IMPALA Press Release, 5th October 2010, Brussels
New IMPALA Awards include Yolanda Be Cool & DCup, The XX, Prince, Katie Melua, Tom Waits and Ida Corr vs. Fedde le Grand
The ongoing success of the IMPALA Awards continues with IMPALA announcing its latest European sales awards.
Katie Melua’s album ‘The House’, Yolanda Be Cool & DCup’s summer hit ‘We No Speak Americano’, and The XX’s album ‘XX’ have now reached Diamond, along with Prince’s single ‘The Most Beautiful Girl in the World’. British rock band Slade collect a Silver award for their album ‘Slade Alive - The Live Anthology’. The list also includes upgrades for Tom Waits’ album ‘Mule Variations’ and Ida Corr Vs. Fedde le Grand’s ‘Let Me Think About It’ to Platinum. Both Editors and Faithless have reached Gold status with their new albums. Other IMPALA Award winners include Gamma Ray (Germany), Groove Armada (UK), Arno (Belgium), Russian Red (Spain) and Vitalic (France).
German label Superstar were presented an IMPALA award for their phenomenal success Yolanda Be Cool & DCup at Berlin Music Week.
IMPALA’s participation at Berlin Music Week also included two panels – one celebrating a decade of IMPALA, the other looking at IMPALA’s suggested sport-style measures to encourage the development of new talent. You can see highlights of the two panels here.
The latest IMPALA Awards continues last year’s impressive trend and demonstrates impressive performance in the independent sector, especially considering the general economic downturn. The new winners represent 100 million euros in sales, with two Platinum (500k), four Diamond (250k), ten Gold (100k) and thirty Silver (30k) from all across Europe.
In total over 680 awards have been registered so far, representing almost 64 million CDs sold and €1.1 billion in revenue.
Award |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
Country of artist | Country of label |
Platinum (upgrade) |
Tom Waits |
Mule Variations |
Anti inc. |
US |
Netherlands |
Platinum (upgrade) |
Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand |
Let Me Think About It |
Lifted House |
Denmark/ Netherlands |
Denmark |
Diamond |
Katie Melua |
The House |
Dramatico |
UK |
UK |
Diamond |
Prince |
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (single) |
Music of Life |
US |
UK |
Diamond (upgrade) |
The XX |
XX |
Young Turks |
UK |
UK |
Diamond |
Yolanda Be Cool & DCup |
We No Speak Americano |
Superstar Recordings |
Germany |
Germany |
Gold |
Santigold |
Santigold |
Lizard King Records |
US |
UK |
Gold |
Various Artists |
Simply Salsa |
Union Square Music |
Various |
UK |
Gold (upgrade) |
Mr Scruff |
Trouser Jazz |
Ninja Tunes Records |
UK |
UK |
Gold |
The Cinematic Orchestra |
Every Day |
Ninja Tunes Records |
UK |
UK |
Gold |
Amon Tobin |
Out From Out Where |
Ninja Tunes Records |
Brazil |
UK |
Gold |
Ambassadors of Funk |
SuperMarioland (single) |
Music of Life |
US |
UK |
Gold |
The National |
High Violet |
4AD Records |
US |
UK |
Gold |
Foreigner |
Can't Slow Down |
earMUSIC / Edel Germany |
US |
Germany |
Gold |
Faithless |
The Dance |
Pias |
UK |
Belgium |
Gold |
Editors |
In This Light and In This Evening |
Pias |
UK |
Belgium |
Silver |
Madness |
Complete Madness |
Union Square Music |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Slade |
Slade Alive - The Live Anthology |
Union Square Music |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Various Artists |
The Ultimate Indulgence Album - Wellbeing |
Union Square Music |
Various |
UK |
Silver |
Ethiopiques |
The Very Best of Ethiopiques |
Union Square Music |
Ethiopia / Eritrea |
UK |
Silver |
Kirsty McColl |
The One And Only - Kirsty McColl |
Union Square Music |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
The Herbaliser |
Take London |
Ninja Tunes Records |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Bonobo |
Dial M For Monkey |
Ninja Tunes Records |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
DJ Zinc ft Ms Dynamite |
Wile Out |
Zinc Music |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Derek B |
Goodgroove (single) |
Music of Life |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Derek B |
Bullet From A Gun |
Music of Life |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Simon Harris |
Bass, how low can you go (single) |
Music of Life |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Simon Harris |
Here Comes That Sound (single) |
Music of Life |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Ali Farka Toure Toumani Diabate |
Ali and Toumani |
World Circuit |
Mali |
UK |
Silver |
Rox |
Memoirs |
Rough Trade |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Stornoway |
Beachcomber's Windowsill |
4AD Records |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Gil Scott Heron |
I'm New Here |
XL Recordings |
US |
UK |
Silver |
Russian Red |
I Love Your Glasses |
Eureka Records |
Spain |
Spain |
Silver |
Arno |
Brussld |
Naïve |
Belgium |
France |
Silver |
Lostboy! A.K.A Jim Kerr |
Lostboy! A.K.A Jim Kerr |
earMUSIC / Edel Germany |
UK |
Germany |
Silver |
Gamma Ray |
To The Metal! |
earMUSIC / Edel Germany |
Germany |
Germany |
Silver |
Kevin Costner & Modern West |
Turn It On |
earMUSIC / Edel Germany |
US |
Germany |
Silver |
Groove Armada |
Black Light |
Cooking Vinyl |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Underworld |
Barking |
Cooking Vinyl |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Dolores O'Riordan |
No Baggage |
Cooking Vinyl |
UK |
UK |
Silver |
Get Well Soon |
Vexations |
City Slang |
Germany |
UK |
Silver |
Vitalic |
Flashmob |
Pias |
France |
Belgium |
Silver |
Daan |
Mahay |
Pias |
Belgium |
Belgium |
Silver |
Morcheeba |
Blood Like Lemonade |
Pias |
UK |
Belgium |
Silver |
Miguel Bosè |
Cardio |
Carosello Records |
Panama |
Italy |
Silver |
Skunk Anansie |
Smashes Trashes |
Carosello Records |
UK |
Italy |
| About the Awards The IMPALA Sales Awards are the only pan-European awards devoted to independent artists. They are the first awards to recognise that success on a pan-European basis needs to be acknowledged on different levels. They celebrate the fact that achievement and success begins well before 1 million (the only pan-European sales level officially recognised before IMPALA launched its own scheme). The IMPALA Sales Awards are an extra tool for independents and their artists to market themselves internationally. IMPALA’s on-line certification system is available at www.impalamusic.org where framed awards can also be ordered. The awards are part of IMPALA’s wider strategy to create new opportunities to promote independent music, real entrepreneurship and cultural diversity, in the face of increasing concentration. The award levels are: Impala Silver 30 000 Impala Gold 100 000 Impala Diamond 250 000 Impala Platinum 500 000 Impala Double Platinum 1,000 000 Impala Multi Platinum 1,500 000 ++ |
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