The Impala sales awards, launched in June 2005, aim to acknowledge artists' success on different levels, on a pan-European basis. Winners qualify on the basis of sales in and across Europe, with award levels being: silver (30k), gold (100k), diamond (250k), platinum (500k) and double platinum (1m).

Winners include The Prodigy's Their Law - The Singles 1990-2005 (XL Recordings) for platinum status, The Hives' Veni Vidi Vicious (Burning Heart Records) for diamond status, and Cat Power, The Greatest (Matador) for ...