January 30, 2006

Arctic Monkeys Break Records

by Guy Brighton

Images2_1In 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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