Chart Success and Award Nominations
Afterglow was released on November 4, 2003 and was a success in North America, reaching number two on the Billboard 200, selling 361,000 copies in its first week of release and number one on the Canadian charts. It reached #33 in the UK (McLachlan's biggest success there thus far) and the top 50 in Australia in 2004. The first single, "Fallen", reached the top ten on the Adult Top 40 Billboard charts and a remix reached top ten in the United States dance charts. A second single, "Stupid" was released in March 2004.
McLachlan was nominated in five Juno Award categories in Canada, including Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year for Afterglow, and Songwriter of the Year for the songs on the album. The awards were announced on April 4, 2004. The album was also nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Pop Vocal Album field in 2005.
Although not as a success as Surfacing, Afterglow sold over 2,500,000 units in the U.S. and went two times platinum. Worldwide, the album has sold more than five million copies, mainly in United States, Canada and United Kingdom.
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