Eight to one against Ed Sheeran

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Well, how’s it going for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, heroes of our current cover story, with their new album “Unlimited Love”? Will the re-entry of comeback colleague John Frusciante be appreciated by the fans? The first numbers from Great Britain are looking good.

In the so-called “Official Charts Company Midweek Sales Flash” the twelfth studio album of the model Californians went straight to number one. The New Musical Express reports an “eight-to-one ratio” in sales listings on runner-up Ed Sheeran. The hard figures show that this leap was made possible mainly by the sale of physical sound carriers, i.e. vinyl discs. And CDs. The collectors have already struck.

After this preliminary evaluation, everything points to the first number one placement for the official weekly evaluation. It would be the first number one since 2011’s I’m With You and the fifth overall for the Chili Peppers in the UK.

So it’s going well for the completely outdated rockers, who were allowed to concrete a star-decorated sidewalk slab on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the end of March. Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith are just a few steps away from Humphrey Bogart and Co.

Also in the “Hot 100” of the “Billboard” for the world’s most important music market USA, it looks like a lightning start for the four. Likewise in Germany, where Placebo (“Never Let Me Go”) is currently in front of “Higher” by Michel Bublé.

In their stormy career since 1983, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have sold 80 million records worldwide, according to their Warner Music label. There are six Grammys on the mantelpiece.

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