Take That’s Progress and Susan Boyle’s The Gift will be sold on Amazon at the low price, during their Black Friday Deals Week.

Amazon.co.uk’s managing director , Brian McBride, said: ‘For many years, shoppers on the other side of the Atlantic have benefited from massive savings offered by retailers around Black Friday and customers in the UK will now be able to enjoy that same experience.

‘The new albums from Take That and Susan Boyle will be on many people’s Christmas wish lists this year.’

Susan Boyle has already broken a world record with the success of The Gift, making her the first female artist to simultaneously have a number one album in the US and UK twice in less than a year.

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Take That's new album Progress has topped the UK chart, achieving the biggest opening week sales of any record for 13 years.

The Official Charts Company said it sold almost 520,000 albums - more than the rest of the top 10 put together.

It is the band's first album since reuniting with Robbie Williams.

The last album to exceed sales of 500,000 copies was Oasis's Be Here Now, which sold 663,000 in its first chart week in 1997.

Progress is the group's fifth number one studio album out of the six they have released.

Their 2006 reunion album, Beautiful World, sold 2.5 million copies in the UK and clung to the number one spot for eight weeks.

In 2008, The Circus sold one million copies in just 18 days. To date it is nearing sales of 2.2 million.

Progress was one of five new albums to enter the top 10 this week, with Rihanna's Loud coming in at number two.
JLS Money raised from sales of JLS's love You More will go to Children in Need

Susan Boyle fell two places to three with The Gift, while violinist Andre Rieu's Moonlight Serenade - an album of waltz tunes - entered the chart at four.

Greatest Hit's So Far by Pink came in just behind at five and Bruce Springsteen's latest album, The Promise, entered at seven.

Meanwhile, in the singles chart, X Factor runners-up JLS went straight in at number one with their Children In Need charity single, Love You More.

Take That remained at two with The Flood while Ellie Goulding's version of Elton John's Your Song leapt up the chart 36 places from 39 to three. The song is currently being used in a television advert campaign for a department store.

Last week's number one Rihanna fell three places to four with Only Girl and Katy Perry rounded out the top five with Firework.

The only other new entry in the top 10 was Westlife with Safe coming in at 10.

And after Beatles back catalogue was finally made available via iTunes after years of negotiations, Hey Jude made a re-appearance on the chart, just enterting at number 40.
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Take That proved they really are Back For Good in hearts of the British public after the newly-reformed quintet's latest album achieved the biggest-selling opening week sales of any album for 13 years.

Progress, the band's new album, has sold almost 520,000 copies - more than the rest of the album charts top ten put together, according to the Official Charts Company.

The last album to exceed sales of 500,000 copies was Oasis's Be Here Now, which sold 663,000 in its first chart week in 1997.
Take That

Reunited: All five members of Take That performing live on X Factor

Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company, said: 'Since their reunion as a four-piece four years ago, Take That have firmly established themselves as the UK's favourite band.

'Following the return of Robbie Williams to their ranks, that record has been further cemented - and they are now well on course to rule Christmas 2010, just as they dominated Christmas 2006 and 2008.'

Progress is the band's first album since reuniting with Robbie Williams.
Take That

Record breakers: Take That, pictured performing on Children In Need, have cemented their position as Britain's best-loved band

Take That's 2006 reunion album, Beautiful World, sold 2.5 million copies in the UK and clung to the number one spot for eight weeks while 2008's The Circus sold one million copies in just 18 days and, to date, it is nearing sales of 2.2 million.

Progress, the band's sixth studio album, is the first to feature the full line up of Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams since 1995's Somebody Else.

The 10-song album was produced by Stuart Price and is a mix of pop, rock and ballads.

Earlier this month, the band sold 1.34 million tickets for their upcoming tour. The first million sold in just eight hours.
Robbie Williams performing with fellow Take That member Howard Donald

Back for good: Robbie Williams performing with fellow Take That member Howard Donald

It was one of five new albums to enter the top ten this week. Rihanna's Loud came in second spot, Andre Rieu's Moonlight Serenade entered the charts in fourth position, Greatest Hit's So Far by Pink was fifth and Bruce Springsteen's The Promise was seventh.

It was a successful week for boy bands all round as JLS's new song Love You More was named number one in the singles chart.

The song was the official Children In Need charity single.

Take That remained in second spot in the singles chart with The Flood while Westlife's song Safe entered the charts at number ten.

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Интерес публики к этому альбому не в последнюю очередь обусловлен тем, что «Progress» является первой за 15 лет работой Take That, записанной в оригинальном составе – с вернувшимся в «семью» Робби Уильямсом (Robbie Williams). Свою роль сыграло и выступление Take That в рамках «общенационального» шоу «X Factor» за день до выхода альбома.

Отметим, что абсолютный рекорд по цифрам первого дня продаж на сегодня удерживают Oasis: их альбом «Be Here Now» в первые 24 часа после релиза в 1997-м году разошелся тиражом 350 тысяч копий.

Но Oasis уже распались, и в их отсутствие Take That медленно, но верно превращаются в главную британскую группу последних лет – таких себе «Битлз» 21 столетия (что бы ни думали по этому поводу братья Галлахеры). Чтобы не быть голословными, напомним, что недавно Робби и компания поставили еще один сумасшедший рекорд – распродали 1 миллион билетов на свои предстоящие шоу всего за один лишь день. Ну а то, что их гастроли год от года признаются самыми успешными концертными забегами в масштабах Великобритании – это как бы уже традиция…
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Естественно, что альбом оригинального состава ТТ не мог плохо раскупаться, да еще при на этот раз грамотной рекламе.
Количество - не качество. Вон, Оазис выше, а мне от них ни жарко, ни холодно.
Так что все относительно, дело вкуса.

А BHN Oasis -замечательный альбом! Половина песен - мои любимые, а остальные - самые любимые!