Overview
Pink Floyd's new album, The Endless River, has become the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.co.uk. The Endless River, is their first album since 1994's The Division Bell.
With only days to go until its release on 10 November 2014, the album has overtaken One Direction's 2013 hit Midnight Memories as the most preordered album of all time on Amazon.co.uk, also beating Robbie Williams, Take That and Susan Boyle in the all-time pre-order chart.
Through Amazon AutoRip, customers who order The Endless River CD or vinyl formats will receive a free digital download of the album in their Amazon Music Library on the day of release.
"Pink Floyd now have the most pre-ordered album on Amazon.co.uk, which is an outstanding achievement for the band and also it proves that they remain one of the most popular groups to grace the UK music scene," said Director of Amazon EU Digital Music, Steve Bernstein. "After waiting 20 years, our customers have relished being able to listen to new work by Pink Floyd. By pre-ordering The Endless River on CD or vinyl, customers know they will receive a digital download of the album for free into their Amazon Music Library on the day the album is released through Amazon AutoRip."
Top 10 pre-ordered artist albums of 2014
1
Pink Floyd
The Endless River
2
Coldplay
Ghost Stories
3
Bruce Springsteen
High Hopes
4
Paolo Nutini
Caustic Love
5
Ed Sheeran
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6
Kasabian
48:13:00
7
Elbow
The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
8
Collabro
Stars
9
Royal Blood
Royal Blood
10
Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey
Going Back Home
Top 10 pre-ordered artist albums of all time
1
Pink Floyd
The Endless River
2
One Direction
Midnight Memories
3
Robbie Williams
Swings Both Ways
4
Take That
Progress
5
Susan Boyle
I Dreamed a Dream
6
Coldplay
Ghost Stories
7
David Bowie
The Next Day
8
Coldplay
X&Y
9
Take That
The Circus
10
Amy Winehouse
Lioness: Hidden Treasure
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