Paul McCartney – Back in the US : quand Capitol prend la grosse tête

Capitol Records, en charge de la distribution du CD et du DVD de Paul McCartney « Back in the U.S » est tellement satisfait des ventes de l’album de Paul, qu’il vient de diffuser le communiqué suivant, vous en conviendrez, peu humble :

Paul McCartney’s « Back In The U.S.: Concert Film » has scored the biggest-selling debut week for a stand-alone music DVD in SoundScan history. With sales of 61,267 copies, the DVD enters the chart at No. 1 this week.

In addition, more copies of the two-CD « Back In The U.S.: Live 2002 » have been sold in its debut week than any McCartney solo since the inception of SoundScan. The album, which will debut at No. 8 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart with 224,245 copies sold, is also No. 1 on the Internet Sales chart.

The « Back In The U.S. Tour » was the top-grossing concert tour of 2002, according to Billboard, with box office of more than $100 million in the U.S. alone.