INTL: Duran Duran score best chart performance in nearly two decades

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Multi-platinum, award-winning pop legends Duran Duran have hit the charts around the world with their highly anticipated 15th studio album, Future Past. Available here: https://amzn.to/2ZMIKYb.

It is their first album released via Tape Modern/BMG and their best chart performance since the release of Astronaut (2004).

Future Past debuted at number three on the Official UK Albums chart. Internationally, the album made its chart debut at number eight in Germany, number nine in The Netherlands, number 20 in Switzerland and Italy, Top 20 positions in Australia and Belgium, and number 28 on the Billboard 200.

Said Fred Casimir, BMG EVP Global Repertoire: "We congratulate Duran Duran on the global success of their fantastic new album. With Future Past, they have created a piece of work whose sound is so new and modern, yet so classic Duran Duran. Forty years on they continue to set a new creative bar."

Future Past is Duran Duran’s first album in six years and features some of the most exciting names of the last 50 years. The album boasts esteemed producers Erol Alkan and Giorgio Moroder behind the board, plus special guest Graham Coxon of Blur on guitar, Mark Ronson, and David Bowie’s former pianist Mike Garson. The record was recorded across studios in London and LA over lockdown and was mixed by Mark ‘Spike’ Stent.

Formed in 1978, Duran Duran have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands. They achieved 14 singles in the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart and 21 in the US Billboard Hot 100. Duran Duran have won numerous awards throughout their career: two BRIT Awards including the 2004 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award for Lifetime Achievement, and a Video Visionary Award from the MTV Europe Music Awards. They were also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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November 2, 2021 7:00am ET by Pressparty  

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