Elizabeth Platt ([email protected])
Sun, 8 Nov 1998 16:55:53 -0800 (PST)
News from the Wire Services Re: Ireland & the Irish
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New U2 Album Proves A Top Seller
PA 11/07/98 05:53
Copyright 1998 PA News
By Ruth O'Reilly, PA News
Irish supergroup U2 today earned the accolade of producing
the country's fastest-selling album ever.
The band's collection of greatest hits went straight to No
1 in the country's album chart, outselling nearest rival
Alanis Morrisette 11 to one, said publicist Lindsey Holmes.
She said 135,000 copies of "U2: The Best Of 1980 - 1990"
had been distributed to record shops around Ireland, and six
days after release they were selling out rapidly.
"Shops throughout the country are astounded at the quantity
and the speed with which the album is selling, people are
buying two and three copies at a time, which is almost unheard
of," she said.
The collection went on sale on Monday as a limited edition
CD pack, featuring 15 of the band's B-sides from the 1980's
along with the main album.
From November 9, only the single CD of 14 greatest hits
will be distributed to the shops. "One shop even mentioned
the possibility of rationing the album to one copy per person
due to the restricted availability of the album," said Ms
Holmes.
U2 remains Ireland's most successful rock group ever with
album sales topping more than 75 million over a 20-year
period.
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Jay Dooling ([email protected])
Irish Aires - 90.1FM KPFT in Houston
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Irish_Aires/homepage.htm
Dooling & Mabe, CPA
http://www.doolingmabe-cpa.com/
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