 "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" received favourable reviews and reached number one in 30 countries, including the US, where first-week sales of 840,000 copies nearly doubled the band's previous personal best.The album and its singles won all nine Grammy Awards for which they were nominated (U2 themselves were awarded eight out of the nine).It was also the fourth-highest-selling album of 2004, with over ten million copies sold, and it yielded several successful singles, such as "Vertigo", "City of Blinding Lights", and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own".