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Multi-Platinum singles are pretty hard to get in the UK (although it has become easier since the digital/streaming era), most artists only have a few. Only nine artists have 10 or more multi-platinum songs there.

 

Here's a ranking of the artists with the most multi-platinum singles in UK history:

 

#1 Ed Sheeran: 23

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Shape Of You - 9x Platinum (5,400,000)

Perfect - 8x Platinum (4,800,000)

Thinking Out Loud - 7x Platinum (4,200,000)

Castle On The Hill - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

Bad Habits - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

The A Team - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

Photograph - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Galway Girl - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

I Don't Care - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Sing - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Lego House - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Beautiful People - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Shivers - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Own It - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Don't - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Bloodstream - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

River - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Take Me Back To London - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Happier - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

I See Fire - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Supermarket Flowers - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

South Of The Border - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Peru - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#2 Rihanna: 21

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Love The Way You Lie - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

We Found Love - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

This Is What You Came For - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Work - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Diamonds - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Umbrella - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Wild Thoughts - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Only Girl (In The World) - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Stay - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Too Good - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

The Monster - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

FourFiveSeconds - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

What's My Name - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

S&M - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Take Care - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Rude Boy - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Take A Bow - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

All Of The Lights - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Needed Me - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Don't Stop The Music - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Disturbia - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#3 Eminem: 13

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Lose Yourself - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Love The Way You Lie - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Without Me - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Stan - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

The Real Slim Shady - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

The Monster - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

River - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Not Afraid - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

'Till I Collapse - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Forget About Dre - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Mockingbird - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Smack That - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Rap God - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#4 Drake: 12

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One Dance - 6x Platinum (3,600,000)

God's Plan - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Work - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Nice For What - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Too Good - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Hold On We're Going Home - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Hotline Bling - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

In My Feelings - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Passionfruit - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

What's My Name - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Take Care - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Controlla - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#5 Calvin Harris: 11

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One Kiss - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

We Found Love - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

This Is What You Came For - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

How Deep Is Your Love - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Giant - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Promises - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Feels - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Summer - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Dance Wiv Me - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Feel So Close - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Blame - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#6 Adele: 10

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Someone Like You - 6x Platinum (3,600,000)

Hello - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Rolling In The Deep - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Make You Feel My Love - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

When We Were Young - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Set Fire To The Rain - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Skyfall - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Easy On Me - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Chasing Pavements - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#6 (tie) Ariana Grande: 10

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One Last Time - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Bang Bang - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

No Tears Left To Cry - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Thank U Next - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Side To Side - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Into You - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

7 Rings - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Rain On Me - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Santa Tell Me - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Problem - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#6 (tie) Dua Lipa: 10

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One Kiss - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

New Rules - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Don't Start Now - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Levitating - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

IDGAF - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Be The One - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Scared To Be Lonely - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

No Lie - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Cold Heart - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Physical - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#6 (tie) Justin Bieber: 10

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Despacito (Remix) - 6x Platinum (3,600,000)

Sorry - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

Love Yourself - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

What Do You Mean - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

I Don't Care - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Cold Water - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Let Me Love You - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Where Are U Now - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

I'm The One - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Stay - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#10 Beyoncé: 9

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Halo - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Crazy In Love - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

If I Were A Boy - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Irreplaceable - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Drunk In Love - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Telephone - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Best Thing I Never Had - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Love On Top - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#10 (tie) Bruno Mars: 9

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Uptown Funk - 6x Platinum (3,600,000)

Just The Way You Are (Amazing) - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Grenade - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

When I Was Your Man - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Locked Out Of Heaven - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

24K Magic - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

The Lazy Song - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

That's What I Like - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Marry You - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#10 (tie) Coldplay: 9

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Something Just Like This - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Viva La Vida - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Fix You - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Yellow - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Paradise - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Hymn For The Weekend - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Adventure Of A Lifetime - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

The Scientist - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

A Sky Full Of Stars - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

#10 (tie) Sam Smith: 9

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Stay With Me - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Promises - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

