Aerosmith / Music Sales Awards

Aerosmith

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US rock - band Aerosmith . In their career they were able to sell over 150 million records, making them one of the most successful bands of all time . 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 2013: for the album Just Push Play 2018: for the single Dream On 2019: for the single Dude (Looks Like a Lady) 2020: for the single Walk This Way Golden record  Argentina 1998: for the album A Little South of Sanity 2001: for the album Just Push Play  Brazil 1995: for the album Get a Grip (BMG Brasil) 1996: for the album Get a Grip (Universal Music) 1996: for the album Big Ones 2001: for the album Just Push Play  Denmark 2018: for the single Walk This Way  Germany 1994: for the single Cryin ' 1994: for the album Pump 1994: for the album Big Ones 1997: for the album Nine Lives  Finland 1993: for the album Get a Grip 1997: for the album Nine Lives  France 1994: for the album Get a Grip 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Italy 2017: for the single Walk This Way (with Run-DMC)  Japan 1995: for the album Permanent Vacation 1998: for the album Aerosmith's Greatest Hits 2004: for the album Honkin 'on Bobo 2009: for the album Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith 2015: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Canada 1977: for the album Draw the Line 1978: for the album Live! Bootleg 1979: for the album Night in the Ruts 2012: for the album Music from Another Dimension!  Netherlands 1995: for the album Big Ones 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Mexico 1999: for the album Get a Grip 1999: for the album Big Ones 2013: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Norway 1994: for the single Cryin '  Austria 1994: for the album Big Ones 1997: for the album Nine Lives 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Poland 1995: for the album Get a Grip 1997: for the album Nine Lives  Switzerland 1993: for the album Get a Grip 2001: for the album Just Push Play  Spain 1995: for the album Big Ones 1997: for the album Nine Lives  Uruguay 1999: for the album Nine Lives  United States 1989: for the video album Aerosmith Video Scrapbook 1989: for the video album Permanent Vacation 3x5 1989: for the video album Live Texxas Jam '78 1989: for the single Love in an Elevator 1989: for the album Rock in a Hard Place 1990: for the video album The Making of Pump 1993: for the album Done with Mirrors 1993: for the single Cryin ' 1994: for the album Classics Live! Vol.2 1995: for the video album Big Ones You Can Look At 1995: for the album Box of Fire 1996: for the album Gems 1997: for the single Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees) 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 2004: for the album Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology / Gold 2004: for the album Honkin 'on Bobo  United Kingdom 1989: for the album Pump 1990: for the album Permanent Vacation 2002: for the album O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith hits 2013: for the album Nine Lives 2013: for the video album You Gotta Move 2013: for the video album Big Ones You Can Look At 2019: for the album A Little South of Sanity 2019: for the album The Essential 2019: for the single Walk This Way (with Run-DMC)

Platinum record  Argentina 1997: for the album Nine Lives  Australia 1990: for the single Janie's Got a Gun 2009: for the video album You Gotta Move  Belgium 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Brazil 2007: for the album Nine Lives  Denmark 2019: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Germany 1994: for the album Get a Grip 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Europe 1996: for the album Big Ones 1999: for the album Nine Lives  Finland 1998: for the album Big Ones  Ireland 2006: for the album Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith  Italy 2016: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 2019: for the single Dream On  Japan 1993: for the album Get a Grip 1995: for the album Big Ones 1998: for the album A Little South of Sanity 1998: for the EP I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 2002: for the album O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith hits  Canada 1976: for the album Rocks 1977: for the album Toys in the Attic 1979: for the Aerosmith album 1979: for the album Get Your Wings 1994: for the video album Big Ones You Can Look At 1997: for the album Aerosmith's Greatest Hits 1998: for the album A Little South of Sanity  New Zealand 1990: for the album Pump 1995: for the album Big Ones 2006: for the album Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith  Netherlands 1994: for the album Get a Grip  Norway 1995: for the album Big Ones 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Austria 1994: for the album Get a Grip  Sweden 1993: for the album Get a Grip 1995: for the album Big Ones  Switzerland 1997: for the album Nine Lives 1999: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Spain 1994: for the album Get a Grip  United States 1978: for the album Live! Bootleg 1990: for the video album Things That Go Pump in the Night 1994: for the album Night in the Ruts 1996: for the album Pandora's Box 1998: for the album A Little South of Sanity 2001: for the album Classics Live! 2001: for the album Just Push Play 2013: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (Digital)  United Kingdom 1994: for the album Get a Grip 1994: for the album Big Ones 2013: for the album Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology / Gold 2013: for the album Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith

2 × platinum record  Australia 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  Japan 2001: for the album Just Push Play  Sweden 1998: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing  United States 1986: for the Aerosmith album 1996: for the album Draw the Line 1998: for the album Nine Lives 2005: for the album O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith hits  United Kingdom 2015: for the single I Don't Want to Miss a Thing 3 × platinum record  Argentina 1995: for the album Big Ones  Japan 1998: for the album Nine Lives  Canada 1998: for the album Nine Lives  United States 2001: for the album Get Your Wings 4 × platinum record  United States 1997: for the album Big Ones 2001: for the album Rocks 2005: for the video album You Gotta Move 5 × platinum record  Canada 1994: for the album Permanent Vacation  United States 1995: for the album Permanent Vacation 6 × platinum record  Argentina 1994: for the video album Big Ones You Can Look At 7 × platinum record  Canada 1994: for the album Pump  United States 1995: for the album Pump 1995: for the album Get a Grip 8 × platinum record  Canada 2001: for the album Big Ones  United States 2002: for the album Toys in the Attic 11 × platinum record  United States 2007: for the album Aerosmith's Greatest Hits Diamond record  Canada 1995: for the album Get a Grip

Awards by album

Aerosmith

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	3 × platinum	2,100,000

Get your wings

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

Toys in the Attic

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	8 × platinum	8,000,000
All in all	8 × platinum	8,100,000

Rocks

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
All in all	5 × platinum	4,100,000

Draw the line

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	2,050,000

Live! Bootleg

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,050,000

Night in the Ruts

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,050,000

Aerosmith's Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	11 × platinum	11,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum 1 × diamond	11,200,000

Rock in a hard place

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

Classics Live!

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

Done with mirrors

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

Classics Live! Vol.2

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

Gems

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

Permanent Vacation

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 10 × platinum	5,700,000

Pump

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 15 × platinum	8,065,000

Pandora's Box

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

Get a grip

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	Gold (BMG Brasil) + Gold (Universal Music)	200,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	33,759
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	7 × gold 14 × platinum 1 × diamond	9,858,759

Big Ones

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	3 × platinum	180,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,060)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	8 × platinum	800,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(50,000)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	6 × gold 22 × platinum	6,395,000

Box of Fire

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

Nine lives

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	250,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(27,903)
Japan (RIAJ)	3 × platinum	600,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
Uruguay (CUD)	gold	3,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	(100,000)
All in all	7 × gold 12 × platinum	4,210,000

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (EP)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
All in all	1 × platinum	200,000

A Little South of Sanity

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 3 × platinum	1,430,000

Just push play

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	400,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 3 × gold 3 × platinum	1,550,000

Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology / Gold

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	800,000

O, yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	2,300,000

Honkin 'on Bobo

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

Devil's Got a New Disguise - The Very Best of Aerosmith

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Ireland (IRMA)	platinum	15,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	430,000

The essential

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

Music from Another Dimension!

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
All in all	1 × gold	40,000

Awards by singles

Dream On

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	250,000

Walk This Way

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	245,000

Walk This Way (with Run-DMC)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold	425,000

Dude (looks like a lady)

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

Love in an elevator

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

Janie's Got a Gun

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
All in all	1 × platinum	70,000

Cryin '

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	5,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	3 × gold	755,000

Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)

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

I don't want to miss a thing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	90,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	10,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	60,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	Gold (Digital) + Platinum (Physical)	1,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	8 × gold 13 × platinum	4,015,000

Awards by video albums

Live Texxas Jam '78

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

Aerosmith Video Scrapbook

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

Permanent Vacation 3x5

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

Things That Go Pump in the Night

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
All in all	1 × platinum	100,000

The Making of Pump

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

Big Ones You Can Look At

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	6 × platinum	48,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold 7 × platinum	133,000

You gotta move

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	400,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold 5 × platinum	440,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	10 × platinum10	-	338,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR3 ( Memento from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	225,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	-	50,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	-	600,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	135,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	-	2,000,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	101,722	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	350,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	platinum1	-	15,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	125,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	5 × gold5	10 × platinum10	-	2,500,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	30 × platinum30th	diamond1	4,100,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	230,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	45,000	nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	200,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	65,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	125,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	260,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	145,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	200,000	promusicae.es
Uruguay (CUD)	-	gold1	-	-	3,000	cudisco.org ( Memento of December 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
United States (RIAA)	-	16 × gold16	59 × platinum59	diamond1	70,250,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	9 × gold9	6 × platinum6th	-	4,110,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	66 × gold66	144 × platinum144	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Robert Digiacomo: Aerosmith guitarist Perry tells all; band hits AC Sunday. In: The Press of Atlantic City. August 14, 2014, accessed June 28, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Gold for Nine Lives in Uruguay ( Memento from December 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Platinum for Janie's Got a Gun in Australia