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ZZ Top (2008)

This is an overview of the awards for music sales from the US music group ZZ Top . 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 1990: for the album Recycler 2010: for the album Rancho Texicano - The Very Best of ZZ Top 2019: for the single Gimme All Your Lovin ' 2019: for the single Sharp Dressed Man Golden record  Australia 2008: for the video album Live From Texas  Germany 1994: for the album Antenna 1995: for the album Degüello 2015: for the album La Futura  Finland 1994: for the album Antenna 2009: for the video album Live From Texas  Italy 2019: for the single La Grange  Canada 1976: for the album Tres Hombres 1994: for the album Antenna  New Zealand 1992: for the album Greatest Hits 1994: for the video album Greatest Hits 1995: for the album Antenna  Norway 1994: for the album Antenna  Austria 1994: for the album Antenna 1994: for the album Eliminator  Switzerland 1994: for the album Antenna  United States 1974: for the album Tres Hombres 1975: for the album Fandango! 1977: for the album Tejas 1981: for the album El Loco  United Kingdom 1992: for the album Greatest Hits 2013: for the video album Greatest Hits 2 × gold record  France 2001: for the album Recycler

Platinum record  Australia 2004: for the video album Greatest Hits  Belgium 2007: for the album Greatest Hits  Germany 2009: for the video album Live From Texas 2012: for the album Recycler  Europe 1996: for the album Antenna  Finland 1985: for the album Afterburner 1991: for the album Eliminator 1991: for the album Recycler 1992: for the album Greatest Hits  France 1986: for the album Afterburner 1994: for the album Antenna  Canada 1978: for the album Fandango! 1991: for the album Recycler 1992: for the album Greatest Hits  New Zealand 1987: for the album Eliminator 1987: for the album Afterburner  Netherlands 2005: for the album Greatest Hits  Austria 1997: for the album Greatest Hits  Sweden 1991: for the album Recycler 1994: for the album Antenna  Switzerland 1987: for the album Afterburner 1990: for the album Recycler 1993: for the album Greatest Hits  United States 1984: for the album Degüello 1991: for the album Recycler 1994: for the album Antenna 2006: for the video album Greatest Hits  United Kingdom 1990: for the album Afterburner

3 × gold record  Germany 2006: for the album Afterburner 2006: for the album Eliminator 2006: for the album Greatest Hits 2 × platinum record  France 2001: for the album Eliminator  United States 1994: for the album The Best of ZZ Top 2008: for the video album Live From Texas 3 × platinum record  Europe 1992: for the album Greatest Hits  United States 2000: for the album Greatest Hits 4 × platinum record  Australia 2000: for the album Eliminator 2001: for the album Greatest Hits  United Kingdom 2004: for the album Eliminator 5 × platinum record  Canada 2009: for the video album Live From Texas  United States 1999: for the album Afterburner Diamond record  France 2008: for the album Greatest Hits  Canada 1992: for the album Eliminator  United States 1996: for the album Eliminator

Awards by album

Tres Hombres

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	2 × gold	550,000

Fandango!

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	93,800
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	gold	500,000
All in all	1 × gold 1 × platinum	693,800

Tejas

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

The Best of ZZ Top

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
All in all	2 × platinum	2,000,000

Degüello

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

El Loco

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

Eliminator

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	71.121
France (SNEP)	2 × platinum	673,700
Canada (MC)	diamond	1,000,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	25,000
United States (RIAA)	diamond	10,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × platinum	1,200,000
All in all	2 × gold 15 × platinum 2 × diamond	14,014,821

Afterburner

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	62,795
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	5 × platinum	5,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	300,000
All in all	2 × gold 10 × platinum	6,377,795

Recycler

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	65,520
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	228,800
Japan (RIAJ)	-	95,680
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 6 × platinum	2,200,000

The Greatest Hits

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)	3 × gold	(750,000)
Europe (IFPI)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	(76,129)
France (SNEP)	diamond	(1,000,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	-	81,320
Canada (MC)	platinum	100,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	3 × platinum	3,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	(100,000)
All in all	3 × gold, 17 × platinum, 1 × diamond	6,468,820

Antenna

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	(250,000)
Europe (IFPI)	platinum	1,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(34,220)
France (SNEP)	gold	(227,900)
Japan (RIAJ)	-	105,500
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	8 × gold 3 × platinum	2,163,000

Rhythms

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	81,300
United States (RIAA)	-	310,000
All in all	-	391,300

XXX

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	8,400
United States (RIAA)	-	140,000
All in all	-	148,400

Mescalero

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	-	103,000
All in all	-	103,000

Rancho Texicano - The Very Best of ZZ Top

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	4,300
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	60,000
All in all	1 × silver	64,300

La Futura

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	gold	100,000
United States (RIAA)	-	42,000
All in all	1 × gold	142,000

The Studio Albums 1970–1990

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
France (SNEP)	-	900
All in all	-	900

Awards by singles

Gimme All Your Lovin '

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

Sharp Dressed Man

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

La Grange

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

Greatest hits

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	15,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	2,500
United States (RIAA)	platinum	100,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	25,000
All in all	2 × gold, 2 × platinum	142,500

Live From Texas

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	gold	7,500
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	50,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	6,030
Canada (MC)	5 × platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	2 × platinum	200,000
All in all	2 × gold 8 × platinum	313,530

Live at Montreux 2013

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)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	9 × platinum9	-	582,500	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	-	50,000	ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI)	-	6 × gold6th	5 × platinum5	-	3,400,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	-	(4,000,000)	ifpi.org ( Memento from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Finland (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	-	315,815	ifpi.fi
France (SNEP)	-	4 × gold4th	2 × platinum2	diamond1	2,421,900	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ)	-	-	-	-	282,500	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	2 × gold2	8 × platinum8th	diamond1	1,450,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	-	47,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	80,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	-	100,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	200,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	-	175,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	16 × platinum16	diamond1	25,895,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	-	2,145,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	29 × gold29	63 × platinum63	3 × diamond3

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Dean Scapolo: The Complete New Zealand Music Charts: 1966 - 2006 . Ed .: Maurienne House. 2007, ISBN 978-1-877443-00-8 (English).
2. ↑ Platinum for Afterburner in Switzerland (PDF file, p. 43)
3. ↑ 3 × platinum for Greatest Hits in Europe (PDF file) ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Fandango sales ! in France ( Memento of March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Sales figures for Eliminator in France ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ Sales figures for recyclers in France ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Oricon Entertainment (Ed.): Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005 . Roppongi, Tokyo 2006, ISBN 4-87131-077-9 .
8. ↑ Sales figures for Antenna in France ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Sales figures for rhythms in France ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ sales of Rhythmeen in the United States (PDF file, p 3)
11. ↑ Sales figures for XXX in France ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Sales for XXX in the United States (PDF file, p. 3)
13. ↑ Sales for Mescalero in the United States ( March 20, 2020 memento on the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ Sales figures for Rancho Texicano - The Very Best of ZZ Top in France ( Memento from January 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ Sales figures for La Futura in the United States (1) ( Memento of March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
16. ↑ Sales figures for La Futura in the United States (2) ( Memento from March 19, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
17. ↑ Sales figures for The Studio Albums 1970–1990 in France ( Memento from March 20, 2020 in the Internet Archive )
18. ↑ Sales figures for Live at Montreux 2013 in France ( Memento from March 16, 2020 in the Internet Archive )