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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).
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".
U2 have released 15 studio albums and are one of the world's best-selling music artists, having sold an estimated 150–170 million records worldwide. [1] They have won 22 Grammy Awards —the most of any band—and in 2005, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility.
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.
2 March: At the Grammy Awards, U2 win "Best Vocal of the Year" for "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and "Album of the Year" for The Joshua Tree. [78] May: U2 record additional material for the movie at Dublin's Point Depot. Footage of performances of "Van Diemen's Land" and "Desire" are later used in the movie. [78]
The Complete U2 is a digital box set by Irish rock band U2.It was released on 23 November 2004 by Apple Inc. on the iTunes Store. [1]It is the first major release of a purely digital online box set by any recording artist. [1]
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 art direction and design for U218 Singles was handled by Shaughn McGrath. Many different photographs were used in the album's packaging with front and back cover photographs taken by David Corio and Anton Corbijn, respectively with booklet photographs by Corbijn, Paul Slattery, Andrew McPherson, Colm Henry, Matt Mahurin, Pennie Smith, and Sheila Rock. [7]