Coldplay Set To Replace Lil Wayne On US Album Chart With 'Viva La Vida'

Coldplay's new album 'Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends' will top the US Billboard album chart next week, according to early sales figures.

The band's fourth album sold 316,000 copies on its first day of release yesterday (June 18th).

It should complete a chart double for the band who have just debuted at the top of the Billboard Top-100 singles countdown with the albums' title track.

When sales close at the weekend, 'Viva La Vida' is expected to have sold in the region of 800,000 copies, making it one of the biggest US releases of the year.

It will also replace the years biggest selling album so far, 'Tha Carter III', by US rapper Lil' Wayne.

As previously reported, the rapper's sixth album has comprehensively taken control of the US album chart, selling over one million copies in its first sales week.

The record is the fastest seller since 50 Cent's 2005 album 'The Massacre'.

(by Jason Gregory)

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