REM / Awards for Music Sales

REM live (2003)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US rock - music group R.EM In her career, she sold to date over 85 million records to make them one of the most successful musicians 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  France 1991: for the single Losing My Religion  United Kingdom 2011: for the album Collapse into Now 2013: for the Singles Collection album 2017: for the single The Great Beyond 2017: for the album Lifes Rich Pageant 2018: for the single Shiny Happy People 2019: for the single It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 2020: for the single Man On The Moon Golden record  Argentina 1993: for the album Out of Time 1993: for the album Automatic for the People  Australia 1992: for the album The Best of REM 1994: for the single Everybody Hurts 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 2001: for the album Reveal 2004: for the album Around the Sun 2004: for the video album In View: The Best of REM 1988–2003 2005: for the video album Perfect Square 2008: for the album Up  Belgium 1995: for the album Monster 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1998: for the album Up 2001: for the album Reveal  Brazil 1991: for the album Out of Time  Denmark 2001: for the album Reveal 2004: for the album Around the Sun 2008: for the album Accelerate 2008: for the album REM Live 2019: for the single Losing My Religion 2020: for the single Everybody Hurts  Germany 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 2000: for the album The Best of REM 2001: for the album Reveal 2004: for the album Around the Sun 2007: for the video album In View: The Best of REM 1988–2003 2008: for the album Accelerate  Finland 1991: for the album Out of Time 1994: for the album Monster  France 1994: for the single Everybody Hurts 2001: for the album Up  Ireland 2007: for the album REM Live 2008: for the album Accelerate 2011: for the album Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011  Italy 2013: for the album Collapse into Now 2013: for the album Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 2013: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  Canada 2001: for the album Reveal  New Zealand 1989: for the album Green 1992: for the album Out of Time 1999: for the album Up 2001: for the album Reveal  Norway 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi  Austria 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1998: for the album Up 1999: for the album The Best of REM 2001: for the album Reveal 2004: for the album Around the Sun 2008: for the album Accelerate  Sweden 1992: for the album Out of Time 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1998: for the album Up 2003: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 2005: for the album Around the Sun  Switzerland 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1998: for the album Up  Spain 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1999: for the album Up 2001: for the album Green 2001: for the album Reveal  United States 1987: for the album Lifes Rich Pageant 1990: for the video album Pop Screen 1990: for the video album Tourfilm 1991: for the video album The Film Is On 1991: for the album Murmur 1991: for the album Reckoning 1991: for the album Fables of the Reconstruction 1991: for the single Losing My Religion 1999: for the album Up 2001: for the album Reveal  United Kingdom 1991: for the album Greatest Hits 2004: for the album Around the Sun 2012: for the album Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982–2011 2013: for the album The Best of REM 2013: for the album Accelerate 2013: for the album Document 2013: for the video album Road Movie 2013: for the video album Perfect Square 2013: for the video album Parallel 2018: for the single Everybody Hurts 2019: for the album Murmur

2 × gold record  France 1995: for the album Monster Platinum record  Argentina 2003: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 2004: for the video album Perfect Square  Australia 1995: for the album Monster  Germany 1996: for the album Monster  Europe 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1998: for the album Up 2001: for the album Reveal 2004: for the album Around the Sun  France 2001: for the album Automatic for the People  Greece 2004: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  Italy 2001: for the album Reveal 2003: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 2014: for the single Losing My Religion 2018: for the single Everybody Hurts  Canada 1987: for the album Lifes Rich Pageant 1988: for the album Document  New Zealand 1995: for the album Automatic for the People 1995: for the album Monster 1997: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi  Netherlands 1991: for the album Out of Time  Norway 1998: for the album Up 2008: for the album Accelerate 2008: for the single Supernatural Superserious  Austria 1992: for the album Out of Time 1995: for the album Monster 2005: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  Sweden 1995: for the album Monster  Switzerland 1995: for the album Monster 2001: for the album Reveal 2003: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 2008: for the album Accelerate  Spain 1995: for the album Monster 2006: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  United States 1988: for the album Document 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 2008: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003 2019: for the single Losing My Religion (Digital)  United Kingdom 1994: for the album Green 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 1999: for the album Up 2001: for the album Reveal 2014: for the video album In View: The Best of REM 1988–2003 2019: for the single Losing My Religion

2 × platinum record  Australia 1992: for the album Out of Time  Belgium 2007: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003  Denmark 2003: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003  Germany 2006: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  Europe 1996: for the album Monster  France 1995: for the album Out of Time  Italy 2005: for the album Around the Sun  Canada 1996: for the album New Adventures in Hi-Fi 2003: for the album Green  New Zealand 2004: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  Austria 2001: for the album Automatic for the People  Sweden 2000: for the album Automatic for the People  Switzerland 1995: for the album Automatic for the People 2005: for the album Around the Sun  Spain 1993: for the album Automatic for the People  United States 1994: for the album Green 5 × gold record  Germany 2006: for the album Out of Time 2011: for the album Automatic for the People 3 × platinum record  Europe 2006: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  United Kingdom 1995: for the album Monster 4 × platinum record  Australia 2001: for the album Automatic for the People 2007: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003  Switzerland 1999: for the album Out of Time  United States 1992: for the album Out of Time 1995: for the album Automatic for the People 1995: for the album Monster 5 × platinum record  Spain 2001: for the album Out of Time  United Kingdom 1995: for the album Out of Time 2008: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003 6 × platinum record  Canada 2003: for the album Monster 7 × platinum record  Ireland 2005: for the album In Time: The Best of REM 1988–2003  Canada 2003: for the album Out of Time 2003: for the album Automatic for the People  United Kingdom 2016: for the album Automatic for the People

Awards by album

Murmur

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

Reckoning

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

Fables of the Reconstruction

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

Lifes Rich Pageant

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)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	660,000

Document

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

Green

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × gold 5 × platinum	2,557,500

Greatest hits

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

Out of time

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	5 × gold	1,250,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	27,084
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	600,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	4 × platinum	200,000
Spain (Promusicae)	5 × platinum	500,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	1,500,000
All in all	6 × gold 33 × platinum	11,404,584

The best of REM

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold	410,000

Automatic for the people

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Germany (BVMI)	5 × gold	1,250,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	7 × platinum	700,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	200,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × platinum	2,270,000
All in all	2 × gold 34 × platinum	9,435,000

monster

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	(500,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(21,125)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	(200,000)
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	600,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(100,000)
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	4 × gold 22 × platinum	6,685,000

Singles Collection

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 Adventures in Hi-Fi

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(40,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	8 × gold 6 × platinum	2,250,000

Up

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
France (SNEP)	gold	(100,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(40,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	9 × gold 3 × platinum	1,542,500

Reveal

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(150,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	(100,000)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	9 × gold 4 × platinum	1,592,500

In Time - The Best of REM 1988-2003

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	40,000
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Denmark (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(80,000)
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	(400,000)
Europe (IFPI)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
Greece (IFPI)	platinum	(20,000)
Ireland (IRMA)	7 × platinum	(105,000)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(30,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(30,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(40,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	(1,697,000)
All in all	1 × gold 33 × platinum	4,350,000

Around the sun

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(150,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(10,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(30,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(80,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	(100,000)
All in all	6 × gold 5 × platinum	1,035,000

REM Live

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
All in all	2 × gold	22,500

Accelerate

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
Norway (IFPI)	gold	30,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	10,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold 1 × platinum	342,500

Collapse into Now

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	90,000

Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	130,000

Awards by singles

It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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

Losing my religion

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	10,000
France (SNEP)	silver	125,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	Gold + platinum (digital)	1,500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 3 × platinum	2,380,000

Shiny happy people

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

Man on the moon

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

Everybody hurts

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
France (SNEP)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	60,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	790,000

The Great Beyond

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

Supernatural Superserious

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	10,000
All in all	1 × platinum	10,000

Awards by video albums

Tour film

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

Pop screen

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

Road movie

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

This film is on

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

Parallel

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

In View: The Best of REM 1988-2003

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Germany (BVMI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	50,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	82,500

Perfect Square

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	40,500

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	88,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	8 × gold8th	11 × platinum11	1,050,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	200,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	100,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	6 × gold6th	2 × platinum2	210,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	8 × gold8th	7 × platinum7th	4,375,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	9 × platinum9	(9,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	48.209	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	silver1	4 × gold4th	3 × platinum3	1,575,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	20,000	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	127,500	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	6 × platinum6th	520,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	26 × platinum26th	2,650,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	105,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	115,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	6 × gold6th	5 × platinum5	345,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	5 × gold5	3 × platinum3	490,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	12 × platinum12	590,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	4 × gold4th	9 × platinum9	1,040,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	10 × gold10	18 × platinum18th	21,650,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × silver7th	11 × gold11	26 × platinum26th	10,373,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	8 × silver8th	85 × gold85	158 × platinum158

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Tierney: Mike Mills: A Rock Star of Fantasy Sports. In: The New York Times. April 20, 2013, accessed December 17, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Platinum for In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 in Greece ( Memento from August 4, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ Platinum for Reveal in Italy
4. ^ Platinum for In Time: The Best of REM 1988-2003 in Italy
5. ↑ 2 × platinum for Around the Sun in Italy
6. ^ Bill Harris: Queen rules - in album sales. In: Canoe. November 17, 2006, archived from the original on June 14, 2015 ; accessed on December 31, 2016 (English). 
7. ↑ UK Album Chart Analysis: Buble outsells JLS by just 569 units ( Memento from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )