Take That’s first release as a three piece is the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.co.uk overtaking Pink Floyd, One Direction, Robbie Williams and Susan Boyle.
Take That’s new album, III, has become the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.co.uk. III is their first album since the band line-up became Gary Barlow, Mark Owen and Howard Donald.
With only days to go until its release on December 1, the album has overtaken recently appointed all-time pre-order front runners Pink Floyd’s first album in 20 years The Endless River, ex bandmate Robbie Williams’s Swings Both Ways, and One Direction’s 2013 hit Midnight Memories, giving Take That its third entry in Amazon’s top ten most pre-ordered artist albums of all time.
The band also overtakes the likes of Coldplay, Paolo Nutini and Ed Sheeran in the top ten pre-order artist albums of 2014 chart.
“The competition is heating up as Olly Murs, One Direction and Take That, to name a few, battle for the Christmas number one spot. It’s an exciting twist to see that only a few days before release Take That have swept in and taken the top spot on Amazon pre-orders,” said Director of Amazon EU Digital Music, Steve Bernstein. “We’ll all be eagerly anticipating who comes out on top, but it’s great to see such a much loved UK band continue with such success.”
Through Amazon AutoRip, customers who order III CD or vinyl formats will receive a free digital download of the album in their Amazon Music Library on the day of release.
Top 10 pre-ordered artist albums of 2014:
III – Take That
The Endless River – Pink Floyd
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
FOUR – One Direction
Never Been Better – Olly Murs
Rock Or Bust – AC/DC
High Hopes – Bruce Springsteen
Sonic Highways – Foo Fighters
Caustic Love – Paolo Nutini
X – Ed Sheeran
Top 10 pre-ordered artist albums of all time:
III – Take That
The Endless River – Pink Floyd
Midnight Memories – One Direction
Swings Both Ways – Robbie Williams
Progress – Take That
I Dreamed a Dream – Susan Boyle
Ghost Stories – Coldplay
The Next Day – David Bowie
X&Y – Coldplay
The Circus – Take That
