UK BPI AND RIAA GOLD AND PLATINUM

[kriss2999]

U.K.
B.P.I. Award

RELEASED 14/11/2004
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds

Certified 27 December 2019

Platinum (over 600,000 copies sold since 14/11/2004 (streams plus digital downloads plus physical sales)

[kriss2999]

U.K.
B.P.I. Award

RELEASED 27/09/2010
The Essential
Rca/Legacy Recordings

Album
Certified 27 December 2019

Silver (over 60,000 copies sold since 27/09/2010 (streams plus digital downloads plus physical sales)

[Hard Rocker]

Way-Hey!!!! Another one!!!

[Hard Rocker]

Oops! Make that another two! Great stuff!

[marvan]

That' s great news !! Cheers !

[kriss2999]

Billboard 200 January 4 2020

It's Christmas Time # 25
The Essential Elvis Presley # 171

[kriss2999]

Billboard Country Catalog Albums January 4 2020

Elvis Presley It's Christmas Time # 1 Platinum x4 RIAA CERTIFICATION
The Classic Christmas Album # 3
The Essential Elvis Presley # 5 Platinum
Merry Christmas... Love, Elvis # 14

[jungleroombear]

U.K.
B.P.I. Award

RELEASED 14/11/2004
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds

Certified 27 December 2019

Platinum (over 600,000 copies sold since 14/11/2004 (streams plus digital downloads plus physical sales)

As these are sales since 2004, this must mean that it becomes another overall UK Million seller for Elvis? If so, it would be interesting to see an updated list of the Top Ten selling Elvis UK singles. And how many have moved unceremoniously over 1 Million total...there must be several, and several more moving close.

[jungleroombear]

According to the OCC who do the count, Can't Help Falling in Love sold something over 780,000 by Aug 2017 but more recently the BPI credited the song with selling 400,000 since 2004. It seems unlikely that it had sold less than 380,000 since original release up to 2004, so there must be a lot of ambiguity with these numbers. It's the same with Suspicious Minds... OCC said that by Aug 2017 it had sold 640,000 but it has just been awarded platinum status for sales of 600,000 since 2004. It's hard to make sense of. Also, in 2017 the OCC said that Jailhouse Rock had sold 985,000; it must be over a million by now, so why has nobody raised a glass of Bollinger to it passing the milestone? Is anybody looking at these things?

[Colin B]

According to the OCC who do the count, Can't Help Falling in Love sold something over 780,000 by Aug 2017 but more recently the BPI credited the song with selling 400,000 since 2004...

What's so special about 2004 ?

An award for sales should surely cover all of them from the original release date + re-issues to date...

[kriss2999]

According to the OCC who do the count, Can't Help Falling in Love sold something over 780,000 by Aug 2017 but more recently the BPI credited the song with selling 400,000 since 2004...

What's so special about 2004 ?

An award for sales should surely cover all of them from the original release date + re-issues to date...

Originally introduced in 1973, more than 14,000 awards have been issued to date during their illustrious 40 year history.

Platinum, Gold and Silver awards adorn the homes of some of the biggest names in recorded music. The growth of digital formats saw a la carte singles and album downloads become eligible from 2004 onwards, while the first Music DVD certification was awarded in 2005. In July 2013 'auto-certification' was introduced to allocate certifications to titles as soon as they passed the relevant sales thresholds, although member companies can still, in some circumstances, certify titles manually based on shipments.
As of July 2014 streaming data from audio services (as measured by the Official Charts) counts towards certifications for singles, with album streaming included from March 2015.

https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ab ... certified/

[jungleroombear]

According to the OCC who do the count, Can't Help Falling in Love sold something over 780,000 by Aug 2017 but more recently the BPI credited the song with selling 400,000 since 2004...

What's so special about 2004 ?

An award for sales should surely cover all of them from the original release date + re-issues to date...

Originally introduced in 1973, more than 14,000 awards have been issued to date during their illustrious 40 year history.

Platinum, Gold and Silver awards adorn the homes of some of the biggest names in recorded music. The growth of digital formats saw a la carte singles and album downloads become eligible from 2004 onwards, while the first Music DVD certification was awarded in 2005. In July 2013 'auto-certification' was introduced to allocate certifications to titles as soon as they passed the relevant sales thresholds, although member companies can still, in some circumstances, certify titles manually based on shipments.
As of July 2014 streaming data from audio services (as measured by the Official Charts) counts towards certifications for singles, with album streaming included from March 2015.

https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ab ... certified/

Thank you. So does anyone know the total UK sales in all formats since original release to the present day of...
Jailhouse Rock, Can't Help Falling in Love and Suspicious Minds?

[Colin B]

...So does anyone know the total UK sales in all formats since original release to the present day of...
Jailhouse Rock, Can't Help Falling in Love and Suspicious Minds?

I have a list of the estimated sales of Elvis' UK physical singles, but it's inaccurate, only partial & the figures have not been updated since 2002 !

But anyway:

Jailhouse Rock = 850,000

Can't Help Falling in Love = 650,000

Suspicious Minds = 400,000

Not much use really...

