Reception
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The album sold 36,191 units in its debut week throughout the U.S., substantially improving from their first week sales of Final Straw. U.S. sales have totaled over 700,000 as of February 2007.
The album hit #1 in its 11th week on the New Zealand chart and reached 2× Platinum therefore shipping over 30,000 units. In the UK the album sold over 2,000,000 copies being certified 6× Platinum by the BPI. It has also reached #1 in the ARIA Albums Chart, and was certified 3× Platinum on 8 January 2007 (210,000+ units shipped). On 26 November 2006, it became the UK's best-selling album of 2006, selling over 1.5 million copies at the end of the year, with a cumulative total of 1.8 million. It also reached #1 in the Irish albums chart where it went 7× platinum. In total, the album has sold 5 million copies worldwide.
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