George Michael / Music Sales Awards

George Michael

This is a rundown of British singer George Michael’s music sales awards . To date he has been able to sell over 100 million records. 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

France France
- 1984: for the single Careless Whisper
- 1988: for the single One More Try
- 1992: for the single Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1982: for the author participation Young Guns (Go for It) (Wham!)
- 1983: for the Bad Boys (Wham!)
- 1986: for the author participation The Edge of Heaven (Wham!)
- 1991: for the single Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- 1996: for the single Spinning the Wheel
- 1997: for the single You Have Been Loved
- 1999: for the single ace
- 2013: for the author participation Last Christmas (Digital) (Wham!)
- 2017: for the authors' participation Club Tropicana (Wham!)
- 2019: for the single Freedom! '90
- 2019: for the single Star People '97
- 2020: for the album George Michael & Wham! Last Christmas: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 2020: for the single Amazing
- 2020: for the single Father Figure

Golden record

Argentina Argentina
- 1998: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2004: for the album Patience
Australia Australia
- 1998: for the single Outside
- 1999: for the album Songs from the Last Century
- 2002: for the single Freeek!
- 2004: for the single Amazing
- 2016: for the single Father Figure
- 2016: for the single I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Belgium Belgium
- 1996: for the single Jesus to a Child
- 1999: for the single Outside
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five
Brazil Brazil
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1997: for the album Older
- 2000: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2003: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Denmark Denmark
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2017: for the author participation Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
- 2019: for the single Careless Whisper
Germany Germany
- 1988: for the album Faith
- 1990: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1993: for the album Five Live
- 1999: for the album Songs from the Last Century
- 2005: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2010: for the video album Live in London
Finland Finland
- 1998: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
France France
- 1993: for the album Five Live
- 1996: for the single Fastlove
- 1996: for the single Jesus to a Child
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five
- 2009: for the video album Live in London
Greece Greece
- 2007: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
- 2007: for the album Twenty Five
Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 1988: for the album Faith
Ireland Ireland
- 2009: for the video album Live in London
Italy Italy
- 2013: for the single White Light
- 2014: for the single Somebody to Love
- 2017: for the author participation Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
- 2019: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Japan Japan
- 1996: for the album Older
- 1997: for the authors' participation Club Tropicana (Wham!)
Canada Canada
- 1985: for the author's participation Everything She Wants (Wham!)
- 1986: for the author participation I'm Your Man (Wham!)
- 1987: for the single I Want Your Sex
- 1987: for the single Faith
- 2000: for the album Songs from the Last Century
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1996: for the single Jesus to a Child
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five
- 2018: for the authors' participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
Netherlands Netherlands
- 1987: for the single I Want Your Sex
- 1987: for the single I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- 2004: for the album Patience
Norway Norway
- 1987: for the album Faith
- 1996: for the single Jesus to a Child
Austria Austria
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1994: for the album Five Live
- 1996: for the album Older
- 2004: for the album Patience
Poland Poland
- 2003: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2004: for the album Patience
Portugal Portugal
- 2003: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2007: for the album Twenty Five
Russia Russia
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five
Sweden Sweden
- 1988: for the album Faith
- 1996: for the album Older
- 2004: for the album Patience
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1993: for the album Five Live
- 1999: for the album Songs from the Last Century
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five
Spain Spain
- 1996: for the single Jesus to a Child
Hungary Hungary
- 2004: for the album Patience
United States United States
- 1984: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas?
- 1989: for the single One More Try
- 1989: for the single Faith
- 1991: for the single Freedom! '90
- 1992: for the single Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- 1992: for the single Too Funky
- 1992: for the author's participation Everything She Wants (Wham!)
- 1996: for the single Fastlove
- 1996: for the single Jesus to a Child
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1984: for the author participation Freedom (Wham!)
- 1984: for the author participation Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
- 1985: for the author participation I'm Your Man (Wham!)
- 1986: for the single A Different Corner
- 1987: for the single I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- 1993: for the album Five Live
- 2014: for the album Symphonica
- 2019: for the single Faith
- 2019: for the single Jesus to a Child
- 2020: for the single Outside

2 × gold record

France France
- 2000: for the album Songs from the Last Century

Platinum record

Argentina Argentina
- 2000: for the album Faith
- 2000: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Australia Australia
- 1996: for the single Fastlove
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2016: for the single Too Funky
- 2016: for the single Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- 2017: for the single Freedom! '90
Belgium Belgium
- 1996: for the album Older
- 2000: for the album Songs from the Last Century
Denmark Denmark
- 2013: for streaming Last Christmas (Wham!)
- 2018: for the album Faith
Germany Germany
- 1997: for the album Older
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2015: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
Europe Europe
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2007: for the album Twenty Five
France France
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1996: for the album Older
- 2007: for the video album Twenty Five
Italy Italy
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2013: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
- 2019: for the single Careless Whisper
Japan Japan
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
Canada Canada
- 1985: for the author participation Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
- 1985: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas?
- 1985: for the single Careless Whisper
- 1990: for the video album Faith
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1985: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas?
- 1988: for the album Faith
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1997: for the album Older
- 2000: for the album Songs from the Last Century
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2010: for the video album Live in London
Netherlands Netherlands
- 1984: for the single Careless Whisper
- 1986: for the single A Different Corner
- 1987: for the single Faith
- 1987: for the album Faith
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1992: for the single Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- 1995: for the album Five Live
- 1997: for the album Older
Norway Norway
- 1996: for the album Older
- 1999: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Austria Austria
- 1999: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Poland Poland
- 1997: for the album Older
- 1999: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2016: for the album Symphonica
Sweden Sweden
- 1992: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1998: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1992: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1996: for the album Older
- 1998: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Spain Spain
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 2000: for the album Songs from the Last Century
- 2004: for the album Patience
- 2019: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
United States United States
- 1989: for the single I Want Your Sex
- 1991: for the video album George Michael
- 1992: for the author participation Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
- 1992: for the single Careless Whisper
- 1996: for the album Older
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1984: for the single Careless Whisper
- 1985: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas?
- 1985: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
- 2013: for the video album Live in London
- 2019: for the single Fastlove

3 × gold record

Germany Germany
- 2000: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

2 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 1996: for the album Older
- 2016: for the single Faith
- 2016: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 2016: for the album Twenty Five
- 2016: for the video album Live in London
- 2016: for the video album Twenty Five
- 2016: for the single Careless Whisper
- 2017: for the author participation Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)
Belgium Belgium
- 1998: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Denmark Denmark
- 2017: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
Europe Europe
- 1999: for the album Songs from the Last Century
France France
- 1989: for the album Faith
- 1999: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2001: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Japan Japan
- 1996: for the authors' participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
Canada Canada
- 1991: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1996: for the album Older
- 1998: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Netherlands Netherlands
- 1999: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Poland Poland
- 2007: for the album Twenty Five
- 2010: for the album Live in London
Switzerland Switzerland
- 1992: for the album Faith
Spain Spain
- 1989: for the album Faith
- 1997: for the album Older
- 2000: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Hungary Hungary
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five
United States United States
- 1991: for the video album Faith
- 1994: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 2000: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2019: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1999: for the album Songs from the Last Century
- 2004: for the album Patience

3 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2010: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Ireland Ireland
- 2006: for the album Twenty Five

4 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2020: for the author participation Last Christmas (Wham!)
Denmark Denmark
- 2017: for the album Twenty Five
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1999: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Portugal Portugal
- 2011: for the video album Live in London
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1992: for the album Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- 1993: for the album Faith
- 2013: for the video album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
- 2019: for the album Twenty Five

5 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2004: for the album Faith
Europe Europe
- 2005: for the album Older

6 × platinum record

Europe Europe
- 2004: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1997: for the album Older

7 × platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2017: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
Denmark Denmark
- 2017: for the album Older

9 × platinum record

Denmark Denmark
- 2017: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 2019: for the album Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Diamond record

Canada Canada
- 1991: for the album Faith
United States United States
- 1996: for the album Faith

Awards by album

Faith

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	600,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	4 × gold 19 × platinum 2 × diamond	14,005,000

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	3 × gold 17 × platinum	4,780,000

Five Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold 1 × platinum	600,000

Older

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Denmark (IFPI)	7 × platinum	(140,000)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(500,000)
Europe (IFPI)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	(300,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	(1,800,000)
All in all	4 × gold 33 × platinum	6,555,000

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	7 × platinum	490,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Denmark (IFPI)	9 × platinum	(450,000)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	(750,000)
Europe (IFPI)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(33,000)
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(50,000)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	4 × platinum	60,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	2 × platinum	200,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	(100,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(80,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × platinum	(2,700,000)
All in all	5 × gold 53 × platinum	8,880,000

Songs from the Last Century

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	(200,000)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
All in all	6 × gold 7 × platinum	2,100,000

patience

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	40,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	20,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	10 × gold 8 × platinum	1,470,000

Twenty Five

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	20,000
Denmark (IFPI)	4 × platinum	80,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	gold	75,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	5,000
Ireland (IRMA)	3 × platinum	45,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Poland (ZPAV)	2 × platinum	40,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	7,500
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	2 × platinum	40,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	7 × gold 18 × platinum	1,585,000

Live in London

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Poland (ZPAV)	2 × platinum	40,000
All in all	2 × platinum	40,000

Symphonica

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	120,000

George Michael & Wham! Last Christmas: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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

Careless Whisper

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
France (SNEP)	silver	200,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 7 × platinum	2,635,000

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	2,110,000

A different corner

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	500,000

I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	75,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	3 × gold	510,000

I want your sex

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	75,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	1,125,000

Faith

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	3 × gold 3 × platinum	1,190,000

Father Figure

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	235,000

One more try

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	silver	250,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	750,000

Freedom! '90

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	770,000

Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
France (SNEP)	silver	125,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	75,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	2 × silver 1 × gold 2 × platinum	970,000

Too funky

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	570,000

Somebody to love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	15,000
All in all	1 × gold	15,000

Jesus to a Child

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	gold	125,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	5,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	6 × gold	1,205,000

Fastlove

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
France (SNEP)	gold	125,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,295,000

Spinning the wheel

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

Star People '97

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

You Have Been Loved / The Strangest Thing '97

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

Outside

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	3 × gold	460,000

As

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

Freeek!

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
All in all	1 × gold	35,000

Amazing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	235,000

White light

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	15,000
All in all	1 × gold	15,000

Awards according to author participations

Young Guns (Go for It) ( Wham! )

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

Bad Boys (Wham!)

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

Club Tropicana (Wham!)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	300,000

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Wham!)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	500,000
All in all	3 × gold 3 × platinum	1,805,000

Freedom (Wham!)

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

Last Christmas (Wham!)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Denmark (IFPI)	2 × platinum	180,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	15,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	40,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum (Physical) + Silver (Digital)	1,200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 16 × platinum	4,475,000

Everything She Wants (Wham!)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	2 × gold	550,000

I'm Your Man (Wham!)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	500,000
All in all	2 × gold	550,000

The Edge of Heaven (Wham!)

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

Awards by video albums

Faith

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	5,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	200,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	205,000

George Michael

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

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	45,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	40,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	5,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	4,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
All in all	4 × gold 10 × platinum	352,000

Twenty Five

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	30,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	20,000
All in all	3 × platinum	50,000

Live in London

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	30,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	gold	7,500
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	2,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	5,000
Portugal (AFP)	4 × platinum	32,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	3 × gold 8 × platinum	151,500

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	118,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	6 × gold6th	40 × platinum40	0! D.-	2,625,000	aria.com.au AU2
Belgium (BEA)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	295,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	0! P-	0! D.-	325,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	24 × platinum24	0! D.-	865,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	0! S.-	7 × gold7th	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	3,000,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	15 × platinum15th	0! D.-	(15,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	33,000	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	3 × silver3	9 × gold9	9 × platinum9	0! D.-	2,967,500	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	0! P-	0! D.-	15,000	ifpi.gr ( Memento from October 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	10,000	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	0! S.-	gold1	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	52,500	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	305,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	600,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	5 × gold5	10 × platinum10	diamond1	2,155,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	11 × platinum11	0! D.-	172,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	10 × platinum10	0! D.-	1,165,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	155,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	platinum1	0! D.-	140,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	7 × platinum7th	0! D.-	225,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	0! S.-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	0! D.-	43,500	Individual evidence
Russia (NFPF)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	310,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! S.-	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	0! D.-	335,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	0! S.-	gold1	10 × platinum10	0! D.-	990,000	promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	0! S.-	gold1	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	65,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	9 × gold9	13 × platinum13	diamond1	25,800,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	14 × silver14th	10 × gold10	40 × platinum40	0! D.-	18,760,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	17 × silver17th	95 × gold95	224 × platinum224	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

↑ Hamilton Spectator: Singer George Michael recovering after falling out of moving SUV. In: The Hamilton Spectator. May 23, 2013, accessed March 25, 2016 .
↑ Gold for Last Christmas in Greece ( Memento from January 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Gold for Twenty Five in Greece ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Gold for Faith in Hong Kong ( Memento from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Gold for Faith in Norway (PDF file, p.44)
↑ Gold for Twenty Five in Russia ( Memento from June 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
↑ 2 × platinum for Older in Australia
↑ 4 × platinum for Live in London in Portugal ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Hamilton Spectator: Singer George Michael recovering after falling out of moving SUV. In: The Hamilton Spectator. May 23, 2013, accessed March 25, 2016 .

[2] Gold for Last Christmas in Greece ( Memento from January 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Gold for Twenty Five in Greece ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Gold for Faith in Hong Kong ( Memento from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[5] Gold for Faith in Norway (PDF file, p.44)

[6] Gold for Twenty Five in Russia ( Memento from June 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

[7] 2 × platinum for Older in Australia

[8] 4 × platinum for Live in London in Portugal ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )


Studio albums	Faith • Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 • Older • Songs from the Last Century • Patience
Extended plays	Five Live • The Spinning the Wheel EP
Live albums	Live in London
Compilation albums	Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael • Twenty Five