The Killers / Music Sales Awards

The Killers (2006)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US rock - music group The Killers . 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 2016: for the single Read My Mind 2017: for the single Smile Like You Mean It 2018: for the single The Man 2018: for the single Spaceman Golden record  Argentina 2004: for the album Hot Fuss 2006: for the album Sam's Town  Australia 2008: for the album Sawdust - The Rarities 2013: for the album Battle Born 2020: for the album Direct Hits 2003 2013  Belgium 2007: for the album Hot Fuss 2007: for the album Sam's Town  Brazil 2009: for the single Mr. Brightside 2010: for the video album Live from the Royal Albert Hall  Denmark 2007: for the album Sam's Town 2007: for the single When You Were Young 2009: for the album Day & Age  Germany 2008: for the album Hot Fuss 2008: for the album Sam's Town  France 2005: for the album Hot Fuss  Greece 2009: for the album Day & Age  Ireland 2009: for the album Live from the Royal Albert Hall 2013: for the album Battle Born  Italy 2014: for the single Human 2017: for the single Somebody Told Me  Canada 2018: for the single The Man  Mexico 2009: for the album Day & Age 2013: for the album Battle Born  New Zealand 2009: for the video album Live from the Royal Albert Hall 2011: for the single Mr. Brightside 2011: for the single Human  Norway 2009: for the album Day & Age  Austria 2009: for the album Day & Age  Russia 2006: for the album Sam's Town  Sweden 2009: for the single Human 2009: for the album Day & Age  Switzerland 2009: for the album Day & Age  Spain 2009: for the album Day & Age  United States 2009: for the album Day & Age  United Kingdom 2017: for the album Wonderful Wonderful 2018: for the single All These Things That I've Done

Platinum record  Argentina 2007: for the video album Sawdust - The Rarities  Australia 2009: for the album Day & Age 2010: for the video album Live from the Royal Albert Hall  Brazil 2009: for the single This River Is Wild  Denmark 2009: for the single Human  Germany 2012: for the album Day & Age 2018: for the single Mr. Brightside 2018: for the single Human  Europe 2007: for the album Sam's Town 2008: for the album Day & Age 2008: for the album Hot Fuss  Ireland 2007: for the album Sawdust - The Rarities  Italy 2017: for the single Mr. Brightside  Canada 2009: for the album Day & Age  New Zealand 2009: for the album Day & Age  Spain 2009: for the single Human  United States 2006: for the album Sam's Town 2008: for the single When You Were Young 2009: for the single Human 2009: for the video album Live from the Royal Albert Hall 2012: for the single All These Things That I've Done  United Kingdom 2008: for the album Sawdust - The Rarities 2013: for the album Battle Born 2017: for the single Somebody Told Me 2018: for the single When You Were Young

2 × platinum record  Australia 2007: for the album Sam's Town  Canada 2007: for the album Sam's Town  New Zealand 2007: for the album Sam's Town 2018: for the album Hot Fuss  United States 2009: for the single Mr. Brightside  United Kingdom 2013: for the video album Live from the Royal Albert Hall 2019: for the album Direct Hits 2003 2013 2019: for the single Human 3 × platinum record  Canada 2005: for the album Hot Fuss  United States 2005: for the album Hot Fuss 2015: for the single Somebody Told Me 4 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the album Hot Fuss  Ireland 2006: for the album Sam's Town 2008: for the album Day & Age  United Kingdom 2010: for the album Day & Age 5 × platinum record  United Kingdom 2013: for the album Sam's Town 2020: for the single Mr. Brightside 7 × platinum record  United Kingdom 2013: for the album Hot Fuss Diamond record  Brazil 2009: for the single Bones 2009: for the single When You Were Young

Awards by album

Hot foot

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	3 × platinum	300,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × platinum	2,100,000
All in all	4 × gold 20 × platinum	5,005,000

Sam's Town

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	25,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	150,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Ireland (IRMA)	4 × platinum	60,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	2 × platinum	30,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	1,500,000
All in all	5 × gold 17 × platinum	3,155,000

Sawdust - The Rarities

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Ireland (IRMA)	platinum	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	350,000

Day & Age

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	200,000
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	(1,000,000)
Greece (IFPI)	gold	7,500
Ireland (IRMA)	4 × platinum	60,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	40,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	40,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	9 × gold 13 × platinum	2,212,500

Live from the Royal Albert Hall

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

Battle Born

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	372,500

Direct Hits 2003 2013

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum	635,000

Wonderful Wonderful

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

Awards by singles

Mr. Brightside

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	300,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × platinum	3,000,000
All in all	2 × gold 9 × platinum	5,407,500

Somebody told me

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 4 × platinum	3,625,000

All These Things That I've Done

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

Smile Like You Mean It

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

When You Were Young

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	diamond	250,000
Denmark (IFPI)	gold	7,500
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	1 × gold 2 × platinum 1 × diamond	1,857,500

Bones

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	diamond	250,000
All in all	1 × diamond	250,000

Read my mind

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

This River Is Wild

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	100,000
All in all	1 × platinum	100,000

Human

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Denmark (IFPI)	platinum	15,000
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	300,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	10,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	20,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	3 × gold 6 × platinum	2,562,500

Spaceman

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

The Man

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	40,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold	240,000

Awards by video albums

Sawdust - The Rarities

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 from the Royal Albert Hall

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	2,500
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 4 × platinum	247,500

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	48,000	capif.org.ar
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	8 × platinum8th	-	610,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	50,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	2 × diamond2	680,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	-	57,500	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	-	1,100,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	-	(3,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	7,500	Individual evidence
Ireland (IRMA)	-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	-	150,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	85,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	-	620,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	70,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	3 × gold3	5 × platinum5	-	92,500	nztop40.co.nz
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Russia (NFPF)	-	gold1	-	-	10,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	30,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	platinum1	-	60,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	13 × platinum13	-	12,600,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	31 × platinum31	-	12,800,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	36 × gold36	83 × platinum83	2 × diamond2

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gold for Day & Age in Greece ( Memento from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Gold for Live from the Royal Albert Hall in New Zealand ( Memento from July 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Gold for Mr. Brightside in New Zealand ( Memento from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for Human in New Zealand ( Memento from July 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Gold for Sam's Town in Russia ( Memento from June 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )