Since the late 1990s, more than 70 albums have been certified in Romania in accordance with the certification levels set up by the Uniunea Producătorilor de Fonograme din România (UPFR). Established in 1996, the UPFR is the first Romanian trade association of music producers, with the purpose of promoting the professional interests of its members, as well as being involved in anti-piracy. It has been advised by Monitorul Oficial, the official gazette of Romania, to function as a collective management organisation and collector of compensatory remuneration in the country. Although never publicly defined, the UPFR's certification levels have been repeatedly lowered since their introduction. When considering an album's certification level, the UPFR considers both its unit sales and its sales price. This is atypical when compared to the methods of other organizations. For example, in 2006 an album costing or more would need to achieve 2,000 unit sales to be awarded a gold certification, while one costing less than €7 would need 10,000.
The first known release to be certified in Romania was the album Best Of by Romanian singer Mirabela Dauer, which received a gold certification in 1995. As of , Romania's highest-certified record is La vârsta de trei ani by the Moldovan singer Cleopatra Stratan, which was awarded a triple diamond certification in 2006 for selling 150,000 units. The only other artists to receive a diamond award are Animal X, who received six for their first six albums, and Andra and Sandel Mihai, for selling 60,000 copies of their 2007 album De la frate la soră. From lowest to highest, the certifications that have been awarded over the years are gold, double gold, platinum, double platinum, triple platinum, quadruple platinum, diamond and triple diamond. The artist with the most certified albums is Romanian group Animal X, who has received seven awards. In 2004, three of Bambi's studio albums received a single gold certification, as their combined sales totaled the required 100,000 units. From the late 2000s onwards, sales of albums in Romania have declined, as a result of music piracy and financial crises. Consequently, fewer album certifications have been awarded.
By certification
AlbumArtist(s)CertificationReleasedCertifiedUnitsBest Of19951995 Party in Transylvania and Nadia Dragomir19961996Tomilio19961997Atât de singur19971998150,000Natalia Oreiro19981999Pasărea Colibri1999200235,000 Dă muzica mai tare!Hi-Q2001200235,000O noapte și-o zi2001200250,000La întâlnire19992002100,000Noapte de vis19992002100,000Prima iubire20012002100,000Am să-mi fac de cap20012002100,000 [ro]Pasărea Colibri2002200235,000 Jurăminte și suspine20022002DiscO-ZoneO-Zone20032003 Oare știi2002200335,000 Roata vieții20022003 Inseparabili2003200435,000Spiritus SanctusCargo20032004Prețul succesului20042004100,000Bordeiaș2003200535,000Ciorbă de curcan2005200540,000 200420052003200535,000ReverseMorandi2005200535,00020032005S.O.S.Akcent2005200535,000SuperstarActiv2005200535,000Zori de zi20032005DJ Project2005200530,000De dragoste... în toate felurile20012005100,000Inimă nebună20042005100,000Akcent20052005150,000M-ai găsit și ai... noroc!20052005100,000Paraziții20042005100,000Trup de vânt19992005100,000Pur și simpluHolograf 2003 2005 200,000De crăciun20062006Jamparalele20062006Mă întreabă fiul meu2005200630,000Soarele meuMandinga2005200615,000TainaHolograf2006200610,000Laundry ServiceFijación Oral, Vol. 1Oral Fixation, Vol. 2Shakira2001-20052006La vârsta de trei ani20062006150,000Ambiental2006200710,000Lumea mea20052007B'DayBeyoncé20062007Nuestro AmorRBD2005200710,000SchreiTokio Hotel200520072,000La Familia20062007 10,000Confidențial2005200720,000Povestea meaDJ Project2006200725,000XIICargo2007200810,000Iubi2001200810,000La Vida... Es Un RaticoJuanes20072008Mi SangreJuanes20042008Loose20062008De la frate la sorăAndra and Săndel Mihai 2007 2008 60,000N3XTMorandi 2007 2008 Cântecul și dragostea20072009Hello and 20072009 Dragostea rămâneAndra20082009În lipsa meaSmiley2008200910,000Primăvara începe cu tineHolograf20092009Spre fericireÎmi caut iubireaEtno2006–20102009100,000No Line on the HorizonU220092009One World One Love20092010Sărbători în Bucovina2008201012,000Cei ce vor fiIris20072010100,000Liebe ist für alle daRammstein 2009 2010 HotInna2009201110,000Love AffairHolograf2012201210,000Viața omului e o roatăNemuritorii2011201210,000LaLa Love SongsLaLa Band20122012 10,000Na Balada20112012O, ce veste minunată!2013201312,000O lacrimă de cântec20132013Inevitabil va fi bineAndra2013201310,000Skeo and Skizzo Skillz20122013 13,540La Familia20132014Autistul – Nu-l mai goniţi pe Brâncuşi!20102015Let the RoadRixton20152016Untold 2015Various20152016Untold 2016Various20162016Life LineHolograf 2015 2016 Gypsy Rock: Change or DieDamian & Brothers201620172,000Istanbul20092017Fata din povești20162017Halcyon20122017Crăciunul nostru-i românesc20152018Hardwired... to Self-DestructMetallica20162019100,000World I See20212021Animal XAnimal X1999Level 2Animal X2001VirtualAnimal X2001Dragostea meaAndra2002 RevolutionAnimal X2002Vreau sărutarea taAndra2003 FunRaptorAnimal X2004La prima vedereIris2004 Mama și fiul and Irina Loghin2004 DerbedeiAnimal X2006200635,000Yamasha2006 Best OfAnimal X2007Love, Lust, Faith and DreamsThirty Seconds to Mars2013Ce-avem noi aici?!CRBL2014 10,000Talisman1997De ziua ta2000Frumoasa mea2000 250,000Best of NicolaNicola2003 2006 Valurile vieții and Irina Loghin2006
See also List of music recording certifications
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