The Kinks Greatest Hits!, released in 1966, was certified gold for sales totaling of one million dollars on 28 November 1968—six days after the release of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, which failed to chart worldwide.

[7] The group would not receive another gold record award until 1979's Low Budget.

The 1980 live album One for the Road was certified gold on 8 December 1980.

Give the People What They Want, released in 1981, received its certification on 25 January 1982, for sales of 500,000 copies.

[8] ASCAP, the performing-rights group, presented the Kinks with an award for "One of the Most-Played Songs of 1983" for the hit single "Come Dancing".