Neil Young / Music Sales Awards

Neil Young (2008)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of Canadian rock - singer Neil Young . 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 1976: for the album American Stars' N Bars 1976: for the album Zuma 1976: for the album On the Beach 1989: for the album Freedom 1991: for the album Ragged Glory 1995: for the album Mirror Ball 2002: for the album Weld 2008: for the album Rust Never Sleeps 2008: for the album Prairie Wind 2013: for the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 2014: for the album Tonight's the Night 2020: for the single Heart of Gold Golden record  Australia 2001: for the album Tonight's the Night 2001: for the album Harvest Moon 2010: for the video album Rust Never Sleeps  Belgium 2005: for the album Unplugged 2006: for the album Greatest Hits  Ireland 2005: for the album Prairie Wind  Italy 2015: for the album Harvest 2017: for the album Greatest Hits  Canada 1990: for the album Freedom 1991: for the album Ragged Glory 2005: for the album Greatest Hits 2010: for the album Le Noise 2011: for the video album Rock at the Beach  New Zealand 1979: for the album Comes a Time 1993: for the album Harvest Moon  United States 1972: for the single Heart of Gold 1973: for the album Time Fades Away 1974: for the album On the Beach 1977: for the album American Stars' N Bars 1978: for the album Comes a Time 1990: for the album Freedom 1993: for the album Unplugged 1994: for the album Sleeps with Angels 1995: for the album Mirror Ball 1997: for the album Zuma 2006: for the album Greatest Hits 2006: for the album Prairie Wind 2008: for the video album Friends and Relatives: Red Rocks Live  United Kingdom 1993: for the album Harvest Moon 1993: for the album Unplugged 1995: for the album Sleeps With Angels 2001: for the album Live Rust 2004: for the album Comes a Time 2013: for the video album Rust Never Sleeps

2 × gold record  France 2001: for the album Comes a Time Platinum record  Australia 1999: for the album Decade (1977) 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Belgium 2008: for the album Harvest  Germany 2016: for the album Greatest Hits  Europe 2014: for the album Greatest Hits  Ireland 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Canada 2003: for the video album Rust Never Sleeps  New Zealand 1980: for the album Rust Never Sleeps 1981: for the album Live Rust 1985: for the album Decade (1977)  Switzerland 1992: for the album Harvest  Spain 2001: for the album Harvest  United States 1980: for the album Rust Never Sleeps 1986: for the album Decade (1977) 1986: for the album Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 1988: for the album Live Rust 2006: for the video album Rust Never Sleeps  United Kingdom 2010: for the album Decade (2002) 2013: for the album Greatest Hits 2013: for the video album Heart Of Gold

3 × gold record  Germany 2007: for the album Harvest 2 × platinum record  New Zealand 2009: for the album Greatest Hits  United States 1986: for the album After the Gold Rush 1997: for the album Harvest Moon  United Kingdom 2004: for the album After the Gold Rush 3 × platinum record  United Kingdom 2008: for the album Harvest 4 × platinum record  United States 1994: for the album Harvest 5 × platinum record  Canada 2000: for the album Harvest Moon Diamond record  France 2001: for the album Harvest

Awards by album

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	1,060,000

After the gold rush

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	4 × platinum	2,600,000

Harvest

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
France (SNEP)	diamond	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	2 × gold 11 × platinum 1 × diamond	6,900,000

Time fades away

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

On the beach

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

Tonight's the night

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	95,000

Zuma

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

American Stars' n Bars

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

Decade

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)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × platinum	1,385,000

Comes a time

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	807,500

Rust Never Sleeps

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	1,060,000

Live Rust

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	1,170,000

Freedom

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	610,000

Ragged Glory

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

Weld

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

Harvest Moon

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	500,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold 7 × platinum	2,642,500

Unplugged

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold	625,000

Sleeps with Angels

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	600,000

Mirror ball

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

Greatest hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(300,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Ireland (IRMA)	platinum	(15,000)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	40,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	4 × gold 7 × platinum	1,690,000

Prairie wind

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	567,500

Le noise

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

Awards by singles

Heart of gold

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

Awards by video albums

Rust Never Sleeps

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Canada (MC)	platinum	10,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	142,500

Friends and Relatives: Red Rocks Live

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

Heart of gold

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	1 × platinum	50,000

Rock at the Beach

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	5,000
All in all	1 × gold	5,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	217,500	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	100,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	1,050,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	(1,000,000)	Individual evidence
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	-	diamond1	1,200,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	22,500	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	90,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	5 × gold5	6 × platinum6th	-	705,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	-	75,000	nztop40.co.nz
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	50,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	platinum1	-	100,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	13 × gold13	13 × platinum13	-	18,650,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	12 × silver12	6 × gold6th	8 × platinum8th	-	3,355,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	12 × silver12	37 × gold37	41 × platinum41	diamond1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Platinum for Greatest Hits in Europe ( Memento from June 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )