Stevie Wonder / Music Sales Awards

Stevie Wonder, 1973

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of American Soul - singer Stevie Wonder . 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 1977: for the single I Wish 1977: for the album Anthology 1980: for the single Master Blaster (Jammin ') 1981: for the single Lately 1981: for the single Happy Birthday 1985: for the single Part-Time Lover 1985: for the single We Are the World 2005: for the album A Time to Love 2017: for the single Isn't She Lovely 2020: for the single Uptight (Everything's Alright) Golden record  Australia 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith) 2015: for the author participation Wish You Were Mine (Philip George)  Denmark 2019: for the single superstition  Germany 1984: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1985: for the album The Woman in Red 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith) 2016: for the author participation Wish You Were Mine (Philip George)  France 1977: for the album Songs in the Key of Life 1981: for the album Hotter than July 1984: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1985: for the single Part-Time Lover 1988: for the album In Square Circle 1989: for the album Characters 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith)  Hong Kong 1988: for the album In Square Circle  Italy 2014: for the single We Are the World 2017: for the single Faith 2019: for the single Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours  Japan 1995: for the album Conversation Peace 2003: for the album Best Collection 2005: for the album A Time to Love  Canada 1978: for the single Sir Duke 1978: for the album Looking Back 1978: for the Innervisions album 1978: for the Talking Book album 1980: for the album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" 1981: for the single Master Blaster (Jammin ')  New Zealand 1981: for the single Master Blaster (Jammin ') 1982: for the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I. 1985: for the album The Woman in Red 1985: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1986: for the album In Square Circle 1995: for the album Conversation Peace 1995: for the single For Your Love 1997: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith) 2007: for the album Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits 2009: for the album # 1s  Netherlands 1979: for the album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" 1980: for the album Hotter than July 1984: for the album The Woman in Red  Norway 2000: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith)  Russia 2011: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You  Sweden 1999: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 2003: for the album The Definitive Collection  Switzerland 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith)  Spain 1984: for the album The Woman in Red  United States 1982: for the single Ebony and Ivory 1982: for the album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" 1984: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1991: for the album Jungle Fever 1993: for the author participation Lately (Jodeci) 1995: for the album Conversation Peace 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith) 2004: for the album At the Close of the Century 2005: for the album A Time to Love 2006: for the single Isn't She Lovely 2009: for the video album Live at Last: A Wonder Summer's Night  United Kingdom 1974: for the Innervisions album 1974: for the Talking Book album 1974: for the album Fulfillingness' First Finale 1979: for the album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" 1982: for the single Ebony and Ivory 1982: for the album Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I. 1984: for the album Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits 1985: for the album In Square Circle 1987: for the album Characters 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith) 2013: for the album # 1s 2020: for the single Sir Duke 2020: for the single For Once in My Life

Platinum record  Argentina 1996: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 1996: for the video album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 1999: for the video album Ballad Collection  Australia 1997: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection  Belgium 1996: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio) 1999: for the author participation Wild Wild West (Will Smith)  Europe 1997: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 2009: for the album The Definitive Collection  Finland 1985: for the album The Woman in Red  France 1985: for the single We Are the World  Hong Kong 1985: for the album The Woman in Red  Italy 2017: for the single Superstition 2019: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  Japan 1997: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 1999: for the album The Ballad Collection 2002: for the album The Definitive Collection 2007: for the album # 1s  Canada 1978: for the album Fulfillingness' First Finale  New Zealand 1981: for the album Hotter than July 1985: for the single We Are the World 1996: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  Netherlands 1984: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1995: for the author's participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  Austria 1996: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  Switzerland 2000: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection  Spain 1982: for the album Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants" 1985: for the album In Square Circle  United States 1981: for the album Hotter than July 1984: for the album The Woman in Red 1988: for the album Characters 2003: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 2005: for the album The Definitive Collection  United Kingdom 1976: for the album Songs in the Key of Life 1981: for the album Hotter than July 1984: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1985: for the album The Woman in Red 2013: for the album Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection 2015: for the author participation Wish You Were Mine (Philip George) 2020: for the single Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 2 × platinum record  Australia 1995: for the author's participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  Germany 1996: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  Canada 1978: for the album Songs in the Key of Life 1981: for the album Hotter than July 1985: for the album The Woman in Red 1986: for the album In Square Circle  Switzerland 1995: for the author's participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  United States 1985: for the album In Square Circle  United Kingdom 2020: for the single superstition 3 × platinum record  Japan 1985: for the single We Are the World  Canada 1985: for the single I Just Called to Say I Love You 1985: for the single We Are the World  United States 1996: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)  United Kingdom 2019: for the author participation Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio) 4 × platinum record  United States 1985: for the single We Are the World  United Kingdom 2019: for the album The Definitive Collection Diamond record  United States 2005: for the album Songs in the Key of Life

Awards by album

Talking Book

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	250,000
All in all	2 × gold	300,000

Innervisions

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	250,000
All in all	2 × gold	300,000

Fulfillingness' First Finale

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	250,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	350,000

Songs in the Key of Life

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	800,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum 1 × diamond	11,100,000

Anthology

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

Looking back

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

Stevie Wonder's Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	800,000

Hotter than July

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × gold 5 × platinum	1,665,000

Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium I

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	107,500

Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold	107,500

The Woman in Red

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	53,626
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	platinum	20,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	4 × gold 6 × platinum	1,931,126

In Square Circle

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 5 × platinum	2,517,500

Characters

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

Jungle fever

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

Conversation Peace

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	3 × gold	607,500

Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(40,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	2 × gold 7 × platinum	2,247,500

The Ballad Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
All in all	1 × platinum	200,000

At the close of the century

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

Best Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
All in all	1 × gold	100,000

The Definitive Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	30,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	1 × gold 7 × platinum	2,430,000

A time to love

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	660,000

# 1s

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	307,500

Awards by singles

Uptight (Everything's Alright)

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

For Once in My Life

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

Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	625,000

Superstition

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	45,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	1,295,000

I wish

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

Sir Duke

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	2 × gold	475,000

Master Blaster (Jammin ')

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	332,500

Lately

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

happy Birthday

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

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

I Just Called to Say I Love You

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	500,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	5 × gold 5 × platinum	3,167,500

We are the world

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	platinum	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Japan (RIAJ)	3 × platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	8,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 12 × platinum	9,890,000

Part-time lover

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	250,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	750,000

For your love

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

Isn't she lovely

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

Faith

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

Awards by video albums

Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
All in all	1 × platinum	8,000

Ballad Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	8,000
All in all	1 × platinum	8,000

Live at Last: A Wonder Summer's Night

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

Awards according to author participations

Lately ( Jodeci )

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

Gangsta's Paradise ( Coolio )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	2 × platinum	1,000,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	50,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	1,800,000
All in all	17 × platinum	6,255,000

Wild Wild West ( Will Smith )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	250,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Norway (IFPI)	gold	5,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	400,000
All in all	8 × gold 1 × platinum	1,522,500

Wish You Were Mine ( Philip George )

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	200,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	2 × gold 1 × platinum	835,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	76,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	280,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	100,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	45,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	-	1,950,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(2,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	53,626	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	7 × gold7th	platinum1	-	2,650,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	30,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	175,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	-	1,400,000	riaj.or.jp JP2
Canada (MC)	-	6 × gold6th	15 × platinum15th	-	1,850,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	11 × gold11	3 × platinum3	-	127,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	300,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	5,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Russia (NFPF)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	70,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	175,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	-	205,000	mediafire.com
United States (RIAA)	-	11 × gold11	14 × platinum14th	diamond1	34,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	10 × silver10	13 × gold13	16 × platinum16	-	12,660,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	10 × silver10	71 × gold71	80 × platinum80	diamond1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Kinney: Never-ending wonder: Stevie Wonder confirms suspicions that he's still amazing. In: The Norman Transcript. November 12, 2015, accessed December 31, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Gold for In Square Circle in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Gold for Love Songs: 20 Classic Hits in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for # 1s in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Gold for I Just Called to Say I Love You in Russia
6. ↑ Platinum for The Woman in Red in Hong Kong ( Memento from May 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ 2 × platinum for Gangsta's Paradise in Australia