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NOW That's What I Call Music! 100 outsells Arctic Monkeys by double
Virgin Radio
8 Aug 2018, 15:07
Turns out we're a compilation nation
As reported by Official Charts the pop compilation album - which combines some of the biggest hits on one record has - outsold Arctic Monkeys' by over double in its first week.
Alex Turner and his fellow monkeys may have claimed the fastest-selling artist album of the year so far, but NOW's latest record has sold over double the amount in its first week.
While 86,000 Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino LP's were sold in the first week after release, NOW That's What I Call Music!'s 100th edition sold a whopping 176,000 copies (as reported by the Official Charts).
And if that wasn't enough to brag about, NOW 1 - which was re-released on CD on the week commencing 27 July - entered the chart at No. 2.
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