Boney M./Discography
Boney M. - discography
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Boney M., live (1981)
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Publications | |
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Studio albums | 7th |
Live albums | 1 |
Compilations | 41 |
Remix albums | 4th |
Christmas albums | 11 |
Singles | 46 |
Video albums | 8th |
Box sets | 7th |
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the German disco - band Boney M. The source claims to have sold more than 150 million records in her career. The most successful release by Boney M. is the single Rivers of Babylon with around 10.7 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1976 | Take the Heat Off Me |
DE2
gold
(13 months)DE |
AT6 (9 months) AT |
- |
UK40
silver
(5 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 1976
Sales: + 496,000 |
1977 | Love for sale |
DE1
platinum
(15½ months)DE |
AT1 (10 months) AT |
- |
UK13
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 1977
Sales: + 646,000 |
1978 | Nightflight to Venus |
DE1
platinum
(61 weeks)DE |
AT1 (9 months) AT |
- |
UK1
platinum
(65 weeks)UK |
US134 (10 weeks) US |
First published: April 1978
Sales: + 1,970,000 |
1979 | Oceans of Fantasy |
DE1
platinum
(37 weeks)DE |
AT1 (4½ months) AT |
- |
UK1
platinum
(18 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: September 1979
Sales: + 1,046,000 |
1981 | Boonoonoonoos |
DE15 (18 weeks) DE |
AT14 (½ month) AT |
- | - | - |
First published: September 1, 1981
Sales: + 110,000 |
1984 | Ten Thousand Lightyears |
DE23 (14 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: February 1984
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1985 | Eye dance | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: October 1985
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
- 2013: In Concert 1979
Compilations (selection)
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1980 | The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits |
DE1
gold
(25 weeks)DE |
AT5
platinum
(4½ months)AT |
- |
UK1
gold
(26 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: May 1980
Sales: + 715,000 |
1986 | The Best of 10 Years |
DE3 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK35 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: January 1986
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1992 | Gold - 20 Super Hits also known as: The Greatest Hits (UK) |
DE5
gold
(23 weeks)DE |
AT6th
gold
(4 months)AT |
CH5
platinum
(14 weeks)CH |
UK14 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 2, 1992
Sales: + 596,000 |
1993 | More gold | - |
AT38 (5 weeks) AT |
- | - | - |
First published: October 1993
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1999 | 20 th Century Hits |
DE10 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH37 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 14, 1999
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2001 | The Greatest Hits (BMG) | - | - | - |
UK66
gold
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: December 3, 2001
Sales: + 100,000 |
2006 | The Magic of Boney M. |
DE19 (19 weeks) DE |
AT13 (14 weeks) AT |
CH39 (14 weeks) CH |
UK45
gold
(4 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 27, 2006
Sales: +157,500 |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More compilations
- 1981: Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2
- 1984: Kalimba de Luna - 16 happy songs
- 1984: Fantastic Boney M.
- 1991: The Collection
- 1991: Daddy Cool - Star Collection (Sales: + 500,000; DE:platinum)
- 1995: Sunny
- 1996: Hit Collection
- 1996: Best in Spain (Sales: + 50,000)
- 1997: The Best of (Sales: + 120,000; UK:gold)
- 1998: Norske Hits
- 1999: Ultimate
- 2000: 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool
- 2000: The Ultimate Collection
- 2000: The Complete Collection
- 2000: Their Most Beautiful Ballads
- 2000: L'Essentiel
- 2007: Hit Collection
- 2008: The Collection
- 2008: Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection)
- 2008: Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1
- 2008: The Complete Boney M.
- 2008: The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection
- 2008: The Very Best of Village People & Boney M. (with Village People ; sales: + 5,500)
- 2009: Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2
- 2009: Let It All Be Music - The Party Album
- 2009: Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3
- 2009: Greatest Hits - Steel Box Collection
- 2010: America - The Party Album
- 2011: Barbra Streisand - Boney M. Goes Club
- 2011: Back to Back (with Kool & the Gang )
- 2011: Original album Classics
- 2012: The Essential
- 2013: All Time Best - Reclam Music Edition
- 2013: Music & Video Stars
Remix albums
- 1988: Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (Sales: + 300,000)
- 1989: Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II
- 2008: In the Mix - The Greatest Hits… Mixed Nonstop!
- 2012: Non Stop-Digital Remix / The Best 12 "Versions
Christmas albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||||
1981 | Christmas Album also known as: Christmas with Boney M. |
DE14 (8 weeks) DE |
AT35 (5 weeks) AT |
CH95 (3 weeks) CH |
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First published: December 1981
Sales: + 250,000 |
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2010 | Feliz Navidad |
DE93 (2 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: December 10, 2010
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2017 | World Music for Christmas |
DE53 (2 weeks) DE |
- |
CH82 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: December 8, 2017
feat. Liz Mitchell and Friends |
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Number one albums | DE4thDE | AT3AT | CH-CH | UK3UK | US-US | |||
Top 10 albums | DE8thDE | AT6thAT | CH1CH | UK3UK | US-US | |||
Albums in the charts | DE15thDE | AT11AT | CH6thCH | UK10UK | US1US |
gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
More Christmas albums
- 1984: Christmas with Boney M. (1984)
- 1986: The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs
- 1991: Happy Christmas (sales: + 250,000; DE:gold)
- 1992: The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World
- 1998: A Wonderful Christmas Time
- 1998: Christmas Party
- 2008: Christmas Time
- 2012: The Christmas Mix - All the Hits!
Singles
Chart placements
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks / months, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks / months, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||||
1976 |
Daddy Cool / No Woman, No Cry Take the Heat Off Me |
DE1
gold
(34 weeks)DE |
AT1 (7 months) AT |
CH1 (20 weeks) CH |
UK6th
silver
(12 weeks)UK |
US65 (5 weeks) US |
First published: May 31, 1976
Sales: + 1,000,000 |
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Sunny / New York City Take the Heat Off Me |
DE1 (26 weeks) DE |
AT1 (5 months) AT |
CH2 (12 weeks) CH |
UK3 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 22, 1976
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1977 | Ma Baker / Still I'm Sad Love for Sale |
DE1
gold
(28 weeks)DE |
AT1 (6 months) AT |
CH1 (18 weeks) CH |
UK2
gold
(13 weeks)UK |
US96 (3 weeks) US |
First published: May 2, 1977
Sales: + 750,000 |
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Belfast / Plantation Boy Love for Sale |
DE1 (27 weeks) DE |
AT2 (5 months) AT |
CH1 (17 weeks) CH |
UK8 (13 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 19, 1977
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1978 |
Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring Nightflight to Venus |
DE1
platinum
(37 weeks)DE |
AT1 (7 months) AT |
CH1 (21 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(40 weeks)UK |
US30 (17 weeks) US |
First published: April 3, 1978
Sales: +10,734,000 |
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Rasputin Nightflight to Venus |
DE1 (20 weeks) DE |
AT1 (4 months) AT |
CH2 (10 weeks) CH |
UK2
gold
(10 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 28, 1978
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Painter Man Nightflight to Venus[DE: ↑][AT: ↑][CH: ↑] |
UK10
silver
(6 weeks)UK[US: ↑] |
Total sales: + 750,000
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Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord / Dancing in the Streets Nightflight to Venus |
DE1 (14 weeks) DE |
AT3 (3 months) AT |
CH1 (10 weeks) CH |
UK1
platinum
(8 weeks)UK |
US85 (5 weeks) US |
First published: November 27, 1978
Sales: +3,000,000 |
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1979 | Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday / Ribbons of Blue The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits |
DE4 (22 weeks) DE |
AT3 (4 months) AT |
CH4 (10 weeks) CH |
UK3
silver
(9 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: March 26, 1979
Sales: +350,000 |
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El Lute / Gotta Go Home Oceans of Fantasy |
DE1
gold
(33 weeks)DE |
AT1 (4 months) AT |
CH2 (14 weeks) CH |
UK12
silver
(11 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 1979
Sales: + 600,000 |
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I'm Born Again Oceans of Fantasy |
DE7 (20 weeks) DE |
AT9 (1 month) AT |
CH6 (7 weeks) CH |
UK35 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1979
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Bahama Mama Oceans of Fantasy[DE: ↑] |
AT12 (2 weeks) AT[CH: ↑][UK: ↑][US: ↑] |
First published: November 1979
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1980 | I See a Boat (On the River) / My Friend Jack Oceans of Fantasy |
DE5 (25 weeks) DE |
AT3 (3½ months) AT |
CH9 (7 weeks) CH |
UK57 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1980
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Children of Paradise / Gadda-Da-Vida Kalimba De Luna |
DE11 (19 weeks) DE |
AT12 (2½ months) AT |
- |
UK66 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 29, 1980
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Felicidad (Margherita) / Strange Boonoonoonoos |
DE6 (27 weeks) DE |
AT6 (3 months) AT |
CH3 (8 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: December 1980
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1981 | Consuela Biaz / Malaika Boonoonoonoos |
DE13 (16 weeks) DE |
AT7 (2 months) AT |
CH4 (8 weeks) CH |
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First published: June 1981
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We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World) / Boonoonoonoos Boonoonoonoos |
DE12 (19 weeks) DE |
- |
CH3 (9 weeks) CH |
UK39 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 1981
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Little Drummer Boy / Boney M. on 45 (Medley) Christmas Album |
DE20 (4 weeks) DE |
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First published: November 1981
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1982 | The Carnival Is Over / Going Back West Ten Thousand Lightyears |
DE41 (14 weeks) DE |
- |
CH11 (4 weeks) CH |
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First published: June 1982
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1983 | Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems) / African Moon Kalimba De Luna |
DE48 (5 weeks) DE |
- |
CH11 (5 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: July 1983
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1984 | Somewhere in the World / Exodus Kalimba De Luna |
DE49 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: May 1984
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Kalimba De Luna / Ten Thousand Lightyears Kalimba De Luna |
DE16 (23 weeks) DE |
AT11 (½ month) AT |
CH23 (3 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: August 1984
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Happy Song / School's Out Kalimba De Luna |
DE7 (17 weeks) DE |
AT15 (2½ months) AT |
CH21 (7 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 1984
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1985 | My Chérie Amour / Sample City Eye Dance |
DE55 (5 weeks) DE |
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First published: May 1985
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Young Free and Single / Blue Beach Eye Dance |
DE48 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: September 1985
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1988 |
Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88) / Mary's Boy Child (Remix '88) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 |
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UK52 (3 weeks) UK |
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First published: October 1988
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Megamix '88 / Rasputin '88 Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 |
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UK100 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: 1988
Sales: + 400,000 |
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1989 | Summer Megamix Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II |
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UK92 (1 week) UK |
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First published: May 1989
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1990 | Stories / rumors | - | - |
CH26 (1 week) CH |
UK94 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: March 1990
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1992 | Mega Mix Gold - 20 super hits |
DE26 (11 weeks) DE |
AT11 (10 weeks) AT |
- |
UK7 (9 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1992
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1993 | Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix '93) Gold - 20 Super Hits |
- | - | - |
UK38 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1, 1993
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1998 | Somebody Scream (Ma Baker) (Remix) Ultimate |
DE28 (15 weeks) DE |
AT19 (12 weeks) AT |
CH21 (17 weeks) CH |
UK22 (2 weeks) UK |
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1999 |
Daddy Cool '99 Ultimate |
DE47 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH49 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First release: August 26th, 1999
feat. Mobi T. |
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Caribbean Nightfever Megamix / Hooray! Hooray! '99 More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II |
DE79 (3 weeks) DE |
- |
CH80 (2 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 8, 1999
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2000 | Sunny '00 More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II |
- | - |
CH80 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: February 7, 2000
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2001 |
Daddy Cool 2001 The Greatest Hits |
- | - | - |
UK47 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 2001
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2007 |
Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord Christmas with Boney M. |
- | - | - |
UK26 (19 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: December 1, 2007
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Number one singles | DE8thDE | AT6thAT | CH5CH | UK2UK | US-US | |||
Top 10 singles | DE13DE | AT13AT | CH14thCH | UK10UK | US-US | |||
Singles in the charts | DE27DE | AT19thAT | CH23CH | UK23UK | US4thUS |
more publishments
- 1975: Baby Do You Wanna Bump
- 1977: Still I'm Sad
- 1982: 6 Years of Boney M. Hits
- 1982: Zion's Daughter
- 1983: The Carnival Is Over
- 1986: Bang Bang Lulu
- 1989: Malaika (Lambada Remix)
- 1993: Ma Baker (Remix '93)
- 1994: Papa Chico (feat. Liz Mitchell )
- 2006: Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)
- 2009: Felicidad America (Obama-Obama) ( feat.Sherita O. & Yulee B. )
Video albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2006 | The Magic of Boney M. | - | - | - |
UK38 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 27, 2006
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2015 | Diamonds | DE*DE | - |
CH10 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 27, 2015
* see box set |
More video albums
- 1993: gold
- 2001: Greatest Hits
- 2002: Special Edition
- 2007: Fantastic Boney M. - On Stage and on the Road
- 2011: ZDF Kultnacht Presents: Boney M. - Legendary TV Performances
- 2011: The Complete DVD Collection
Box sets
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2015 | Diamonds |
DE20 (7 weeks) DE |
AT19 (6 weeks) AT |
CH30 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 27, 2015
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2019 | gold | - | - | - |
UK41 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 15, 2019
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More box sets
- 1996: Hit Collection - Boney M.
- 2008: The Collection
- 2008: The Complete Boney M.
- 2009: Gold - Greatest Hits
- 2010: Hit Story
Awards for music sales
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | gold1 | - | 35,000 | aria.com.au |
Belgium (BEA) | - | - | - | 200,000 | Individual evidence |
Denmark (IFPI) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 140,000 | ifpi.dk |
Germany (BVMI) | - | 7 × gold7th | 6 × platinum6th | 4,750,000 | musikindustrie.de |
Finland (IFPI) | - | 6 × gold6th | - | 169,828 | ifpi.fi |
France (SNEP) | - | 4 × gold4th | platinum1 | 4,705,900 | infodisc.fr |
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA) | - | gold1 | 5 × platinum5 | 110,000 | ifpihk.org |
Ireland (IRMA) | - | gold1 | - | 7,500 | irishcharts.ie |
Japan (RIAJ) | - | - | - | 780,000 | Individual evidence |
Canada (MC) | - | 4 × gold4th | 9 × platinum9 | 1,175,000 | musiccanada.com |
New Zealand (RMNZ) | - | 2 × gold2 | 4 × platinum4th | 82,500 | nztop40.co.nz |
Netherlands (NVPI) | - | 7 × gold7th | 2 × platinum2 | 1,000,000 | nvpi.nl |
Norway (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 40,000 | ifpi.no |
Austria (IFPI) | - | gold1 | platinum1 | 75,000 | ifpi.at |
Sweden (IFPI) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 200,000 | ifpi.se |
Switzerland (IFPI) | - | - | platinum1 | 50,000 | hitparade.ch |
Spain (Promusicae) | - | gold1 | 4 × platinum4th | 450,000 | ESP1 , ESP2 |
United Kingdom (BPI) | 5 × silver5 | 7 × gold7th | 4 × platinum4th | 5,160,000 | bpi.co.uk |
All in all | 5 × silver5 | 42 × gold42 | 42 × platinum42 |
See also
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- ↑ Diamond Award presented by Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel on ZDF on April 2, 2015
- ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, p. 412
- ↑ Sales of Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring
- ^ Joseph Murrells, Million Selling Records , 1985, pp. 452 f.