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BPI PLATINUM, GOLD AND SILVER AWARDS
For the last 40 years, the BPI’s renowned Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards have been presented to music artists to recognise and celebrate notable achievements for albums, singles and, more recently, videos. Originally introduced in April 1973, more than 14,000 awards have been issued to date.
Following a revamp of the scheme in 2010, each BPI Certified Award disc now boasts an individually-numbered and unique hologram which allows for the authentication of each Certified Award whilst enhancing the look of the framed presentation disc itself.
Amongst the first batch of artists to be awarded with Platinum, Gold, and Silver Awards were Paul McCartney’s Wings, and glam-rockers Slade and Wizzard.
HISTORY
BPI Platinum, Gold, and Silver Awards – previously known as Certified Awards - were originally introduced in April 1973 to measure the performance of individual titles.
Qualification for albums was initially on the basis of revenue received by manufacturers, but in January 1978 the BPI abolished the old monetary system for albums and replaced it with a unit system. This brought album awards into line with singles and also with other countries where qualification levels are based on unit sales.
Multi-platinum awards, introduced in February 1987, are any multiple of the platinum level.
The growth of digital formats saw a la carte singles and album downloads become eligible from 2004 onwards, while the first Music DVD certification was awarded in 2005.
In July 2013 'auto-certification' was introduced to allocate certifications to titles as soon as they passed the relevant sales thresholds, although member companies can still certify titles manually based on shipments.
Certification Levels are set out below:
Singles (units)
Silver: 200,000
Gold: 400,000
Platinum: 600,000
Multi-Platinum: Multiples of 600,000
Albums (units)
Silver: 60,000
Gold: 100,000
Platinum: 300,000
Multi-Platinum: Multiples of 300,000
Music Video (units)
Gold: 25,000
Platinum: 50,000
Multi-Platinum: Multiples of 50,000
GENERAL INFORMATION
Note: BPI reserves the right to remove comments on this page.
If you would like to search the Certification Database, please visit https://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx
For the last 40 years, the BPI’s renowned Platinum, Gold and Silver Awards have been presented to music artists to recognise and celebrate notable achievements for albums, singles and, more recently, videos. Originally introduced in April 1973, more than 14,000 awards have been issued to date.
Following a revamp of the scheme in 2010, each BPI Certified Award disc now boasts an individually-numbered and unique hologram which allows for the authentication of each Certified Award whilst enhancing the look of the framed presentation disc itself.
Amongst the first batch of artists to be awarded with Platinum, Gold, and Silver Awards were Paul McCartney’s Wings, and glam-rockers Slade and Wizzard.
HISTORY
BPI Platinum, Gold, and Silver Awards – previously known as Certified Awards - were originally introduced in April 1973 to measure the performance of individual titles.
Qualification for albums was initially on the basis of revenue received by manufacturers, but in January 1978 the BPI abolished the old monetary system for albums and replaced it with a unit system. This brought album awards into line with singles and also with other countries where qualification levels are based on unit sales.
Multi-platinum awards, introduced in February 1987, are any multiple of the platinum level.
The growth of digital formats saw a la carte singles and album downloads become eligible from 2004 onwards, while the first Music DVD certification was awarded in 2005.
In July 2013 'auto-certification' was introduced to allocate certifications to titles as soon as they passed the relevant sales thresholds, although member companies can still certify titles manually based on shipments.
Certification Levels are set out below:
Singles (units)
Silver: 200,000
Gold: 400,000
Platinum: 600,000
Multi-Platinum: Multiples of 600,000
Albums (units)
Silver: 60,000
Gold: 100,000
Platinum: 300,000
Multi-Platinum: Multiples of 300,000
Music Video (units)
Gold: 25,000
Platinum: 50,000
Multi-Platinum: Multiples of 50,000
GENERAL INFORMATION
Note: BPI reserves the right to remove comments on this page.
If you would like to search the Certification Database, please visit https://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx
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Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
11-50
Founded date
1973
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| Aug 12, 2026 | Billboard UK Opens 40 Under 40 Nominations at Beyond The Music as PM Burnham Convenes AI Summit | By Mike Gonzales Published: Aug 12 2026, 1:39 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Jun 1, 2026 | UK music tech faces scale-up crunch as growth funding collapses | Britain’s music tech sector is facing a scaling crisis, with funding for growth-stage firms collapsing by 90 per cent over the last five years despite the rapid rise of AI and growing investor interest in music licensing infrastructure. A n... |
| May 14, 2026 | Copyright isn’t dead in the age of AI, it’s key to growing UK creative industries | Copyright is not a brake on innovation. It is the market mechanism that turns British creativity into investment and the route to responsible AI, says Ed Vaizey The creative industries are not a side hustle for the British economy. They are... |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Universal partners with Nvidia to prevent AI ‘slop’ in music | Universal Music Group has struck a historical deal with AI chip giant Nvidia to “pioneer responsible AI for music discovery, creation, and engagement”, the companies announced on Tuesday. Combining Nvidia’s advanced AI infrastructure alongs... |
| Dec 2, 2025 | How Chiswick became ‘little Nashville’ | Leafy Chiswick seems a million miles from the honky-tonk bars of the American South. But somehow it’s becoming a Mecca for country music fans. Anna Moloney asks why “Holler and swaller,” yells a man in a flannel shirt to a sea of cowboy hat... |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Why there’s a CD revival, even though vinyl is cooler | For the Autumn edition of City AM The Magazine, Killian Faith-Kelly explores the CD revival and what it says about Gen Z listening habits About a month ago, I read about some Lorde fans complaining that their CDs of her latest album weren’t... |
| Jul 21, 2025 | Brit Awards in the red ahead of Manchester move | The company behind the Brit Awards has fallen into the red ahead of moving the annual event out of London for the first time in its history. Brit Awards Limited has reported a pre-tax loss of £12,653 for 2024, new accounts filed with Compan... |
| Jul 14, 2025 | This Band Has Millions of Streams on Spotify. The Only Problem — the Music and the Band Members Were Generated by AI. Hot new band Velvet Sundown has revealed itself to be "not quite human." | If you are one of Velvet Sundown's adoring fans, seeing them perform in a city near you is going to be problematic. After releasing two albums, Floating On Echoes and Dust And Silence, that have earned the group 1.2 million listeners on Spo... |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Can AI Ever Replace Human Musicians? | UK music fans don’t believe that AI can, or should, replace human artists any time soon, according to a new survey by the BPI, the trade body representing the UK’s record companies and label businesses. After polling more than 1,700 listene... |
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When was BPI (British Phonographic Industry) founded?
BPI (British Phonographic Industry) was founded in 1973.
What has the press written about BPI (British Phonographic Industry)?
Parsers VC has collected 58 articles mentioning BPI (British Phonographic Industry), among them “Billboard UK Opens 40 Under 40 Nominations at Beyond The Music as PM Burnham Convenes AI Summit” (Aug 12, 2026) and “UK music tech faces scale-up crunch as growth funding collapses” (Jun 1, 2026).
Is BPI (British Phonographic Industry) still active?
Yes, BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 4, 2026.