1 , ▁Only ▁by ▁the ▁Night ▁has ▁spent ▁ 1 3 1 ▁consecutive ▁weeks ▁inside ▁the ▁Top ▁ 7 5 . ▁As ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁it ▁has ▁sold ▁ 2 , 9 1 6 , 7 7 9 ▁copies ▁in ▁the ▁UK . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁the ▁album ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁five ▁on ▁the ▁Billboard ▁ 2 0 0 , ▁but ▁fell ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁the ▁following ▁week . ▁It ▁then ▁dropped ▁as ▁low ▁as ▁ 7 8 , ▁but ▁then ▁gradually ▁moved ▁back ▁up ▁the ▁chart . ▁After ▁ 4 8 ▁weeks ▁on ▁the ▁chart , ▁the ▁album ▁managed ▁to ▁out pe ak ▁its ▁debut ▁position , ▁clim bing ▁to ▁number ▁four . ▁It ▁has ▁also ▁managed ▁to ▁achieve ▁a ▁ 2 × ▁Pl atin um ▁cert ification ▁for ▁sh ipping ▁three ▁million ▁copies . ▁In ▁Canada , ▁the ▁album ▁deb uted ▁at ▁number ▁four ▁on ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Albums ▁Chart , ▁eventually ▁pe aking ▁at ▁number ▁two . ▁ ▁In ▁Australia , ▁the ▁album ▁has ▁been ▁cert ified ▁ 9 × ▁Pl atin um , ▁s elling ▁over ▁ 6 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies . ▁It ▁re - enter ed ▁the ▁Australia ▁charts ▁at ▁ 4 3 ▁in ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁the ▁highest ▁s elling ▁album ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁in ▁Australia . ▁The ▁album ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁a ▁hit ▁in ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁sp ending ▁over ▁thirty ▁consecutive