How the Charts Were Won - Led Zeppelin CD & DVD Sets Debut at #1!
Twenty-three years since playing their last concert, Led Zeppelin rocks to the
top of the charts this week with simultaneous #1 debuts on The Billboard 200
album charts - with HOW THE WEST WAS WON (3-CD set), and on the magazine's Top
Music Videos chart - with LED ZEPPELIN DVD (2-DVD set).
In the U.S., LED ZEPPELIN DVD achieved far and away the highest-ever first-week
and single-week sales for a music DVD, doubling the previous sales record set by
Paul McCartney's 'Back In The U.S.' HOW THE WEST WAS WON is Led Zeppelin's first
#1 Billboard album since their final studio album of all-new material, 1979's IN
THROUGH THE OUT DOOR.
Around the world, the new Zeppelin releases are similarly soaring, with the DVD
ranking #1 on the music video charts in Australia, Canada, France, Norway,
Sweden, and the UK, and ranking in the top five in Austria, Holland, and Hong
Kong. The CD debuted at #1 in Canada and #5 in the UK, with top ten premieres in
Ireland, Italy, and Norway.
On Tuesday, May 27th -- the U.S. release date -- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and
John Paul Jones attended a special red carpet premiere of the DVD at Loews 34th
Street Theatre in New York City. The band personally introduced a spectacular
2-hour edited presentation of the DVD to audiences in three separate theatres,
and echoing a true live performance, the band was greeted with standing
ovations. That same evening, premiere presentations of the DVD were also held at
Loews Theatres in seven other U.S. cities.
Both releases were supported by global promotion on AOL Music, kicking off May
12th with an exclusive \"First View\" of \"What Is And What Should Never Be\" (Royal
Albert Hall, 1970) from LED ZEPPELIN DVD. AOL members streamed the clip 393,780
times in two days, placing the video among the top ten of AOL's all-time First
View promotions to date. AOL also hosted a \"Broadband Rocks\" concert
compilation of six selected performances from the DVD the weekend before
release, followed on May 26th by a pre-release Listening Party for Disc One of
\"HOW THE WEST WAS WON.\" In addition, all three surviving members of Led Zeppelin
appeared in a rare national network interview May 26th on NBC's Today Show.
During the interview, Page, Plant and Jones all paid tribute to the
unforgettable contribution of late Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham.
These landmark Led Zeppelin recordings mark the first-ever official release of
these rare live performances spanning the band's entire career. With over 200
million albums sold worldwide, Led Zeppelin is -- still -- the biggest-selling
rock group in history!
The new www.ledzeppelin.com web site is live now!
Twenty-three years since playing their last concert, Led Zeppelin rocks to the
top of the charts this week with simultaneous #1 debuts on The Billboard 200
album charts - with HOW THE WEST WAS WON (3-CD set), and on the magazine's Top
Music Videos chart - with LED ZEPPELIN DVD (2-DVD set).
In the U.S., LED ZEPPELIN DVD achieved far and away the highest-ever first-week
and single-week sales for a music DVD, doubling the previous sales record set by
Paul McCartney's 'Back In The U.S.' HOW THE WEST WAS WON is Led Zeppelin's first
#1 Billboard album since their final studio album of all-new material, 1979's IN
THROUGH THE OUT DOOR.
Around the world, the new Zeppelin releases are similarly soaring, with the DVD
ranking #1 on the music video charts in Australia, Canada, France, Norway,
Sweden, and the UK, and ranking in the top five in Austria, Holland, and Hong
Kong. The CD debuted at #1 in Canada and #5 in the UK, with top ten premieres in
Ireland, Italy, and Norway.
On Tuesday, May 27th -- the U.S. release date -- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and
John Paul Jones attended a special red carpet premiere of the DVD at Loews 34th
Street Theatre in New York City. The band personally introduced a spectacular
2-hour edited presentation of the DVD to audiences in three separate theatres,
and echoing a true live performance, the band was greeted with standing
ovations. That same evening, premiere presentations of the DVD were also held at
Loews Theatres in seven other U.S. cities.
Both releases were supported by global promotion on AOL Music, kicking off May
12th with an exclusive \"First View\" of \"What Is And What Should Never Be\" (Royal
Albert Hall, 1970) from LED ZEPPELIN DVD. AOL members streamed the clip 393,780
times in two days, placing the video among the top ten of AOL's all-time First
View promotions to date. AOL also hosted a \"Broadband Rocks\" concert
compilation of six selected performances from the DVD the weekend before
release, followed on May 26th by a pre-release Listening Party for Disc One of
\"HOW THE WEST WAS WON.\" In addition, all three surviving members of Led Zeppelin
appeared in a rare national network interview May 26th on NBC's Today Show.
During the interview, Page, Plant and Jones all paid tribute to the
unforgettable contribution of late Led Zeppelin drummer, John Bonham.
These landmark Led Zeppelin recordings mark the first-ever official release of
these rare live performances spanning the band's entire career. With over 200
million albums sold worldwide, Led Zeppelin is -- still -- the biggest-selling
rock group in history!
The new www.ledzeppelin.com web site is live now!