Simon KC1950
Well-Known Member
Hi, I'm fascinated by the Carpenters record sales and can only find sales and certified albums and singles for the USA and the UK which after doing some maths got this:
USA:
6 multi-platinum, 2 platinum and 5 Gold albums + 10 gold singles.
= 34,500,000
UK:
2 multi-platinum, 3 platinum, 13 gold albums and 5 silver albums + 3 silver singles
= 5,650,000
Total certified sales of US and UK
= 40,150,000
Does anyone have any others?
Below are those albums and singles :
USA:
albums
-The Singles 1969-1973 (7x Platinum)
-Carpenters (4x Platinum)
-A Song For You (3x Platinum)
-Close To You (2x Platinum)
-Now & Then (2x Platinum)
-Yesterday Once More (2x Platinum)
-Christmas Portrait (Platinum but I think almost 2x)
-Horizon (Platinum)
-A Kind Of Hush (Gold)
-Voice Of The Heart (Gold)
-An Old Fashioned Christmas (Gold)
-Love Songs (Gold)
-Gold (Gold)
Singles (all Gold)
-Close To You
-We've Only Just Begun
-For All We Know
-Rainy Days And Mondays
-Superstar
-Hurting Each Other
-Sing
-Yesterday Once More
-Top Of The World
-Please Mr. Postman
UK:
albums
-Only Yesterday (4x Platinum)
-Gold (4x Platinum)
-The Singles 1969-1973 (Platinum)
-Yesterday Once More (Platinum)
-Carpenters (Platinum)
-Live At The Palladium (Gold 1977) + (Gold 1990)
-Interpretations (Gold 1994) + (Silver 2013)
-Passage (Gold)
-Horizon (Gold)
-Now & Then (Gold)
-A Kind Of Hush (Gold)
-Voice Of The Heart (Gold)
-The Best Of (Gold)
-Love Songs (Gold)
-The Ultimate Collection (Gold)
-40/40 (Gold)
-The Carpenters Collection (Silver)
-Singles 1974-1978 (Silver)
-Made In America (Silver)
-Reflections (Silver)
-The Singles 1969-1981 (Silver 2014) + (Gold 2016)
Singles
-Yesterday Once More (Silver)
-Top Of The World (Silver)
-Please Mr. Postman (Silver)
USA:
6 multi-platinum, 2 platinum and 5 Gold albums + 10 gold singles.
= 34,500,000
UK:
2 multi-platinum, 3 platinum, 13 gold albums and 5 silver albums + 3 silver singles
= 5,650,000
Total certified sales of US and UK
= 40,150,000
Does anyone have any others?
Below are those albums and singles :
USA:
albums
-The Singles 1969-1973 (7x Platinum)
-Carpenters (4x Platinum)
-A Song For You (3x Platinum)
-Close To You (2x Platinum)
-Now & Then (2x Platinum)
-Yesterday Once More (2x Platinum)
-Christmas Portrait (Platinum but I think almost 2x)
-Horizon (Platinum)
-A Kind Of Hush (Gold)
-Voice Of The Heart (Gold)
-An Old Fashioned Christmas (Gold)
-Love Songs (Gold)
-Gold (Gold)
Singles (all Gold)
-Close To You
-We've Only Just Begun
-For All We Know
-Rainy Days And Mondays
-Superstar
-Hurting Each Other
-Sing
-Yesterday Once More
-Top Of The World
-Please Mr. Postman
UK:
albums
-Only Yesterday (4x Platinum)
-Gold (4x Platinum)
-The Singles 1969-1973 (Platinum)
-Yesterday Once More (Platinum)
-Carpenters (Platinum)
-Live At The Palladium (Gold 1977) + (Gold 1990)
-Interpretations (Gold 1994) + (Silver 2013)
-Passage (Gold)
-Horizon (Gold)
-Now & Then (Gold)
-A Kind Of Hush (Gold)
-Voice Of The Heart (Gold)
-The Best Of (Gold)
-Love Songs (Gold)
-The Ultimate Collection (Gold)
-40/40 (Gold)
-The Carpenters Collection (Silver)
-Singles 1974-1978 (Silver)
-Made In America (Silver)
-Reflections (Silver)
-The Singles 1969-1981 (Silver 2014) + (Gold 2016)
Singles
-Yesterday Once More (Silver)
-Top Of The World (Silver)
-Please Mr. Postman (Silver)