public static function get_total_count( $args ) {
		global $wpdb;

		// Parse the arguments.
		$r = self::parse_args( $args );

		// Load BuddyPress.
		$bp = buddypress();

		// METADATA.
		$meta_query_sql = self::get_meta_query_sql( $r['meta_query'] );

		// SELECT.
		$select_sql = "SELECT COUNT(*)";

		// FROM.
		$from_sql   = "FROM {$bp->notifications->table_name} n ";

		// JOIN.
		$join_sql   = $meta_query_sql['join'];

		// WHERE.
		$where_sql  = self::get_where_sql( array(
			'id'                => $r['id'],
			'user_id'           => $r['user_id'],
			'item_id'           => $r['item_id'],
			'secondary_item_id' => $r['secondary_item_id'],
			'component_name'    => $r['component_name'],
			'component_action'  => $r['component_action'],
			'is_new'            => $r['is_new'],
			'search_terms'      => $r['search_terms'],
			'date_query'        => $r['date_query']
		), $select_sql, $from_sql, $join_sql, $meta_query_sql );

		// Concatenate query parts.
		$sql = "{$select_sql} {$from_sql} {$join_sql} {$where_sql}";

		// Return the queried results.
		return (int) $wpdb->get_var( $sql );
	}