Supertramp / Awards for Music Sales

Supertramp (1971)

This is a breakdown of the UK pop / rock band Supertramp's music sales awards . 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 album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 2019: for the single The Logical Song 2020: for the Single Breakfast in America 2020: for the single Give a Little Bit Golden record  Australia 1976: for the album Crime of the Century 1976: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1979: for the album Breakfast in America  Belgium 1979: for the album Breakfast in America  Brazil 1983: for the album “… famous last words…”  Germany 1978: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1978: for the album Crime of the Century 1981: for the album Paris 1983: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1984: for the album Die Songs einer Supergruppe 1985: for the album Brother Where You Bound 1990: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 1997: for the album Some Things Never Change  France 1979: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1979: for the single The Logical Song 1980: for the album Paris 1983: for the album Indelibly Stamped 1983: for the album Supertramp 1985: for the album Brother Where You Bound 1988: for the album Free as a Bird 1994: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 2 1999: for the album It Was the Best of Times 2002: for the album Slow Motion  Greece 1980: for the album Breakfast in America  Israel 1979: for the album Breakfast in America  Italy 1980: for the album Breakfast in America  Canada 1979: for the single Goodbye Stranger 1981: for the album Supertramp 1981: for the album Indelibly Stamped 1983: for the single It's Raining Again 1987: for the album Free as a Bird  New Zealand 2005: for the album Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology  Netherlands 1976: for the album Crime of the Century 1976: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1982: for the album “… famous last words…”  Norway 1978: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1979: for the album Breakfast in America  Austria 1998: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  Portugal 1978: for the album Crime of the Century  Sweden 1976: for the album Crime of the Century 1976: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1999: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  Switzerland 1989: for the album The Autobiography of Supertramp 1990: for the album Crime of the Century 1991: for the album Breakfast in America 1994: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 2 1998: for the album Free as a Bird 2002: for the album Slow Motion  Spain 1985: for the album Brother Where You Bound 1998: for the album Free as a Bird 1997: for the album Some Things Never Change  United States 1977: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1977: for the album Crime of the Century 1980: for the album Paris 1983: for the album “… famous last words…”  United Kingdom 1975: for the album Crime of the Century 1976: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1980: for the album Paris 1982: for the album “… famous last words…” 1997: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 2

2 × gold record  France 1997: for the album Some Things Never Change  Netherlands 1977: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ...  Portugal 1979: for the album Breakfast in America  Spain 1979: for the album Breakfast in America Platinum record  Argentina 1990: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  Germany 1979: for the album Breakfast in America 1983: for the album “… famous last words…”  France 1980: for the album Breakfast in America 1980: for the album Crime of the Century 1981: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1983: for the album “… famous last words…”  Canada 1976: for the album Crisis? What Crisis? 1977: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1979: for the single The Logical Song 1980: for the album Paris 1983: for the album “… famous last words…” 1985: for the album Brother Where You Bound  New Zealand 1979: for the album Crime of the Century 1980: for the album Breakfast in America 1981: for the album Paris 1983: for the album “… famous last words…” 1987: for the album The Autobiography of Supertramp 1993: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 2007: for the video album The Story So Far  Switzerland 1997: for the album Even in the Quietest Moments ... 1997: for the album Some Things Never Change  Spain 1991: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 2005: for the album Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology  United States 2001: for the album Classics, Vol. 9  United Kingdom 1979: for the album Breakfast in America 1992: for the album The Autobiography of Supertramp 2015: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp 2 × platinum record  Europe 1991: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  France 1991: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  Canada 1996: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  Netherlands 1980: for the album Breakfast in America  Switzerland 1994: for the album The Very Best of Supertramp  United Kingdom 2018: for the album Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology 3 × platinum record  Switzerland 1981: for the album Breakfast in America 4 × platinum record  United States 1984: for the album Breakfast in America Diamond record  Canada 1979: for the album Crime of the Century 1979: for the album Breakfast in America

Awards by album

Supertramp

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
All in all	2 × gold	150,000

Indelibly Stamped

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
All in all	2 × gold	150,000

Crime of the Century

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	300,000
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Portugal (AFP)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	600,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	8 × gold, 2 × platinum, 1 × diamond	2,435,000

Crisis? What Crisis?

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold 1 × platinum	670,000

Even in the Quietest Moments ...

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	387,400
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	2 × gold	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 5 × gold 3 × platinum	1,472,400

Breakfast in America

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	20,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	(500,000)
Europe (IFPI)	-	6,000,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	(3,182,400)
Greece (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Israel (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	(100,000)
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Portugal (AFP)	2 × gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	3 × platinum (1981) + gold (1991)	(175,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	2 × gold	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	4 × platinum	4,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	11 × gold 13 × platinum 1 × diamond	11,055,000

Paris

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	157,400
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 2 × platinum	1,122,400

"... famous last words ..."

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	503,500
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 4 × platinum	1,868,300

The songs of a super group

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

Brother Where You Bound

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	263,600
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	663,600

The Autobiography of Supertramp

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	325,000

Classics, Vol. 9

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

Free as a bird

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
All in all	4 × gold	225,000

The Very Best of Supertramp

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(400,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(701,700)
Italy (FIMI)	-	(150,000)
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(100,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	3 × gold 12 × platinum	2,275,000

The Very Best of Supertramp 2

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	152,200
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	3 × gold	202,200

Some Things Never Change

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	268,800
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	618,800

It was the best of times

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	150,000
All in all	1 × gold	150,000

Slow motion

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	113,400
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold	138,400

Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	46,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 3 × platinum	753,500

Awards by singles

Give a little bit

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

Breakfast in America

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

Goodbye Stranger

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	309,300
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
All in all	1 × gold	384,300

The Logical Song

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	gold	577,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	150,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 1 × platinum	927,000

It's raining again

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	320,300
Canada (MC)	gold	75,000
All in all	1 × gold	395,300

Awards by video albums

The Story So Far

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	5,000
All in all	1 × platinum	5,000

Live in Paris '79

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	2,800
All in all	-	2,800

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	platinum1	-	60,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	60,000	Individual evidence
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	Individual evidence
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	Individual evidence
Germany (BVMI)	-	8 × gold8th	2 × platinum2	-	3,150,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(8,000,000)	Individual evidence
France (SNEP)	-	12 × gold12	6 × platinum6th	-	7,835,800	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	Individual evidence
Israel (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	250,000	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	5 × gold5	8 × platinum8th	2 × diamond2	3,200,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	-	87,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	-	450,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	50,000	Individual evidence
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	75,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	150,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	6 × gold6th	10 × platinum10	-	500,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	-	450,000	promusicae.es mediafire.com ES2 ES3
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	-	7,100,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	-	2,560,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	68 × gold68	48 × platinum48	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Supertramp Hits America for Tour. Cash Box, February 21, 1976, p. 47 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Joseph Murrells: Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s - An illustrated directory. Batsford Publishing, accessed March 25, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Dilek Koc: International Dateline. Cash Box, April 21, 1979, p. 48 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
4. ^ Nick Underwood: International Dateline - Brazil. Cash Box, March 19, 1983, p. 36 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Supertramp Gets Gold. Cash Box, March 1, 1980, p. 45 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
6. ^ Supertramp Gold in Israel. Cash Box, October 27, 1979, p. 56 , accessed on March 25, 2020 (English). 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Breakfast in Paris. Cash Box, January 12, 1980, p. 26 , accessed March 25, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Gold for Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology in New Zealand ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ ^{a b} Supertramp Gold. Cash Box, September 2, 1978, p. 52 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Supertramp Gets Gold. Cash Box, December 10, 1977, p. 55 , accessed March 25, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Platinum for The Story So Far in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ European Top 100 Albums. Music & Media, May 25, 1991, p. 25 , accessed on March 25, 2020 (English). 
13. ↑ International Certifications - Supertramp. Cash Box, March 22, 1980, p. 40 , accessed on March 25, 2020 (English). 
14. ^ Dilek Koc: International Dateline - France & Switzerland. Cash Box, July 18, 1981, p. 34 , accessed on March 25, 2020 . 
15. ↑ A&M Sales Up in September. Cash Box, November 12, 1977, p. 57 , accessed March 25, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - 850 ( Memento from March 26, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” ( Memento from March 21, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - 2895 ( Memento from March 26, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
19. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - 550 ( Memento from March 26, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
20. ↑ ^{a b} Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - Top 1430 ( Memento from March 25, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
21. ↑ Mal Sondock: PolyGram, BMG First Quarter Chart Leaders. Music & Media, April 6, 1991, p. 8 , accessed March 25, 2020 . 
22. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - Top 300 ( Memento from March 25, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
23. ^ David Stansfield: Polydor Honors Contribution of Radios. Music & Media, December 22, 1990, p. 16 , accessed March 25, 2020 (English). 
24. ↑ ^{a b} Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - Top 3000 ( Memento from March 26, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
25. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - Top 4050 ( Memento from March 26, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
26. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes de CD / Albums “Tout Temps” - Top 7500 ( Memento from March 26, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
27. ↑ ^{a b} Les Meilleures Ventes “Tout Temps” de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement - Top 1150 ( Memento of March 24, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
28. ↑ Les Meilleures Ventes “Tout Temps” de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement - Top 400 ( Memento of March 24, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
29. ↑ Les DVD Musicaux les plus vendus en 2013 ( Memento of March 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )