 The album was made available in August 2002 , two months after its original planned release date . It was released on 27 August in the United States through Capitol Records . Capitol released a remastered version of the album in 2008 on a 180 @-@ gram vinyl record as part of the " From the Capitol Vaults " series . The album debuted and continued their huge commercial legacy , an ongoing pattern that began with Parachutes which made Coldplay one of the best @-@ selling bands worldwide . It topped the UK Albums Chart upon its first week of release in the United Kingdom , and became the eighth biggest @-@ selling album of the 21st century in the UK . The British Phonographic Industry has since certified the album 9 × Platinum for its accumulated sales of over 2 @.@ 8 million units in the UK and this album sold 20 million worldwide . The album spawned the hit singles " In My Place " , " The Scientist " , and " Clocks " . " God Put a Smile upon Your Face " was also released , but was significantly less successful . 
