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Arctic Monkeys Break Records

Arctic Monkeys Break Records

By Guy Brighton on January 30, 2006

In the traditionally slowest month for record sales in the UK, the Arctic Monkey’s debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not sold 363,735 over-the-counter sales during the first week of release- a British record for any debut album ever. The Arctic Monkeys leveraged the web including MySpace to gain popularity.

Guardian Newspaper Article

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