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Two UK acts receive IFPI sales honour
07 December 2004 - 16:24:31

Robbie Williams' Greatest Hits has been recognised by the IFPI for racing to 3m sales across Europe.

The EMI album, which was released in October, gained a triple-platinum IFPI honour in November as Polydor act Snow Patrol won their first IFPI Platinum Award for 1m pan-European sales of Final Straw, their first for the Universal company.

Other albums to receive qualifications include Britney Spears' BMG-released Greatest Hits, which receives a level one certification, as does Eminem's Encore (Universal), Michael Buble's self-titled Warner set and REM's Around The Sun (Warner).

U2's How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (Universal), which is two days into its third week of release, has already reached double-platinum status.