U2 Sees Unprecedented Album Chart Success In Wake Of Historic Songs Of Innocence Launch

WHAT: Three days after U2 teamed with Apple to release its latest album, Songs Of Innocence (Interscope Records), in what the company called the biggest album launch ever, U2 continues to make history.

After delivering the new album for free to over half a billion iTunes customers, U2 also saw an unprecedented number of its previous releases enter the iTunes US album chart. As of Thursday afternoon, 24 of the band’s titles had charted on the top 200 of the chart, and the U218 Singles Collection had reached top 10 in 46 countries.