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Mute Records founder Daniel Miller is backing Depeche Mode's new album to beat the 2.5m worldwide sales of its predecessor after it debuted at number one in 20 countries.
Sounds Of The Universe, the Mute veterans' 12th album and their first to be released on EMI globally following a new deal last year, also entered at number three in the US to give the band their highest debut there in more than 16 years.
Their manager Jonathan Kessler says EMI was able to deliver on a strong, global rollout. "It's always something we're very sensitive of. This band's fanbase is so rampant, you really would insult the fan in Japan or the fan in Germany if the release wasn't simultaneous. They get very upset with anything that is exclusive to a particular territory."
Miller is now hopeful the album will beat the 2.5m sales of 2005's Playing The Angel and says the result so far is testament to the strength of both the record and EMI's infrastructure around the world. "It has been an extremely-focused campaign by everybody involved, a very strong team effort," he says. "There are ...