Talking of which, the Coldplay album 'X&Y', which, as previously reported, went straight to the top of the UK album chart on its release, has repeated that success in the US, becoming the band's first number one in the American album chart. The long player sold 737,000 copies in the first week, a first week figure beaten only by 50 Cent album 'The Massacre', which topped a million. It's also the first time since Radiohead released 'Kid A' that a British band has topped both the UK and US charts at the same time. 'X&Y' is number one in 22 countries altogether. Go figure.
Jun 16, 2005
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Coldplay get first US number one
Coldplay's album X&Y has topped the US album chart with 737,000 first-week sales, the band's first US number one and the first UK band to top both charts since Radiohead.