Charts
The album was a hit for the group:
- In Australia, Brothers in Arms was the biggest selling album in 1985 and the second best selling album in 1986, behind Whitney Houston's eponymous album. It topped the albums chart for 34 (non-consecutive) weeks, and is the album with the second most weeks at number-one in ARIA Albums Chart.
- In the Netherlands, the album broke the all-time longest chart history with (non-consecutive) 269 weeks.
- In the UK it reached #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and has achieved 228 weeks in the chart.
- In the United States it reached #1 on the Billboard 200 and remained there for nine weeks.
- The album also topped the charts in Austria, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Yugoslavia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden and Turkey.
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