"Old Ideas", new album by Leonard Cohen, has entered directly to position 1 of the Spanish sales list. If we review the files of promusicae They help us to verify that it is the first time that the singer-songwriter reaches this position with an album in our country. "Songs from a Room" reached number 8 in 1971; 1974's "New Skin for the Old Ceremony" came in at 30; "Various Positions" was top 9 and "I'm Your Man", his great commercial success, stayed at number 3, although the latter lasted 34 weeks on the list and ended up being the 12th best-selling album in Spain in 1988, something that «Old Ideas» will have very difficult to overcome. Cohen's last two albums, "Ten New Songs" and "Dear Heather," released over the past decade, were top 11 and top 20 respectively.
It is easy to associate this triumph with Prince of Asturias Award obtained by Cohen in our country, but the trend is generalized. 'Old Ideas' is top 1 also in Holland and Norway and equals the best results in the history of the singer-songwriter in the UK (top 2, like 'Songs From A Room' in 1969). In addition, he greatly improves his esteem in the United States. In this country 'I'm Your Man' was ignored and Cohen had only achieved a top 63 also with 'Songs From A Room'. 'Old Ideas' is nothing less than number 3 in the US.
The merits of Cohen, the fruit of a prestigious career, a thousand versions of "Hallelujah" and a world tour, are limited, although only in Spain, by those of Lana Del Rey, which ranks "Born To Die" at number 9 on Promusicae. Not bad for not sounding in radio formula. In the United States, Lana is top 2 behind Adele and in the United Kingdom, top 1 with spectacular sales figures. The single 'Born to Die' appears for the first time in our country at number 48.
As a curiosity, the box «An Unsolved Case"To Christina Rosenvinge re-enter, to position 70.
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