Meat Loaf / Awards for Music Sales

Meat Loaf (2009)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US rock - singer Meat Loaf . In his career he has sold over 90 million records to date, making him one of the most successful individual artists 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 1982: for the single Dead Ringer for Love 1986: for the album Blind Before I Stop 1995: for the single I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth) 2013: for the album Hang Cool Teddy Bear 2016: for the album Dead Ringer / Bat Out of Hell 2018: for the single Paradise by the Dashboard Light 2019: for the single Two Out of Three Ain't Bad 2019: for the single You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth Golden record  Australia 1995: for the album Welcome to the Neighborhood 2003: for the video album Bat out of Hell: Classic Albums 2004: for the video album VH1: Storytellers 2006: for the video album Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2007: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose 2017: for the album Dead Ringer  Denmark 2007: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose  Germany 1995: for the album Welcome to the Neighborhood 2006: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose  Canada 1978: for the single Two Out of Three Ain't Bad 1979: for the single Paradise by the Dashboard Light 1981: for the album Dead Ringer 2006: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose 2018: for the single Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (Digital)  New Zealand 1982: for the album Dead Ringer 1999: for the album The Very Best of Meat Loaf  Norway 1994: for the album Back from Hell: The Very Best of Meat Loaf  Switzerland 1994: for the album Back from Hell: The Very Best of Meat Loaf 1996: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) 2006: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose  United States 1978: for the single Two Out of Three Ain't Bad 1995: for the single I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth) 2000: for the album The Very Best of Meat Loaf 2001: for the video album Hits Out of Hell 2006: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose 2007: for the video album Bat out of Hell: Classic Albums  United Kingdom 1983: for the album Midnight at the Lost and Found 1984: for the album Bad Attitude 2003: for the album Couldn't Have Said It Better 2013: for the album Meat Loaf & Friends 2013: for the video album VH1: Storytellers 2013: for the video album Bat out of Hell II: Picture Show 2013: for the video album 3 Bats Live 2013: for the album Heaven Can Wait - The Best Ballads of Meat Loaf Vol. 1 2013: for the album Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2019: for the single Bat Out of Hell

Platinum record  Australia 2017: for the single Bat Out of Hell 2017: for the single Paradise by the Dashboard Light  Germany 1983: for the album Bat Out of Hell 1993: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)  Europe 1996: for the album Welcome to the Neighborhood  Canada 1995: for the album Welcome to the Neighborhood 2005: for the video album Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2018: for the single Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Digital)  New Zealand 1994: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell 1994: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)  Netherlands 1979: for the single Paradise by the Dashboard Light 1979: for the album Bat Out of Hell 1993: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) 1994: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell  Austria 1994: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) 1994: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell  Sweden 1993: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell  Switzerland 1993: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell  United States 1993: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) 1996: for the album Welcome to the Neighborhood 2018: for the single Paradise by the Dashboard Light 2018: for the single Two Out of Three Ain't Bad (Digital)  United Kingdom 1982: for the album Dead Ringer 1993: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) 1994: for the album Hits out of Hell 1995: for the album Welcome to the Neighborhood 2006: for the album Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose 2013: for the album Heaven & Hell 2013: for the video album Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2013: for the video album Hits Out of Hell 2013: for the album Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf

2 × platinum record  Australia 1993: for the single I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)  Denmark 2016: for the album Bat Out of Hell  Germany 1994: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell  United Kingdom 2013: for the album The Very Best of Meat Loaf 4 × platinum record  Australia 1993: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell 5 × platinum record  United States 1995: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell 6 × platinum record  United Kingdom 1994: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell 8 × platinum record  Australia 2012: for the video album Hits Out of Hell 9 × platinum record  Canada 1995: for the album Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell 11 × platinum record  United Kingdom 2018: for the album Bat Out of Hell 14 × platinum record  United States 2001: for the album Bat Out of Hell 17 × platinum record  New Zealand for the album Bat Out of Hell 25 × platinum record  Australia 2014: for the album Bat Out of Hell 2 × diamond records  Canada 1995: for the album Bat Out of Hell

Awards by album

Bat out of hell

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	25 × platinum	1,750,000
Denmark (IFPI)	2 × platinum	40,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Canada (MC)	2 × diamond	2,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	17 × platinum	255,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	14 × platinum	14,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	11 × platinum	3,370,000
All in all	61 × platinum 3 × diamond	22,015,000

Dead ringer

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	392,500

Midnight at the Lost and Found

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

Hits out of Hell

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

Bad attitude

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

Blind Before I Stop

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

Heaven and Hell

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

Meat Loaf & Friends

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

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	9 × platinum	900,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	6 × platinum	1,800,000
All in all	31 × platinum	9,295,000

Back from Hell: The Very Best of Meat Loaf

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Norway (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold	50,000

Welcome to the neighborhood

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	2,135,000

The Very Best of Meat Loaf

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,107,500

Couldn't Have Said It Better

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

Heaven Can Wait: The Best of Meat Loaf

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

Bat Out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

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

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	6 × gold 1 × platinum	1,065,000

Dead Ringer / Bat Out of Hell

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

Piece of the Action: The Best of Meat Loaf

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

Hang Cool Teddy Bear

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

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	Gold (Physical) + Gold (Digital)	90,000
United States (RIAA)	Gold (Physical) + Platinum (Digital)	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 3 × gold 1 × platinum	2,290,000

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth

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

Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Canada (MC)	Gold (Physical) + Platinum (Digital)	130,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	150,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 4 × platinum	1,550,000

Bat out of hell

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	470,000

Dead Ringer for Love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver	250,000

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	75,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold 8 × platinum	2,305,000

I'd Lie for You (And That's the Truth)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	700,000

Awards by video albums

Hits Out of Hell

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	8 × platinum	120,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	1 × gold 9 × platinum	220,000

Bat out of Hell II: Picture Show

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

VH1: storytellers

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold	32,500

Bat out of Hell: Classic Albums

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	2 × gold	57,500

Bat out of Hell: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Canada (MC)	platinum	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	67,500

3 Bats Live

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

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	6 × gold6th	41 × platinum41	-	2,557,500	aria.com.au AU2
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	55,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	2,400,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Canada (MC)	-	5 × gold5	12 × platinum12	2 × diamond2	3,330,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	19 × platinum19th	-	300,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	425,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	100,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	100,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	115,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	6 × gold6th	13 × platinum13	diamond1	25,650,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	8 × silver8th	10 × gold10	28 × platinum28	-	10,525,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × silver8th	36 × gold36	128 × platinum128	3 × diamond3

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matt Wyatt: Reports: Meat Loaf collapses onstage in Canada. Chron, July 17, 2016, accessed December 5, 2017 . 
2. ↑ 17 × platinum for Bat Out of Hell in New Zealand
3. ^ Rob Copsey: The UK's biggest studio albums of all time. officialcharts.com, October 13, 2018, accessed November 9, 2018 .