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English rock band Arctic Monkeys have released seven studio albums, five extended plays, two video albums, 24 music videos and 23 singles.Formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist and backing vocalist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. English rock band "Jamie Cook" redirects here. For other uses, see Jamie Cook (disambiguation). Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys performing at the Roskilde Festival in 2014. From left to right: Nick O'Malley, Alex Turner, Matt Helders and Jamie Cook Background information Also known as ...
This is a list of the best-selling albums by year in the United States, published by American music magazine Billboard since 1956 as year-end rankings of album sales. Until 1991, the Billboard album chart was based on a survey of representative retail outlets that determined a ranking, not a tally of actual sales.
(2006), the group released their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare in 2007. [10] The album is noted as containing a harder and more aggressive sound than their debut, with lyrics exploring failed relationships, nostalgia and growing old. [11] [12] The group's third album, Humbug, was released in 2009.
Commercially, the album has become one of Arctic Monkeys' most successful to date, topping charts in several countries, and reaching top ten positions in many more. Topping the UK Albums Chart, it sold over 157,000 copies in its first week and also went on to be one of the UK's best-selling vinyl albums of the decade, selling 73,000 units. [3]
The album was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2007 [30] and won Best British Album at the BRIT Awards the following year. [ 31 ] In the United States, the album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 , selling around 44,000 copies in its first week and become the band's first top-10 album there. [ 32 ]
Timeline of the highest-selling album record Year record set Artist Album Record-setting sales (millions) Total sales (millions) Ref(s) 1945 Various Artists Oklahoma! (78 rpm album) 0.5 1.0 [218] [219] After 1946 Al Jolson: The Jolson Story: 1 [220] 1956 Various Artists Oklahoma! (LP album) 1.75 2.5 [221] 1956/1957 Various Artists My Fair Lady: 2 5
Those albums are notable as the only non-competitive winners in the award's history, with the award both times given directly to the year's highest-selling album. To date, 15 artists have won Album of the Year with their debut albums: Sade , Fairground Attraction , Seal , Coldplay, Dido , The Darkness , Keane , Arctic Monkeys, Duffy , Florence ...