Despite doing minimal publicity for it, Coldplay have reached the No 1 spot in 36 different countries with their latest album Viva La Vida, report Virgin Media.
It has been the No 1 best-selling album in the UK for the last four weeks, and enjoyed the top spot in the States for two weeks. In doing so, its success has surpassed that of the band's last album X&Y which reached No 1 in 32 countries in 2005.
Viva La Vida set the record for the highest first week album sales ever on the iTunes Store worldwide, in addition to being the biggest album pre-order in iTunes' history. It is also the fastest-selling album of the year in the UK, with over-the-counter sales of more than 600,000 since its release on 12 June, while in Germany the album is already the biggest-selling release of the year as well as the fastest.
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