The Interscope album moved 484,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, the best sales week for an artist since Britney Spears' "Circus" arrived at No. 1 in early December with 505,000.
U2 is now tied with Led Zeppelin for the third-most No. 1s by a band, behind only the Beatles' 19 and the Rolling Stones' nine. - more on this story
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