Iron Maiden / Music Sales Awards

Iron Maiden (2008)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of British heavy metal - band Iron Maiden . 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 2006: for the album Death on the Road 2013: for the album The X Factor 2013: for the album Rock in Rio 2017: for the album Virtual XI 2017: for the album From Fear to Eternity 2017: for the single Run to the Hills 2018: for the album A Real Live One 2020: for the album Ed Hunter 2020: for the single The Number of the Beast Golden record  Argentina 2003: for the album Dance of Death  Australia 2004: for the video album Rock in Rio 2007: for the video album Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast 2007: for the video album Death on the Road 2007: for the video album The History of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days 2008: for the video album Live After Death 2012: for the video album En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago  Brazil 1999: for the album Best of the Beast 2001: for the album Brave New World 2003: for the album Rock in Rio 2007: for the album Dance of Death 2007: for the album A Matter of Life and Death  Germany 1987: for the album Killers 1993: for the album The Number of the Beast 1993: for the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1993: for the album Live After Death 1996: for the album Somewhere in Time 1996: for the album Powerslave 1996: for the album Piece of Mind 1996: for the album Iron Maiden 2002: for the video album Rock in Rio 2005: for the album Dance pf Death 2008: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2008: for the video album Live After Death 2010: for the album Brave New World 2010: for the album A Matter of Life and Death 2011: for the album The Final Frontier 2013: for the video album En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago 2015: for the album The Book of Souls  Finland 1990: for the album Piece of Mind 2001: for the album Best of the Beast 2003: for the album Brave New World 2003: for the album Dance of Death 2003: for the album Edward the Great 2008: for the video album Death on the Road 2009: for the video album Live After Death 2009: for the album Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980–1989 2010: for the video album Flight 666 2015: for the album The Book pf Souls  France 1992: for the album Fear of the Dark 1993: for the album Killers 1993: for the album A Real Live One 2003: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2004: for the video album The History Of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days 2010: for the album The Final Frontier 2012: for the video album En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago 2015: for the album The Book of Souls  Greece 2003: for the album Dance of Death 2006: for the album A Matter of Life and Death  Italy 2010: for the album The Final Frontier 2015: for the album The Book of Souls 2019: for the album The Number of the Beast  Canada 1992: for the album Fear of the Dark 2003: for the video album The First Ten Years 2003: for the video album Maiden England '88 2006: for the album Edward the Great 2006: for the album Flight 666 2006: for the album Brave New World 2012: for the album The Final Frontier 2015: for the album The Book of Souls  New Zealand 2009: for the video album Flight 666  Netherlands 1996: for the album The Number of the Beast  Norway 2010: for the album The Final Frontier 2018: for the album The Book of Souls  Austria 1990: for the album The Number of the Beast 2000: for the album Live After Death 2015: for the album The Book of Souls  Poland 2003: for the video album Rock in Rio 2004: for the album Brave New World 2010: for the album The Final Frontier 2012: for the video album En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago 2016: for the album The Book of Souls  Russia 2010: for the album The Final Frontier  Sweden 1996: for the album Killers 1996: for the album Live After Death 2000: for the album Brave New World 2003: for the album Dance of Death 2003: for the album Edward the Great 2003: for the album Rock in Rio 2003: for the video album Rock in Rio 2004: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2006: for the album A Matter of Life and Death 2008: for the album Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980–1989 2010: for the album The Final Frontier 2016: for the album The Book of Souls  Switzerland 1990: for the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1990: for the album The Number of the Beast 2006: for the album A Matter of Life and Death 2010: for the album The Final Frontier  Spain 1983: for the album The Number of the Beast 1984: for the album Powerslave 1985: for the album Live After Death 2000: for the album Brave New World 2008: for the video album Live After Death 2008: for the video album The History of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days  United States 1987: for the album Killers 1988: for the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1989: for the video album 12 Wasted Years 1989: for the video album Behind the Iron Curtain 1990: for the video album Maiden England '88 1990: for the album No Prayer for the Dying  United Kingdom 1984: for the album Powerslave 1985: for the album Live After Death 1985: for the album Killers 1986: for the album Somewhere in Time 1988: for the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1990: for the album No Prayer for the Dying 1992: for the album Fear of the Dark 2002: for the album Best of the Beast 2003: for the album Dance of Death 2004: for the album Edward the Great 2005: for the video album The History Of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days 2005: for the album Brave New World 2006: for the album A Matter of Life and Death 2008: for the video album Live After Death 2013: for the video album Flight 666 2013: for the album The Final Frontier 2013: for the album Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980–1989 2015: for the album The Book of Souls

Platinum record  Argentina 1996: for the album Best of the Beast 2003: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2006: for the video album Rock in Rio  Australia 2007: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2009: for the video album Flight 666  Brazil 2012: for the album The Final Frontier 2016: for the album The Book of Souls  Germany 2011: for the video album Flight 666  Finland 2006: for the album A Matter of Life and Death 2008: for the video album The History Of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days 2010: for the album The Final Frontier  France 2009: for the video album Flight 666  Canada 1987: for the album Somewhere in Time 1988: for the album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1991: for the album Killers 1991: for the album No Prayer for the Dying 1991: for the video album Maiden Japan 2006: for the album Iron Maiden  Portugal 2011: for the album From Fear to Eternity  Sweden 2001: for the album Best of the Beast  Hungary 2015: for the album The Book of Souls  Spain 2010: for the video album Visions of the Beast  United States 1986: for the album The Number of the Beast 1986: for the album Piece of Mind 1991: for the album Live After Death 1991: for the album Powerslave 1992: for the album Somewhere in Time 2002: for the video album Rock in Rio 2005: for the video album The History of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days 2009: for the video album Flight 666 2012: for the video album En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago  United Kingdom 1995: for the album Piece of Mind 1995: for the album Iron Maiden 2002: for the album The Number of the Beast 2005: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2013: for the video album Rock in Rio 2 × platinum record  Finland 2011: for the video album Visions of the Beast  Canada 2003: for the video album Rock in Rio 2005: for the video album The History of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days 2006: for the album Live After Death 2006: for the album Powerslave 2006: for the album Piece of Mind 2008: for the video album Live After Death 2012: for the video album En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago  United States 2005: for the video album Visions of the Beast 2008: for the video album Live After Death 3 × platinum record  Canada 2006: for the album The Number of the Beast 2006: for the video album Visions of the Beast 5 × platinum record  Canada 2009: for the video album Flight 666

Awards by album

Iron Maiden

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	550,000

Killers

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold 1 × platinum	1,000,000

The Number of the Beast

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	6 × gold 5 × platinum	2,075,000

Piece of Mind

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	1,775,000

Powerslave

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold 3 × platinum	1,500,000

Live after death

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold 3 × platinum	1,675,000

Somewhere in Time

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,450,000

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	975,000

No prayer for the dying

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	700,000

Fear of the Dark

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold	250,000

A Real Live One

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

The X Factor

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

Best of the Beast

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	22,261
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold, 2 × platinum	382.261

Virtual XI

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

Ed Hunter

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

Brave New World

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	16,316
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	40,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	8 × gold	556.316

Edward the Great

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	15,201
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	195.201

Rock in Rio

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
All in all	2 × gold	80,000

Dance of Death

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	24,528
Greece (IFPI)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	7 × gold	232.028

A Matter of Life and Death

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	30,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	32,882
Greece (IFPI)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold 1 × platinum	315,382

Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980–1989

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	11,815
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold	131,815

Flight 666

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
All in all	1 × gold	40,000

The Final Frontier

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	40,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	22,510
France (SNEP)	gold	50,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	30,000
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	10 × gold 2 × platinum	487.510

From Fear to Eternity

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Portugal (AFP)	platinum	20,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	80,000

The Book of Souls

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	40,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	13,046
France (SNEP)	gold	50,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	7,500
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	platinum	6,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	11 × gold, 2 × platinum	386,546

Awards by singles

Run to the Hills

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

The Number of the Beast

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

Awards by video albums

Behind the iron curtain

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 after death

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	6,831
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	20,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	6 × gold 4 × platinum	304,331

12 wasted years

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

Maiden England '88

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	5,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	2 × gold	55,000

The First Ten Years

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

Maiden Japan

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

Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
All in all	1 × gold	7,500

Rock in Rio

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	20,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	5,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	4 × gold 5 × platinum	225,500

Visions of the Beast

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
Finland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	21.309
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	30,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	25,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	3 × gold 11 × platinum	394.309

The History of Iron Maiden Part 1 - The Early Days

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	12,940
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	20,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	4 × gold 4 × platinum	185,440

Death on the Road

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Finland (IFPI)	gold	8,676
All in all	2 × gold	16,176

Flight 666

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	50,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	6,046
France (SNEP)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	2,500
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	3 × gold 9 × platinum	268,546

En vivo! Live at Estadio Nacional, Santiago

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	20,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	5,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 3 × platinum	167,500

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	96,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	6 × gold6th	2 × platinum2	75,000	aria.com.au
Brazil (PMB)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	410,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	17 × gold17th	platinum1	2,850,000	musikindustrie.de
Finland (IFPI)	-	10 × gold10	5 × platinum5	239,631	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	8 × gold8th	platinum1	410,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	15,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	-	105,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	8 × gold8th	31 × platinum31	1,850,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	2,500	Individual evidence
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	-	50,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	25,000	ifpi.no NO2
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	50,500	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	5 × gold5	-	80,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	-	platinum1	20,000	Individual evidence
Russia (NFPF)	-	gold1	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	12 × gold12	platinum1	440,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	-	80,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	6 × gold6th	platinum1	245,000	promusicae.es ES2 ES3
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	-	platinum1	6,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	6 × gold6th	13 × platinum13	7,450,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	9 × silver9	18 × gold18th	5 × platinum5	3,075,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	9 × silver9	119 × gold119	67 × platinum67

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold for Dance Of Death in Greece ( Memento from December 9, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Gold for A Matter of Life and Death in Greece ( Memento from November 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Gold for Flight 666 in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for The Final Frontier in Russia
5. ↑ Platinum for The Book Of Souls in Brazil
6. ↑ Platinum for From Fear to Eternity in Portugal ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )