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Sanctuary Recorded Music Worldwide CEO Joe Cokell believes the recent negative headlines surrounding the group have distracted from some of the company's successes. Most recently, Simple Minds entered at six in the German album chart, seven in Italy, 10 in Belgium and "in the teens and 20s in several other European markets", he says.
"This is an example of an act which haven't had significant album success in terms of album sales for many years, and yet have achieved 180,000 sales in the last seven days," he says.
"People have lost sight of some of the successes that the company has been working on. It is not just about what is happening in the UK and the US, but in Europe and around the world too."
Cokell points out that, besides this Simple Minds success, Rough Trade's Adam Green has sold 125,000 albums in Germany, while Arcade Fire have sold 200,000 albums in Europe and Antony & The Johnsons 160,000 in Europe. In turn, Sanctuary's Robert Plant ...