Posted April 7, 200619 yr We are pleased to announce that the album 'Whatever People Say I am, That's What I am Not' has gone gold in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Denmark and the Middle East. In the UK, the album has gone triple platinum. The band was also voted Best New International Act at Croatia's 'Zlatn Koogla' awards ceremony. Many thanks to all you fantastic people. Respect. From Arctic Monkeys and the team. Credit: ArcticMonkeys.com / Mardy-bum.com I expected it to do well but I'm shocked by HOW well it's done ALREADY :o FANTASTIC news :cheer:
April 7, 200619 yr Author Here's the official sales so far! :cheer: 1 Whatever People say I am.. - Arctic Monkeys 868,000 2 In between Dreams - Jack Johnson 387,000 3 Back to Bedlam - James Blunt 361,000 4 Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae 342,000 5 Eye to the Telescope - KT Tunstal 312,000 6 Employment - Kaiser Chiefs 301,000 7 Journey South - Journey South 282,028 8 Breakaway - Kelly Clarkson 270,500 9 Stars of CCTV - Hard-Fi 260,000 10 Demon Days - Gorillaz 253,000 11 Keep On - Will Young 245,862 12 The Impossible Dream - Andy Abraham 227,208 13 Confessions on a Dancefloor - Madonna 225,000 14 X&Y - Coldplay 218,000 15 Sanctury - Simon Webb 217,900 16 Keys to the World - Richard Ashcroft 204,000 17 Veneer - Jose Gonzalez 193,000 18 The Back Room - The Editors 190,000 19 PDC - Pussycat Dolls 180,000 20 On an Island - Dave Gilmour 170,000 21 First Impression of Earth - The Strokes 169,900 22 Piece By Piece - Katie Melua 165,000 23 The Best of - Jonny Mathis 165,000 24 Curtain Call - Eminem 161,000 25 Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 157,000 26 The Voice - Russell Watson 150,000 27 Amore - Andrea Bocelli 145,000 28 Late Registration - Kanye West 145,000 29 Taller in More Ways - The Sugababes 137,000 30 Monkey Business - Black Eyed Peas 133,000 Remember albums get awards (Gold, Platinum etc.) on copies ordered ;)
April 7, 200619 yr It should hit a million copies by June.........and its quite surprising to see the band do good in other countries as I didn't think they'd it off much outside of Britan.
April 8, 200619 yr I thought it would have hit a million by now :mellow: Me too.No way will it do anywhere near 2 million as some people were suggesting.
April 8, 200619 yr Author Well in the time it's been out it's a great achievement to sell as much as it has :D Plus it's still selling consistantly ;) Coldplay slowed down A LOT and still made it and are still selling more! :cheer:
April 8, 200619 yr The album probably won't hit 2 million but it willl be close to it I'm also thinking come festival season there will be a surge of the album rising up the charts again.
April 8, 200619 yr Author Well we never know ;) Even it doesn't sell anything for the rest of the year it'll still be one of the best sellers :lol:
April 8, 200619 yr Me too.No way will it do anywhere near 2 million as some people were suggesting. It will eventually...
April 13, 200619 yr I thought it would have hit a million by now :mellow: :huh: In less than three months!?
April 13, 200619 yr Sales have'nt gone to what i expected at all. Sure they are great but they need alot more singles if they want to come close to 2 million.
April 13, 200619 yr I agree Bono. I'm suprised the record company have'nt forsed them to release more singles cause they won't sell 2 million if it's true about them not releasing anymore singles form the album.
April 13, 200619 yr Author I agree Bono. I'm suprised the record company have'nt forsed them to release more singles cause they won't sell 2 million if it's true about them not releasing anymore singles form the album. Well if they were on a MAJOR label that would probably have been the case ;) But they have more freedom being on Domino so they're doing it the way they want to and are more concerned with their music than sales. ;)
