Posted April 28, 200718 yr Back to Black is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, released by Island Records in October 2006 (see 2006 in music). The album contains the singles "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good". A third single, "Back to Black", is set for release on April 30, 2007. During its first two weeks on sale, Back to Black sold a total of 70,784 copies in the UK, including 43,021 in its first week. By the end of the year, the album had been certified platinum (300,000 copies shipped). To date, the album has sold more than 819,000 copies in the UK, and for the week ending January 27, 2007, sold 30,000 copies more than any other album. It achieved its peak of number one on the UK Albums Chart for the week ending January 20, 2007, and with sales of 522,000 is currently the UK's biggest-selling album of 2007. On February 25, 2007, Back to Black climbed from a number two position to number one, making it three weeks at the top. In December 2006 the album was released in Canada and on February 3, 2007 in Australia. It was released in the United States officially on March 13, 2007 via Universal Republic, though it sold well on imports before.[citation needed] The tracklist for the U.S. release is the same as the non-U.K. international release with an extra track, "You Know I'm No Good" featuring Ghostface Killah. The album debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 at number seven, selling about 51,000 copies in its first week on the chart.[1] To date it has sold over 200,000 copies in the United States. Upon the week of release in the U.S., copies had the same cover as all other versions, however, the following week copies with alternate covers were found in store. The track "Tears Dry On Their Own" features the backing music from the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". The album is currently ranked at #13 on Metacritic's Best Albums of 2007.[2] It was recently released in Brazil, entering the chart at #30.
April 28, 200718 yr Thanks for that. Great news because it really is a great album, not one song on it do I dislike.
April 29, 200718 yr I agree, all the songs are amazing, a HUGE improvement from her debut! Glad it's been so successful in the US as well! :D Edited April 29, 200718 yr by Mowbli
April 29, 200718 yr Wow, it's been pretty sucessful in the Us :o :o I also didn't know it hold sold that much in the UK either :o :o :yahoo:
May 29, 200718 yr Author Wow, it's been pretty sucessful in the Us :o :o I also didn't know it hold sold that much in the UK either :o :o :yahoo: Its sold a whole lot more now! :yahoo: Go look at the Discography. 920,000 in UK, and nearly 500,000 In Us :cheer:
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