Best Of - sells 2 million copies in Europe

[mike63]

According to the ifpi the 1990-2000 Best Of has sold (not just shipped) 2 million copies already in Europe. It has platinum/multi platinum awards in 10 European countries and gold awards in 5 others.

These figures show (again) that Europe is U2s biggest (and most supportive) market in terms of CD sales. I hope the boys remember this when planning the next tour.

Mike

 

[STING2]

Great to see this certification. Hopefully there will be some North American ones soon.

 

[mike63]

UK certification

In the UK the Best Of 1990-2000 was certified as platinum on the 8/11 - clearly copies shipped in thois instance, rather than salers. At the same time Best Of 1980=1990 was certified as 5 times platinum.

Mike

 

[BigMacPhisto]

These figures show (again) that Europe is U2s biggest (and most supportive) market in terms of CD sales. I hope the boys remember this when planning the next tour.

Mike

You have to remember though that a large amount of Europeans can't afford the expensive ticket prices that U2's tours have here in the United States, so the band definitely makes more from an American show than a European one.