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Coldplay New Album Sold 125,000 Copies On The First Day |
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Created On: Friday, 13 June 2008
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"Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" now looks "certain" to top Sunday's album chart, according to The Official Charts Company which tracks record sales, even though it was released on Thursday rather than at the start of the week.
"Coldplay are an international act ... and these sales figures in the UK are the first indication of how the album will be received, and EMI will be very pleased," said The Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot.
"X&Y," Coldplay's last album and most successful to date, sold 465,000 copies in its first week in Britain.
EMI, and its boss Guy Hands, will now turn their attention to the world's biggest music market in the United States, a more important barometer of the album's success when it is released there next week.
The band has expressed relief the recording process is over for one of the year's most eagerly anticipated records.
Coldplay followed the recent trend of digital initiatives by giving away "Violet Hill," the first single from their new album, for free over the Internet. Media reports said the offer was taken up by two million people.
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