Awards
During the eighties Stryper won numeros of awards. I´ll try to list them all here.
They also won a number of readers polls awards from various magazines, too many to mention.
RIIA
02/19/87 - Enigma - RIAA Gold
Album: To hell with the devil
03/13/87 - Enigma music video- RIAA Gold
Video: Live in Japan09/15/88 - Enigma - RIAA Gold
Album: In God we trust
04/06/88 - Enigma - RIAA Gold
Album: Soldiers under command
01/06/88 - Enigma - RIAA Platinum
Album: To hell with the devil
10/05/89 - POLYGRAM MUSIC VIDEO - RIAA Gold
Video: In the beginning
10/05/89 - CAPITOL HOME VIDEO - RIAA Platinum
Video: Live in Japan
Dove
1989 - ENIGMA - DOVE AWARD, HARD ROCK ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Album: In God we trust
1989 - ENIGMA - DOVE AWARD, HARD ROCK SONG OF THE YEAR
Album: In God we trust
GOLDEN REEL
1986 - Ampex Golden Reel
Album - Soldiers under command
1987 - Enigma - GRA
Album: To hell with the devil
1989 - Enigma - GRA
Album: In God we trust
Misc…
1987 - CANADIAN AWARDS - ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Album: To hell with the devil
1987 - CANADIAN AWARDS - PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR
Album: To hell with the devil
Enigma - platinum
special award presented by Enigma Records
Album: To hell with the devil
Regarding the statistics Stryper has sold 7 million albums.
That was back in the early 90´s just before Enigma closed their doors.
There are products that should have been certified by RIAA but never were,
due to the way things turned out.
Against The Law shipped gold, but was never certified.
To Hell With The Devil went double platinum,
Live in Japan went double platinum and
The Yellow And Black Attack went gold,
Soldiers under command went Platinum and
Can´t stop the rock went gold.
I dont know what the figures is up to now, but it is way over 7 million.
Now when we are talking about the number 7 we come to think of their new album.
25,000 were sent out to retail chains, and 25,000 were sent out to Christian chains and
they sold out almost immediately.