Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Hottest U2 rock band Tops the Billboard 200


U2's seventh No.1 album "No Line on the Horizon" bows in the top slot on The Billboard 200, trailing the Beatles and the Rolling Stones by earning a distinguished Billboard record. According to Nielsen Soundscan, U2's interscope album moved 484,000 copies in the U.S, the best sales week for an artist since Britney Spears arrive at No. 1 last December with 505,000 copies. U2 and Led Zeppelin is now tied for the third most No.1s among groups.

According to Billboard year 1987 when U2's first topped the Billboard 200 with "The Joshua Tree" spending 9 consecutive weeks at No.1. And followed with four No.1s in a row: 1988, "Rattle and Hum", 1991 "Achtung Baby", 1993 "Zooropa", and 1997 the "Pop". And again they returned No. 1 in 2004 with "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" this album was released during the thanksgiving week of 2004 and they got 840,000 copies.
And now Taylor Swift's chart-topping album was bumped down to the No.2 spot selling 52,000 copies for the week.

By June 30 in Barcelona U2 rock band having a tour with their album " Kiss the Future" until the fall of 2010.

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