Achievements
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Achie vements Number 1 singles in Germany: ”Daddy Cool”, ”Sunny”, ”Ma Baker”, ”Belfast”, ”Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The with Ring”, “Rasputin”, “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord” and “El Lute/Gotta Go Home”. Top 10 singles in Germany: “Hooray! Hooray! It’s A Holi- Holiday”, “I’m Born Again/Bahama Mama”, “I See A Boat On The River”, “Felicidad (Margherita)” and “Happy Song”. Top 20 singles in Germany: “Children Of Paradise”, “Malaika”, “We Kill The World (Don’t Kill The World)” “Little Drummer Boy” and “Kalimba De Luna”. Number 1 singles in England: “Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring” and “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord”. Top 10 singles in England: ”Daddy Cool”, ”Sunny”, ”Ma Baker”, ”Belfast”, “Rasputin”, “Painter Man”, “Hooray! Hooray! It’s A Holi- Holiday” and “MegaMix ‘92”. Hit albums in Germany: “Take The Heat Off Me” (Top 20), “Love For Sale” (No. 1), “Nightflight To Venus” (No. 1) and “ Oceans Of Fantasy” (No. 1), “Boonoonoonoos” (Top 20) and “10.000 Lightyears” (Top 30). Hit albums in England: “Take The Heat Off Me” (Top 40), “Love For Sale” (Top 100), “Nightflight To Venus” (No. 1), “Oceans Of Fantasy” (No. 1) and “The Magic Of Boney M.” (No 1). 1977: On tour in: Germany, Denmark, Austria, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, England, Benelux and Switzerland. 1978: On tour in: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Switzerland, Austria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, France, Kenya, Ireland, England and USSR. Boney M. – the first ever Western pop group to be invited to the USSR. Invited by Leonid Brezhnev. 10 live concerts in 6 days. Presented with the Carl Alan Award in England. Boney M. becomes the Top Sensation of the year all over Europe. 1979: On tour in: Germany, South America, Far East, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, England, Ireland, Poland and Austria. Starring in the Music Movie ”Disco-Fieber”. Promo visit to U.S.A • German TV-special on ZDF: “Fantastic Boney M.” Invited to perform for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth at the Royal Variety Show in London in November. Estimated to have sold around 80 million units worldwide at the end of 1979. 1981: Live show in Jamaica • German TV-Special on ZDF: “Ein Sound Geht Um Die Welt” (“A Sound Goes Around the World”). 1982: “We Kill The World (Don’t Kill The World)” in the Top 5 of the best selling singles in South Africa in 1982. 1984: On tour in South Africa • German TV-Special on ZDF “10.000 Lightyears” • South African TV-Special “Boney M. Live in Sun City” • Promo visit to India. 1986: German TV Special on ZDF “Best Of 10 Years”. 1992: Estimated to have sold over 105 million units. Guinness Book of Records: The singles “Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring” and “Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord” are listed in the Top 10 of the best selling singles ever in England. .