LED ZEPPELIN's 'How The West Was Won' To Debut At No. 1!

June 3, 2003

LED ZEPPELIN are on track to have the No. 1 album in the U.S. next week, with "How The West Was Won" reportedly outselling its nearest rock rival, EVANESCENCE's "Fallen" (No. 3),by nearly 2 to 1. 50 CENT's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" landed at No. 2, according to early reports.

The triple live album is expected to sell around 145,000 units this week, down somewhat on the first week sales of STAIND and DEFTONES last week, but enough to beat MARILYN MANSON, whose "The Golden Age of Grotesque" shifted 118,174 copies in the U.S. during its first week of release.

LED ZEPPELIN are believed to have sold over 200 million albums worldwide.

Here's have they have shifted in the U.S. alone (in descending order, based on sales certification):

01. "Led Zeppelin IV" - 22x Platinum
02. "Physical Graffiti" - 15x Platinum
03. "Led Zeppelin II" - 12 x Platinum
04. "Houses of the Holy" - 11x Platinum
05. "Led Zeppelin" - 10x Platinum
06. "Led Zeppelin III" - 6x Platinum
07. "Led Zeppelin I" - 6x Platinum
08. "In Through The Out Door" - 6x Platinum
09. "The Song Remains The Same" - 4x Platinum
10. "Presence" - 3x Platinum
11. "Remasters" - 2x Platinum
12. "BBC Sessions (1997)" - 2x Platinum
13. "The Complete Studio Recordings" - 2x Platinum
14. "Coda" – 1x Platinum
15. "Early Days The Best of Led Zeppelin Vol. 1" – 1x Platinum

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