Paul McCartney / Music Sales Awards

Paul McCartney (2010)

This is an overview of British musician Paul McCartney's music sales awards received as a solo artist and part of his band Paul McCartney & Wings . 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 1980: for the single Coming Up 1983: for the single Say Say Say 1984: for the single Pipes of Peace 1984: for the single No More Lonely Nights 1993: for the album Off the Ground 2001: for the album Driving Rain 2013: for the album Good Evening New York City 2013: for the author participation Free as a Bird (The Beatles) 2017: for the author participation Twist and Shout (The Beatles) 2018: for the single All Day 2018: for the album Kisses on the Bottom 2019: for the help! (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation Blackbird (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation In My Life (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation Yesterday (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) 2020: for the album Pure McCartney Golden record  Argentina 1990: for the album All the Best!  Australia 1993: for the album Off the Ground 2001: for the album Wingspan: Hits and History 2004: for the video album Live at the Cavern Club 2006: for the video album The Space Within US  Denmark 2004: for the album Back in the US 2004: for the video album Back in the US 2007: for the album Memory Almost Full  Germany 1978: for the single Mull Of Kintyre 1978: for the album London Town 1990: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 1993: for the single Hope of Deliverance 2003: for the video album Back in the US  France 1977: for the album Wings at the Speed ​​of Sound 1977: for the album Band on the Run 1978: for the album London Town 1983: for the album Tug of War 1983: for the single Say Say Say 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 1993: for the album Off the Ground 1996: for the album All the Best! 2005: for the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Hong Kong 1979: for the album Wings Greatest  Italy 2017: for the author participation Let It Be (The Beatles) 2017: for the authors' participation Come Together (The Beatles) 2018: for the author participation Hey Jude (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation Twist and Shout (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation Yesterday (The Beatles)  Japan 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 1993: for the album Off the Ground 1997: for the album Flaming Pie 2003: for the album Back in the US 2014: for the album New  Canada 1976: for the album Wild Life 1979: for the single Goodnight Tonight 1985: for the album Give My Regards to Broad Street 1988: for the album All the Best! 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 1993: for the album Off the Ground 2005: for the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 2007: for the album Memory Almost Full  Mexico 2002: for the video album Back in the US  New Zealand 2001: for the album Wingspan: Hits and History  Norway 1997: for the album Flaming Pie  Austria 1993: for the album Off the Ground 2000: for the album All the Best! 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Poland 2014: for the album New  Russia 2005: for the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard  Sweden 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt  Switzerland 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 1993: for the album Off the Ground  Spain 1982: for the album Tug of War 1984: for the album Give My Regards to Broad Street 1988: for the album All the Best! 1994: for the album Paul Is Live  United States 1964: for the author participation Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles) 1964: for the author participation I Feel Fine (The Beatles) 1964: for the author participation I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) 1964: for the author participation A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) 1965: for the author participation Eight Days a Week (The Beatles) 1965: for the help! (The Beatles) 1965: for the author participation Yesterday (The Beatles) 1966: for the author participation We Can Work it Out (The Beatles) 1966: for the author participation Nowhere Man (The Beatles) 1966: for the paperback writer (The Beatles) 1966: for the author participation Yellow Submarine (The Beatles) 1967: for the author participation All You Need is Love (The Beatles) 1967: for the author participation Penny Lane (The Beatles) 1967: for the authors' participation Hello, Goodbye (The Beatles) 1969: for the author participation The Ballad of John and Yoko (The Beatles) 1971: for the single Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey 1972: for the album Wild Life 1973: for the album Red Rose Speedway 1973: for the single My Love 1973: for the single Live and Let Die 1974: for the single band on the Run 1975: for the single Listen to What the Man Said 1976: for the single Let 'Em In 1976: for the single Silly Love Songs 1979: for the single Goodnight Tonight 1980: for the single Coming Up 1980: for the McCartney II album 1982: for the single Ebony and Ivory 1983: for the single The Girl Is Mine 1984: for the album Give My Regards to Broad Street 1984: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas? 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 1992: for the video album Put It There 1993: for the album Off the Ground 1996: for the author participation Free as a Bird (The Beatles) 1996: for the author participation Real Love (The Beatles) 1997: for the album Flaming Pie 1997: for the video album Paul Is Live 1999: for the author participation Got to Get You into My Life (The Beatles) 2002: for the video album Wingspan: Hits and History 2002: for the album Driving Rain 2005: for the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 2008: for the album Memory Almost Full 2009: for the album Good Evening New York City 2014: for the author participation Do You Want to Know a Secret (The Beatles) 2015: for the single All Day  United Kingdom 1974: for the album Red Rose Speedway 1976: for the album Wings at the Speed ​​of Sound 1977: for the album Wings over America 1978: for the album London Town 1979: for the album Back to the Egg 1980: for the McCartney II album 1982: for the single Ebony and Ivory 1982: for the album Tug of War 1985: for the single We All Stand Together 1986: for the album Press To Play 1987: for the author's participation Let It Be (Ferry Aid) 1990: for the album Tripping the Live Fantastic 1997: for the album Flaming Pie 1999: for the album Run Devil Run 2001: for the album Wingspan: Hits and History 2003: for the album Back in the World 2005: for the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 2013: for the album Memory Almost Full 2013: for the video album Back in the US 2018: for the album Band on the Run (Remastered) 2018: for the single Wonderful Christmastime 2019: for the author participation Let It Be (The Beatles) 2019: for the author participation Hey Jude (The Beatles) 2020: for the authors' participation Come Together (The Beatles)

