Posted March 1, 201114 yr 01/03/2011 Lady Gaga’s The Fame has become the first album to reach platinum level for downloads, the Official Charts Company can confirm today. The album passed 300,000 downloads yesterday, giving Lady Gaga yet another record ahead of the release in May of her new album, Born This Way. The Fame tops a select band of just three albums to have sold more than quarter of a million digital bundles, together with Kings Of Leon’s Only By The Night and Florence & The Machine’s Lungs. But The Fame is the only album to have passed the platinum mark digitally – platinum album status is achieved by selling more than 300,000 copies in the UK. Since The Fame was released in January 2009, it has sold a total of 2.5m copies in the UK. It has also produced a million-selling single (Poker Face), three platinum singles (Poker Face, Bad Romance and Just Dance) and four number ones (Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance and Telephone), on the way to amounting a huge 4.8m single sales. Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot says, “Congratulations to Lady Gaga for setting another record. In setting this latest landmark, Lady Gaga has further cemented her position in the annals of pop music history. Lady Gaga is the kind of artist who is constantly striving to break new ground and she has done that yet again for album downloads.” Official All-Time Album Downloads 1 THE FAME - LADY GAGA 2 ONLY BY THE NIGHT - KINGS OF LEON 3 LUNGS - FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 4 SIGH NO MORE - MUMFORD & SONS 5 21 - ADELE Source: Official Charts Company. Table shows Top Five biggest selling album downloads of all-time in the UK. Lady Gaga’s new album, Born This Way, is due for release on May 23. It has already produced a number three single, the title track Born This Way, which hit the Official Singles Chart last month. OCC Edited March 2, 201114 yr by iTSAN
March 1, 201114 yr Congratulations GaGa! Another record gone :lol: [btw, Born This Way peaked so far at number 3 not 2] i guess albums sales through itunes/downloads are very low?? 300k in 2 years is a long time
March 1, 201114 yr The Fame released in January 2009? Yep. January 12, 2009 with the re-release in November 23, 2009
March 1, 201114 yr i guess albums sales through itunes/downloads are very low?? 300k in 2 years is a long time Yeah, they are even more pathetic than Physical sales of Albums and probably comparable to CD Singles.
March 1, 201114 yr Yeah Now that I think about it 300k isnt that Much at all :???: 5 21 - ADELE already :cheer:
March 1, 201114 yr Digital album sales must be starting to take off though - especially if Adele is already 5th But well done Lady Gaga!!! Prefer the Monster disc to The Fame though
March 2, 201114 yr Well, Adele is definately going to shoot up that chart - she may even overtake Gaga
March 2, 201114 yr Well, Adele is definately going to shoot up that chart - she may even overtake Gaga I think she will Certainly Be #2 :dance:
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