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U2's follow up albums Zooropa and Pop continued the band's experimentation with alternative rock and electronic dance music, reaching number one worldwide but with reduced sales. U2 regained commercial favour with the release of All That You Can't Leave Behind in 2000, returning to a more mainstream sound.
The album debuted at number one in 32 countries, [41] [42] including Canada where first-week sales totaled 71,470 copies. [40] According to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has sold 4.4 million copies in the US through March 2014. [43] All That You Can't Leave Behind is the fourth-highest-selling U2 album, with total sales of over 12 million. [44]
Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum, [7] thus creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales. Kanye West's album The Life of Pablo achieved Platinum without selling a single copy and was only available ...
Keep scrolling to see the 50 best-selling music artists of all time in the US by album sales. ... U2's most successful albums include "The Joshua Tree," "Rattle and Hum," and "Achtung Baby."
In November 1998, U2 released their first compilation album, The Best of 1980–1990, [192] which featured a re-recording of a 1987 B-side, "Sweetest Thing", as its single. [193] The album broke a first-week sales record in the US for a greatest hits collection by a group, [194] and "Sweetest Thing" topped the singles charts in Ireland and ...
In February 2009, U2 released their 12th studio album, No Line on the Horizon.The album received generally favourable reviews and debuted at number one in more than 30 countries, [3] but its sales of 5 million units were comparatively low by U2 standards and it did not contain a hit single. [4]
The album also debuted at number one on six Billboard charts: Top Album Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock Albums, Top Alternative Albums, Vinyl Albums, and Top Current Album Sales. The album's first-week sales of 19,500 vinyl copies in the US was U2's highest-selling week on vinyl since Luminate began electronically tracking sales ...
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 by Island Records.In contrast to the ambient experimentation of their 1984 release, The Unforgettable Fire, the band aimed for a harder-hitting sound within the limitation of conventional song structures on The Joshua Tree.