Coldplay Break iTunes Selling Record

Pointing to an increasingly equal digital vs. physical playing field, Coldplay’s latest album, Mylo Xyloto, which was released on October 24, has broken an iTunes record by selling more than 500,000 downloads in a week.

The band bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart this week, the third time to do so, moving 447,000 units across all formats, according to Nielsen SoundScan (that number tallies US sales only, iTunes downloads are worldwide).

It marks the third largest sales week of the year for an album, after Lady Gaga's Born This Way debut (1.1 million) and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV start (964,000).

Mylo is also the biggest biggest week for a rock effort since U2's No Line On The Horizon debuted at No. 1 with 484,000 in 2009.

Thanks for the report to HollywoodReporter.com.

Comments

[dtitus92]

Meanwhile, filesharing is at an all time high.

[WholeLottaIzzy]

Ugh... Coldplay need to go away forever and never come back.

[alarcher36]

Ugh... Coldplay need to go away forever and never come back.

Agreed

[Supersonic1]

What record did they break? Misleading title much?

[ninfan200]

while not the biggest fan of the group id rather have coldplay at the top instead of lil wayne

[l.u.c.]

Obviously none of those 500,000 are on these forums.

[belavista man]

I wish they'd start using titles that make sense for their albums... 'Parachutes' and 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' were kinda it...

[Wakisazhi]

The new album is actually decent. It's no Parachutes or A Rush of Blood to the Head but it's definitely a decent album nonetheless and I enjoyed it more than I expected.

[Trowzaa]

l.u.c. wrote:

Obviously none of those 500,000 are on these forums.

Why's that obvious? I bought it.

[l.u.c.]

^^^ the only thing that shouldve been obvious was my sarcasm. Its a bit of a gross generalization to assume that out of any sampling of 500,000 people (let alone a band's sales on a music website) you wouldn't find one or two of those people on here. I was mostly speaking in regards to their general lack of popularity amongst these specific forums as is apparant by the lack of comments in this thread.

[OtherGuy]

Coldplay, love them or hate them, are one of the biggest, if not the very biggest pop band in the world, but this album is a let down for me
There are 3 or 4 tracks i enjoy, and i can get into the rest, but Viva la Vida for me was so much more of a better album. Still can't deny how brilliant they are

[tomc2]

We all know Coldplay is just Radioheads side project when they feel like playing a really shitty watered down version of their style hahaha