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IMPALA sales awards dished out

By | Published on Thursday 28 January 2010

IMPALA has dished out its latest set of album awards. These are the pan-European indie label trade body’s version of the BPI and IFPI’s gold disk type awards, specifically celebrating big selling albums released by European indie labels (and with lower unit targets than the more mainstream record industry sales-based gongs).

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Vampire Weekend’s ‘Contra’ is already high up on this list, despite only just being released. As previously reported, the lastest long player from the XL Recordings signed New Yorkers was the first album released by a UK indie to top the US charts in nearly two decades. However, it is two older albums that top the IMPALA list, sales of Katie Melua’s ‘Pictures’ and The Prodigy’s ‘Invaders Must Die’ having been sufficient to move them up a level in the overall sales charts.

The albums to go gold, diamond or multiple platinum this time are as follows:

Multiple Platinum (1.5 million+)
Katie Melua – Pictures (Dramatico)

Double Platinum (1 million+)
The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die (Cooking Vinyl)

Diamond (250k+)
Arctic Monkeys – Humbug (Domino)
Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (Cherry Red Records)
Franz Ferdinand – Tonight (Domino)
Various Artists – Pillows Prayers (Cherry Red Records)
Vampire Weekend – Contra (Beggars/XL)

Gold (100k+)
Benjamin Biolay – La Superbe (Naïve)
Chuckie LMFAO – Let The Bass Kick In Miami Girl (Cr2 Records Ltd)
Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest (Warp)
Gurrumul – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (Dramatico/Skinnyfish)
Jay Sean – My Own Way (Jayded/2Point9)
Pink Martini – Splendour In The Grass (Naïve)
Scooter – Under The Radar, Over The Top (Kontor Records)
The Gaslight Anthem – The 59 Sound (Side One Dummy/Cargo)
Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom (Live) (Anti)
Tracey Thorn – A Distant Shore (Cherry Red Records)
The xx – xx (Young Turks)

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