A little post on the global chart performance of the Avalon album. I can't find a highest position for Portugal, but it was the 3rd best seller there in 1982. The info I found for Japan shows disppointing sales, (28,370). If accurate I hope they are only for 1982 and that it in fact shifted significantly more over the years. Wiki shows French sales of 379,600 - the source webpage has been archived.
Highest Chart Position (where known)
UK #1 Australia #1 Belgium #1 Canada #1 Holland #1 New Zealand #1 Norway #1 Sweden #1
Switzerland #2
Denmark #4 France #4 Germany #4
Austria #5
Italy #14
Japan #37
USA #53
Year End Charts: UK #9 Australia #5 Canada #4 France #5 Italy #49 New Zealand #4 Portugal #3 Switzerland #12
Some certifications:
UK Platinum Australia Double Platinum Canada Platinum USA Platinum
France Gold Germany Gold
Not all charts are available, & album probably charted in for example; Ireland, where all 3 singles from the album made the top 10; Spain, where 'More Than This' single reached #10, & quite possibly Israel & South Africa too.
Would be interesting if the band/management kept a record of the Gold/Platinum discs they received from around the world for the album, especially if it was somewhere other than the expected markets.
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