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Baiana by Bakermat
Mastered by Sam Wills
- Gold BPI (UK)
Bakermat's Baiana: a Gold-certified UK single with more than 650 million Spotify streams of the radio edit alone.
Baiana came out on Be Yourself Music on 26 July 2019. I mastered the original, the Extended Mix, the Radio Edit and their No Sax and instrumental versions, on 16 July 2019, ten days before release. The record went on to be certified Gold by the BPI in February 2026, Gold in France, Platinum in Belgium and Gold in the Netherlands, and it sits on the official FIFA 21 soundtrack.
- Spotify streams across the Radio Edit and the Extended Mix
- 660M+
- BPI certification, latest February 2026
- Gold
- versions I mastered: Extended, Radio Edit, No Sax and instrumental
- 5
Discs and awards
Baiana has gone certified
- GoldBPI (UK) · 27 February 2026Source
The master
I mastered the Extended Mix, the Radio Edit and their No Sax and instrumental versions on 16 July 2019, ten days before release.
The versions I worked on
- Extended MixJuly 2019
- Extended Mix (No Sax)July 2019
- Radio EditJuly 2019
- Radio Edit (No Sax)July 2019
- Radio Edit InstrumentalJuly 2019
Release day
Be Yourself Music released it on 26 July 2019.
Still going
It is still being played and streamed.
The record
More about Baiana
- BPI Gold (latest certification 2026-02-27, Sony Music/B1), Silver on 2024-01-05; certified on the RECORD, not a version. BPI release date 26 July 2019. bpi.co.uk
- Gold in France, Platinum in Belgium and Gold in the Netherlands (label news post, 2020-12-08) beyourselfmusic.com
- Diamond in France (SNEP) per Wikipedia's Bakermat article en.wikipedia.org
- On the official FIFA 21 soundtrack (in game 2020-10-09) outnowmagazine.com
- Cracked the Shazam Global Top 200 and UK Top 100 in Dec 2022 thanks to TikTok (publicist news post on music-house.co.uk) music-house.co.uk
Compilations and DJ mixes
Baiana is on 2 compilations and mixes
At a glance
Quick answers
- Who mastered Baiana?
- Baiana by Bakermat was mastered by Sam Wills.
- How many Spotify streams has Baiana got?
- Baiana has 661.3 million Spotify streams across the Radio Edit and the Extended Mix.
- Has Baiana won any discs or awards?
- Gold (BPI (UK), 27 February 2026).
- When was Baiana released?
- Baiana was released by Be Yourself Music on 26 July 2019.
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