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Coldplay crack the Billboard Hot 100
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Coldplay's 'Viva La Vida', the title track of their new LP, has gone to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart stateside, the first time a UK group has reached the top spot in 11 years.
The album Viva La Vida... is the fastest-selling album of 2008 so far, currently at number one in the UK and nearing sales of half a million.
Viva La Vida, reviewed here, is released in the US this week. Will they lap it up like the UK has? Probs. Another notch: the album holds the record for the biggest number of iTunes pre-sales. Something to do with this advert?
From the archive
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half a million sales
and they say no-one buys music anymore...!
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doooom...
so this is the new anti christ then?
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Jeez!
I can't imagine ever being in a band and being that excited by the idea of 'cracking America'. Do people even hope for number one records nowadays? I'm not sure what it means apart from a nice cheque and a more generic fanbase.
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Do people even hope for number one records nowadays?
I'd certainly think so!
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Oi vey
I can't even begin to say how naive that sounds, scar.
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The first british #1 single in 11 years on the Hot 100
That's something to be proud about, I guess.
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Unless I'm getting totally confused,
Leona Lewis was number one in the same chart in February.
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Ah, pedantics.
"First UK Group"
She was the first UK female to reach the spot in 20 years according to Wikipedia though.
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