Coldplay is the first artist to sell more than 1 million full digital albums in the United States. The band has sold 1.358 million digital albums in the States and EMI claims sales from around the globe have totaled over two million digital albums worldwide. Viva La Vida is the top-selling digital album in SoundScan history while 2005’s X&Y was the first-ever digital album available for pre-order. After the release of X&Y, Coldplay became the first artist to sell one million digital tracks in the U.S.
Coldplay is the first artist to sell more than 1 million full digital
