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The group's fifth album, The Joshua Tree (1987), made them international superstars and was a critical and commercial success, reaching number one in over 20 countries; it is one of the best-selling albums in the US (10 million copies shipped) and worldwide (25 million copies sold).
Following the release of their single "Another Day" in 1980, U2 signed a recording contract with Island Records, [2] and released their first album, Boy, later that year. The band has since released 15 full-length studio albums, the most recent being Songs of Surrender in 2023. As of 2024, U2 have released 442 songs.
In November 1998, U2 released their first compilation album, The Best of 1980–1990, [192] which featured a re-recording of a 1987 B-side, "Sweetest Thing", as its single. [193] The album broke a first-week sales record in the US for a greatest hits collection by a group, [194] and "Sweetest Thing" topped the singles charts in Ireland and ...
The Best of 1990–2000 is the second greatest hits album by Irish rock band U2.It was released on 5 November 2002 through Island Records and Interscope Records.The follow-up to The Best of 1980–1990 (1998), it was issued as both a single-disc CD compilation and as a multi-disc compilation called The Best of 1990–2000 & B-Sides, which included a second disc of 14 B-sides released between ...
The Best of 1980–1990 is the first greatest hits compilation by Irish rock band U2, released on 2 November 1998.It mostly contains the group's hit singles from the 1980s, but also mixes in some live staples, as well as a re-recording of the 1987 B-side "Sweetest Thing".
Pages in category "U2 compilation albums" ... The Best of 1980–1990; The Best of 1990–2000; Best of U2; C. The Complete U2; D. Duals; M. Medium, Rare & Remastered;
The Joshua Tree is the fifth studio album by Irish rock band U2.It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 9 March 1987 by Island Records.In contrast to the ambient experimentation of their 1984 release, The Unforgettable Fire, the band aimed for a harder-hitting sound within the limitation of conventional song structures on The Joshua Tree.
The album debuted at number one in the U.S. where first week sales doubled that of All That You Can't Leave Behind and set a record for the band. [124] The same day, The Complete U2 digital box set is released by Apple on the iTunes Store. It is the first major release of a purely digital online set by any artist.