Iron Maiden :: Charts & Sales History

[will231982]

I am posting Charts positions for all Iron Maiden albums and singles from around the world. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

France
Albums
Peak Weeks Title Entry
12 05 Virtual XI 21/03/1998
03 05 Brave New World 3/6/2000
25 07 Rock In Rio 30/03/2002
03 08 Dance Of Death 7/9/2003
14 09 Death On The Road 3/9/2005
05 12 A Matter Of Life And Death 2/9/2006

Singles
Peak Weeks Title Entry
39 3 The Wicker Man 13/05/2000
72 2 Out Of The Silent Planet 28/10/2000
73 2 Run To The Hills 16/03/2002
57 2 Wildest Dreams 31/08/2003
71 2 Rainmaker 30/11/2003
70 2 No More Lies 28/03/2004
78 5 The Number Of The Beast 2/1/2005
100 1 The Trooper 3/9/2005
70 2 The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg 26/08/2006

* means the chart run is on going

[will231982]

Are you the new NOTB certification isn't for the "Classic Albums"-DVD?

I got the info from maidenfans.com, where there was an article by Rod Smallwood (IM manager) in which he gives details about IM albums which were certified in canada in October.

NOTB was classified as platinum way back in the 80's, so it seems logical that it has gone triple platinum now!
BTW, NOTB-"Classic Albums" wasn't even certified Gold in canada upto sep 2006. So the certification is definitely not for this DVD!!

Anyways, CRIA should be uploading the October certifications in their website in a couple of weeks. So we can confirm it then!

[Dane]

US sales

Year of release
Year of last certification
Title
RIAA shipment
Soundscan (coming)

Studio albums

1980 none Iron Maiden
1981 1987 Killers 500,000
1982 1986 The Number Of The Beast 1,000,000
1983 1986 Piece Of Mind 1,000,000
1984 1991 Powerslave 1,000,000
1986 1992 Somewhere In Time 1,000,000
1988 1988 Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 500,000
1990 1990 No Prayer For The Dying 500,000
1992 none Fear Of The Dark
1995 none The X Factor
1998 none Virtual IX
2000 none Brave New World
2003 none Dance Of Death
2006 none A Matter Of Life And Death

Live albums

1985 1991 Life After Death 1,000,000
1993 none A Real Live One
1993 none A Real Dead One
1993 none Live At Donington
1998 none A Real Live Dead One (2cd combo)
2002 none Rock In Rio
2005 none Death On The Road

Compilation albums

1996 none Best Of The Beast
1998 none Eddie's Head (12cd box)
1999 none Ed Hunter (2cd + pc game)
2002 none Edward The Great: Greatest Hits
2002 none Eddie's Archive (6cd box)
2005 none Essential (2cd)

[will231982]

In Japan, the album Iron Maiden was certified Gold way back in 1981.
Does anyone have information on other certifications achieved by IM in japan?

[john2000]

Saturne
Do you any details about IM certifications in Argentina and Uruguay in the 1980's?

And John, what about Brazil? Can you get me some Brazilian certifications from the 80's and 90's. i have the data from about '99 onwards.

No one has these informations except EMI ;)

Anyway in Uruguay there is no official markets (gold is 3000).

[will231982]

Saturne
Do you any details about IM certifications in Argentina and Uruguay in the 1980's?

And John, what about Brazil? Can you get me some Brazilian certifications from the 80's and 90's. i have the data from about '99 onwards.

[Saturne98]

Checked the CAPIF website for IM certifications in Argentina. It seems no IM album has been certified in Argentina in the past 6 years!!!
But I have been told that IM sells big time in Argentina!

Well if none albums were certified since , we can't really consider Iron Maiden as a big seller as you say ...

well i have a girlfriend from Buenos Aires
and sshe told me Maiden is a really big seller there , like in Europe during the eigthies ..i have all records in vinyls from them , made in argentina and written in spanish on it.. the beast and live after death was best sellers
it's the same in uruguay ...according her , they sold more than 50.000 each records and virtual is not the last one

[john2000]

Checked the CAPIF website for IM certifications in Argentina. It seems no IM album has been certified in Argentina in the past 6 years!!!
But I have been told that IM sells big time in Argentina!

Well if none albums were certified since , we can't really consider Iron Maiden as a big seller as you say ...

[will231982]

Checked the CAPIF website for IM certifications in Argentina. It seems no IM album has been certified in Argentina in the past 6 years!!!
But I have been told that IM sells big time in Argentina!

[will231982]

Can someone get me IM certifications from Japan and Mexico?

[Kashmir75]

and either Live After Death or No Prayer for the Dying, although I suspect it's the former. It can even be Fear of The Dark, although its had only a Gold certification before.[/quote]

In my opinion, Live After Death is the best 'live' record ever... it is amazing.

[Saturne98]

Found two other certifications for France
Visions Of The Beast 2003 Gold
The Early days 2004 Gold

Only 3 maiden albums have been certified in France between 1994-2005. Besides the above two, the third one is A Real Live One, certified as Gold way back in 1995.

i means for the videos 10.000 copies each

[will231982]

Found two other certifications for France
Visions Of The Beast 2003 Gold
The Early days 2004 Gold

Only 3 maiden albums have been certified in France between 1994-2005. Besides the above two, the third one is A Real Live One, certified as Gold way back in 1995.

[will231982]

I have put together all the certifications available so far and have posted in on the first page.
Thanks for all the contributions.

[Saturne98]

for database certifications :
http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/librar ... levels.pdf

[Saturne98]

Well for Greece but what about the eighties? before the 7 tth son?
it's strange

[matteo]

if I remember correctly, unbelievable as it seems, also VXI went gold in Greece

Matteo

p.s. gold record meant 25,000 copies sold in 1998!

[john2000]

As far I know no IM album has been certified Gold or Platinum in Norway in the past 13 years. I dont have details about certifications prior to 1993.

BTW, Is AMOLAD the first Iron Maiden album to be certified Gold in Greece?

SSOASS was silver in norway in 88 with over 25000 sold (gold was for 50.000 at that time).

For Greece it's of course not the first gold album (BOTB, BNW, DOD, were also gold). A certification database should be on IFPI website soon according to the webmaster.

[Saturne98]

Certifications in France and Portugal (Thanks to saturne98 for the data)

France
The Number of the Beast - Gold
Killers - Double Gold
Fear of the Dark - Gold
A Real Live One - Gold

Portugal
Dance Of Death - Silver

Hi will thx
matteo have sone italian certifications there for you too ;)
here
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.p ... c&start=25

[will231982]

Certifications in France and Portugal (Thanks to saturne98 for the data)

France
The Number of the Beast - Gold
Killers - Double Gold
Fear of the Dark - Gold
A Real Live One - Gold

Portugal
Dance Of Death - Silver

[Saturne98]

According to maidenfans.com, a number of Iron Maiden albums have had their certifications updated in Canada. These are:
The Number of The Beast 3xPlatinum
Visions Of The Beast 3xPlatinum
Ed Hunter Gold
A Matter of Life And Death Gold

In addition to this, around 6 albums have been certified 2xPlatinum. These are probably the ones which were certified as Platinum earlier i.e
Killers
Piece of Mind
Powerslave
Somewhere In Time
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

and either Live After Death or No Prayer for the Dying, although I suspect it's the former. It can even be Fear of The Dark, although its had only a Gold certification before.

Hi will for me it's Live after death

[Saturne98]

Hi will about France i have some numbers
go to
http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=39339

[quartz81]

what we will need is also the number of sales that is needed to get that certification! Maybe they were changed some timein some country!?

You know, if you say Number made Gold in the (0s, so it sold 250.000 copies then, but today you only need 100.000 to get Gold and 200.000 to get platinum. (Germany)

[will231982]

As far I know no IM album has been certified Gold or Platinum in Norway in the past 13 years. I dont have details about certifications prior to 1993.

BTW, Is AMOLAD the first Iron Maiden album to be certified Gold in Greece?

And Saturne, I have no clue about IM certifications in France,Italy and Spain.

[will231982]

According to maidenfans.com, a number of Iron Maiden albums have had their certifications updated in Canada. These are:
The Number of The Beast 3xPlatinum
Visions Of The Beast 3xPlatinum
Ed Hunter Gold
A Matter of Life And Death Gold

In addition to this, around 6 albums have been certified 2xPlatinum. These are probably the ones which were certified as Platinum earlier i.e
Killers
Piece of Mind
Powerslave
Somewhere In Time
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

and either Live After Death or No Prayer for the Dying, although I suspect it's the former. It can even be Fear of The Dark, although its had only a Gold certification before.