Simon & Garfunkel / Awards for music sales

Simon & Garfunkel (1968)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US folk-rock duos Simon & Garfunkel . According to the sources, they have sold more than 100 million records in their careers, making them one of the performers with the highest number of records sold worldwide . The awards can be found according to their type (gold, platinum, etc.), sorted by country in chronological order, and according to the sound carriers themselves, also in chronological order, separated by medium (albums, singles, etc.).

Awards

Silver record

United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 2015: for the album The Best of Simon and Garfunkel
- 2018: for the single The Boxer
- 2019: for the album Bookends
- 2019: for the single Cecilia
- 2020: for the album The Graduate

Golden record

Australia Australia
- 2006: for the album Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
- 2009: for the album Old Friends: Live on Stage
- 2010: for the album 20 Greatest Hits
Belgium Belgium
- 2007: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Denmark Denmark
- 2019: for the single The Sound of Silence
Germany Germany
- 19 ??: for the single El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
- 1982: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 1982: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
- 2001: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
- 2005: for the video album Old Friends: Live on Stage
Finland Finland
- 1977: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water
- 1977: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
- 1997: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
- 2004: for the album The Essential
France France
- 1991: for the album The Graduate
Italy Italy
- 2014: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 2014: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
- 2019: for the single Mrs. Robinson
Japan Japan
- 2002: for the album The Best of Simon and Garfunkel
Canada Canada
- 1979: for the single The Sound of Silence
- 1982: for the album The Concert in Central Park
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1996: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
Netherlands Netherlands
- 1982: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 1995: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
Portugal Portugal
- 1987: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
Sweden Sweden
- 1994: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
- 2000: for the album Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1998: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
- 2003: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water
Spain Spain
- 1998: for the album Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
- 2004: for the video album The Concert in Central Park
United States United States
- 1968: for the single The Sound of Silence
- 1968: for the single Mrs. Robinson
- 1970: for the single Bridge over Troubled Water
- 1970: for the single Cecilia
- 1998: for the video album The Concert in Central Park
- 2000: for the album Old Friends
- 2008: for the video album Old Friends: Live on Stage
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1982: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 1984: for the album Sounds of Silence
- 2013: for the album Simon & Garfunkel: The Collection
- 2013: for the album Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
- 2013: for the album Old Friends: Live on Stage
- 2017: for the album Old Friends
- 2019: for the single The Sound of Silence
- 2019: for the single Mrs. Robinson
- 2019: for the Single Bridge over Troubled Water

Platinum record

Belgium Belgium
- 1998: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
Germany Germany
- 1977: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water
- 2004: for the video album The Concert in Central Park
Finland Finland
- 1981: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
France France
- 1995: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water
- 2004: for the video album The Concert in Central Park
Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 1979: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Italy Italy
- 2016: for the single The Sound of Silence
Canada Canada
- 1979: for the album The Graduate
- 1979: for the album Sounds of Silence
- 1979: for the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
- 1992: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1983: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
- 1983: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 1991: for the album 20 Greatest Hits
Norway Norway
- 2004: for the album The Essential
Austria Austria
- 1990: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water
- 1991: for the album The Concert in Central Park
Sweden Sweden
- 2004: for the album The Essential
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1998: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection (CBS)
United States United States
- 1997: for the album Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
- 2002: for the album Simon & Garfunkel: Collected Works
- 2003: for the album The Best of Simon and Garfunkel
- 2005: for the album The Essential
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1991: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
- 2013: for the album The Essential
- 2013: for the video album The Concert in Central Park

2 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2009: for the video album Old Friends: Live on Stage
- 2010: for the album The Essential
Germany Germany
- 1980: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
France France
- 1995: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
Japan Japan
- 1998: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
- 2014: for the single A Hazy Shade of Winter
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2008: for the video album Old Friends: Live on Stage
Netherlands Netherlands
- 1997: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
Norway Norway
- 1996: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1989: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 2000: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection (Columbia)
United States United States
- 1986: for the album Bookends
- 1996: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 1997: for the album The Graduate

3 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 1981: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2009: for the album Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel
United States United States
- 1986: for the album Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
- 2001: for the album Sounds of Silence
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1988: for the album The Simon and Garfunkel Collection
- 2019: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

4 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1978: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2009: for the video album The Concert in Central Park
Portugal Portugal
- 2004: for the video album The Concert in Central Park
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1991: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

5 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1979: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

8 × platinum record

United States United States
- 2001: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water

10 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2013: for the video album The Concert in Central Park

11 × platinum record

United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 2020: for the album Bridge over Troubled Water

14 × platinum record

United States United States
- 2003: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

Diamond record

France France
- 1988: for the album Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
- 1995: for the album The Concert in Central Park
- 2002: for the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel

Awards by album

Wednesday morning, 3 AM

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × platinum	1,000,000

Sounds of Silence

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 4 × platinum	3,200,000

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
All in all	4 × platinum	3,100,000

Bookends

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × platinum	2,060,000

The Graduate

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 3 × platinum	2,260,000

Bridge over Troubled Water

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	8 × platinum	8,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	11 × platinum	3,300,000
All in all	2 × gold 26 × platinum	12,600,000

Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	1,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	33.092
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	14 × platinum	14,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	3 × gold 19 × platinum 2 × diamond	17,728,092

The Simon and Garfunkel Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	58,327
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	600,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	2 × platinum	200,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	Platinum (CBS) + 2 × Platinum (Columbia)	150,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	2 × gold 15 × platinum	2,418,327

Simon & Garfunkel: Collected Works

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × platinum	1,000,000

The Concert in Central Park

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold 6 × platinum 1 × diamond	3,565,000

20 hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	50,000

The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	29,600
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Norway (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	6 × gold 6 × platinum 1 × diamond	2,262,100

Old Friends

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	600,000

The Best of Simon and Garfunkel

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,160,000

Tales from New York: The Very Best of Simon & Garfunkel

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	3 × platinum	45,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	40,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 3 × platinum	270,000

The essential

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	17,330
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	60,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 6 × platinum	1,567,330

Old Friends: Live on Stage

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	135,000

Simon & Garfunkel: The Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold	100,000

Awards by singles

The Sound of Silence

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	1,545,000

A Hazy Shade of Winter

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	200,000
All in all	2 × platinum	200,000

Mrs. Robinson

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	3 × gold	1,425,000

The boxer

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver	200,000

Bridge over Troubled Water

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold	1,400,000

Cecilia

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	1,000,000

El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold	500,000

Awards by video albums

The Concert in Central Park

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	10 × platinum	150,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	50,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	4 × platinum	20,000
Portugal (AFP)	4 × platinum	32,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	2 × gold 21 × platinum	382,000

Old Friends: Live on Stage

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	30,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	115,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	17 × platinum17th	0! D.-	635,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	0! S.-	gold1	platinum1	0! D.-	75,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	5 × gold5	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	2,825,000	musikindustrie.de individual records
Finland (IFPI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	0! D.-	163,349	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	0! S.-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	3 × diamond3	4,020,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	20,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	platinum1	0! D.-	175,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	0! S.-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	700,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	13 × platinum13	0! D.-	1,300,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	gold1	12 × platinum12	0! D.-	127,500	nztop40.co.nz NZ2
Netherlands (NVPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	300,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	150,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	100,000	ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP)	0! S.-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	52,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	platinum1	0! D.-	150,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	0! D.-	500,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	0! D.-	60,000	mediafire.com promusicae.es
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	7 × gold7th	28 × platinum28	diamond1	42,600,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	9 × gold9	20 × platinum20th	0! D.-	8,130,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	47 × gold47	127 × platinum127	4 × diamond4th

Individual evidence

^ Andy Welch: The singer with Art. In: The Shuttle. December 1, 2012, accessed July 15, 2018 .
↑ Platinum for 20 Greatest Hits in Australia
^ ^A ^b Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .
↑ Gold for The Simon and Garfunkel Collection in Portugal (PDF file, p.44)
↑ Platinum for Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits in Hong Kong ( Memento of April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 3 × platinum for The Simon and Garfunkel Collection in Australia
↑ 4 × platinum for The Concert in Central Park in Portugal ( Memento from January 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Andy Welch: The singer with Art. In: The Shuttle. December 1, 2012, accessed July 15, 2018 .

[2] Platinum for 20 Greatest Hits in Australia

[Ehnert446-3] A ^b Günter Ehnert: Hit balance sheet - German chart singles 1956-1980 . 1st edition. Verlag popular music-literature, Norderstedt 2000, ISBN 3-922542-24-7 , p. 446 .

[4] Gold for The Simon and Garfunkel Collection in Portugal (PDF file, p.44)

[5] Platinum for Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits in Hong Kong ( Memento of April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[6] 3 × platinum for The Simon and Garfunkel Collection in Australia

[7] 4 × platinum for The Concert in Central Park in Portugal ( Memento from January 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )


Studio albums	Wednesday Morning, 3 AM • Sounds of Silence • Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme • Bookends • Bridge over Troubled Water
Live albums	The Concert in Central Park • Live from New York City, 1967 • Old Friends: Live on Stage • Live 1969
Soundtracks	The Graduate
Singles	The Sound of Silence • Homeward Bound • I Am a Rock • The Dangling Conversation • A Hazy Shade of Winter • At the Zoo • Fakin 'It • Scarborough Fair / Canticle • Mrs. Robinson • The Boxer • Bridge over Troubled Water • Cecilia • El Condor Pasa (If I Could) • America • For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her • My Little Town • Wake Up Little Susie