The Offspring / Music Sales Awards

The Offspring

This is an overview of the awards for music sales of US punk band The Offspring . According to the sources, they have sold over 38.5 million records in their career, making them one of the most successful punk groups of all time. The most successful release is the studio album Americana with around 15 million sales. 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.). In total, the band received awards for over 29.2 million records sold, 15 million of them in the United States alone. The most successful release according to record awards is also Americana with more than 9.3 million certified sales.

Awards

Silver record  United Kingdom 2013: for the album Splinter 2014: for the single Why Don't You Get a Job? 2017: for the single The Kids Aren't Alright 2019: for the single You're Gonna Go Far, Kid 2019: for the single Want You Bad Golden record  Argentina 1999: for the album Americana  Australia 1994: for the single Self Esteem 1997: for the single Gone Away 1998: for the album Ignition 2003: for the single Hit That 2008: for the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace  Belgium 1999: for the album Americana 2000: for the album Conspiracy of One  Germany 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 1999: for the album Americana  Finland 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre 2000: for the album Conspiracy of One  France 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 2004: for the album Splinter 2005: for the video album Complete Music Video Collection 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Ireland 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Italy 2017: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 2018: for the single You're Gonna Go Far, Kid  Japan 2004: for the album Splinter 2008: for the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace  Canada 1996: for the album Ignition 2005: for the video album Complete Music Video Collection  Mexico 1999: for the album Americana  New Zealand 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre  Netherlands 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 1999: for the album Americana  Norway 1996: for the album Smash  Austria 1995: for the album Smash 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 2001: for the album Conspiracy of One  Russia 2005: for the album Greatest Hits 2008: for the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace  Sweden 1999: for the single Why Don't You Get a Job?  Switzerland 2003: for the album Splinter 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Spain 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre  United States 1996: for the album Ignition 2004: for the album Splinter 2005: for the video album Complete Music Video Collection 2006: for the album Greatest Hits 2009: for the single You're Gonna Go Far, Kid  United Kingdom 2000: for the album Conspiracy of One 2013: for the album Greatest Hits 2013: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre

2 × gold record  France 2000: for the album Conspiracy of One Platinum record  Australia 1995: for the single Come Out and Play 2001: for the single Original Prankster 2006: for the video album Complete Music Video Collection 2008: for the album Splinter  Belgium 1995: for the album Smash 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)  Brazil 2000: for the album Americana  Europe 2001: for the album Conspiracy of One  Finland 1999: for the album Americana  Italy 2019: for the single The Kids Aren't Alright  Japan 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre 2003: for the album Smash 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Canada 2006: for the album Greatest Hits 2009: for the album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace  New Zealand 1995: for the album Smash 2001: for the album Conspiracy of One 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Norway 1999: for the single Self Esteem 2000: for the album Americana  Austria 1999: for the album Americana  Poland 1999: for the album Americana  Sweden 1994: for the album Smash  Switzerland 1999: for the album Americana 2001: for the album Smash 2002: for the album Conspiracy of One  Spain 1999: for the album Americana 2001: for the album Conspiracy of One  United States 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre 2000: for the album Conspiracy of One  United Kingdom 1999: for the album Americana 2013: for the album Smash 2016: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)

2 × platinum record  Australia 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre 1999: for the single Why Don't You Get a Job? 2000: for the album Conspiracy of One  Europe 1996: for the album Smash 1999: for the album Americana  France 2001: for the album Americana  Japan 2001: for the album Conspiracy of One  Canada 1997: for the album Ixnay on the Hombre 2007: for the album Conspiracy of One  Norway 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)  Sweden 1999: for the album Americana 3 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the album Greatest Hits  Sweden 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) 4 × platinum record  Australia 1997: for the album Smash 1999: for the single Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)  Japan 1999: for the album Americana  New Zealand 1999: for the album Americana 5 × platinum record  Australia 1999: for the album Americana  United States 2005: for the album Americana 6 × platinum record  Canada 1996: for the album Smash  United States 2000: for the album Smash 8 × platinum record  Canada 1999: for the album Americana

Awards by album

Ignition

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	3 × gold	585,000

smash

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	600,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	2 × gold 24 × platinum	9,095,000

Ixnay on the Hombre

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	26,511
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	4 × gold 6 × platinum	1,724,011

Americana

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	gold	30,000
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	250,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(52,798)
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	(600,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	4 × platinum	800,000
Canada (MC)	8 × platinum	800,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	4 × platinum	60,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	(50,000)
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	platinum	(100,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(200,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	5 × gold 40 × platinum	9,390,000

Conspiracy of One

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Belgium (BEA)	gold	(25,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(29,330)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	(200,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	400,000
Canada (MC)	2 × platinum	200,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	(100,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	(100,000)
All in all	6 × gold 11 × platinum	2,755,000

Splinter

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 4 × gold 1 × platinum	850,000

Greatest hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Ireland (IRMA)	gold	7,500
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	6 × gold 6 × platinum	1,267,500

Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Japan (RIAJ)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	platinum	80,000
Russia (NFPF)	gold	10,000
All in all	4 × gold 1 × platinum	225,000

Awards by singles

Come out and play

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
All in all	1 × platinum	70,000

Self Esteem

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
Norway (IFPI)	platinum	10,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	45,000

Gone Away

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
All in all	1 × gold	35,000

Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	50,000
Germany (BVMI)	gold	250,000
France (SNEP)	gold	250,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	gold	50,000
Norway (IFPI)	2 × platinum	20,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
Sweden (IFPI)	3 × platinum	90,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	600,000
All in all	4 × gold 11 × platinum	1,640,000

Why don't you get a job?

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	2 × platinum	140,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	15,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × gold 2 × platinum	355,000

The kids aren't alright

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	250,000

Original prankster

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
All in all	1 × platinum	70,000

Want You Bad

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

Hit That

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	35,000
All in all	1 × gold	35,000

You're gonna go far, kid

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold	725,000

Awards by video albums

Complete Music Video Collection

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
France (SNEP)	gold	10,000
Canada (MC)	gold	5,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	50,000
All in all	3 × gold 1 × platinum	80,000

Statistics and sources

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	-	30,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	5 × gold5	26 × platinum26th	1,940,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	2 × gold2	2 × platinum2	150,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	-	platinum1	250,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	500,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	(5,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	108,639	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	6 × gold6th	2 × platinum2	1,260,000	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Ireland (IRMA)	-	gold1	-	7,500	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	100,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	2 × gold2	9 × platinum9	1,900,000	riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	20 × platinum20th	2,035,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	100,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	112,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	100,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	105,000	ifpi.no ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Austria (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	120,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Russia (NFPF)	-	2 × gold2	-	20,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	405,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	185,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	250,000	mediafire.com ES2
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	13 × platinum13	15,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	5 × silver5	3 × gold3	3 × platinum3	2,360,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	5 × silver5	47 × gold47	107 × platinum107

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Offspring = one of the most successful punk bands in history
2. ↑ Gold for Self Esteem in Australia
3. ↑ Gold for Greatest Hits in Russia ( Memento from January 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Gold for Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace in Russia ( Memento from February 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Gold for Why Don't You Get a Job? in Sweden (PDF file) ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Platinum for Come Out and Play in Australia
7. ↑ Platinum for Splinter in Australia (PDF file)
8. ↑ Platinum for Smash in Sweden (PDF file) ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ 3 × platinum for Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) in Sweden (PDF file) ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )