Led Zeppelin / Music Sales Awards

Plant (left) and Page with Led Zeppelin (1977)

This is a breakdown of the UK rock band Led Zeppelin's music sales awards . In their career they have sold over 300 million records to date, making them one of the most successful bands 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 1983: for the album Coda 2002: for the album Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One 2010: for the album Led Zeppelin Box Set Vol. 1 2020: for the single Kashmir Golden record  Argentina 1993: for the Led Zeppelin album 1993: for the album Led Zeppelin II 1993: for the album Recintos de lo sagrado 1993: for the album In Through the Out Door 1993: for the album Houses of the Holy 2003: for the album The Song Remains the Same  Australia 2012: for the album Celebration Day 2015: for the album Coda  Belgium 2010: for the album Mothership  Brazil 1993: for the album Led Zeppelin IV 1999: for the album Remasters 2003: for the album How the West Was Won  Denmark 2008: for the album Mothership 2012: for the album Celebration Day  Germany 1986: for the album The Song Remains the Same 1989: for the album Physical Graffiti 1993: for the Led Zeppelin album 1993: for the album Houses of the Holy 1994: for the Led Zeppelin III album  Finland 1990: for the album Remasters 2007: for the album Mothership 2012: for the album Celebration Day  France 1977: for the album Physical Graffiti 1980: for the album The Song Remains the Same 1982: for the Led Zeppelin album 2012: for the album Celebration Day  Ireland 2012: for the album Celebration Day  Italy 2015: for the album Led Zeppelin III 2018: for the single Immigrant Song 2019: for the album Remasters 2020: for the album Physical Graffiti  Japan 1993: for the Led Zeppelin album 1997: for the album BBC Sessions 2003: for the video album Led Zeppelin 2007: for the album Mothership  Canada 2001: for the album Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One  Mexico 2012: for the album Celebration Day  Norway 1997: for the album Remasters  Austria 1991: for the album Led Zeppelin II 2000: for the album Remasters 2007: for the album Mothership 2013: for the album Celebration Day  Sweden 2013: for the album Celebration Day  Switzerland 1991: for the Led Zeppelin album 1993: for the album Led Zeppelin III 1994: for the album Remasters 2007: for the album Mothership 2013: for the album Celebration Day  Spain 2000: for the album Houses of the Holy 2000: for the album Led Zeppelin II 2000: for the album Led Zeppelin III  Hungary 2013: for the album Celebration Day 2015: for the album In Through the Out Door  United States 1970: for the single Whole Lotta Love 2004: for the album Led Zeppelin Box Set Vol. 2  United Kingdom 2003: for the album How the West Was Won 2013: for the album BBC Sessions 2020: for the single Whole Lotta Love 2020: for the single Immigrant Song 2 × gold record  France 2001: for the album Led Zeppelin II 2001: for the album In Through the Out Door

Platinum record  Argentina 1993: for the album Zoso 1993: for the album Led Zeppelin IV 1997: for the album Remasters 2003: for the album Led Zeppelin III  Brazil 2013: for the album Celebration Day 2013: for the video album Celebration Day  Germany 2000: for the album Remasters 2003: for the album Led Zeppelin II 2013: for the album Celebration Day  Europe 2009: for the album Mothership  Finland 2007: for the video album Led Zeppelin  France 1997: for the album Remasters 2001: for the album Led Zeppelin III 2007: for the album Mothership  Italy 2013: for the album Mothership 2014: for the album Celebration Day 2018: for the single Whole Lotta Love 2018: for the album Led Zeppelin IV 2019: for the Led Zeppelin album 2020: for the album Led Zeppelin II  Canada 2004: for the album How the West Was Won  New Zealand 1997: for the album Remasters 2014: for the album Celebration Day 2015: for the album In Through the Out Door  Poland 2012: for the album Mothership  Portugal 2004: for the video album Led Zeppelin  Switzerland 2013: for the video album Celebration Day  Spain 1998: for the album Remasters 2000: for the Led Zeppelin album 2000: for the album Led Zeppelin IV  United States 1983: for the album Coda 2001: for the album Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One 2003: for the album How the West Was Won 2004: for the album Early Days and Latter Days  United Kingdom 1979: for the album The Song Remains the Same 1988: for the album Houses of the Holy 2004: for the album Presence 2004: for the album In Through the Out Door 2005: for the album Early Days and Latter Days 2013: for the album Led Zeppelin III 2020: for the single Stairway to Heaven 2020: for the album Celebration Day 3 × gold record  Germany 2003: for the album Led Zeppelin IV 2012: for the album Mothership 2 × platinum record  Australia 1999: for the Led Zeppelin album 2007: for the album In Through the Out Door 2014: for the album Mothership 2014: for the album Houses of the Holy  Germany 2010: for the video album Mothership  France 2001: for the album Led Zeppelin IV  Italy 2019: for the single Stairway to Heaven  Canada 2012: for the album Celebration Day  Switzerland 1997: for the album Led Zeppelin IV  United States 1997: for the album Remasters 1999: for the album The Complete Studio Recordings 2001: for the album BBC Sessions 2008: for the album Mothership  United Kingdom 2001: for the album remasters 2005: for the album Physical Graffiti 2006: for the Led Zeppelin album

3 × platinum record  Australia 2006: for the album Led Zeppelin III 2009: for the album Physical Graffiti  Europe 2013: for the album Remasters  France 2004: for the video album Led Zeppelin  Ireland 2007: for the album Mothership  Canada 2008: for the album Mothership  New Zealand 2008: for the album Mothership  United States 1997: for the album Presence 2014: for the video album Celebration Day  United Kingdom 2015: for the album Mothership 7 × gold record  Germany 2016: for the video album Celebration Day 4 × platinum record  Australia 2007: for the album Led Zeppelin II  United States 1997: for the album The Song Remains the Same  United Kingdom 2008: for the album Led Zeppelin II 5 × platinum record  United Kingdom 2013: for the video album Led Zeppelin 6 × platinum record  United States 1997: for the album In Through the Out Door 1999: for the album Led Zeppelin III  United Kingdom 2007: for the album Led Zeppelin IV 2014: for the video album The Song Remains the Same 7 × platinum record  Australia 2008: for the video album Led Zeppelin 8 × platinum record  United States 1999: for the Led Zeppelin album 9 × platinum record  Australia 2009: for the album Led Zeppelin IV  Canada 2000: for the album Led Zeppelin II 10 × platinum record  Australia 2007: for the album Remasters 11 × platinum record  United States 1999: for the album Houses of the Holy 12 × platinum record  United States 1999: for the album Led Zeppelin II 13 × platinum record  United States 2012: for the video album Led Zeppelin 16 × platinum record  United States 2006: for the album Physical Graffiti 23 × platinum record  United States 2006: for the album Led Zeppelin IV Diamond record  Brazil 2005: for the video album Led Zeppelin  Canada 1982: for the Led Zeppelin album  Poland 2012: for the album Celebration Day  United States 2001: for the album Led Zeppelin Box Set Vol. 1 2 × diamond records  Canada 1995: for the album Led Zeppelin IV 2004: for the video album Led Zeppelin

Awards by album

Led Zeppelin

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	8 × platinum	8,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	5 × gold 14 × platinum 1 × diamond	10,445,000

Led Zeppelin II

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Canada (MC)	9 × platinum	900,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	12 × platinum	12,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	5 × gold 21 × platinum 1 × diamond	15,285,000

Led Zeppelin III

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × gold 12 × platinum	7,245,000

Led Zeppelin IV / Zoso

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	Platinum (Led Zeppelin IV) + Platinum (Zoso)	120,000
Australia (ARIA)	9 × platinum	630,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	600,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × diamond	2,000,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	23 × platinum	23,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	1,800,000
All in all	2 × gold 27 × platinum 4 × diamond	29,300,000

Houses of the Holy / Recintos de lo sagrado

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	Gold (Houses of the Holy) + Gold (Recintos de lo sagrado)	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	11 × platinum	11,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × gold 4 × platinum 1 × diamond	11,800,000

Physical graffiti

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	16 × platinum	16,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	3 × gold 11 × platinum 1 × diamond	17,135,000

Presence

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × platinum	3,300,000

The Song Remains the Same

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 5 × platinum	4,680,000

In Through the Out Door

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × gold 10 × platinum	6,695,000

Coda

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,095,000

Remasters

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	10 × platinum	700,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(500,000)
Europe (IFPI)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(35,440)
France (SNEP)	platinum	(300,000)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(25,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
All in all	6 × gold 22 × platinum	4,875,000

BBC sessions

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,200,000

Led Zeppelin Box Set Vol. 1

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	diamond	2,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × diamond	2,560,000

Led Zeppelin Box Set Vol. 2

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

The Complete Studio Recordings

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

Early Days: Best of Led Zeppelin Volume One

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,110,000

Early Days and Latter Days

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × platinum	800,000

How the West Was Won

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
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	1,250,000

Mothership

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	15,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	300,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Finland (IFPI)	gold	18,716
France (SNEP)	platinum	200,000
Ireland (IRMA)	3 × platinum	45,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	80,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	3 × platinum	45,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	6 × gold 21 × platinum	4,208,716

Celebration Day

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	40,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	13,999
France (SNEP)	gold	50,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	60,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	160,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Poland (ZPAV)	diamond	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Hungary (MAHASZ)	gold	3,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	10 × gold 7 × platinum 1 × diamond	1,069,499

Awards by singles

Whole Lotta Love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	1,450,000

Immigrant song

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold	425,000

Stairway to Heaven

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	2 × platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	3 × platinum	700,000

Kashmir

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

The Song Remains the Same

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	300,000
All in all	6 × platinum	300,000

Led Zeppelin

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	7 × platinum	105,000
Brazil (PMB)	diamond	100,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	10,006
France (SNEP)	3 × platinum	30,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × diamond	200,000
Portugal (AFP)	platinum	8,000
United States (RIAA)	13 × platinum	650,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	250,000
All in all	1 × gold 31 × platinum 3 × diamond	1,453,006

Mothership

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	100,000
All in all	2 × platinum	100,000

Celebration Day

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	30,000
Germany (BVMI)	7 × gold	175,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	6,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 8 × platinum	511,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	6 × gold6th	4 × platinum4th	-	720,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	44 × platinum44	-	2,765,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	diamond1	1,370,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	25,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	8 × gold8th	10 × platinum10	-	4,075,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	(4,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	78.161	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	8 × gold8th	8 × platinum8th	-	2,210,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	52,500	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	4 × gold4th	8 × platinum8th	-	665,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	4 × gold4th	-	-	400,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	15 × platinum15th	5 × diamond5	4,710,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	-	30,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	-	90,000	nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	4 × gold4th	-	-	75,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	platinum1	diamond1	120,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Portugal (AFP)	-	-	platinum1	-	8,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	5 × gold5	3 × platinum3	-	211,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	-	450,000	promusicae.es
Hungary (MAHASZ)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	13,000	slagerlistak.hu
United States (RIAA)	-	2 × gold2	67 × platinum67	6 × diamond6th	111,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	4 × gold4th	38 × platinum38	-	10,330,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	66 × gold66	218 × platinum218	13 × diamond13

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Steve Morse: 'Celebration Day' for Led Zeppelin fans. In: Boston Globe. October 12, 2012, accessed August 6, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Gold for Coda in Australia (PDF file)
3. ↑ Platinum for the video album Led Zeppelin in Portugal ( Memento from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ 2 × platinum for Houses of the Holy in Australia ( Memento from November 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive )