Dire Straits Awards
Dire Straits Awards
2005
Grammy Award for Best-Surround Sound Album: Brothers in Arms—20th Anniversary Edition, Chuck Ainlay, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Chuck Ainlay, and Mark Knopfler, surround producers
1987
Brit Award for British Album Dire Straits "Brothers In Arms"
1986
Brit Award for British Group
Juno Award for International Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form (Vhs) “Dire Straits Brothers in Arms,”
1985
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance By a Duo or Group With Vocal “Money for Nothing,”
1983
Brit Award for British Group
RIAA Certifications:
Dire Straits (Label: 02/21/1979 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
Dire Straits (Label: 03/27/1979 (Label: Warner Bros.) Platinum Album Group St
Communique (Label: 06/26/1979 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
Makin' Movies (Label: 04/21/1981 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 07/23/1985 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 08/13/1985 (Label: Warner Bros.) Platinum Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 09/24/1985 (Label: Warner Bros.) 2.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 11/13/1985 (Label: Warner Bros.) 3.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 01/29/1986 (Label: Warner Bros.) 4.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Love Over Gold (Label: 04/01/1986 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 05/28/1986 (Label: Warner Bros.) 5.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Dire Straits (Label: 01/06/1987 (Label: Warner Bros.) 2.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 01/18/1989 (Label: Warner Bros.) 6.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Money For Nothing (Label: 10/05/1989 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
On Every Street (Label: 11/13/1991 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
On Every Street (Label: 11/13/1991 (Label: Warner Bros.) Platinum Album Group St
Money For Nothing (Label: 08/04/1994 (Label: Warner Bros.) Platinum Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 08/17/1994 (Label: Warner Bros.) 7.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Brothers In Arms (Label: 08/07/1996 (Label: Warner Bros.) 9.00X Multi Platinum Album Group St
Alchemy (Label: 07/27/2001 (Label: Warner Bros.) Gold Album Group St
Makin' Movies (Label: 07/30/2001 (Label: Warner Bros.) Platinum Album Group St
BPI Certifications (England):
Dire Straits , Silver Album, Fri Feb 2 1979
Dire Straits , Gold Album, Fri Mar 30 1979
Dire Straits , Platinum Album, Fri Nov 23 1979
Makin' Movies , Silver Album, Tue Nov 4 1980
Makin' Movies , Gold Album, Wed Jan 21 1981
Makin' Movies , Platinum Album, Mon Sep 7 1981
Love Over Gold , Gold Album, Mon Sep 27 1982
Love Over Gold , Silver Album, Mon Sep 27 1982
Private Investigations , Silver Single, Fri Oct 1 1982
Love Over Gold , Platinum Album, Mon Nov 15 1982
Sultans Of Swing , Silver Album, Wed Dec 1 1982
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live , Silver Album, Thu Mar 15 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live , Gold Album, Thu Mar 15 1984
Alchemy - Dire Straits Live , Platinum Album, Tue Feb 19 1985
Brothers In Arms , Gold , Thu May 16 1985
Brothers In Arms , Silver , Thu May 16 1985
Brothers In Arms , Platinum , Thu May 16 1985
Money For Nothing , Silver , Thu Aug 1 1985
Love Over Gold , 2 X Platinum , Mon Aug 5 1985
Makin' Movies , 2 X Platinum , Mon Aug 5 1985
Brothers In Arms , 2 X Platinum , Fri Sep 13 1985
Communique , Silver , Tue Oct 29 1985
Communique , Gold , Tue Oct 29 1985
Communique , Platinum , Tue Oct 29 1985
Brothers In Arms , 3 X Platinum Album, Thu Dec 5 1985
Dire Straits , 2 X Platinum Album, Fri Feb 7 1986
Brothers In Arms , 8 X Platinum Album, Tue Feb 24 1987
Brothers In Arms , 9 X Platinum Album, Mon Sep 28 1987
Brothers In Arms , 10 X Platinum Album, Sun Nov 1 1987
Money For Nothing , Gold Album, Tue Oct 18 1988
Money For Nothing , Silver Album, Tue Oct 18 1988
Money For Nothing , 3 X Platinum Album, Tue Oct 18 1988
Money For Nothing , Platinum Album, Tue Oct 18 1988
Money For Nothing , 2 X Platinum Album, Tue Oct 18 1988
Money For Nothing , 4 X Platinum Album, Fri Jan 20 1989
On Every Street , 2 X Platinum Album, Tue Oct 1 1991
On Every Street , Silver Album, Tue Oct 1 1991
On Every Street , Gold Album, Tue Oct 1 1991
On Every Street , Platinum Album, Tue Oct 1 1991
Brothers In Arms , 12 X Platinum Album, Sat Feb 1 1992
Brothers In Arms , 11 X Platinum Album, Sat Feb 1 1992
Brothers In Arms , 13 X Platinum Album, Fri Oct 31 1997
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits , Gold Album, Fri Oct 16 1998
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Dire Straits , Silver Album, Fri Oct 16 1998
The Best Of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler - Private Investigations , Gold Album, Fri Nov 11 2005
SNEP Certifications (France):
Brothers in arms 01/09/1994 Diamond Album
Sultans of swing Platinum Album
IFPI Certifications (Europe):
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of (Label: Polygram) 1 Platinum (1998)
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Universal Music 2 Platinum (1999)
ARIA Certifications (Australia):
Sultans Of Swing - The Very Best Of Uma Platinum Album (1998)
IRMA Certifications (Ireland):
Private Investigations Universal Multi-Platinum (2) Album (2005)