only Noel Gallagher has amassed more, with all 10 of his albums. With an unbroken run of nine Number 1 studio albums, Coldplay tie with Brandon Flowers, who also has a clean streak of nine consecutive chart-toppers across The Killers and his solo releases. 6 Collaborations Project opened with 125,000 in July 2019.Ĩ5% of Coldplay’s week 1 figure were pure sales (physical and download), including 12,400 on vinyl, meaning it also tops this week’s Official Vinyl Albums Chart. It’s opening week figure surpasses Dave’s We’re All Alone In This Together, which opened on 74,000 in July, and is the first album to surpass 100,000 chart sales in a week since Ed Sheeran’s No. Shifting 101,000 chart sales in its opening week, Music of the Spheres becomes the band’s ninth consecutive chart-topping studio album. Intensive Care, Robbie Williams (5.Coldplay shoot straight to Number 1 on this week’s Official UK Albums Chart with Music of the Spheres and claim the fastest-selling album of 2021 so far.

Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna (6.3m)ġ0. Monkey Business, Black Eyed Peas (6.8m)Ħ. The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey (7.7m)Ĥ. “All our member record companies are now aggressively licensing and marketing music in digital formats.”Ģ. “In 2006, we expect to see continued growth online and more innovative mobile services attracting music fans into the legal digital market. IFPI chairman John Kennedy said: “Physical music sales declined again for a combination of reasons, including digital and physical piracy, competition from other entertainment products and the shift in consumer spending to online and mobile. Robbie Williams was the third British act on the list, enjoying 5.4 million global sales of Intensive Care at number 10. Rap star Eminem’s greatest hits album Curtain Call narrowly beat UK star James Blunt’s debut Back to Bedlam. Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor is next, ahead of American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson. The Black Eyed Peas album Monkey Business is fourth in the worldwide album chart, followed by American Idiot by Green Day. The total number of digital single tracks downloaded online, or on to mobile phones, rose to 470 million units, up from 160 million in 2004. Singles are now largely a digital format, with digital sales accounting for three quarters of total single sales, compared to 45% in 2004.ĬD album sales dropped by 6% in value, according to today’s report. Single sales – digital and physical – increased by more than 75% globally. Overall global music sales of physical and digital music combined were down 3%, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) report.īut revenues from digital music sales almost tripled last year, from $400m in 2004 to $1.1bn in 2005. Mariah Carey’s The Emancipation of Mimi sold 7.7 million copies, and rapper 50 Cent’s The Massacre shifted 7.5 million.

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