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Carpenters

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US Pop - duo Carpenters . 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 1973: for the single Yesterday Once More 1973: for the album Top Of The World 1974: for the single Top of the World 1975: for the single Please Mr. Postman 1977: for the album The Carpenters Collection 1981: for the album Made in America 2013: for the album Reflections 2017: for the album The Nation's Favorite Songs 2020: for the single (They Long to Be) Close to You Golden record  Argentina 1990: for the album Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits 1996: for the album 22 Hits of The Carpenters  Australia 2010: for the video album Gold  Brazil 1994: for the album The Best of the Carpenters  Germany 1981: for the album Beautiful Moments  Finland 1991: for the album Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits  Hong Kong 1979: for the album A Kind of Hush 1980: for the Classic album  Japan 1994: for the album Yesterday Once More 2001: for the album As Time Goes By 2009: for the album 40/40 2014: for the ringtone Top of the World 2017: for the single Superstar  Canada 1976: for the single Please Mr. Postman 1976: for the album Horizon 1981: for the album Christmas Portrait  New Zealand 2001: for the album Gold - Greatest Hits 2009: for the video album Gold  Netherlands 1994: for the album The Singles 1969–1973  United States 1970: for the single (They Long to Be) Close to You 1970: for the single We've Only Just Begun 1971: for the single For All We Know 1971: for the single Rainy Days and Mondays 1971: for the single Superstar 1973: for the single Sing 1973: for the single Yesterday Once More 1973: for the single Top of the World 1975: for the single Please Mr. Postman 1976: for the album A Kind of Hush 1998: for the album Voice of the Heart 1998: for the album An Old-Fashioned Christmas 2000: for the album Love Songs 2004: for the video album Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters 2004: for the album Gold - Greatest Hits 2010: for the video album Gold  United Kingdom 1975: for the album Horizon 1976: for the album Now and Then 1976: for the album A Kind of Hush 1978: for the album Passage 1983: for the album Voice of the Heart 1990: for the album Live at the Palladium 1994: for the album Interpretations - A 25th Anniversary 1997: for the album The Best of the Carpenters 1998: for the album Love Songs 2013: for the video album Interpretations - A 25th Anniversary 2013: for the video album Gold 2013: for the album The Ultimate Collection 2013: for the album 40/40 2016: for the album Singles: 1969–1981 2019: for the album Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Platinum record  Argentina 1996: for the video album 22 Hits of The Carpenters  Australia 1990: for the album Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits  Europe 2010: for the album Gold - Greatest Hits  Hong Kong 1979: for the album The Singles 1974–1978 1990: for the album Yesterday Once More  Canada 1978: for the album The Singles 1969–1973  New Zealand 1983: for the album The Singles 1974–1978 1995: for the album The Best of the Carpenters  United States 1998: for the album Christmas Portrait 1998: for the album Horizon  United Kingdom 1974: for the album The Singles 1969–1973 1978: for the album The Singles 1974–1978 1984: for the album Yesterday Once More 2013: for the album Carpenters 2 × platinum record  United States 1998: for the album Close to You 1998: for the album Now and Then 1998: for the album Yesterday Once More 3 × platinum record  United States 1998: for the album A Song for You 4 × platinum record  Japan 1996: for the single Top of the World  United States 1998: for the album Carpenters  United Kingdom 2013: for the album Gold - Greatest Hits 5 × platinum record  United Kingdom 1993: for the album Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits 7 × platinum record  United States 1998: for the album The Singles 1969–1973 2 × diamond records  Japan 1996: for the album The Best of the Carpenters

Awards by album

Close to you

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

Carpenters

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	5 × platinum	4,300,000

A song for you

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

Now and Then

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

The Singles 1969-1973

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 9 × platinum	7,450,000

Top Of The World

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 Carpenters Collection

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

Horizon

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	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	1,150,000

A kind of hush

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold	610,000

Live at the Palladium

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

passage

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

The Singles 1974–1978

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × platinum	335,000

Christmas portrait

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

Classic

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
All in all	1 × gold	10,000

Beautiful moments

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × gold	250,000

Made in America

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

Voice of the Heart

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

An old-fashioned Christmas

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

Yesterday Once More

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 4 × platinum	2,420,000

Only Yesterday - Richard & Karen Carpenter's Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	1,500,000
All in all	2 × gold 6 × platinum	1,625,000

The Best of the Carpenters

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × diamond	2,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum 2 × diamond	2,215,000

Interpretations - A 25th Anniversary

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

22 hits of The Carpenters

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
All in all	1 × gold	30,000

Love songs

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

Reflections

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

As Time Goes By

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

Gold - Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 5 × platinum	1,707,500

The Ultimate 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

40/40

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

Singles: 1969-1981

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

The Nation's Favorite Songs

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

Carpenters with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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

(They Long to Be) Close to You

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	1,200,000

We've Only Just Begun

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

For All We Know

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

Rainy Days and Mondays

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

Superstar

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

Sing

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

Yesterday Once More

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

Top of the World

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	4 × platinum (single) + gold (ringtone)	900,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 4 × platinum	2,150,000

Please Mr. Postman

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	1,300,000

Awards by video albums

22 hits of The Carpenters

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
All in all	1 × platinum	8,000

Close to You: Remembering the Carpenters

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

Interpretations - A 25th Anniversary

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

gold

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	2,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	4 × gold	85,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	68,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	77,500	aria.com.au AU2
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.fi
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	60,000	Individual evidence
Japan (RIAJ)	-	5 × gold5	4 × platinum4th	2 × diamond2	2,900,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	275,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	40,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
United States (RIAA)	-	17 × gold17th	22 × platinum22nd	-	34,600,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × silver9	15 × gold15th	13 × platinum13	-	8,250,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	9 × silver9	51 × gold51	47 × platinum47	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold for A Kind of Hush in Hong Kong ( Memento from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Gold for Classic in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Gold for gold in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Platinum for The Singles 1974–1978 in Hong Kong ( Memento from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Platinum for Yesterday Once More in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )