Sting / discography
This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British pop musician Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner). According to the sources, he has sold more than 60.7 million records in his career, including over 5.6 million as a solo artist in Germany, making him one of the performers with the highest number of records sold in Germany . The most successful release from Sting is the album Fields of Gold - Best of 1984-94 with around 6.6 million units sold.
Albums
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1985 | The Dream of the Blue Turtles |
DE4th  (47 weeks)DE |
AT6 (14 weeks) AT |
CH6 (22 weeks) CH |
UK3 × 2
(64 weeks)UK |
US2 × 3
(58 weeks)US |
First published: June 1, 1985
Sales: 5,085,000 |
| 1987 | … Nothing like the sun |
DE4th (70 weeks)DE |
AT3 (48 weeks) AT |
CH3 × 2
(45 weeks)CH |
UK1 (47 weeks)UK |
US9 × 2
(52 weeks)US |
First published: October 5, 1987
Sales: 3,800,000 |
| 1991 | The Soul Cages |
DE1 (39 weeks)DE |
AT3  (13 weeks)AT |
CH1 × 2
(20 weeks)CH |
UK1 (16 weeks)UK |
US2 (39 weeks)US |
First published
: Jan 22, 1991 Sales: 2,300,000 |
| 1993 | Ten Summoner's Tales |
DE2 (35 weeks)DE |
AT1 (16 weeks) AT |
CH3 (17 weeks)CH |
UK2 × 2
(71 weeks)UK |
US2 × 3
(68 weeks)US |
First published: March 5, 1993
Sales: 4,475,000 |
| 1996 | Mercury Falling |
DE2 (32 weeks)DE |
AT1 (16 weeks)AT |
CH1 (15 weeks)CH |
UK4th (27 weeks)UK |
US5 (34 weeks)US |
First published: February 26, 1996
Sales: 2,250,000 |
| 1999 | Brand New Day |
DE1 (51 weeks)DE |
AT1 (30 weeks)AT |
CH2 (46 weeks)CH |
UK5 (49 weeks)UK |
US9 × 3
(90 weeks)US |
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| 2003 | Sacred Love |
DE2 (37 weeks)DE |
AT2 (15 weeks) AT |
CH1 (22 weeks)CH |
UK3 (17 weeks)UK |
US3 (27 weeks)US |
Initial Release: September 22, 2003
Sales: 2,200,000 |
| 2009 | If on a Winter's Night ... |
DE5 (19 weeks)DE |
AT12 (10 weeks) AT |
CH13 (17 weeks)CH |
UK15th  (7 weeks)UK |
US6th (17 weeks)US |
First published: October 23, 2009
Sales: 920,000 |
| 2013 | The Last Ship |
DE3 (14 weeks) DE |
AT8 (7 weeks) AT |
CH9 (8 weeks) CH |
UK14 (4 weeks) UK |
US13 (6 weeks) US |
First published: September 20, 2013
Sales: 50,000 |
| 2016 | 57th & 9th |
DE3 (14 weeks) DE |
AT6 (6 weeks) AT |
CH3 (10 weeks) CH |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
US9 (6 weeks) US |
First published: November 11, 2016
Sales: 90,000 |
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1986 | Bring on the night |
DE10 (18 weeks) DE |
AT9 (8 weeks) AT |
CH11 (8 weeks) CH |
UK16 (12 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: June 1986
Sales: 60,000 |
| 2001 | ... all this time |
DE5 (19 weeks)DE |
AT10 (14 weeks) AT |
CH10 (19 weeks)CH |
UK3 (17 weeks)UK |
US32 (22 weeks)US |
First published: October 31, 2001
recorded on September 11, 2001 at a concert in front of 200 invited guests in Tuscany (Italy) Sales: 1,600,000 |
| 2010 | Sting - Live in Berlin |
DE13 (21 weeks)DE |
AT22 (6 weeks) AT |
CH51 (6 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First release: November 26th 2010
feat. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra |
| 2017 | Live at the Olympia Paris |
DE77 (1 week) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: November 10, 2017
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More live albums
- 1991: Acoustic Live in Newcastle
- 2007: The Journey and the Labyrinth
- 2017: Sting Live at the Bataclan
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1994 | Fields of Gold - Best of 1984-94 |
DE4th (35 weeks)DE |
AT7th (21 weeks)AT |
CH5 (22 weeks)CH |
UK2 × 3
(69 weeks)UK |
US7th × 2
(38 weeks)US |
First published: November 4, 1994
Sales: 6,640,000 |
| 1997 | The Very Best of Sting & The Police |
DE18th (22 weeks)DE |
AT4th (16 weeks)AT |
CH17th (16 weeks)CH |
UK1 × 5
(83 weeks)UK |
US46 (20 weeks)US |
First published: November 7, 1997
Reprint: October 1, 2002, sales: 3,962,500; with The Police |
| 2011 | The Best of 25 Years |
