The difficult fifth album.
Especially when nearly
half the band have left.
UK Charts
Notorious
First charted: 1 November 1986 at no 14
Peak position : no 7 on 8 November 1986
Weeks in top 40: 5
Weeks on chart: 9 (top 100)
Skin Trade
First charted: 21 February 1987 at no 25
Peak position: no 22 on 7 March 1987
Weeks in top 40: 5
Weeks on chart: 6
Meet ‘El Presidente’
First charted: 25 April 1987 at no 31
Peak position: no 24 on 2 May 1987
Weeks in top 40: 3
Weeks on chart: 5
Notorious (album)
First charted: 6 December 1986 at no 16
Peak position: no 16 on 6 December 1986
Weeks in top 40: 1
Weeks on chart: 16
Last charted: no 95 23 May 1987
Sales: Gold status (100,000 copies)
Est Sales: 200,000
USA
Notorious:
First charted: 1 November 1986 at no 56
Peak position : no 2 on 10 January 1987
Weeks in top 40: 13
Weeks on chart: 17 (top 100)
Skin Trade
First charted: 31 January 1987 at no 83
Peak position: no 39 on 14 March 1987
Weeks in top 40: 1
Weeks on chart: 9
Meet ‘El Presidente’
First charted: 2 May 1987 at no 86
Peak position: no 70 on 16 May 1987
Weeks in top 40: 0
Weeks on chart: 5
Notorious (album): no 12
Weeks in top 100: 22
Sales: Platinum (1,000,000)
Est. Sales 1.4 – 2 million
Selected others:
Notorious:
Greece #1
Italy #1
Sweden #2
Finland #3
Norway #4
Switzerland #4
Ireland #5
Poland #5
The Netherlands #6
New Zealand #6
Canada #7
Belgium #7
Spain #9
Skin Trade
Belgium #10
Italy #10
Ireland #10
Spain #10
The Netherlands #11
Germany #35
New Zealand #36
Meet ‘El Presidente’
Ireland #13
Belgium #14
Italy #16
The Netherlands #31
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