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Debut single I'm Outta Love was a Top 10 hit in 19 countries, going platinum in the UK, and becoming Australia's best-selling single of 2000.

It started with their second album, “Waking Hours,” which went platinum in the U.K. in 1989 and yielded the hit single “Nothing Ever Happens.”

These including Grammy Awards, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame accolades, MTV awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars honours, and a selection of his platinum and gold discs.

One time, before we parted, he handed me his platinum American Express card.

Considered pioneers of heavy metal, they released their self-titled album in 1970 and followed it up with platinum records such as Paranoid and Master of Reality throughout the rest of the decade.