Dire Straits / Music Sales Awards

Dire Straits live in Drammenhallen , Norway (1985)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of British rock - band Dire Straits . In their career they have sold over 120 million records so far, 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  Sweden 1980: for the album Dire Straits  United Kingdom 1982: for the single Private Investigations Golden record  Argentina 1989: for the album Brothers in Arms  Australia 1993: for the album On the Night 2010: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live  Brazil 1988: for the album Money for Nothing 2015: for the video album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live  Denmark 2018: for the single Sultans of Swing 2019: for the single Money for Nothing 2019: for the single Walk of Life 2019: for the single Brothers in Arms  Germany 1981: for the Making Movies album 1988: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 1999: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Finland 1988: for the album Money for Nothing 1989: for the album Communiqué  France 1981: for the Making Movies album 1984: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 1989: for the video album Brothers in Arms - The Videosingles 2019: for the video album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live  Greece 1980: for the album Dire Straits 2002: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Italy 2013: for the album Making Movies 2015: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits 2015: for the album Dire Straits 2017: for the single Money for Nothing 2018: for the single Walk of Life  Canada 1979: for the single Sultans of Swing 1985: for the single Money for Nothing 1986: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live  New Zealand 1986: for the album Communiqué 1993: for the album On the Night  Netherlands 1980: for the Making Movies album 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Austria 1987: for the album Dire Straits 1987: for the album Communiqué 1993: for the album On the Night 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Poland 2019: for the album Brothers in Arms  Portugal 1989: for the album Money for Nothing 2010: for the video album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live  Sweden 1980: for the album Communiqué 2002: for the album Brothers in Arms 2005: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Switzerland 1993: for the album On the Night 1996: for the Making Movies album  Spain 1981: for the Making Movies album 1983: for the album Love over Gold 1984: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 1996: for the album Live at the BBC  Hungary 2001: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  United States 1979: for the album Communiqué 1986: for the album Love over Gold 2001: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live  United Kingdom 2013: for the video album Sultans of Swing 2015: for the album On the Night 2019: for the single Romeo and Juliet 2019: for the single Money for Nothing 2019: for the single Walk of Life 2020: for the single Brothers in Arms 2020: for the video album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Platinum record  Argentina 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits 2005: for the video album On the Night 2005: for the video album Sultans of Swing (re-release)  Australia 2010: for the video album On the Night 2013: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Belgium 1986: for the album Brothers in Arms 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits 2012: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Brazil 2008: for the video album Sultans of Swing  Denmark 2006: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Germany 1979: for the album Dire Straits 1979: for the album Communiqué 1985: for the album Brothers in Arms 1987: for the album Love over Gold 1989: for the album Money for Nothing 1991: for the album On Every Street  Europe 2007: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Finland 1982: for the album Love over Gold 1991: for the album On Every Street 1995: for the album Making Movies 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  France 1982: for the album Dire Straits 1984: for the album Love over Gold 1989: for the video album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 1993: for the album On the Night 1999: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Hong Kong 1988: for the album Brothers in Arms 1990: for the album Money for Nothing  Italy 2017: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler 2019: for the album Brothers in Arms 2019: for the single Romeo and Juliet  Canada 1988: for the album Twisting by the Pool 1988: for the album Money for Nothing  New Zealand 1986: for the Making Movies album 1986: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 1986: for the album Dire Straits 1986: for the album Love over Gold 1989: for the album Money for Nothing 1992: for the album On Every Street 1999: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits 2005: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler 2009: for the video album On the Night 2009: for the video album Sultans of Swing  Netherlands 1978: for the album Dire Straits 1979: for the album Communiqué 1982: for the album Love over Gold 1992: for the album Money for Nothing 1992: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 1993: for the album On the Night  Norway 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Austria 1987: for the album Love over Gold 1991: for the album On Every Street  Poland 2018: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Portugal 2006: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Sweden 1998: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Switzerland 1998: for the album Brothers in Arms (Phonogram) 1999: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Spain 1979: for the album Communiqué 1987: for the album Brothers in Arms 1993: for the album On the Night 2005: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  United States 1991: for the album On Every Street 1994: for the album Money for Nothing 2001: for the album Making Movies  United Kingdom 1985: for the album Communiqué 1985: for the album Alchemy: Dire Straits Live 2019: for the single Sultans of Swing

2 × platinum record  Australia 1992: for the album On Every Street  Finland 1997: for the album Brothers in Arms  France 1991: for the album Communiqué  Ireland 2005: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler  Italy 2019: for the single Sultans of Swing  Canada 1979: for the album Communiqué 1985: for the album Love over Gold 1989: for the Making Movies album 1991: for the album On Every Street  Netherlands 1991: for the album On Every Street  Portugal 2013: for the video album On the Night  Sweden 1992: for the album On Every Street  Switzerland 1991: for the album Dire Straits  Spain 1989: for the album Money for Nothing  United States 1987: for the album Dire Straits  United Kingdom 1985: for the Making Movies album 1986: for the album Love over Gold 1986: for the album Dire Straits 1991: for the album On Every Street 2013: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits 3 × platinum record  Argentina 1998: for the video album Sultans of Swing  Australia 1991: for the album Money for Nothing  Switzerland 1991: for the album Money for Nothing 1992: for the album Communiqué  United Kingdom 2018: for the album Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler 4 × platinum record  Europe 2009: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  Canada 1985: for the album Dire Straits  Austria 1994: for the album Brothers in Arms  Switzerland 1992: for the album On Every Street  Spain 1992: for the album On Every Street 1999: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits  United Kingdom 1989: for the album Money for Nothing 5 × platinum record  Australia 2010: for the video album Sultans of Swing  Denmark 2018: for the album Brothers in Arms 6 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the album Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits 9 × platinum record  United States 1996: for the album Brothers in Arms 14 × platinum record  United Kingdom 2016: for the album Brothers in Arms 17 × platinum record  Australia 2009: for the album Brothers in Arms 24 × platinum record  New Zealand for the album Brothers in Arms Diamond record  France 1991: for the album Money for Nothing 1992: for the album On Every Street 1994: for the album Brothers in Arms  Canada 1986: for the album Brothers in Arms  Switzerland 1989: for the album Brothers in Arms (Vertigo)

Awards by album

Dire Straits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	550,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	-	60,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	silver	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × silver 3 × gold 14 × platinum	4,450,000

Communiqué

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	660,000
Japan (RIAJ)	-	37,500
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum	150,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	5 × gold 11 × platinum	2,355,000

Making Movies

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	-	125,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	53,858
France (SNEP)	gold	190,900
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	-	25,242
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	6 × gold 7 × platinum	2,660,000

Love over gold

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	64,912
France (SNEP)	platinum	568.100
Japan (RIAJ)	-	37,488
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold 10 × platinum	2,685,500

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	488,400
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	6 × gold 3 × platinum	1,788,400

Brothers in Arms

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	17 × platinum	1,190,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(75,000)
Denmark (IFPI)	5 × platinum	(100,000)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Europe (IFPI)	-	14,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(116,784)
France (SNEP)	diamond	(1,840,900)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	(50,000)
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	24 × platinum	360,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	(450,000)
Austria (IFPI)	4 × platinum	(200,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(10,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	Platinum (Phonogram) + Diamond (Vertigo)	(550,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	9 × platinum	9,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	14 × platinum	(4,350,000)
All in all	3 × gold 81 × platinum 3 × diamond	25,600,000

Money for Nothing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	700,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	77,842
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,100,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum	150,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 20 × platinum 1 × diamond	4,992,842

On every street

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	90,664
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,115,600
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	2 × platinum	200,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	200,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
Spain (Promusicae)	4 × platinum	400,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	23 × platinum 1 × diamond	4,711,264

On the night

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	550,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold 3 × platinum	952,500

Encores

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	176,500
All in all	-	176,500

Live at the BBC

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	115,300
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	165,300

Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(42,743)
France (SNEP)	platinum	(462,800)
Greece (IFPI)	gold	(15,000)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(50,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(50,000)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	(10,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
All in all	6 × gold 24 × platinum	4,495,000

Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	40,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	-	134,300
Ireland (IRMA)	2 × platinum	30,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	80,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
Portugal (AFP)	platinum	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	80,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	1 × gold 14 × platinum	1,469,300

Awards by singles

Sultans of Swing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Italy (FIMI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	-	139,770
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold 3 × platinum	919.770

Romeo and Juliet

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	450,000

Private Investigations

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

Money for Nothing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
France (SNEP)	-	101,900
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	4 × gold	621,900

Brothers in Arms

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold	445,000

Walk of Life

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	3 × gold	470,000

Calling Elvis

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	128,000
All in all	-	128,000

Awards by video albums

Brothers in Arms - The Videosingles

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
All in all	1 × gold	10,000

Sultans of Swing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	3 × platinum (original) + platinum (re-release)	32,000
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	75,000
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	125,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	5,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold 11 × platinum	262,000

