INXS / Music Sales Awards

INXS (2007)

This is a breakdown of the Australian rock band INXS ' music sales awards . 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 2018: for the single Need You Tonight 2018: for the single Never Tear Us Apart Golden record  Argentina 2002: for the album Definitive  Australia 1990: for the single Suicide Blonde 2002: for the album The Years 1979–1997 2014: for the single Don't Change 2014: for the single Need You Tonight  Belgium 1995: for the album The Greatest Hits  Germany 1991: for the album Kick 1992: for the album X 1995: for the album The Greatest Hits  Hong Kong 1989: for the album Kick  Canada 1993: for the album Welcome To Wherever You Are 1997: for the album Elegantly Wasted 2006: for the single Pretty Vegas  New Zealand 1991: for the album X  Netherlands 1988: for the album Kick  Sweden 1992: for the album X 1993: for the album Welcome To Wherever You Are  Switzerland 1993: for the album Welcome To Wherever You Are 1993: for the album Live Baby Live 1995: for the album The Greatest Hits  United States 1988: for the album Shabooh Shoobah 1990: for the single Suicide Blonde 1991: for the video album Greatest Video Hits 1980-1990 2006: for the video album Rock Star: INXS The DVD 2006: for the single Pretty Vegas 2006: for the album The Best of  United Kingdom 1992: for the album Welcome To Wherever You Are 1993: for the album Full Moon Dirty Hearts 2013: for the album Definitive 2016: for the album The Very Best

2 × gold record  France 1995: for the album The Greatest Hits Platinum record  Argentina 1994: for the album The Greatest Hits  Australia 2003: for the album Definitive 2006: for the album Switch 2014: for the single Never Tear Us Apart 2014: for the album Live at Wembley Stadium in 1991 2019: for the album Live Baby Live  France 1988: for the album Kick 1993: for the album X  Canada 2005: for the album Switch 2005: for the video album Rock Star: INXS The DVD  New Zealand 1985: for the album The Swing 1986: for the album Listen Like Thieves 1989: for the album Kick 1995: for the album The Greatest Hits 2005: for the album Definitive  Switzerland 1991: for the album X 1998: for the album Kick  Spain 1988: for the album Kick  United States 1989: for the video album Kick The Video Flick 1997: for the album Welcome To Wherever You Are 1998: for the album The Greatest Hits 1998: for the album Live Baby Live 2001: for the album The Swing  United Kingdom 1991: for the album X 1994: for the album The Greatest Hits

2 × platinum record  Australia 1991: for the album X 2007: for the video album I'm Looking 2014: for the album Shabooh Shoobah  Europe 2001: for the album The Greatest Hits  Canada 1991: for the album X  New Zealand 2006: for the album Switch  United States 1997: for the album Listen Like Thieves 1997: for the album X 3 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the video album Live Baby Live  United Kingdom 1989: for the album Kick 4 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the album Listen Like Thieves 5 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the album The Swing 6 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the album The Very Best  United States 1997: for the album Kick 7 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the album Kick Diamond record  Canada 1991: for the album Kick

Awards by album

Shabooh Shoobah

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	640,000

The swing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	7 × platinum	1,365,000

Listen Like Thieves

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	7 × platinum	2,295,000

kick

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	7 × platinum	490,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	3 × gold 20 × platinum 1 × diamond	9,165,000

X

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 9 × platinum	3,297,500

Live baby live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	1,095,000

Welcome to Wherever You Are

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	1,225,000

Full moon, dirty hearts

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

Elegantly wasted

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold	50,000

The Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	(200,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	5 × gold 6 × platinum	3,100,000

The best of

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

Definitive

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	205,000

The Years 1979-1997

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

Switch

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
All in all	4 × platinum	200,000

The very best

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	6 × platinum	420,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 6 × platinum	520,000

Live at Wembley Stadium 1991

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

Awards by singles

Don't change

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

Need you tonight

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

Never Tear Us Apart

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	270,000

Suicide Blonde

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	2 × gold	535,000

Pretty Vegas

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

Awards by video albums

Kick the video flick

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

Greatest Video Hits 1980–1990

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 baby live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	45,000
All in all	3 × platinum	45,000

I'm only looking

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

Rock Star: INXS The DVD

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	60,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	80,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	4 × gold4th	36 × platinum36	-	2,385,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	750,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	-	800,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	4 × platinum4th	diamond1	1,410,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	-	112,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	100,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	175,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	platinum1	-	100,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	6 × gold6th	15 × platinum15th	-	16,150,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	-	2,300,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	32 × gold32	75 × platinum75	diamond1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold for Suicide Blonde in Australia
2. ↑ Gold for Kick in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Platinum for Live at Wembley Stadium in 1991 in Australia ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ 2 × platinum for X in Australia
5. ↑ 2 × platinum for Shabooh Shoobah in Australia ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ 4 × platinum for Listen Like Thieves in Australia ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ 5 × platinum for The Swing in Australia ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ 7 × platinum for Kick in Australia ( Memento from March 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )