British rapper Dave has picked up four new platinum certifications in the Netherlands, with the Dutch music body NVPI (Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld en geluidsdragers) confirming platinum status for Location featuring Burna Boy, Starlight, Raindance featuring Tems, and Sprinter with Central Cee.
The certifications mark another milestone in a run that has seen Dave become one of Britain’s most consistently decorated rap exports, with his catalogue now carrying a growing list of plaques across Europe, from the UK and Denmark to France and Germany, and now the Netherlands.
Location, the standout collaboration with Burna Boy from Dave’s 2019 Mercury Prize winning debut album Psychodrama, has long stood as one of the clearest examples of his early pull toward Afrobeats and Nigerian sound. The track has already earned five times platinum status in the UK, and its new Dutch certification extends its commercial life more than half a decade after release.
Starlight, Dave’s first number one as a solo artist, remains one of his most recognizable records. Built around a sample of the jazz standard Fly Me to the Moon, the 2022 single topped both the UK and Irish charts and earned Dave a Brit Award nomination for Song of the Year. Its platinum certification in the Netherlands adds to a string of European awards for the song, including recognition in Denmark and Norway.
Sprinter, Dave’s collaboration with Central Cee, remains arguably the biggest song of his career by commercial reach. Released in 2023, the track spent ten weeks at number one in the UK, making it the longest running number one rap song in the country’s chart history, and became the most streamed song on Spotify UK that year. It has since been certified three times platinum by the BPI in Britain and has picked up certifications across France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Spain. The new Dutch plaque adds to an already extensive international collection.
Raindance, Dave’s collaboration with Tems, is the most recent of the four songs to reach platinum status in the Netherlands, and its rise has been the fastest. Released in October 2025 as part of Dave’s third studio album The Boy Who Played the Harp, the song built momentum steadily through the final months of the year before climbing to number one on the UK Singles Chart in late January 2026, becoming Dave’s fourth UK chart topper and Tems’ first. The accompanying music video, shot in Lagos, leaned into the pair’s real life chemistry and fueled months of dating speculation among fans. The song also marked another chapter in Dave’s recurring collaborations with Nigerian artists, following his earlier work with Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Boj.
Taken together, the four certifications underline how deeply Dave’s catalogue continues to resonate outside the UK, and how central his Nigerian collaborators, Burna Boy and Tems in particular, have been to that international spread. For Nigerian and African audiences, the Dutch recognition of both Location and Raindance is a reminder of how firmly Afrobeats influence sits at the center of some of Dave’s most successful work.