DE32 (2 weeks) DE |
AT29 (5 weeks) AT |
CH50 (6 weeks) CH |
UK27 (3 weeks) UK |
US104 (1 week) US |
First published: October 14, 2011
Sales: 100,000 |
| 2019 | My songs |
DE4 (16 weeks) DE |
AT7 (9 weeks) AT |
CH5 (13 weeks) CH |
UK27 (1 week) UK |
US146 (1 week) US |
First published: May 24, 2019
Sales: + 100,000 |
More compilations
- 1999: At the Movies
- 2003: Songs of Love (US:platinum)
Collaboration albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2006 | Songs from the Labyrinth |
DE11 (26 weeks)DE |
AT40 (6 weeks) AT |
CH31 (6 weeks) CH |
UK24 (4 weeks) UK |
US25 (11 weeks) US |
Initial Release: October 6, 2006
Sales: 260,000; with Edin Karamazov |
| 2010 | Symphonicities |
DE7 (15 weeks) DE |
AT19 (8 weeks) AT |
CH15 (13 weeks) CH |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
US6 (7 weeks) US |
Initial Release: July 9, 2010
Sales: 100,000; with The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra |
| 2018 | 44/876 |
DE1 (23 weeks) DE |
AT6 (10 weeks) AT |
CH5 (18 weeks) CH |
UK9 (4 weeks) UK |
US40 (3 weeks) US |
First published: April 20, 2018
Sales: + 60,000; with Shaggy |
EPs
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1988 | Nada como el sol | - | - |
CH18th (12 weeks)CH |
- | - |
Initial release: February 1988
Spanish versions of five tracks from the album ... Nothing Like the Sun Sales: 25,000 |
| 1993 | Demolition Man | - | - | - | - |
US162 (5 weeks) US |
First published: November 1993
Live EP, recorded July 25th 1993 in Italy |
| 1996 | Live at TFI Friday | - | - | - |
UK53 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1996
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Speaking roles
- 1988: The soldier's tale by Igor Stravinsky (with Vanessa Redgrave and Ian McKellen )
- 1991: Peter and the wolf by Sergei Prokofjew (with Claudio Abbado and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe)
Singles
solo
| year | Title album |
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| 1982 | Spread a Little Happiness | - | - | - |
UK16 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1982
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| 1985 | If You Love Somebody Set Them Free | - |
AT28 (2 weeks) AT |
- |
UK26 (7 weeks) UK |
US3 (18 weeks) US |
First published: May 1985
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| Love is the seventh wave | - | - | - |
UK41 (5 weeks) UK |
US17 (13 weeks) US |
First published: August 1985
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| Fortress Around Your Heart | - | - | - |
UK49 (3 weeks) UK |
US8 (20 weeks) US |
First published: August 1985
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| Russians |
DE4 (15 weeks) DE |
- |
CH13 (9 weeks) CH |
UK12 (12 weeks) UK |
US16 (13 weeks) US |
First published: November 1985
contains an excerpt from the 2nd movement ( romance ) of the film music Leutnant Kishe by Sergei Prokofjew |
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| 1986 | Moon over Bourbon Street | - | - | - |
UK44 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1986
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| 1987 | We'll be together | - | - | - |
UK41 (4 weeks) UK |
US7 (18 weeks) US |
First published: October 1987
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| Be Still My Beating Heart | - | - | - | - |
US15 (14 weeks) US |
First published: December 1987
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| 1988 | Englishman in New York | - | - | - |
UK51 (3 weeks)UK |
US84 (4 weeks) US |
First published: February 1988
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| Fragile |
DE92 (1 week) DE |
- |
CH64 (4 weeks) CH |
UK70 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 1988
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| They Dance Alone (Cueca solo) |
DE66 (3 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK94 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: July 1988
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| 1990 | Englishman in New York (live) |
