 2005 January 2006
Take That "Patience" November 2006 July 2013
Leona Lewis "A Moment Like This" December 2006 January 2007
Timbaland featuring OneRepublic "Apologize" January 2007 July 2013
Mika "Grace Kelly" January 2007 March 2014
Shakira and Beyoncé "Beautiful Liar" September 2007 May 2020
Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse "Valerie" June 2007 July 2013
The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes "Don't Cha" September 2007 May 2014
Duffy "Mercy" February 2008 July 2013
Flo Rida featuring T-Pain "Low" March 2008 July 2013
Elbow "One Day Like This" March 2008 December 2013
Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris and Chrome "Dance wiv Me" July 2008 January 2009
Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl" September 2008 September 2010
Taylor Swift "Love Story" September 2008 July 2013
Beyoncé "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" October 2008 July 2013
Leona Lewis "Run" November 2008 July 2013
Katy Perry "Hot n Cold" November 2008 March 2011
James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado "Broken Strings" December 2008 July 2013
Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind" January 2009 July 2013
Tinchy Stryder featuring N-Dubz "Number 1" January 2009 July 2013
La Roux "In for the Kill" March 2009 August 2009
Dizzee Rascal featuring Armand Van Helden "Bonkers" May 2009 July 2013
The Black Eyed Peas "Boom Boom Pow" May 2009 January 2010
David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland "When Love Takes Over" June 2009 July 2013
Kesha "Tik Tok" August 2009 July 2013
David Guetta featuring Akon "Sexy Chick" August 2009 September 2010
The Black Eyed Peas "Meet Me Halfway" September 2009 July 2013
Alexandra Burke featuring Flo Rida "Bad Boys" October 2009 January 2010
Cheryl "Fight for This Love" October 2009 May 2010
Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé "Telephone" November 2009 July 2013
Joe McElderry "The Climb" December 2009 January 2010
Alicia Keys "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" December 2009 July 2013

Released between 2000 and 2009 (including streaming)[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
Darude "Sandstorm" January 2000 September 2015
Britney Spears "Oops!... I Did It Again" March 2000 April 2018
Modjo "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)" April 2000 March 2018
Eminem "The Real Slim Shady" May 2000 July 2014
S Club 7 "Reach" May 2000 June 2015
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Californication" May 2000 March 2018
Destiny's Child "Independent Women" September 2000 November 2017
U2 "Beautiful Day" October 2000 April 2019
Daft Punk "One More Time" November 2000 December 2018
Afroman "Because I Got High" January 2001 October 2015
Train "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" February 2001 June 2017
Gorillaz "Clint Eastwood" March 2001 September 2015
Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink & Missy Elliott "Lady Marmalade" March 2001 October 2015
The Calling "Wherever You Will Go" June 2001 February 2016
Daniel Bedingfield "Gotta Get Thru This" November 2001 September 2014
Vanessa Carlton "A Thousand Miles" February 2002 November 2017
Eminem featuring Nate Dogg "'Till I Collapse" May 2002 October 2018
Avril Lavigne "Complicated" September 2002 December 2018
Daniel Bedingfield "If You're Not the One" November 2002 August 2014
50 Cent "In da Club" January 2003 September 2014
Dido "White Flag" September 2003 June 2018
The Darkness "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" December 2003 December 2018
Snow Patrol "Run" January 2004 June 2018
Usher featuring Lil' Jon & Ludacris "Yeah!" February 2004 August 2014
Britney Spears "Toxic" March 2004 December 2017
Anastacia "Left Outside Alone" March 2004 February 2022
Green Day "American Idiot" August 2004 June 2018
Blu Cantrell featuring Sean Paul "Breathe" November 2004 July 2017
Kaiser Chiefs "I Predict a Riot" November 2004 July 2018
2Pac featuring Elton John "Ghetto Gospel" January 2005 July 2018
Stereophonics "Dakota" February 2005 December 2016
McFly "All About You/You've Got a Friend" March 2005 June 2017
Eminem "Mockingbird" April 2005 August 2018
Daniel Powter "Bad Day" July 2005 October 2016
Kelly Clarkson "Since U Been Gone" July 2005 October 2018
Green Day "Wake Me Up When September Ends" August 2005 March 2019
Westlife "You Raise Me Up" October 2005 December 2017
Kelly Clarkson "Because of You" November 2005 June 2018
Jack Johnson "Better Together" January 2006 August 2018
Corrine Bailey Rae "Put Your Records On" February 2006 December 2018
Panic! at the Disco "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" February 2006 January 2019
Ne-Yo "So Sick" March 2006 May 2018
Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" May 2006 June 2016
Scissor Sisters "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'" July 2006 July 2014
Rihanna "Unfaithful" July 2006 June 2018
Justin Timberlake "SexyBack" August 2006 March 2016
Beyoncé "Irreplaceable" October 2006 November 2016
Razorlight "America" October 2006 October 2017
Amy Winehouse "Rehab" October 2006 December 2017
Take That "Shine" January 2007 September 2017
Amy Winehouse "Back to Black" April 2007 September 2017
Kate Nash "Foundations" June 2007 July 2017
Rihanna "Don't Stop the Music" June 2007 January 2018
Arctic Monkeys "Fluorescent Adolescent" July 2007 June 2017
Fergie "Big Girls Don't Cry" July 2007 October 2018
Sugababes "About You Now" September 2007 April 2017
Alicia Keys "No One" September 2007 February 2018
Basshunter "Now You're Gone" December 2007 September 2015
Adele "Chasing Pavements" January 2008 January 2017
M.I.A. "Paper Planes" February 2008 October 2017
Sam Sparro "Black and Gold" March 2008 November 2014
Madcon "Beggin'" March 2008 February 2019
Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland "4 Minutes" April 2008 July 2018
Rihanna "Take a Bow" June 2008 January 2017
"Disturbia" July 2008 September 2016
Pink "So What" August 2008 July 2014
Ne-Yo "Miss Independent" September 2008 August 2018
MGMT "Kids" October 2008 November 2016
Girls Aloud "The Promise" October 2008 July 2018
T.I. featuring Rihanna "Live Your Life" November 2008 October 2017
Lily Allen "The Fear" December 2008 January 2016
Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are Over" January 2009 April 2016
A.R. Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger "Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)" March 2009 June 2015
Calvin Harris "I'm Not Alone" April 2009 January 2016
Daniel Merriweather "Red" May 2009 February 2018
Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo "Knock You Down" May 2009 August 2018
La Roux "Bulletproof" June 2009 January 2017
JLS "Beat Again" June 2009 June 2017
The Temper Trap "Sweet Disposition" July 2009 November 2014
Lady Gaga "Paparazzi" July 2009 February 2015
Iyaz "Replay" July 2009 January 2016
Beyoncé "Sweet Dreams" July 2009 June 2018
Train "Hey, Soul Sister" August 2009 November 2015
Lady Antebellum "Need You Now" August 2009 January 2016
3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry "Starstrukk" September 2009 January 2015
Taio Cruz "Break Your Heart" September 2009 June 2018
Michael Bublé "Haven't Met You Yet" October 2009 June 2016
Mumford & Sons "The Cave" October 2009 July 2017
Chase & Status featuring Plan B "End Credits" October 2009 January 2019
Glee Cast "Don't Stop Believin'" November 2009 October 2018
Lady Gaga "Alejandro" November 2009 August 2020

Released between 2010 and 2014 (sales or shipments only)[]

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
Rihanna "Rude Boy" February 2010 July 2013
Plan B "She Said" February 2010 July 2013
Aloe Blacc "I Need a Dollar" March 2010 July 2013
Usher featuring will.i.am "OMG" March 2010 July 2013
Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg "California Gurls" June 2010 October 2010
B.o.B featuring Hayley Williams "Airplanes" July 2010 July 2013
Yolanda Be Cool vs. DCUP "We No Speak Americano" July 2010 July 2013
Flo Rida featuring David Guetta "Club Can't Handle Me" August 2010 July 2013
Taio Cruz "Dynamite" September 2010 July 2013
Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner "Written in the Stars" September 2010 July 2013
Helping Haiti "Everybody Hurts" October 2010 July 2013
The Black Eyed Peas "The Time (Dirty Bit)" November 2010 July 2013
Ellie Goulding "Your Song" November 2010 July 2013
Rihanna featuring Drake "What's My Name?" November 2010 March 2011
Matt Cardle "When We Collide" December 2010 July 2013
Rihanna "S&M" January 2011 July 2013
Snoop Dogg "Sweat" January 2011 July 2013
Jessie J "Do It Like a Dude" January 2011 July 2013
Adele "Set Fire to the Rain" January 2011 January 2013
Chris Brown featuring Benny Benassi "Beautiful People" February 2011 July 2013
Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull "On the Floor" March 2011 July 2013
Alex Clare "Too Close" April 2011 July 2013
Bruno Mars "The Lazy Song" May 2011 July 2013
Example "Changed the Way You Kiss Me" June 2011 July 2013
Jessie J "Domino" August 2011 July 2013
Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks "Heart Skips a Beat" August 2011 July 2013
LMFAO "Sexy and I Know It" September 2011 July 2013
Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah "Earthquake" October 2011 July 2013
Flo Rida "Good Feeling" November 2011 July 2013
Lady Gaga "Born This Way" November 2011 July 2013
Olly Murs "Dance with Me Tonight" December 2011 July 2013
Military Wives and Gareth Malone "Wherever You Are" December 2011 July 2013
Rizzle Kicks "Mama Do the Hump" December 2011 July 2013
Flo Rida featuring Sia "Wild Ones" January 2012 July 2013
Emeli Sandé "Next to Me" April 2012 July 2013
Flo Rida "Whistle" April 2012 July 2013
Florence + the Machine "Spectrum (Say My Name)" July 2012 July 2013
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz "Thrift Shop" September 2012 June 2013
Taylor Swift "I Knew You Were Trouble" October 2012 July 2013
Robbie Williams "Candy" October 2012 July 2013
Adele "Skyfall" October 2012 January 2013
will.i.am and Britney Spears "Scream & Shout" November 2012 July 2013
Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida "Troublemaker" November 2012 July 2013
Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko "Stay" November 2012 August 2013
Bruno Mars "When I Was Your Man" December 2012 March 2014
Justin Timberlake "Mirrors" February 2013 July 2013
John Newman "Love Me Again" June 2013 December 2013
Ellie Goulding "How Long Will I Love You?" August 2013 June 2014

Released between 2010 and 2014 (including streaming)[]

All certifications since July 2014 include streaming.

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
Biffy Clyro "Many of Horror" January 2010 January 2019
Ellie Goulding "Starry Eyed" February 2010 March 2017
Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris "Baby" March 2010 July 2017
Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina "Stereo Love" May 2010 December 2018
Eminem "Not Afraid" June 2010 January 2015
Example "Kickstarts" June 2010 January 2017
Shakira featuring Freshlyground "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" June 2010 August 2018
Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell Williams "One (Your Name)" July 2010 November 2017
Eliza Doolittle "Pack Up" July 2010 November 2017
Katy Perry "Teenage Dream" July 2010 October 2015
Usher featuring Pitbull "DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love" July 2010 January 2019
DJ Fresh featuring Ce'cile or Ms. Dynamite "Gold Dust" August 2010 May 2016
Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars "Billionaire" August 2010 December 2016
Kanye West "Power" August 2010 May 2018
Take That "The Flood" November 2010 May 2015
David Guetta featuring Rihanna "Who's That Chick?" November 2010 March 2016
Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs & Dev "Like a G6" November 2010 March 2017
Kanye West featuring Rihanna "All of the Lights" November 2010 December 2017
Pink "Raise Your Glass" November 2010 March 2018
Gyptian "Hold You" November 2010 October 2018
Chase & Status featuring Liam Bailey "Blind Faith" January 2011 June 2018
Birdy "Skinny Love" February 2011 December 2014
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West "E.T." February 2011 May 2017
Two Door Cinema Club "What You Know" February 2011 April 2018
Alexandra Stan "Mr. Saxobeat" April 2011 May 2016
Beyoncé "Run the World (Girls)" April 2011 April 2018
Nicki Minaj "Super Bass" May 2011 July 2014
Lady Gaga "The Edge of Glory" May 2011 October 2014
Calvin Harris featuring Kelis "Bounce" June 2011 May 2016
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida "Where Them Girls At" June 2011 February 2017
Katy Perry "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" June 2011 November 2017
Rizzle Kicks "Down with the Trumpets" June 2011 September 2018
DJ Fresh featuring Sian Evans "Louder" July 2011 December 2014
Beyoncé "Best Thing I Never Had" July 2011 February 2016
The Wanted "Glad You Came" July 2011 July 2014
Jay-Z featuring Kanye West "Niggas in Paris" August 2011 July 2014
Calvin Harris "Feel So Close" August 2011 September 2015
Bruno Mars "Marry You" August 2011 October 2015
David Guetta featuring Usher "Without You" August 2011 May 2017
Beyoncé "Love On Top" August 2011 June 2017
David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj "Turn Me On" August 2011 July 2018
Justin Bieber "Mistletoe" October 2011 October 2020
Justin Bieber featuring Nicki Minaj "Beauty and a Beat" June 2012 December 2021
Taylor Swift "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" September 2012 July 2014
"Blank Space" November 2014 June 2015
Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran "Everything Has Changed" October 2012 May 2019
Ed Sheeran "You Need Me, I Don't Need You" August 2011 November 2017
"Drunk" September 2011 May 2017
"Give Me Love" September 2011 November 2018
"Small Bump" September 2011 February 2020
"One" May 2014 July 2021
"Tenerife Sea" June 2014 January 2019
"I'm A Mess" June 2014 November 2021
"Kiss Me" September 2011 January 2022
Charlene Soraia "Wherever You Will Go" September 2011 July 2017
Lana Del Rey "Video Games" October 2011 September 2015
Professor Green featuring Emeli Sandé "Read All About It" October 2011 April 2015
Kelly Clarkson "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" October 2011 April 2017
Florence and the Machine "Shake It Out" October 2011 July 2018
Drake featuring Rihanna "Take Care" November 2011 April 2015
One Direction "Little Things" November 2011 June 2016
Rihanna "Where Have You Been" November 2011 November 2017
Azealia Banks featuring Lazy Jay "212" December 2011 December 2016
Train "Drive By" January 2012 December 2014
Jason Mraz "I Won't Give Up" January 2012 March 2015
Emeli Sandé "Read All About It, Pt. III" February 2012 December 2015
DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora "Hot Right Now" February 2012 August 2016
Emeli Sandé "Clown" February 2012 August 2017
Ben Howard "Only Love" May 2012 June 2018
Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah "R.I.P." May 2012 August 2018
Coldplay and Rihanna "Princess of China" June 2012 May 2015
Maroon 5 "One More Night" June 2012 June 2018
Stooshe "Black Heart" June 2012 April 2019
Wiley featuring Ms D "Heatwave" July 2012 September 2017
Of Monsters and Men "Little Talks" August 2012 May 2016
Little Mix "Wings" August 2012 March 2017
Disclosure featuring Sam Smith "Latch" October 2012 February 2015
Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch "Sweet Nothing" October 2012 April 2016
Gabrielle Aplin "The Power of Love" November 2012 December 2017
Disclosure featuring AlunaGeorge "White Noise" February 2013 April 2016
The 1975 "Chocolate" March 2013 July 2016
Imagine Dragons "On Top of the World" March 2013 December 2018
"Demons" April 2013 April 2016
Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding "I Need Your Love" April 2013 May 2016
Disclosure featuring Eliza Doolittle "You & Me" April 2013 September 2018
Olly Murs "Dear Darlin'" May 2013 November 2014
Miley Cyrus "We Can't Stop" June 2013 February 2016
MKTO "Classic" June 2013 February 2019
Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX "I Love It" July 2013 January 2015
Drake featuring Majid Jordan "Hold On, We're Going Home" August 2013 August 2014
Jason Derulo featuring 2 Chainz "Talk Dirty" August 2013 July 2014
Birdy "Wings" August 2013 September 2016
