Joe Cocker / Music Sales Awards

Joe Cocker (2003)

This is a rundown of British rock singer Joe Cocker's awards for music sales . 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 1983: for the single Up Where We Belong 1992: for the album Night Calls 2007: for the album Hymn for My Soul 2013: for the album The Essential 2013: for the album The Legend - Essential Collection 2016: for the author participation California Love ( Tupac Shakur ) Golden record  Australia 1983: for the single Up Where We Belong 1996: for the author participation California Love (Tupac Shakur) 2003: for the album The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003  Belgium 1995: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 1997: for the single N'oubliez jamais 1999: for the album No Ordinary World  Brazil 1998: for the album Greatest Hits  Germany 1988: for the album Definite 1964-1986 1992: for the album Civilized Man 1992: for the album One Night of Sin 1997: for the album Organic 1999: for the album Greatest Hits 2007: for the video album The Best of Joe Cocker Live 2009: for the album The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003 2014: for the video album Fire It Up - Live  France 1984: for the album Sheffield Steel 1988: for the album Unchain My Heart 1991: for the album Joe Cocker Live 1996: for the album Organic 1997: for the single N'oubliez jamais 1998: for the album Greatest Hits 2000: for the album No Ordinary World 2002: for the album Respect Yourself  Italy 1988: for the album Unchain My Heart  Canada 1983: for the single Up Where We Belong 1998: for the album Unchain My Heart 1992: for the album One Night of Sin 2009: for the author participation California Love (Tupac Shakur)  New Zealand 1982: for the album Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits 1992: for the album Night Calls 1995: for the album Have a Little Faith 1998: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 2003: for the album The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003 2008: for the album Classic Cocker  Netherlands 1988: for the album 20 Years 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Norway 1996: for the author participation California Love (Tupac Shakur) 1997: for the album Across From Midnight  Austria 1992: for the album Night Calls 1994: for the album Have a Little Faith 1997: for the album Across From Midnight 1999: for the album Greatest Hits  Poland 1996: for the album Have a Little Faith 1998: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 2010: for the album Hard Knocks 2020: for the album Greatest Hits  Russia 2007: for the album Hymn for My Soul  Sweden 1993: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker  Switzerland 1987: for the Cocker album 1996: for the album Organic 1999: for the album No Ordinary World 2002: for the album Respect Yourself 2007: for the album Hymn for My Soul  Spain 1983: for the single Up Where We Belong 1992: for the album Night Calls  United States 1970: for the album Joe Cocker! 1970: for the album Mad Dogs & Englishmen 1970: for the album With a Little Help from My Friends  United Kingdom 1990: for the album The Collection 1994: for the album Have a Little Faith 2015: for the album The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003 2016: for the album Greatest Hits

2 × gold record  France 1993: for the album Night Calls 1996: for the album Have a Little Faith 2001: for the album The Essential Platinum record  Argentina 2004: for the video album The Best of Joe Cocker Live  Australia 1992: for the album The Essential 2004: for the video album Across from Midnight Tour  Belgium 1998: for the album Across From Midnight  Germany 1992: for the Cocker album 1993: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 1995: for the album Have a Little Faith 1997: for the album Joe Cocker Live 1997: for the album Night Calls 1998: for the album Across From Midnight 2000: for the album No Ordinary World 2011: for the album Hard Knocks 2013: for the album Fire It Up  Europe 1996: for the album Have a Little Faith 1998: for the album Across From Midnight 2000: for the album Greatest Hits  France 1998: for the album Across From Midnight  New Zealand 1990: for the album Joe Cocker Live 1993: for the album The Legend - Essential Collection 1995: for the album The Essential 1996: for the author participation California Love (Tupac Shakur)  Netherlands 1994: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 1995: for the album Joe Cocker Live 1998: for the album Have a Little Faith 1998: for the album Across From Midnight  Austria 1988: for the album Unchain My Heart 1990: for the album One Night of Sin 1991: for the album Joe Cocker Live 1996: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker  Switzerland 1989: for the album One Night of Sin 1990: for the album Joe Cocker Live 1992: for the album Night Calls 1994: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 1994: for the album Have a Little Faith 1998: for the album Greatest Hits  Spain 1988: for the album Unchain My Heart 1990: for the album Joe Cocker Live  United States 1989: for the single Up Where We Belong  United Kingdom 1994: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker 3 × gold record  Germany 1998: for the album Unchain My Heart  Switzerland 1999: for the album Across From Midnight 2 × platinum record  Belgium 2002: for the album Greatest Hits  Switzerland 1998: for the album Unchain My Heart  United States 1996: for the author participation California Love (Tupac Shakur) 3 × platinum record  Australia 2011: for the video album The Best of Joe Cocker Live  France 1998: for the album The Best of Joe Cocker

Awards by album

With a Little Help from My Friends

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

Joe Cocker!

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

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

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

Something to say

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	106,400
All in all	-	106,400

Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits

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

Sheffield Steel

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	198.200
All in all	1 × gold	198.200

Civilized Man

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × gold	250,000

cocker

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	525,000

The Collection

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

Definitely 1964–1986

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × gold	250,000

Unchain my heart

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
France (SNEP)	gold	164,800
Italy (FIMI)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 5 × platinum	1,314,800

20 years

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

One Night of Sin

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	-	150,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	550,000

Joe Cocker Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 6 × platinum	915,000

Night calls

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	226,900
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 5 × gold 2 × platinum	909,400

The Best of Joe Cocker

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	3 × platinum	993.200
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × gold 8 × platinum	2,195,700

The Legend - Essential Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	75,000

Have a little faith

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	228,900
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold 4 × platinum	1,061,400

The essential

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 2 × platinum	345,000

Organic

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	130,600
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	3 × gold	405,600

Across from Midnight

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	platinum	349,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × gold	75,000
All in all	3 × gold 6 × platinum	1,124,000

Greatest hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
France (SNEP)	-	(338,100)
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(10,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	(100,000)
All in all	6 × gold 4 × platinum	1,100,000

No ordinary world

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	300,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	450,000

Respect Yourself

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
All in all	2 × gold	120,000

The Ultimate Collection 1968-2003

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	292,500

Hymn for My Soul

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	85,000

Classic cocker

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	4,300
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
All in all	1 × gold	11,800

Hard knocks

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	10,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	210,000

Fire It Up

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
All in all	1 × platinum	200,000

Awards by singles

Pardon me sir

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	50,000
All in all	-	50,000

Up Where We Belong

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 3 × gold 1 × platinum	2,360,000

Many rivers to cross

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	150,000
All in all	-	150,000

Sheffield Steel

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	148,000
All in all	-	148,000

N'oubliez jamais

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
France (SNEP)	gold	250,000
All in all	2 × gold	275,000

Night calls

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	54,400
All in all	-	54,400

Awards by video albums

The Best of Joe Cocker Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	45,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold 4 × platinum	78,000

Across from Midnight Tour

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
All in all	1 × platinum	15,000

Fire It Up - Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
All in all	1 × gold	25,000

Awards for author participations and productions

California Love ( Tupac Shakur )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Canada (MC)	gold	20,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	5,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 3 × gold 3 × platinum	2,275,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	platinum1	8,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	5 × platinum5	235,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	225,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	100,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	9 × gold9	10 × platinum10	6,050,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	(3,000,000)	ifpi.org
France (SNEP)	-	14 × gold14th	4 × platinum4th	3,892,800	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	-	170,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	6 × gold6th	4 × platinum4th	105,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	350,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	30,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	4 × platinum4th	300,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	4 × gold4th	-	120,000	zpav.pl
Russia (NFPF)	-	gold1	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	50,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	5 × gold5	10 × platinum10	585,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	275,000	mediafire.com ES2
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	5,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × silver6th	4 × gold4th	platinum1	1,390,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	6 × silver6th	69 × gold69	54 × platinum54

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold for Up Where We Belong in Australia ( Memento from April 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Gold for California Love in Australia
3. ↑ Gold for Unchain My Heart in Italy
4. ↑ Gold for Classic Cocker in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Gold for Hymn for My Soul in Russia ( Memento from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ European Gold & Platinum Awards 1986 - EMI, PolyGram, CBS, Phonag, Musikvertrieb, BMG Ariola - Gold Albums. Music & Media Magazine, December 26, 1987, accessed January 16, 2020 (PDF file, page 46). 
7. ^ Platinum for The Essential in Australia
8. ↑ Platinum for Unchain My Heart in Austria ( Memento from July 5, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Platinums for Cocker. Music & Media Magazine, May 2, 1992, accessed January 16, 2020 (PDF file, page 8). 
10. ↑ Sales figures for Something to Say in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Sales figures for Sheffield Steel in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Sales figures for Unchain My Heart in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
13. ^ David Stansfield: EMI MD Reveals Key To Sales Success. In: Music & Media Magazine. American Radio History Archive, July 15, 1989, accessed January 16, 2020 (PDF file, page 16). 
14. ↑ Sales figures for Night Calls in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Sales figures for The Best of Joe Cocker in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Sales figures for Have a Little Faith in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Sales figures for Organic in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ Sales figures for Across from Midnight in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ Sales figures for Greatest Hits in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ Sales figures for Classic Cocker in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ Sales figures for Pardon Me Sir in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
22. ↑ Sales figures for Many Rivers to Cross in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
23. ↑ Sales figures for Sheffield Steal in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
24. ↑ Sales figures for Night Calls in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )