Michael Bolton / Music Sales Awards

Michael Bolton (2010)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US Pop - singer Michael Bolton . 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 2014: for the album Gems - The Very Best Of Golden record  Australia 1990: for the single How Can We Be Lovers 1997: for the album This Is The Time: The Christmas Album  Denmark 2012: for streaming Jack Sparrow  Germany 1994: for the album The One Thing  France 1995: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Japan 1992: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness 1993: for the album Timeless (the Classics) 1997: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  New Zealand 1991: for the album Soul Provider 1993: for the album Timeless (the Classics)  Netherlands 1991: for the album Soul Provider 1992: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness  Norway 1995: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Sweden 1991: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness 1992: for the album Timeless (the Classics) 1996: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Switzerland 1993: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness 1994: for the album The One Thing 1998: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Spain 1990: for the album Soul Provider 1991: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness 1992: for the album Timeless (the Classics) 1994: for the album The One Thing 1997: for the album All That Matters  United States 1990: for the video album Soul Provider - The Videos 1992: for the album Michael Bolton 1993: for the single Said I Loved You… But I Lied 1996: for the album This Is The Time: The Christmas Album 1997: for the single Go the Distance 1997: for the album All That Matters  United Kingdom 1997: for the album All That Matters 2005: for the album The Very Best of Michael Bolton

Platinum record  Australia 1990: for the single How Am I Supposed to Live Without You  Europe 1996: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Canada 1993: for the album The Hunger 1996: for the album This Is The Time: The Christmas Album 1997: for the album All That Matters  New Zealand 1994: for the album The One Thing 1996: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Sweden 1990: for the album Soul Provider  Spain 1996: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  United States 1993: for the video album This Is Michael Bolton 1996: for the video album Soul and Passion 1996: for the album This Is The Time: The Christmas Album  United Kingdom 1993: for the album The One Thing 1995: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995 2 × platinum record  Australia 1990: for the album Soul Provider 1993: for the album Timeless (the Classics)  Sweden 2011: for the single Jack Sparrow  United States 1997: for the album The Hunger 3 × platinum record  Italy 1996: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  Canada 1994: for the album The One Thing 1997: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  United States 1994: for the album The One Thing 2000: for the album Greatest Hits 1985-1995  United Kingdom 1993: for the album Timeless (the Classics)

4 × platinum record  Canada 1993: for the album Timeless (the Classics)  United States 1993: for the album Timeless (the Classics)  United Kingdom 1993: for the album Soul Provider 1995: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness 5 × platinum record  Canada 1993: for the album Soul Provider 6 × platinum record  United States 1994: for the album Soul Provider 7 × platinum record  Canada 1993: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness 8 × platinum record  United States 1994: for the album Time, Love & Tenderness

Awards by album

Michael Bolton

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 hunger

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

Soul provider

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	3 × gold 18 × platinum	8,047,500

Time, Love and Tenderness

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	8 × platinum	8,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	5 × gold 19 × platinum	10,175,000

Timeless (the Classics)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	4 × gold 13 × platinum	5,647,500

The One Thing

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 8 × platinum	3,940,000

Greatest Hits: 1985-1995

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
France (SNEP)	gold	(100,000)
Italy (FIMI)	3 × platinum	(300,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	5 × gold 13 × platinum	4,415,000

This Is the Time - The Christmas Album

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	1,135,000

All that matters

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	750,000

The Very Best of Michael Bolton

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

Gems - The Very Best Of

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

How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

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

How Can We Be Lovers

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
All in all	1 × gold	35,000

Said I Loved You… But I Lied

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

Go the Distance

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

Jack Sparrow

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	80,000
All in all	2 × platinum	80,000

Awards by video albums

Soul Provider - The Videos

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

Soul and Passion

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

This Is Michael Bolton

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

Awards after music streaming

Jack Sparrow

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	900,000
All in all	1 × gold	900,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	420,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	(1,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	100,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	300,000	Individual evidence
Japan (RIAJ)	-	3 × gold3	-	300,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	-	25 × platinum25th	2,500,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	45,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	100,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.no
Sweden (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	330,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	75,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	5 × gold5	platinum1	350,000	mediafire.com ES2 ES3
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	29 × platinum29	29,250,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	2 × gold2	13 × platinum13	4,160,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	31 × gold31	82 × platinum82

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold for How Can We Be Lovers in Australia
2. ^ Platinum for How Am I Supposed to Live Without You in Australia
3. ↑ 2 × platinum for soul providers in Australia
4. ↑ 2 × platinum for Timeless (the Classics) in Australia
5. ↑ 3 × platinum for Greatest Hits 1985-1995 in Italy