On the night

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
France (SNEP)	-	2,700
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	5,000
Portugal (AFP)	2 × platinum	16,000
All in all	5 × platinum	46,700

Alchemy: Dire Straits Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
France (SNEP)	Platinum (VHS) + Gold (DVD)	27,500
Portugal (AFP)	gold	4,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	106,500

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	130,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	35 × platinum35	-	2,385,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	150,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	275,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	6 × platinum6th	-	305,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	6 × platinum6th	-	4,450,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	-	(19,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	6 × platinum6th	-	471,803	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	4 × gold4th	7 × platinum7th	3 × diamond3	8,222,900	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	65,000	Individual evidence
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	40,000	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	30,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	-	350,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	-	-	-	300,000	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	14 × platinum14th	diamond1	2,450,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	34 × platinum34	-	505,000	nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	8 × platinum8th	-	1,350,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	50,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	6 × platinum6th	-	375,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	30,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	60,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	silver1	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	-	435,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	14 × platinum14th	diamond1	1,250,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	4 × gold4th	14 × platinum14th	-	1,380,000	promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	14 × platinum14th	-	15,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	7 × gold7th	34 × platinum34	-	12,700,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	59 × gold59	230 × platinum230	5 × diamond5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Patrick Cooke: Updated - Mark Knopfler arrives - to sing solo and Straits tonight. In: Times of Malta. June 17, 2013, accessed December 19, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Silver for Dire Straits in Sweden (PDF file, p. 26)
3. ^ Gold for Money for Nothing in Brazil (PDF file, p. 1) ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for Brothers in Arms - The Videosingles in France (PDF file, p. 26)
5. ↑ Gold for Dire Straits in Greece (PDF file, p. 21)
6. ↑ Gold for Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits in Greece ( Memento from August 10, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ 2 × platinum for Dire Straits in Austria (PDF file, p. 43)
8. ↑ 2 × platinum for communiqué in Austria (PDF file, p. 43)
9. ↑ Gold for Money for Nothing in Portugal (PDF file, p. 11)
10. ↑ Gold for Alchemy: Dire Straits Live in Portugal ( Memento from July 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Gold for Communiqué in Sweden (PDF file, p. 26)
12. ↑ Platinum for Brothers in Arms in Belgium (PDF file, p.33)
13. ↑ Platinum for Alchemy: Dire Straits Live in France (PDF file, p. 26)
14. ↑ Platinum for Brothers in Arms in Hong Kong ( Memento from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Platinum for Money for Nothing in Hong Kong ( Memento of March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ 2 × platinum for Love over Gold in Austria (PDF file, p. 43)
17. ↑ Platinum for Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler in Portugal ( Memento from February 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ 2 × platinum for On Every Street in the Netherlands (PDF file, p. 3)
19. ↑ 2 × platinum for On the Night in Portugal ( Memento from July 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ 24 × platinum for Brothers in Arms in New Zealand
21. ↑ Sales figures for Dire Straits in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Oricon Entertainment (Ed.): Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 . Roppongi, Tokyo 2006, ISBN 4-87131-077-9 .
23. ↑ Sales figures for Communiqué in France ( Memento of March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ Sales figures for making movies in Australia (PDF file, p. A-NZ-8)
25. ↑ Sales figures for making movies in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
26. ↑ Sales figures for Love over Gold in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
27. ↑ Sales for Alchemy: Dire Straits Live in France ( Memento of March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
28. ↑ Sales figures for Brothers in Arms in Germany (PDF file, p. 3)
29. ↑ Sales figures for Brothers in Arms in Europe (PDF file, p. 3)
30. ↑ Sales figures for Brothers in Arms in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
31. ↑ Sales figures for Brothers in Arms in the Netherlands (PDF file, p. 23)
32. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 . 
33. ↑ Sales figures for Money for Nothing in Germany (PDF file, p. 7)
34. ↑ Sales figures for Money for Nothing in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
35. ↑ Sales figures for On Every Street in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
36. ↑ Sales figures for On the Night in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
37. ↑ Sales figures for Encores in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
38. ↑ Sales figures for Live at the BBC in France ( Memento of March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
39. ↑ Sales figures for Sultans of Swing - The Very Best of Dire Straits in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
40. ↑ Sales figures for Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler (1) in France ( Memento of March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
41. ↑ Sales figures for Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler (2) in France ( Memento of March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
42. ↑ Sales figures for Private Investigations: The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler (3) in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
43. ↑ Sales figures for Money for Nothing in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
44. ↑ Sales figures for Calling Elvis in France ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
45. ↑ Sales figures for On the Night in France ( Memento from March 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )