Kenny Rogers / Music Sales Awards

Kenny Rogers (2004)

This is an overview of American singer Kenny Rogers' awards for music sales . In his career he has sold over 100 million records to date, making him one of the most successful individual performers 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 United Kingdom
- 1977: for the single Lucille
- 1984: for the single Islands in the Stream
- 2013: for the album All the Hits & All the New Songs
- 2017: for the album Lucille: The Collection

Golden record

Australia Australia
- 2004: for the album The Very Best of Kenny Rogers
Finland Finland
- 1981: for the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
Hong Kong Hong Kong
- 1983: for the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
Japan Japan
- 2009: for the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
Canada Canada
- 1977: for the album Daytime Friends
- 1977: for the single Lucille
- 1979: for the album Love or Something Like It
- 1980: for the single Coward of the County
- 1981: for the single lady
- 1983: for the single We've Got Tonight
- 1984: for the album Duets
- 1985: for the album The Heart of the Matter
Poland Poland
- 1986: for the album Duets
Sweden Sweden
- 2001: for the album Endless Love
Spain Spain
- 1981: for the album Lo Mejor De Kenny Rogers
- 1981: for the album The Gambler
- 2001: for the album The Very Best of Kenny Rogers
United States United States
- 1977: for the single Lucille
- 1978: for the album Love or Something Like It
- 1979: for the single She Believes in Me
- 1980: for the single Coward of the County
- 1980: for the single lady
- 1985: for the album The Heart of the Matter
- 1990: for the album Something Inside So Strong
- 1990: for the video album Great Video Hits
- 1993: for the album Christmas in America
- 1997: for the album The Very Best of Kenny Rogers
- 1997: for the album Love Is What We Make It
- 1997: for the album Every Time Two Fools Collide
- 1997: for the album Greatest Hits (1989)
- 1997: for the album The Gift
- 2004: for the album 42 Ultimate Hits
- 2006: for the album Greatest Country Hits
- 2007: for the album 21 Number Ones
- 2017: for the Single Islands in the Stream (Digital)
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1979: for the album The Kenny Rogers Singles Album
- 1980: for the single Coward of the County
- 1980: for the album Kenny
- 1997: for the album Love Songs
- 1998: for the Country Classics album

Platinum record

Australia Australia
- 2015: for the album 21 Number Ones
- 2020: for the single Islands in the Stream
Canada Canada
- 1977: for the album Kenny Rogers
- 1979: for the album Ten Years of Gold
- 1982: for the album Love Will Turn You Around
- 1982: for the album Christmas
- 1983: for the album We've Got Tonight
- 1984: for the single Islands in the Stream
- 1984: for the album What About Me?
New Zealand New Zealand
- 1980: for the album The Kenny Rogers Singles Album
- 1984: for the album Eyes That See in the Dark
- 1984: for the album Greatest Hits (1971)
- 1984: for the album Twenty Greatest Hits
- 2003: for the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits
- 2020: for the album 21 Number Ones
Norway Norway
- 1996: for the album With Love
United States United States
- 1980: for the album Gideon
- 1981: for the album Share Your Love
- 1983: for the single Islands in the Stream
- 1984: for the album What About Me?
- 1997: for the album Greatest Hits (1971)
- 1997: for the album 20 Great Years
- 1997: for the album Duets
- 1997: for the album Kenny Rogers
- 1997: for the album Daytime Friends
- 1997: for the album Classics
- 1997: for the album Love Will Turn You Around
- 1997: for the album We've Got Tonight
- 2000: for the album She Rides Wild Horses
United Kingdom United Kingdom
- 1985: for the album The Kenny Rogers Story
- 2019: for the single Islands in the Stream (Digital)
- 2020: for the single The Gambler

2 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1980: for the album Gideon
- 1981: for the album Share Your Love
- 1984: for the album Twenty Greatest Hits
- 1992: for the album His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances
New Zealand New Zealand
- 2020: for the single The Gambler
United States United States
- 1989: for the album Once Upon a Christmas
- 1996: for the album Eyes That See in the Dark
- 1997: for the album Christmas

3 × platinum record

United States United States
- 1997: for the album Kenny

4 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1980: for the album The Gambler
- 1980: for the album Kenny
- 1986: for the album Eyes That See in the Dark
United States United States
- 1997: for the album Twenty Greatest Hits
- 1997: for the album Ten Years of Gold

5 × platinum record

Canada Canada
- 1988: for the album Once Upon a Christmas
United States United States
- 1997: for the album The Gambler

Diamond record

Canada Canada
- 1981: for the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits

12 × platinum record

United States United States
- 1997: for the album Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits

Awards by album

Greatest Hits (1971)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	2 × platinum	1,015,000

Kenny Rogers

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

Daytime Friends

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,050,000

Ten Years of Gold

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
All in all	5 × platinum	4,100,000

Love or Something Like It

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

Every Time Two Fools Collide

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

The Kenny Rogers Singles Album

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	115,000

The Gambler

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 9 × platinum	5,450,000

Kenny

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 7 × platinum	3,500,000

Classics

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

Gideon

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	3 × platinum	1,200,000

Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	12 × platinum	12,000,000
All in all	3 × gold 3 × platinum 2 × diamond	13,145,000

Lo Mejor De Kenny Rogers

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

Share your love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	3 × platinum	1,200,000

Love Will Turn You Around

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

Christmas

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	3 × platinum	2,100,000

We've Got Tonight

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

Once Upon a Christmas

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	7 × platinum	2,500,000

Duets

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	30,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	1,080,000

Eyes That See in the Dark

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	7 × platinum	4,415,000

Twenty Greatest Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
All in all	7 × platinum	4,215,000

What About Me?

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

Love Is What We Make It

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

The Kenny Rogers Story

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

The Heart of the Matter

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

His Greatest Hits and Finest Performances

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
All in all	2 × platinum	200,000

Greatest Hits (1989)

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 Inside So Strong

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

Christmas in America

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

Greatest Country Hits

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

20 great years

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

The Very Best of Kenny Rogers

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	685,000

Christmas in America

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

Daytime Friends: The Very Best Of

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

Country Classics

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

With love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	1 × platinum	500,000

The Gift

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

Love songs

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

She Rides Wild Horses

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

All the Hits & All the New Songs

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

Classic Love Songs

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

Endless love

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

Kenny Rogers

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

42 Ultimate Hits

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

21 number ones

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	585,000

Lucille: The Collection

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

Lucille

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	1,325,000

The Gambler

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	60,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	3 × platinum	660,000

She Believes in Me

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

Coward of the County

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	500,000
All in all	3 × gold	1,575,000

lady

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
All in all	2 × gold	1,075,000

We've Got Tonight

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

Islands in the Stream

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	Platinum (Physical) + Gold (Digital)	1,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Silver (Physical) + Platinum (Digital)	800,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 5 × platinum	2,470,000

Awards by video albums

Great video hits

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

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	0! S.-	gold1	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	175,000	aria.com.au
Finland (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	20,000	ifpi.fi
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	10,000	Individual evidence
Japan (RIAJ)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	100,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	0! S.-	8 × gold8th	32 × platinum32	diamond1	4,600,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	0! S.-	0! G-	8 × platinum8th	0! D.-	150,000	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	0! S.-	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	50,000	ifpi.no
Poland (ZPAV)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	30,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	0! S.-	gold1	0! P-	0! D.-	40,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Spain (Promusicae)	0! S.-	3 × gold3	0! P-	0! D.-	150,000	mediafire.com ES2
United States (RIAA)	0! S.-	18 × gold18th	37 × platinum37	diamond1	54,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	8 × gold8th	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	3,120,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	43 × gold43	83 × platinum83	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

↑ Dave Gordon: Kenny Rogers prepares to hang up his microphone. BBC News, May 7, 2017, accessed August 13, 2018 .
↑ Gold for Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits in Hong Kong ( Memento from June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Gold for Duets in Poland (PDF file, p.34)

[1] Dave Gordon: Kenny Rogers prepares to hang up his microphone. BBC News, May 7, 2017, accessed August 13, 2018 .

[2] Gold for Kenny Rogers' Greatest Hits in Hong Kong ( Memento from June 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

[3] Gold for Duets in Poland (PDF file, p.34)