Klangkarussell featuring Will Heard "Sonnentanz (Sun Don't Shine)" August 2013 March 2018
Arctic Monkeys "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" August 2013 May 2018
Katy Perry featuring Juicy J "Dark Horse" September 2013 July 2014
Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball" October 2013 November 2015
Lorde "Royals" October 2013 August 2014
Awolnation "Sail" October 2013 October 2016
James Blunt "Bonfire Heart" October 2013 October 2018
Little Mix "Salute" October 2013 June 2021
Jason Derulo "Trumpets" November 2013 January 2015
One Direction "Story of My Life" November 2013 March 2015
Lily Allen "Somewhere Only We Know" November 2013 July 2015
Martin Garrix "Animals" November 2013 April 2016
Storm Queen "Look Right Through" November 2013 December 2018
Little Mix "Move" November 2013 December 2018
Bastille "Of the Night" December 2013 August 2016
Nico and Vinz "Am I Wrong" January 2014 January 2015
Kiesza "Hideaway" February 2014 August 2014
Sam Smith "Money on My Mind" February 2014 August 2014
Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX "Fancy" February 2014 February 2015
A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera "Say Something" February 2014 March 2016
Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage "Stay High" February 2014 December 2016
5 Seconds of Summer "She Looks So Perfect" February 2014 October 2017
Route 94 featuring Jess Glynne "My Love" March 2014 July 2014
Calvin Harris "Summer" March 2014 October 2014
Duke Dumont featuring Jax Jones "I Got U" March 2014 January 2015
Rita Ora "I Will Never Let You Down" March 2014 January 2016
Coldplay "Magic" March 2014 April 2017
American Authors "Best Day of My Life" March 2014 August 2018
Sigma "Nobody to Love" April 2014 August 2014
Chris Brown "Loyal" April 2014 January 2016
Coldplay "A Sky Full of Stars" May 2014 May 2015
Paloma Faith "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" May 2014 October 2015
Secondcity "I Wanna Feel" May 2014 December 2018
Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea "Problem" June 2014 April 2015
Oliver Heldens & Becky Hill "Gecko (Overdrive)" June 2014 December 2015
The Script "Superheroes" July 2014 July 2017
Ariana Grande featuring Zedd "Break Free" July 2014 March 2018
George Ezra "Blame It on Me" August 2014 May 2015
Lilly Wood and Robin Schulz "Prayer in C" August 2014 January 2015
Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora "Black Widow" August 2014 April 2018
G.R.L. "Ugly Heart" August 2014 April 2019
Calvin Harris featuring John Newman "Blame" September 2014 March 2015
Sigma featuring Paloma Faith "Changing" September 2014 May 2015
One Direction "Steal My Girl" September 2014 January 2016
Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy "Wrapped Up" October 2014 April 2017
Olly Murs featuring Demi Lovato "Up" November 2014 June 2015
Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding "Outside" November 2014 December 2015
Clean Bandit and Jess Glynne "Real Love" November 2014 January 2016
Labrinth "Jealous" November 2014 July 2018
Ariana Grande "Santa Tell Me" November 2014 December 2019
David Guetta featuring Sia "Bang My Head" November 2014 October 2020
Ben Haenow "Something I Need" December 2014 August 2015
Philip George "Wish You Were Mine" December 2014 July 2015
Sam Smith "Like I Can" December 2014 September 2015

Released since 2015[]

All of these include streaming.

Artist Song Date released Date certified
Platinum
The Weeknd "Earned It" January 2015 August 2015
Avicii "The Nights" January 2015 November 2015
Sia "Elastic Heart" January 2015 November 2015
Meghan Trainor "Lips Are Movin" January 2015 May 2019
Rachel Platten "Fight Song" February 2015 September 2016
Karen Harding "Say Something" February 2015 February 2018
Carly Rae Jepsen "I Really Like You" March 2015 September 2017
Kygo featuring Parson James "Stole the Show" March 2015 September 2017
Galantis "Peanut Butter Jelly" April 2015 April 2017
Jamie Lawson "Wasn't Expecting That" April 2015 December 2017
Galantis "Runaway (U & I)" May 2015 January 2016
Years & Years "Shine" May 2015 February 2016
LunchMoney Lewis "Bills" May 2015 December 2018