I'm Not The Only One - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Too Good At Goodbyes - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

La La La - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Latch - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Dancing With A Stranger - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Like I Can - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Money On My Mind - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#14 Jess Glynne: 8

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Rather Be - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

These Days - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Hold My Hand - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Don't Be So Hard On Yourself - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

My Love - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

I'll Be There - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Take Me Home - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Thursday - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#14 (tie) Post Malone: 8

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Rockstar - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Sunflower - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Better Now - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

I Fall Apart - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Wow. - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Psycho - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Congratulations - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Circles - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#16 Elton John: 7

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Candle In The Wind 1997/Something About The Way.. - 9x Platinum (5,400,000)

Your Song - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Step Into Christmas - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Tiny Dancer - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Rocket Man - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Cold Heart - 2x Platinum (1,200,000) 

I'm Still Standing - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#16 (tie) Kanye West: 7

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Gold Digger - 3x Platinum (1,200,000)

American Boy - 3x Platinum (1,200,000)

Stronger - 3x Platinum (1,200,000)

N****s In Paris - 3x Platinum (1,200,000)

FourFiveSeconds - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

All Of The Lights - 2x Platinum (1,200,000) 

Power - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#16 (tie) Katy Perry: 7

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Roar - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Firework - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Feels - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Dark Horse - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

California Gurls - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

I Kissed A Girl - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Hot N Cold - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#16 (tie) Lady Gaga: 7

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Shallow - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Poker Face - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Bad Romance - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Just Dance - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Rain On Me - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Telephone - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Born This Way - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#16 (tie) Sia: 7

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Cheap Thrills - 5x Platinum (3,000,000)

Titanium - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Chandelier - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

Wild Ones - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Elastic Heart - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

The Greatest - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

Dusk Till Dawn - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

#16 (tie) The Weeknd: 7

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Blinding Lights - 6x Platinum (3,600,000)

Starboy - 4x Platinum (2,400,000)

The Hills - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Can't Feel My Face - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Save Your Tears - 3x Platinum (1,800,000)

Earned It - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

I Feel It Coming - 2x Platinum (1,200,000)

 

Posted

post malone was so big :redface:

the way his popularity just evaporated too :redface:

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Ariana and Dua :clap3:

Posted

So you mean to tell me Sam has more multi platinum singles than Elton John & George Michael in the LGBTQ department :ohwow:

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3 minutes ago, Yog said:

So you mean to tell me Sam has more multi platinum singles than Elton John & George Michael in the LGBTQ department :ohwow:

That’s not comparable :rip:  Elton didn’t have Spotify back then 

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1 minute ago, DawnAnti said:

That’s not comparable :rip:  Elton didn’t have Spotify back then 

Ok but Sam is still in the top 10, which is not bad at all :clap3:

Posted

Sia :eek: a 5x platinum and two 4x platinum. Low-key more impressive than gaga and katy

 

Sam and Katy :clap3:

 

Posted

No MJ, Whitney, Mariah? :biblio:

 

Beyonce though :clap3:

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I wonder how that would look if older artists, certified their stuff

sad that the auto-cert system doesn't certify old projects :dies:

 

 

Ariana so high :clap3:

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1 hour ago, Shendelzare said:

post malone was so big :redface:

the way his popularity just evaporated too :redface:

An early 2019 fad, I fear.

Posted

Eminem :clap3:

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2 hours ago, Shendelzare said:

post malone was so big :redface:

the way his popularity just evaporated too :redface:

He’s moderately successful now after 3 massive eras that’s the norm really :michael:

 

 

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It’s way too easy to get multi platinum hits nowadays but they wont increase their certs ever :redface:

 

ot: rihanna run uk music scene :redface:

Posted

Adele a certified hit maker :clap3:

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3 hours ago, Rev8 said:

I wonder how that would look if older artists, certified their stuff

sad that the auto-cert system doesn't certify old projects :dies:

 

 

Ariana so high :clap3:

BPI certifications are automatic, it’s just way too easy to get single certifications here now

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