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Below you can get an understanding as to when certifications for songs are added to the total certified sales of the listed artists.

One lead artist and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both, the lead artist and the featured artist as both will have almost equal amount of part).
Two lead artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as both will have almost equal amount of part).
Two lead artists and one featured artist. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of both lead artists as well as the featured artist. Both lead artists will play a significant part in a song and the part of the featured artist also should be significant enough).
One lead artist and two featured artists. (The issued certification(s) should be added to the total of the lead artist and to the total of both featured artists as almost all should have equal amount of part).

The year next to markets below indicates how far back the certification systems go in each country. The percentages stand for the global market share based on a 2007 IFPI report.

USA: RIAA (1958) (31.6%)
Japan: RIAJ (Physical certifications since (1989)(16.5%)
UK: BPI (1973) (10.6%)
Germany: BVMI (1975) (8.4%)
France: SNEP, Infodisc (albums), Infodisc (singles) (1973) (5.8%)
Australia: ARIA (1990) (2.23%)
Canada: Music Canada (1975) (2.22)
Italy: FIMI (2009) (1.95%)
The Netherlands: NVPI (1978) (1.52%)
Spain: PROMUSICAE (1979) (1.48%)
Austria: IFPI (1990) (1.10%)
Mexico: AMPROFON (1999) (1.08%)
Brazil: PMB (1990) (0.97%)
Belgium: Ultratop (1995) (0.91%)
Norway: (Archived certification-database) (1993) (0.86%)
Switzerland: Schweizer Hitparade (1989) (0.84%)
Sweden: IFPI (Archived certification-database), Sverige Topplistan (Chart-database) (1987) (0.81%)
Denmark: Hitlisten (Chart-database), IFPI Denmark (2001) (0.67%)
Ireland: IRMA (2005) (0.52%)
Poland: ZPAV (1995) (0.51%)
Finland: IFPI (1971) (0.49%)
Argentina: Capif (1980) (0.48%)
New Zealand: Recorded Music NZ (1978) (0.37%)

The Doors

On November 21, 2024, RIIA certified many singles from the American group The Doors as gold, platinum and multi-platinum, increasing the sum of sales in America, but I noticed that it has not yet been updated. Thank you and good work. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/#search_section 79.47.6.140 (talk) 23:43, 21 November 2024 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.47.6.140 (talk)

The Doors

All individual RIAA certificates before 1989 Gold, Platinum etc. have the following sales Gold 1,000,000 Million, Platinum 2,000,000 Million and 2xPlatinum 4,000,000 Million etc. So Light My Fire reaches the gold record in September 1967 with 1,000,000 sales, while today it is certified 2xPlatino, that is 4,000,000, the same for the single Touch Me released in December 1968, reaching the gold record in February 1969 for 1,000,000 sales, while today it has been certified Platinum for 2,000,000 sales. To recap, we must add to the amount already existing in sales in America of 38,600,000 another 2,000,000 for Light My Fire, 2,000,000 for Break on Through, 2,000,000 for Riders on the storm, 1,000,000 for Touch Me, 1,000,000 for People Are Strange, 1,000,000 for Roadhouse Blues, 1,000,000 for Love Her Madly, 1,000,000 for L.A. Woman (song), 500,000 for Love Me Two Times, 500,000 for The End, 500,000 for Peace Frog, for a total of 51,100,000 sales in America. 82.55.102.140 (talk) 02:14, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add Carrie Underwood. Marvinpoe (talk) 11:28, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The AP (talk) 06:46, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A picture of Katy Perry could be added under "120 million to 199". 2001:569:BC15:6100:E1B3:C620:603E:73AB (talk) 01:04, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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A picture of Katy Perry could be added under "120 million to 199 million". 2001:569:BC15:6100:E1B3:C620:603E:73AB (talk) 01:11, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. M.Bitton (talk) 01:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]