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U2 UK Shipments

Key
year of release
year of last BPI certification
title
BPI shipment
UK sales

Studio Albums
1980 1985 Boy - 100,000 350,000
1981 1992 October - 300,000 400,000
1983 1992 War - 600,000 860,000
1984 1987 Unforgettable Fire - 600,000 880,000
1987 1992 Joshua Tree - 1,800,000 2,500,000
1991 2001 Achtung Baby - 1,200,000 1,380,000
1997 1997 Pop - 300,000 450,000
2000 2000 All That You Can't Leave - 600,000 1,115,000
2004 2005 How To Dismantle - 1,200,000 1,220,000

Other Albums
1983 1987 Under A Blood Red Sky - 900,000 1,450,000
1985 1985 Wide Awake in America - 60,000 150,000
1988 1995 Rattle and Hum - 1,200,000 1,450,000
1993 1993 Zooropa - 300,000 600,000

Compilations
1998 2002 Best 1980-1990 - 1,500,000 1,850,000 ***
1998 none Best 1980-1990/B Sides

2002 2003 Best 1990-2000 - 600,000 850,000 ***
2002 none Best 1990-2000/B Sides

*** Combined figure of single and double disc versions for UK sales and BPI certification.

in us

AB 5.440.000 but 8x platinum
Zooropa 2.332.000
Pop 1.498.000
BO 80-90 & B-sides 1.400.000
BO 80-90 2.650.000
ATYCLB 4.284.000
BO 90-00 & B-sides 556.000
BO 90-00 711.000
HTDAAB 3.152.000

edge3

The BPI certified ATYCLB 3xP (for shipments of 900,000) on Friday Dec 15th 2000. So total UK BPI certified shipments now = 11,560,000.

Also i'd say total US sales (& certifications) are now something like this :

Boy : 1.2m (1xP on Sept 11th 1995)

October : 1.2m (1xP on Sept 11th 1995)

War : 4.5m (4xP on Sept 11th 1995)

UABRS : 3.5m (3xP on May 23rd 1994)

Unforgettable Fire : 3.5m (3xP on May 23rd 1994)

WAIA : 1.2m (1xP on May 23rd 1994)

Joshua Tree : 11.5m (10xP on Sept 11th 1995)

Rattle & Hum : 5.5m (5xP on Sept 11th 1995)

Actung Baby : 8.7m (8xP on Nov 15th 1997)

Zooropa : 2.5m (2xP on Sept 8th 1993)

Pop : 1.5m (1xP on May 7th 1997)

Best Off 80-90 : 4.2m (1-cd version certified 2xP in 2002, 2-cd version certified 2xP, for shipments of 1m, in Dec 1998)

ATYCLB : 4.29m (4xP Feb 2004)

Best Of 90-00 : 1.3m (1cd version 1xP in March 2003, 2cd version not certified)

HTDAAB : 3.16m (2xP Dec 2004)

Total approx US sales = 57,750,000 (Total RIAA certified shipments = 50,000,000)

Mirrorball06

I've checked the BPI site but I can't find the 3xp for ATYCLB. Only the 2xp on 15-12-00, the same day.

edge3

Oh yeah, that's the wrong date. It is definitely 3xP though. I have editions of MusicWeek which show it to be. It was certified in 2001/02 - not sure which, i'll have to check. BPI site has loads of missing certs.

Also, MusicWeek March 12th 2005 edition reported total UK sales to date of 1,083,169. & it then had another 9 week run on the Top 100/200 (through the rest of 2005)...which is partly why i estimate its sold another 32k since.

edge3

ok just had a look at those MusicWeeks & it was certified 3xP in 2001 - between March 24th & July 14th (editions).

Mirrorball06

Could ATYCLB be certifited 3xp on 16-3-01? On that day Achtung Baby and Best of 80-90 were also certifited.

edge3

No, not according to that week's edition of MusicWeek (& i just re-checked it to be sure). Was still 2xP that week.

edge3

(& this issue of MusicWeek did include the recent, 16/03/01, 4xP re-cert's for AB & Best Of 80-90).

Mirrorball06

Can you search for the exact week it was 3xp?

edge3

I didn't actually get the Mar 24th to Jul 14th 2001 editions of MusicWeek. I might be able to find them sometime though.

Mirrorball06

The BPI has updated his website and it shows that U218 singles has been certified platinum on fri 8-12-06.

But I believe it's stil incomplete. It should be 2xp already in January. And ATYCLB definetely is 3xp but that's not shown.

edge3

Feb 3rd edition of MusicWeek first showed the 2xPlatinum cert for U218. I think albums most often get certified on the Friday so exact date of certifiation was probably Frid 26th Jan.

Mirrorball06

Checked the BPI site again and 18 singles is indeed 2xp at Friday 26 Januari.

Now they have to update ATYCLB.