Barry White / Music Sales Awards

Barry White (1974)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US Soul - singer Barry White . In his career he has sold over 100 million records to date, making him one of the most successful individual performers 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 1974: for the album Rhapsody in White 1974: for the single You're the First, the Last, My Everything 1975: for the album Just Another Way to Say I Love You 1976: for the single You See the Trouble with Me 1976: for the album Let the Music Play 1977: for the album Is This Whatcha Wont? 1979: for the single Just the Way You Are 1985: for the album Heart and Soul 2013: for the album White Gold: The Very Best Of 2013: for the album The Heart and Soul of Golden record  Argentina 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Belgium 1995: for the album All-Time Greatest Hits  France 1993: for the album Love Forever  Canada 1976: for the album Barry White's Greatest Hits 1995: for the album The Icon Is Love 2001: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Mexico 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Netherlands 1992: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Norway 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Switzerland 2000: for the album The Collection 2003: for the album The Ultimate Collection  United States 1973: for the single I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby 1973: for the album I've Got so Much to Give 1974: for the single Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up 1974: for the album Stone Gon ' 1974: for the single Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe 1974: for the album Can't Get Enough 1974: for the single You're the First, the Last, My Everything 1975: for the album Just Another Way to Say I Love You 1977: for the single It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me 1979: for the album The Message Is Love 1994: for the single practice What You Preach 1999: for the album Staying Power  United Kingdom 1975: for the album Stone Gon ' 1975: for the album Can't Get Enough 1975: for the album Barry White's Greatest Hits 2013: for the album All-Time Greatest Hits 2013: for the album Love Songs 2013: for the album Soul Seduction 2013: for the video album Legends in Concert - Larger Than Life

2 × gold record  France 1987: for the album The Right Night & Barry White 1993: for the album The Collection Platinum record  Australia 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Belgium 2005: for the album The Collection  Italy 2016: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Sweden 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  United States 1977: for the album Barry White Sings for Someone You Love 1978: for the album The Man 1996: for the album Barry White's Greatest Hits 2005: for the album The Ultimate Collection 2 × platinum record  Belgium 2008: for the album The Ultimate Collection  France 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  New Zealand 1999: for the album All-Time Greatest Hits 2003: for the album The Ultimate Collection  Spain 2000: for the album The Ultimate Collection  United States 1995: for the album The Icon Is Love 2005: for the album All-Time Greatest Hits 5 × platinum record  Europe 2010: for the album The Ultimate Collection  United Kingdom 2013: for the album The Collection

Awards by album

I've Got so Much to Give

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

Stone Gon '

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	200,000
All in all	2 × gold	700,000

Rhapsody in White

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	75,000
All in all	1 × silver	75,000

Can't get enough

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	200,000
All in all	2 × gold	700,000

Just Another Way to Say I Love You

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	80,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	580,000

Barry White's Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	200,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	1,250,000

Let the music play

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	80,000
All in all	1 × silver	80,000

Is This Whatcha Wont?

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	75,000
All in all	1 × silver	75,000

Barry White Sings for Someone You Love

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 Man

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 Message Is Love

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

Heart and Soul

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

The Right Night & Barry White

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
All in all	2 × gold	200,000

The Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	1,500,000
All in all	3 × gold 6 × platinum	1,775,000

Soul Seduction

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

Love Forever

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

All-time greatest hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	2,155,000

The Icon Is Love

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

Staying power

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

The Ultimate Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Europe (IFPI)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	(100,000)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(50,000)
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	6 × gold 17 × platinum	6,280,000

The Heart and Soul of

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

Love songs

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

White Gold: The Very Best Of

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

Awards by singles

I'm gonna love you just a little more baby

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

Never, never gonna give ya up

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

Can't Get Enough of Your Love, babe

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

You're the First, the Last, My Everything

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	1,250,000

You See the Trouble with Me

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

It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me

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

Just the Way You Are

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

Practice What You Preach

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

Awards by video albums

Legends in Concert - Larger Than Life

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold	25,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	-	30,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	platinum1	70,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	175,000	ultratop.be
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	(5,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	1,100,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	-	150,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	100,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	60,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	2 × platinum2	200,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	12 × gold12	8 × platinum8th	16,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	10 × silver10	7 × gold7th	5 × platinum5	3,665,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	10 × silver10	34 × gold34	32 × platinum32

Individual evidence

1. ↑ R&B Singer Barry White Dies - 2003-07-05. Voice of America, October 30, 2009; accessed May 13, 2018 .