Platinum record  Argentina 2002: for the video album Back in the US 2005: for the Paul McCartney video album in Red Square 2006: for the video album The Space Within US  Belgium 2016: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Germany 1995: for the album Off the Ground 2017: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Canada 1976: for the album Venus and Mars 1976: for the album Red Rose Speedway 1976: for the album Ram 1976: for the McCartney album 1977: for the album Wings over America 1979: for the album Wings Greatest 1984: for the album Pipes of Peace 1984: for the single Say Say Say 1985: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas?  New Zealand 1985: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas? 1993: for the album All the Best!  Netherlands 1978: for the album London Town  Russia 2007: for the album Memory Almost Full  Switzerland 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Spain 1990: for the album Tripping the Live Fantastic 1993: for the album Off the Ground 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  United States 1976: for the album Wings at the Speed ​​of Sound 1976: for the album Wings over America 1978: for the album London Town 1978: for the album Wings Greatest 1979: for the album Back to the Egg 1982: for the album Tug of War 1984: for the album Pipes of Peace 1991: for the album Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights! 1991: for the album Venus and Mars 1992: for the album Ram 1992: for the single Say Say Say 1999: for the author participation Lady Madonna (The Beatles) 1999: for the author participation The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles) 2005: for the Paul McCartney video album in Red Square 2007: for the video album The Space Within US 2014: for the author participation Love Me Do (The Beatles) 2014: for the author participation Please Please Me (The Beatles) 2014: for the author participation Twist and Shout (The Beatles)  United Kingdom 1975: for the album Band on the Run 1976: for the album Venus and Mars 1978: for the album Wings Greatest 1984: for the album Pipes of Peace 1984: for the album Give My Regards to Broad Street 1984: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas? 1990: for the album Flowers in the Dirt 2 × platinum record  Australia 1993: for the album All the Best! 2010: for the Paul McCartney video album in Red Square  Denmark 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Canada 1979: for the album Back to the Egg 2003: for the album Back in the US 2005: for the Paul McCartney video album in Red Square 2007: for the video album The Space Within US  New Zealand 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Spain 1989: for the album Flowers in the Dirt  United States 1991: for the McCartney album 1999: for the authors' participation Get Back (The Beatles) 1999: for the author's participation Let It Be (The Beatles) 2001: for the album Wingspan: Hits and History 2001: for the album All the Best! 2003: for the album Back in the US 2009: for the video album The McCartney Years  United Kingdom 1986: for the single Mull Of Kintyre 2004: for the single Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20) 2019: for the single FourFiveSeconds 3 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Italy 2017: for the single FourFiveSeconds  Poland 2016: for the single FourFiveSeconds  United States 1991: for the album Band on the Run 2003: for the video album Back in the US 2016: for the single FourFiveSeconds  United Kingdom 1988: for the album All the Best! 4 × platinum record  Canada 2003: for the video album Back in the US  Sweden 2015: for the single FourFiveSeconds  United States 1999: for the author participation Hey Jude (The Beatles)

Awards by album

McCartney

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

R.A.M

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

Wild life

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

Red Rose Speedway

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	700,000

Band on the run

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	Platinum + Gold (Remastered)	400,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	3,500,000

Venus and Mars

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × platinum	1,400,000

Wings at the speed of sound

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

Wings over America

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

London Town

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold, 2 × platinum	1,550,000

Wings Greatest

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	1,410,000

Back to the Egg

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
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	1,300,000

McCartney II

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

Tug of War

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	1,250,000

Pipes of Peace

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × platinum	1,300,000

Give My Regards to Broad Street

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	900,000

Press to play

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

All the best!

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)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	900,000
All in all	5 × gold 8 × platinum	3,310,000

Flowers in the Dirt

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	7 × gold 3 × platinum	1,475,000

Tripping the Live Fantastic

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	200,000

Tripping the Live Fantastic - Highlights!

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

Off the ground

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 7 × gold 2 × platinum	1,470,000

Paul Is Live

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

Flaming Pie

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	725,000

Run Devil Run

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

Wingspan: Hits and History

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
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, 2 × platinum	2,147,500

Driving Rain

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

Back in the US

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	2,325,000

Back in the world

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

Chaos and Creation in the Backyard

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold	760,000

Memory Almost Full

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Russia (NFPF)	platinum	20,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	5 × gold 1 × platinum	685,000

Good Evening New York City

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

Kisses on the bottom

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

New

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	10,000
All in all	2 × gold	110,000

Pure McCartney

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

Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey

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

my love

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

Live and Let Die

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

Band on the run

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

Listen to What the Man Said

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

Silly Love Songs

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

Let 'em in

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

Mull of Kintyre

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	2,090,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	2,340,000

Goodnight Tonight

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
All in all	2 × gold	1,050,000

Wonderful Christmastime

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

Coming up

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

Ebony and Ivory

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

The Girl Is Mine

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

Say Say Say

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	500,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 2 × platinum	1,850,000

Pipes of Peace

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

No More Lonely Nights

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

We All Stand Together

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

Do They Know It's Christmas?

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	1,710,000

Hope of Deliverance

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

Do They Know It's Christmas? (Band Aid 20)

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

FourFiveSeconds

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	30,000
Denmark (IFPI)	2 × platinum	120,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	400,000
France (SNEP)	gold	75,000
Italy (FIMI)	3 × platinum	150,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Poland (ZPAV)	3 × platinum	60,000
Sweden (IFPI)	4 × platinum	160,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	30,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	40,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 26 × platinum	5,520,000

All day

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 according to author participations

Love Me Do ( The Beatles )

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

I Want to Hold Your Hand (The Beatles)

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

Please Please Me (The Beatles)

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

Twist and Shout (The Beatles)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	silver	25,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	1,225,000

Can't Buy Me Love (The Beatles)

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

Do You Want to Know a Secret (The Beatles)

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

A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles)

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

I Feel Fine (The Beatles)

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

Eight Days a Week (The Beatles)

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

Help! (The Beatles)

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

Yesterday (The Beatles)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	1,225,000

We Can Work It Out (The Beatles)

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

In My Life (The Beatles)

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

Nowhere Man (The Beatles)

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

Paperback Writer (The Beatles)

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

Yellow Submarine (The Beatles)

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

Penny Lane (The Beatles)

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

All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)

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

Hello, Goodbye (The Beatles)

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

Lady Madonna (The Beatles)

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

Hey Jude (The Beatles)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	4,425,000

Get Back (The Beatles)

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

The Ballad of John and Yoko (The Beatles)

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

Come Together (The Beatles)

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

Let It Be (The Beatles)

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

The Long and Winding Road (The Beatles)

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

Got to Get You into My Life (The Beatles)

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

Let It Be ( Ferry Aid )

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

Free as a Bird (The Beatles)

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

Real Love (The Beatles)

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

Blackbird (The Beatles)

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

Put it there

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

Paul Is 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

Live at the Cavern Club

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
All in all	1 × gold	7,500

Wingspan: Hits and History

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

Back in the US

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	40,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	300,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	4 × gold 8 × platinum	458,000

Paul McCartney in Red Square

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	30,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	20,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
All in all	6 × platinum	158,000

The Space Within US

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	20,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
All in all	1 × gold 4 × platinum	135,500

The McCartney Years

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

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	54,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	4 × gold4th	7 × platinum7th	465,000	aria.com.au AU2
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	185,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	1,925,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	10 × gold10	-	1,375,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	5 × gold5	3 × platinum3	275,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	5 × gold5	-	500,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	8 × gold8th	21 × platinum21st	1,680,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	10,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	62,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	25,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	65,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	70,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Russia (NFPF)	-	gold1	platinum1	30,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	210,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	80,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	640,000	elportaldemusica.es ES1 ES2
United States (RIAA)	-	47 × gold47	45 × platinum45	70,850,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	17 × silver17th	24 × gold24	16 × platinum16	15,415,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	17 × silver17th	128 × gold128	119 × platinum119

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chris Strauss: Paul McCartney wanted a free Brooklyn Nets T-shirt more than anything. USA Today, December 17, 2013, accessed November 10, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Gold for Back in the US in Denmark ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Gold for Chaos and Creation in the Backyard in Hong Kong ( Memento from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for Chaos and Creation in the Backyard in Russia ( Memento from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Platinum for Memory Almost Full in Russia ( Memento from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Justin Myers: The Official Top 20 bestselling Christmas Number 1s. In: Official Charts Company. December 5, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .