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Coldplay go to number one in the US

By | Published on Thursday 3 November 2011

Coldplay

Coldplay’s ‘Mylo Xyloto’ album has gone straight to number one in the US, selling 447,000 copies in its first week, the third largest single week sales of 2011.

But Chris et al shouldn’t get too smug about this just yet. Their record is way off Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’, which managed 1.1 million first week sales (albeit thanks to a loss making promotion by Amazon), and Lil Wayne’s ‘Tha Carter IV, which reached 964,000. It’s also a way off the band’s previous two albums. Both also debuted at number one, with 2005’s ‘X&Y’ selling 737,000 copies in its first week, and 2008’s ‘Viva La Vida’ managing 721,000.

Meanwhile, back in the UK, Florence And The Machine’s new album ‘Ceremonials’ is on track to knock ‘Mylo Xyloto’ off the top spot. According to the Official Charts Company, the new FloMac LP shifted over 50,000 copies on its first two days on sale. And it’s on Spotify.



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