Genesis (Band) / Awards for Music Sales

genesis

This is a breakdown of the UK rock band Genesis' music sales awards . In their career they have sold over 100 million records so far, making them one of the most successful musicians 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 1978: for the single Follow You Follow Me 1983: for the single Mama 2013: for the album Nursery Cryme 2013: for the album Live over Europe 2007 2013: for the album Foxtrot 2016: for the album R-Kive 2020: for the single Invisible Touch Golden record  Argentina 2006: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 2 (The Longs)  Denmark 2007: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits  Germany 1978: for the album ... And Then There Were Three ... 1980: for the album Seconds Out 1988: for the album Abacab 1997: for the album ... Calling All Stations ... 2005: for the video album Live at Wembley Stadium 2005: for the album Platinum Collection 2008: for the album Live over Europe 2007  France 1977: for the album Foxtrot 1977: for the album Selling England by the Pound 1977: for the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 1977: for the album A Trick of the Tail 1977: for the album Wind & Wuthering 1978: for the album Nursery Cryme 1978: for the album ... And Then There Were Three ... 1979: for the album Seconds Out 1980: for the Duke album 1981: for the album Abacab 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 2 (The Longs) 1997: for the album ... Calling All Stations ... 1999: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits 2004: for the video album Live at Wembley Stadium 2005: for the video album The Video Show 2008: for the video album When in Rome 2007  Hong Kong 1988: for the album Invisible Touch  Italy 2019: for the album Selling England by the Pound  Japan 1992: for the album We Can't Dance  Canada 1976: for the album Wind & Wuthering 1978: for the album ... And Then There Were Three ... 1978: for the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 2004: for the video album Life Story Of ....  Netherlands 1978: for the album ... And Then There Were Three ... 1984: for the album Genesis 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 2003: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits  Austria 1992: for the single I Can't Dance  Poland 1998: for the album ... Calling All Stations ...  Switzerland 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 1997: for the album ... Calling All Stations ... 1999: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits  Spain 1987: for the album Invisible Touch  United States 1982: for the album Three Sides Live 1987: for the video album The Mama Tour 1988: for the video album Visible Touch 1990: for the album A Trick of the Tail 1990: for the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 1990: for the album Selling England by the Pound 1990: for the album Wind & Wuthering 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 1996: for the video album A History 2001: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits  United Kingdom 1975: for the album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 1976: for the album A Trick of the Tail 1977: for the album Wind & Wuthering 1977: for the album Seconds Out 1978: for the album ... And Then There Were Three ... 1981: for the album Abacab 1982: for the album Three Sides Live 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 2 (The Longs) 1997: for the album ... Calling All Stations ... 2005: for the video album The Video Show 2013: for the album Selling England by the Pound

Platinum record  Argentina 2003: for the video album Live at Wembley Stadium 2005: for the video album The Video Show 2008: for the video album When in Rome 2007  Australia 1986: for the album Invisible Touch 1992: for the album We Can't Dance  Germany 1987: for the album Genesis 1987: for the album Invisible Touch 1999: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits 2007: for the video album The Video Show 2008: for the video album When in Rome 2007  Europe 1999: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits  France 1987: for the album Genesis 1987: for the album Invisible Touch  Canada 1978: for the album Selling England by the Pound 1978: for the album A Trick of the Tail  New Zealand 1987: for the album Genesis 1987: for the album Invisible Touch 1992: for the album We Can't Dance 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 1999: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits  Netherlands 1992: for the album We Can't Dance  Austria 1992: for the album We Can't Dance  Sweden 1992: for the album We Can't Dance  Switzerland 1987: for the album Invisible Touch  Spain 1991: for the album We Can't Dance 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 2 (The Longs)  United States 1988: for the Duke album 1988: for the album ... And Then There Were Three ...  United Kingdom 1980: for the Duke album 2006: for the album Platinum Collection 2013: for the video album When in Rome 2007 3 × gold record  Germany 1998: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 2 × platinum record  France 2000: for the album We Can't Dance 2000: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts)  Switzerland 1990: for the album Genesis  United States 1988: for the album Abacab  United Kingdom 1987: for the album Genesis 1993: for the album The Way We Walk Volume 1 (The Shorts) 2015: for the album Turn It On Again - The Hits 4 × platinum record  Canada 1992: for the album We Can't Dance  Switzerland 1993: for the album We Can't Dance  United States 1996: for the album Genesis 1996: for the album We Can't Dance  United Kingdom 1989: for the album Invisible Touch 5 × platinum record  Germany 1994: for the album We Can't Dance  United States 1997: for the album We Can't Dance 6 × platinum record  Europe 1993: for the album We Can't Dance  United States 1996: for the album Invisible Touch

Awards by album

Nursery Cryme

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	160,000

Foxtrot

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	125,700
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	185,700

Selling England by the Pound

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	850,000

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	196,500
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	200,000
All in all	4 × gold	946,500

A trick of the tail

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	259,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	200,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	1,059,000

Wind & Wuthering

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	159,400
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	150,000
All in all	4 × gold	859,400

Seconds Out

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	101,300
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	150,000
All in all	3 × gold	501,300

... And Then There Were Three ...

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	271,800
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	50,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	150,000
All in all	6 × gold 1 × platinum	1,821,800

Duke

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	226,500
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	1,526,500

Abacab

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	401,700
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold, 2 × platinum	2,751,700

Three Sides Live

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

genesis

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	681,700
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 11 × platinum	5,946,700

Invisible touch

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	501,900
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 15 × platinum	8,396,900

We can't dance

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Germany (BVMI)	5 × platinum	(2,500,000)
Europe (IFPI)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(779.100)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	(200,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	(1,500,000)
All in all	1 × gold 36 × platinum	10,585,000

The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	667,600
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	5 × gold 6 × platinum	2,657,600

The Way We Walk, Vol. 2 (The Longs)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
France (SNEP)	gold	129,500
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	359,500

... Calling All Stations ...

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	118,600
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold	643,600

Turn It On Again - The Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
France (SNEP)	gold	149,300
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	40,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	5 × gold 5 × platinum	1,854,300

Platinum Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	400,000

Live over Europe 2007

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
France (SNEP)	-	7,900
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	167,900

R-Kive

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

Follow You Follow 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

mummy

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	225,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver	475,000

Invisible touch

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

No Son of Mine

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	78,000
All in all	-	78,000

I can't dance

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	71,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold	96,000

Awards by video albums

The Mama Tour

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

Visible touch

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

A history

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

Live at Wembley Stadium

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	43,000

The Video Show

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	50,000
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	93,000

Life Story Of ....

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	5,000
All in all	1 × gold	5,000

When in Rome 2007

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	50,000
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	118,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	54,000	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 × platinum2	140,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	Individual evidence
Germany (BVMI)	-	8 × gold8th	11 × platinum11	5,875,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	7 × platinum7th	(7,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	16 × gold16	6 × platinum6th	5,381,500	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	-	10,000	ifpihk.org ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	50,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	gold1	-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	5 × gold5	6 × platinum6th	805,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	5 × platinum5	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	290,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	75,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	-	50,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	425,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	250,000	promusicae.es
United States (RIAA)	-	10 × gold10	18 × platinum18th	21,650,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × silver7th	11 × gold11	18 × platinum18th	7,465,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	7 × silver7th	65 × gold65	88 × platinum88

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Collins May Be Gone, But Genesis Plays On ( Memento from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Gold for Turn It On Again - The Hits in Denmark
3. ↑ Gold for Invisible Touch in Hong Kong ( Memento from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Platinum for Invisible Touch in Switzerland (PDF file, p.43)
5. ↑ 6 × platinum for We Can't Dance in Europe. Retrieved December 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Sales figures for Foxtrot in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ Sales figures for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Sales figures for A Trick of the Tail in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Sales figures for Wind & Wuthering in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Sales figures for Seconds Out in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Sales figures for ... And Then There Were Three ... in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Sales figures for Duke in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ Sales figures for Abacab in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ Sales figures for Genesis in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Sales figures for Invisible Touch in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Sales figures for We Can't Dance in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Sales figures for The Way We Walk, Vol. 1 (The Shorts) in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ Sales figures for The Way We Walk, Vol. 2 (The Longs) in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ Sales figures for … Calling All Stations… in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ Sales figures for Turn It On Again - The Hits in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ Sales figures for Live over Europe 2007 in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ Sales figures for mom in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
23. ↑ Sales figures for No Son of Mine in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ Sales figures for I Can't Dance in France ( Memento from December 26, 2019 in the Internet Archive )