DE20 (13 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 1990
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| All this time |
DE23 (22 weeks) DE |
AT23 (3 weeks) AT |
CH18 (5 weeks) CH |
UK22 (4 weeks) UK |
US5 (15 weeks) US |
First published: December 1990
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| 1991 | Mad About You |
DE59 (8 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK56 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1991
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| The Soul Cages | - | - | - |
UK57 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 1991
Grammy (rock song) |
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| 1992 | It's Probably Me |
DE22 (15 weeks) DE |
- |
CH16 (12 weeks) CH |
UK30 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 1992
with Eric Clapton |
| 1993 | If I Ever Lose My Faith in You |
DE31 (20 weeks) DE |
- |
CH16 (16 weeks) CH |
UK14 (6 weeks) UK |
US17 (20 weeks) US |
First published: February 1993
Grammy (vocals pop) |
| Seven Days | - | - | - |
UK25 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1993
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| Fields of Gold |
DE52 (10 weeks) DE |
- |
CH25 (4 weeks) CH |
UK16 (6 weeks) UK |
US23 (20 weeks) US |
First published: June 1993
|
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| Shape of My Heart | - | - | - |
UK57 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: August 1993
|
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| Nothing 'Bout Me | - | - | - |
UK32 (5 weeks) UK |
US57 (11 weeks) US |
First published: September 1993
|
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| Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) |
DE75 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: November 1993
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| Demolition Man | - | - | - |
UK21 (4 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1993
Film: Demolition Man |
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| 1994 | All for love |
DE1 (25 weeks)DE |
AT1 (18 weeks)AT |
CH1 (27 weeks) CH |
UK2 (13 weeks)UK |
US1 (22 weeks)US |
|
| When We Dance |
DE51 (15 weeks) DE |
- |
CH42 (5 weeks) CH |
UK9 (10 weeks) UK |
US38 (18 weeks) US |
First published: October 1994
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| 1995 | This cowboy song |
DE51 (14 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: January 1995
feat. Pato Banton |
| 1996 | Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot |
DE58 (10 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK15 (7 weeks) UK |
US86 (5 weeks) US |
First published: February 1996
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| You Still Touch Me | - | - | - |
UK27 (6 weeks) UK |
US60 (13 weeks) US |
First published: April 1996
|
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| I Was Brought to My Senses | - | - | - |
UK31 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 1996
|
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| I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying |
DE74 (9 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK54 (2 weeks) UK |
US94 (3 weeks) US |
First release: October 1996
was re-recorded a year later by Toby Keith together with Sting, see under Collaborations |
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| 1997 | Roxanne '97 (Remix) | - | - | - |
UK17th (8 weeks)UK |
US59 (13 weeks) US |
First published: December 1997
Sting & The Police Original: The Police |
| 1998 | Invisible Sun |
DE97 (5 weeks) DE |
- | - | - | - |
First published: August 1998
with Aswad |
| 1999 | Brand New Day |
DE54 (9 weeks) DE |
AT38 (3 weeks) AT |
CH35 (10 weeks) CH |
UK13 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: September 1999
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| 2000 | Desert Rose |
DE7th (23 weeks)DE |
AT6th (22 weeks)AT |
CH3 (39 weeks)CH |
UK15 (6 weeks) UK |
US17 (26 weeks) US |
First release: January 2000
feat. Cheb mommy |
| After the Rain Has Fallen |
DE64 (7 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK31 (5 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 2000
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| 2001 | My Funny Friend and Me | - | - |
CH91 (3 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: March 2001
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| 2003 | Send your love |
DE24 (6 weeks) DE |
AT43 (6 weeks) AT |
CH37 (10 weeks) CH |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: July 2003
with Vicente Amigo |
| Whenever I say your name | - | - |
CH50 (5 weeks) CH |
UK60 (1 week) UK |
- | ||
| 2004 | Stolen Car (Take Me Dancing) |
DE54 (7 weeks) DE |
- |
CH81 (2 weeks) CH |
UK60 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: May 2004
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Collaborations
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| 1996 | Spirits in the Material World |
DE68 (6 weeks) DE |
- | - |
UK36 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: November 1995
Pato Banton with Sting |
| 1997 | I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying | - | - | - | - |
US84 (5 weeks) US |
First release: November 1997
Toby Keith feat. Sting |
| 2003 | Rise & Fall |
DE15 (12 weeks) DE |
AT51 (8 weeks) AT |
CH11 (23 weeks) CH |
UK2 (10 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: April 2003
Craig David feat. Sting |
| 2006 | Always on your side | - | - | - | - |
US33 (8 weeks) US |
First release: March 2006
Sheryl Crow feat. Sting |
| 2015 | Stolen Car | - | - |
CH55 (1 week) CH |
- | - |
First release: 2015
Mylène Farmer feat. Sting |
| 2019 | Remnants of Ceinture Noire (Transcendance) |
- | - |
CH91 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: August 23, 2019
with Maître Gims |
Further collaborations
- 1985: The Promise ( Arcadia feat. Sting)
- 1998: Terre d'oru ( I Muvrini feat. Sting)
- 1999: Άσε την εικόνα να μιλάει (Let the Picture Speak) ( Pyx Lux & I Muvrini feat. Sting)
- 2002: Seventh Son ( Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra & Sting)
- 2019: 2 In a Million ( Steve Aoki , Sting & SHAED)
Video albums
- 1985 - Bring On the Night
- 1988 - Sting: The Videos
- 1991 - Sting Unplugged ( MTV Unplugged Concert )
- 1991 - The Soul Cages Concert
- 1993 - Ten Summoner's Tales (US:gold)
- 1995 - Summoner's Travels
- 1997 - The Very Best of Sting & The Police
- 2000 - Dolphins
- 2000 - The Brand New Day Tour - Live from the Universal Amphitheater (US:platinum)
- 2001 - ... All This Time (UK:gold)
- 2002 - Sting Acústico (excerpts from the MTV unplugged concert & interviews)
- 2003 - Inside the Songs of Sacred Love
- 2005 - Bring On the Night (Documentation and concert excerpts from 1985)
- 2005 - Inside Out on the Sacred Love Tour
- 2006 - Strange Fruit (Live at the Perugia Jazz Festival 1987 with The Gil Evans Orchestra )
- 2007 - The Journey and the Labyrinth: The Music of John Dowland
- 2007 - Sergei Prokofiev : Peter and the Wolf - A Prokofiev Fantasy
- 2008 - Certifiable ( The Police Live in Buenos Aires 2008)
- 2009 - Twin Spirits: Sting Performs Schumann
- 2009 - A Winter's Night… Live from Durham Cathedral
- 2010 - Englishman in Japan
- 2010 - Sting - Live in Berlin (feat. The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra)
- 2014 - The Last Ship - Live at the Public Theater
- 2018 - Live at the Olympia Paris
More video albums
- 1994 - The Best of Sting - Fields of Gold 1984–1994 (double video CD )
- 1995 - The Living Sea ( IMAX )
- 1995 - All This Time ( music video on CDROM )
- 2003 - Dolphins (IMAX)
statistics
Chart evaluation
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Awards for music sales
| Country / Region |
silver |
gold |
platinum
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Sales | swell |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) |
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 Argentina (CAPIF)
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- |
gold1
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7 × platinum7th
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180,000 | capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) AR2 ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Australia (ARIA)
|
- |
2 × gold2
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9 × platinum9
|
845,000 | aria.com.au AU2 |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
- |
7 × gold7th
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5 × platinum5
|
405,000 | ultratop.be |
 Brazil (PMB)
|
- |
gold1
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- | 25,000 | pro-musicabr.org.br |
 Denmark (IFPI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
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platinum1
|
225,000 | ifpi.dk |
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Germany (BVMI)
|
- |
10 × gold10
|
8 × platinum8th
|
5,600,000 | musikindustrie.de |
 Europe (IFPI)
|
- | - |
11 × platinum11
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(11,000,000) | ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Finland (IFPI)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
platinum1
|
147,321 | ifpi.fi |
 France (SNEP)
|
- |
18 × gold18th
|
8 × platinum8th
|
4,273,700 | infodisc.fr snepmusique.com |
 Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
- | 30,000 | Individual evidence |
 Italy (FIMI)
|
- |
8 × gold8th
|
6 × platinum6th
|
975,000 | fimi.it |
 Japan (RIAJ)
|
- |
10 × gold10
|
2 × platinum2
|
1,550,000 | riaj.or.jp JP2 |
 Canada (MC)
|
- |
6 × gold6th
|
17 × platinum17th
|
1,735,000 | musiccanada.com |
 Mexico (AMPROFON)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 100,000 | amprofon.com.mx |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
- |
5 × gold5
|
8 × platinum8th
|
155,000 | nztop40.co.nz NZ2 ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
|
- |
5 × gold5
|
5 × platinum5
|
570,000 | nvpi.nl |
 Norway (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
platinum1
|
35,000 | ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) |
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Austria (IFPI)
|
- |
7 × gold7th
|
2 × platinum2
|
275,000 | ifpi.at |
 Poland (ZPAV)
|
- |
7 × gold7th
|
16 × platinum16
|
625,000 | bestsellery.zpav.pl |
 Portugal (AFP)
|
silver1
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2 × gold2
|
2 × platinum2
|
62,000 | Individual evidence |
 Romania (UFPR)
|
- |
gold1
|
- | 2,000 | Individual evidence |
 Russia (NFPF)
|
- |
3 × gold3
|
platinum1
|
50,000 | Individual evidence |
 Sweden (IFPI)
|
- |
gold1
|
4 × platinum4th
|
180,000 | sverigetopplistan.se |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
|
- |
6 × gold6th
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10 × platinum10
|
625,000 | hitparade.ch |
 Spain (Promusicae)
|
- |
4 × gold4th
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5 × platinum5
|
700,000 | mediafire.com ES2 ES3 ES4 |
 Hungary (MAHASZ)
|
- |
2 × gold2
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2 × platinum2
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32,000 | slagerlistak.hu |
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United States (RIAA)
|
- |
6 × gold6th
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27 × platinum27
|
28,868,000 | riaa.com |
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United Kingdom (BPI)
|
9 × silver9
|
9 × gold9
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22 × platinum22nd
|
12,995,000 | bpi.co.uk |
| All in all |
10 × silver10
|
132 × gold132
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180 × platinum180
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See also
swell
literature
- US singles: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Billboard Books, New York 2007, ISBN 0-89820-172-1 . / US albums: The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
Individual evidence