In the US singles world, Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" held onto the top spot on the digital songs chart...and for the first time in their career, the British foursome also took control of the Hot 100, which combines sales and airplay.
Next week, they're expected to easily top the album chart as well. Based on Tuesday's first day of sales, Viva la Vida, the band's fourth album, should sell some 600,000 copies. Though iTunes doesn't usually release its sales figures, the online music store took the unusual step of announcing that the album sold 140,000 on that site just on its first day. That shatters the iTunes record for sales in an entire week, previously held by Jack Johnson — and there are six days still left to go.
Meanwhile, its a clean sweep for Coldplay on the iTunes international chart, sitting at no.1 in (no particular order) - US (single), UK, France, Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Greece, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
More discussion on these figures here, here and here [thanks ezny, omrimayo & freddyfu123]
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