JME featuring Giggs "Man Don’t Care" May 2015 August 2020
Tinie Tempah featuring Jess Glynne "Not Letting Go" June 2015 March 2016
Sam Feldt featuring Kimberly Anne "Show Me Love" June 2015 August 2017
The Chainsmokers featuring Rozes "Roses" June 2015 February 2018
Drake "Hotline Bling" July 2015 February 2016
One Direction "Drag Me Down" July 2015 August 2016
Charlie Puth featuring Meghan Trainor "Marvin Gaye" August 2015 January 2016
Sigala "Easy Love" August 2015 June 2016
Jess Glynne "Take Me Home" August 2015 December 2016
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Melle Mel,
Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Eric Nally
"Downtown" August 2015 July 2019
Little Mix featuring Sean Paul "Hair" August 2015 September 2017
Stormzy "Shut Up" September 2015 March 2017
Ellie Goulding "On My Mind" September 2015 August 2017
Little Mix "Love Me Like You" September 2015 June 2018
Fleur East "Sax" October 2015 September 2016
One Direction "Perfect" October 2015 June 2017
Dua Lipa "Be the One" October 2015 September 2017
KDA featuring Tinie Tempah & Katy B "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)" October 2015 June 2018
One Direction "History" November 2015 June 2016
Sigala featuring Bryn Christopher "Sweet Lovin'" November 2015 August 2016
99 Souls featuring Destiny's Child & Brandy "The Girl Is Mine" November 2015 September 2016
Little Mix featuring Jason Derulo "Secret Love Song" November 2015 September 2016
Adele "When We Were Young" November 2015 March 2017
"Send My Love (To Your New Lover)"
Charlie Puth "One Call Away" November 2015 May 2018
Craig David & Big Narstie "When the Bassline Drops" November 2015 October 2018
Zayn "Pillowtalk" January 2016 April 2016
Charlie Puth featuring Selena Gomez "We Don't Talk Anymore" January 2016 July 2017
Rihanna "Needed Me" January 2016 January 2018
Selena Gomez "Hands to Myself" January 2016 September 2018
Christine and the Queens "Tilted" January 2016 April 2019
Tinie Tempah featuring Zara Larsson "Girls Like" February 2016 July 2016
The 1975 "The Sound" February 2016 February 2018
MK & Becky Hill "Piece of Me" February 2016 November 2018
Ariana Grande "Dangerous Woman" March 2016 May 2018
Galantis "No Money" April 2016 August 2016
Twenty One Pilots "Ride" April 2016 January 2019
Clean Bandit featuring Louisa Johnson "Tears" May 2016 October 2016
Anne-Marie "Alarm" May 2016 May 2017
Dua Lipa "Hotter than Hell" May 2016 May 2018
"Final Song" May 2016 February 2019
Drake "Controlla" June 2016 January 2017
Twenty One Pilots "Heathens" June 2016 November 2016
Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons,
Logic, Ty Dolla Sign & X Ambassadors
"Sucker for Pain" June 2016 November 2017
Bastille "Good Grief" June 2016 December 2017
Hailee Steinfeld & Grey featuring Zedd "Starving" July 2016 February 2017
Shawn Mendes "Mercy" August 2016 October 2017
Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar "The Greatest" September 2016 January 2017
JP Cooper "September Song" September 2016 May 2017
Calvin Harris "My Way" September 2016 May 2017
Tom Zanetti featuring Sadie Ama "You Want Me" September 2016 March 2018
Bruno Mars "24K Magic" October 2016 February 2017
Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar "Don't Wanna Know" October 2016 April 2017
Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha "In the Name of Love" October 2016 April 2017
The Vamps & Matoma "All Night" October 2016 April 2018
Starley "Call on Me" November 2016 April 2017
Zara Larsson "I Would Like" November 2016 May 2017
The Weeknd featuring Daft Punk "I Feel It Coming" November 2016 June 2017
Sean Paul featuring Dua Lipa "No Lie" November 2016 December 2017
Post Malone featuring Quavo "Congratulations" November 2016 January 2018
Little Mix featuring Machine Gun Kelly "No More Sad Songs" November 2016 March 2018
Bruno Mars "That's What I Like" November 2016 August 2017
Zayn & Taylor Swift "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" December 2016 August 2017
The Chainsmokers "Paris" January 2017 June 2017
Julia Michaels "Issues" January 2017 September 2017
Rag'n'Bone Man "Skin" January 2017 September 2017
Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa "Scared to Be Lonely" January 2017 September 2017
Kygo & Selena Gomez "It Ain't Me" February 2017 June 2017
Jason Derulo featuring Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla Sign "Swalla" February 2017 July 2017
Calvin Harris featuring Frank Ocean & Migos "Silde" February 2017 August 2017
Zedd & Alessia Cara "Stay" February 2017 August 2017
Anne-Marie "Ciao Adios" February 2017 August 2017
Stormzy "Big for Your Boots" February 2017 November 2017
Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley "Chained to the Rhythm" February 2017 November 2017
Disciples "On My Mind" February 2017 March 2018
Stormzy featuring MNEK "Blinded by Your Grace, Pt. 2" February 2017 April 2018
Imagine Dragons "Believer" February 2017 June 2018
Drake "Passionfruit" March 2017 July 2017
Maggie Lindemann "Pretty Girl" March 2017 September 2017
Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran "Lay It All on Me" September 2015 September 2016
Ed Sheeran "How Would You Feel (Paean)" February 2017 January 2019
"What Do I Know?" March 2017 April 2018
"New Man" March 2017 May 2018
"Dive" March 2017 July 2018
"Barcelona" March 2017 August 2019
"Nancy Mulligan" March 2017 July 2020
Alma "Chasing Highs" March 2017 October 2018
Lorde "Green Light" March 2017 November 2018
Charlie Puth "Attention" April 2017 September 2017
Harry Styles "Sign of the Times" April 2017 January 2018
Logic featuring Alessia Cara & Khalid "1-800-273-8255" April 2017 April 2018
Imagine Dragons "Thunder" April 2017 June 2018
Cheat Codes featuring Demi Lovato "No Promises" April 2017 June 2018
Liam Payne featuring Quavo "Strip That Down" May 2017 August 2017
Rita Ora "Your Song" May 2017 September 2017
Niall Horan "Slow Hands" May 2017 November 2017
Camila Cabello "Crying in the Club" May 2017 May 2018
Miley Cyrus "Malibu" May 2017 September 2018
Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams,
Katy Perry & Big Sean
"Feels" June 2017 September 2017
Sigala & Ella Eyre "Came Here for Love" June 2017 December 2017
J Balvin & Willy William "Mi Gente" June 2017 December 2017
Rudimental featuring James Arthur "Sun Comes Up" June 2017 April 2018
David Guetta featuring Justin Bieber "2U" June 2017 April 2018
Justin Bieber and BloodPop "Friends" August 2017 March 2019
Cardi B "Bodak Yellow" June 2017 May 2019
Demi Lovato "Sorry Not Sorry" July 2017 April 2018
James Hype featuring Kelli-Leigh "More than Friends" July 2017 September 2018
CNCO & Little Mix "Reggaetón Lento (Remix)" August 2017 December 2017
Pink "What About Us" August 2017 January 2018
Avicii featuring Rita Ora "Lonely Together" August 2017 February 2018
Stefflon Don featuring French Montana "Hurtin' Me" August 2017 April 2018
Taylor Swift "Look What You Made Me Do" August 2017 June 2018
Zayn featuring Sia "Dusk Till Dawn" September 2017 February 2018
MK "17" September 2017 April 2018
NF "Let You Down" September 2017 April 2018
Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels "I Miss You" October 2017 March 2018
Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron & Zendaya "The Greatest Show" October 2017 August 2018
Zac Efron & Zendaya "Rewrite the Stars" October 2017 August 2018
Bebe Rexha featuring Florida Georgia Line "Meant to Be" October 2017 August 2018
Tom Walker "Leave a Light On" October 2017 September 2018
Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman & Michelle Williams "A Million Dreams" October 2017 October 2018
Selena Gomez & Marshmello "Wolves" October 2017 November 2018
Jason Derulo featuring French Montana "Tip Toe" November 2017 May 2018
Loud Luxury featuring Brando "Body" November 2017 October 2018
Freya Ridings "Lost Without You" November 2017 February 2019
Ramz "Barking" December 2017 March 2018
Jax Jones featuring Ina Wroldsen "Breathe" December 2017 June 2018
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey "The Middle" January 2018 July 2018
Kendrick Lamar & SZA "All the Stars" January 2018 August 2018
Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B "Finesse" January 2018 August 2018
Camila Cabello "Never Be the Same" January 2018 October 2018
M.O, Lotto Boyzz and Mr Eazi "Bad Vibe" January 2018 November 2018
Justin Timberlake featuring Chris Stapleton "Say Something" January 2018 January 2019
Marshmello & Anne-Marie "Friends" February 2018 May 2018
Post Malone featuring Ty Dolla Sign "Psycho" February 2018 June 2018
Sigala & Paloma Faith "Lullaby" February 2018 July 2018
Khalid & Normani "Love Lies" February 2018 October 2018
Banx & Ranx and Ella Eyre featuring Yxng Bane "Answerphone" March 2018 October 2018
David Guetta & Sia "Flames" March 2018 October 2018
XXXTentacion "Sad!" March 2018 November 2018
Juice WRLD "Lucid Dreams" March 2018 November 2018
Shawn Mendes "In My Blood" March 2018 June 2019
Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato "Solo" May 2018 August 2018
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin "I Like It" May 2018 August 2018
Jess Glynne "I'll Be There" May 2018 September 2018
5 Seconds of Summer "Youngblood" May 2018 October 2018
Maroon 5 featuring Cardi B "Girls Like You" May 2018 October 2018
Years & Years "If You're Over Me" May 2018 October 2018
Tiësto & Dzeko
featuring Preme & Post Malone
"Jackie Chan" May 2018 January 2019
Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jack "Rise" May 2018 October 2018
Post Malone "Better Now" June 2018 September 2018
Little Mix & Cheat Codes "Only You" June 2018 October 2020
DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber,
Chance the Rapper and Quavo
"No Brainer" July 2018 October 2020
Drake "In My Feelings" July 2018 September 2018
Ariana Grande "God Is a Woman" July 2018 May 2019
Rita Ora "Let You Love Me" September 2018 February 2019
Halsey "Without Me" October 2018 February 2019
Jess Glynne "Thursday" October 2018 March 2019
Little Mix featuring Nicki Minaj "Woman Like Me" October 2018 April 2019
"Lady Gaga" "Always Remember Us This Way" October 2018 August 2020
"Lady Gaga" "I'll Never Love Again" October 2018 October 2021
Mark Ronson featuring Miley Cyrus "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" November 2018 May 2019
Post Malone "Wow." December 2018 April 2019
Calvin Harris & Rag'n'Bone Man "Giant" January 2019 April 2019
Sam Smith & Normani "Dancing with a Stranger" January 2019 May 2019
Mabel "Don't Call Me Up" January 2019 May 2019
Lauv & Troye Sivan "I'm So Tired..." January 2019 October 2020
Ariana Grande "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" February 2019 August 2019
Billie Eilish "Bad Guy" March 2019 June 2019
Sigala and Becky Hill "Wish You Well" May 2019 January 2020
Ed Sheeran featuring
PnB Rock & Chance the Rapper
"Cross Me" July 2019 December 2019
220 Kid and Gracey "Don't Need Love" December 2019 February 2021
Harry Styles "Watermelon Sugar" December 2019 February 2021
Roddy Ricch "The Box" December 2019 April 2020
Justin Bieber featuring Quavo "Intentions" February 2020 October 2020
Dua Lipa "Break My Heart" March 2020 January 2021
Tate McRae "you broke me first" April 2020 January 2021
Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion "WAP" August 2020 November 2020
Miley Cyrus "Midnight Sky" August 2020 February 2021
Internet Money and Gunna
featuring Don Toliver and Nav
"Lemonade" August 2020 January 2020
The Weeknd "Save Your Tears" August 2020 June 2021
Tiësto "The Business" September 2020 May 2021
Dua Lipa "Levitating" October 2020 March 2021
Little Mix "Sweet Melody" October 2020 April 2021
Olivia Rodrigo "Drivers License" January 2021 March 2021
Nathan Evans, 220 Kid and Billen Ted "Wellerman" January 2021 May 2021
Riton and Nightcrawlers
featuring Mufasa and Hypeman
"Friday" January 2021 June 2021
Justin Bieber featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon "Peaches" March 2021 August 2021
Lil Nas X "Montero (Call Me By Your Name)" March 2021 June 2021
Russ Millions and Tion Wayne "Body" March 2021 July 2021
Doja Cat and SZA "Kiss Me More" April 2021 August 2021
Olivia Rodrigo "Good 4 U" May 2021 July 2021
The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber "Stay" July 2021 October 2021
Ed Sheeran "Shivers" September 2021 November 2021

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