[Brian]

ELVIS PRESLEY – BPI CERTIFICATIONS

SINGLES
'Suspicious Minds' - Platinum Certification as of 27th December, 2019
'Hound Dog' - Silver Certification as of 16th August, 2019
'Can't Help Falling In Love' - Gold Certification as of 21st December, 2018
'Blue Christmas' - Silver Certification as of 14th December, 2018
'Always On My Mind' - Silver Certification as of 26th October, 2018
'The Wonder Of You' - Silver Certification as of 31st August, 2018
'Burning Love' - Silver Certification as of 22nd December, 2017
'In The Ghetto' - Silver Certification as of 1st December, 2017
'Jailhouse Rock' - Silver Certification as of 29th September, 2017
‘A Little Less Conversation’ – Elvis vs JXL – Platinum Certification as of 2nd August, 2002
‘It’s Only Love’ – Silver Certification as of 20th September, 1980
‘My Way’ – Silver Certification as of 30th November, 1977
‘Way Down’ – Gold Certification as of 1st January, 1977
‘My Boy’ – Silver Certification as of 21st January, 1975

Certification Levels For Singles:
Silver – 200,000
Gold – 400,000
Platinum – 600,000
Multi-Platinum – Multiples of 600,000

ALBUM
'The Essential' - Silver Certification as of 27th December, 2019
'If I Can Dream' (Elvis and the RPO) - 4 Times Platinum Certification as of 30th August, 2019
'Today' - Silver Certification as of 23rd August, 2019
'Jailhouse Rock' - Silver Certification as of 12th April, 2019
'Christmas' Elvis and the RPO - Gold Certification as of 22nd December, 2017
'The Platinum Collection' - Gold Certification as of 7th July, 2017
'The Wonder Of You' Elvis and the RPO - Platinum Certification as of 16th December, 2016
'Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite' - Silver Certification as of 15th April, 2016
'That's The Way It Is' - Silver Certification as of 13th November, 2015
'Artist Of The Century' - Silver Certification as of 23rd October, 2015
'The Real Elvis' - Gold Certification as of 11th September, 2015
'Elvis: 30 No.1 Hits' - Upgrade to 6 X Platinum as of 4th September, 2015
‘Original Recordings’ – Silver Certification as of 13th February, 2015
‘Christmas Peace’ – Platinum Certification as of 5th December, 2014
‘The Nations Favourite Elvis Songs’ – Gold Certification as of 6th December, 2013
‘2nd To None’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Always On My Mind’ – Ultimate Love Songs – Platinum Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Christmas Wishes’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Classic Elvis’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Elvis 75’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Elvis By The Presleys’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Elvis’ Christmas Album’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
Elvis’ Golden Records (Volume 1) – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Gospel Favourites’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Icons’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Icons 2’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Love Elvis’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Love Me Tender’ – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Love Songs’ – Platinum Certification as of 1st December, 1979 + Further Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘The 50 Greatest Love Songs’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘The All Time Greatest Hits’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘The King’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Viva Elvis’ – The Album – Silver Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Hitstory’ – Gold Certification as of 2nd December, 2005
‘The 50 Greatest Hits’ – 2 X Platinum Certification as of 23rd February, 2001
‘Always On My Mind’ – Platinum Certification as of 23rd January, 1998
‘Elvis – The Legend Lives On’ – Gold Certification as of 14th November, 1997
‘The Essential Collection’ – Platinum Certification as of 1st December, 1994
‘From The Heart’ – Gold Certification as of 1st February, 1992
‘Elvis Presley – The All Time Greatest Hits’ – Gold certification as of 8th September, 1987
‘Ballads’ – Gold Certification as of 30th December, 1985
‘The Ultimate Performance’ – Gold Certification as of 19th November, 1981
‘Inspirations’ – Platinum Certification as of 16th December, 1980
‘The U.S. Male’ – Gold Certification as of 24th February, 1978
‘I Got Lucky’ – Gold Certification as of 24th February, 1978
‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ – Gold Certification as of 24th February, 1978
‘The Elvis Presley Collection’ – Gold Certification as of 6th December, 1977
’40 Greatest Hits’ – Platinum Certification as of 3rd January, 1975
‘Separate Ways’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd May, 1974

Certification Levels For Albums:
Silver – 60,000
Gold – 100,000
Platinum – 300,000
Multi-Platinum – Multiples of 300,000

VIDEOS
'The Searcher' - Gold Certification as of 28th December, 2018
'The Elvis Collection' - Gold Certification as of 9th November, 2018
‘Aloha From Hawaii’ – 3 X Platinum Certification as of 3rd July, 2015
‘Elvis Lives’ – Live From Memphis – Gold Certification as of 2nd May, 2014
‘This Is Elvis’ – Gold Certification as of 9th August, 2013
’68 Comeback Special’ – 3 X Platinum Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Elvis 56’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Elvis By The Presleys’ – Platinum Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Legends In Concert’ – The Early Years – Platinum Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘Elvis, That’s The Way It Is’ – 5 X Platinum as of 22nd July, 2013
‘The King Of Rock ‘N’ Roll’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘The Lost Performances’ – Gold Certification as of 22nd July, 2013
‘The Ultimate Collection’ – Platinum Certification as of 22nd July, 2013

Certification Levels For DVD’s/Videos:
Gold – 25,000
Platinum – 50,000
Multi-Platinum – Multiples of 50,000.

The BPI was founded in 1973 so many of Elvis' earlier releases are not taken into account e.g. 'G.I. Blues' and 'Blue Hawaii'.

Brian

[Hard Rocker]

I suspect we'll see many more in the future.