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''Sigh No More'' is the debut studio album by London-based rock quartet Mumford & Sons. It was released on 2 October 2009 in the UK, and on 16 February 2010 in the United States and Canada. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 11 on 11 October and has so far peaked at No. 2 on 20 February 2011, in its 72nd week on the chart and following its Album of the Year win at the 2BRIT Awards. In early 2011, the album peaked at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the US. In mid-2010, it was rated the year-to-date's 8th best record on NPR's All Songs Considered. On 20 July 2010, it was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, awarded annually for the best album in the United Kingdom and Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10696387 )〕 On 6 December 2010, a deluxe edition was released. This included the original album, a live CD of the concert from the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, and a DVD containing parts 1, 2 and 3 of the ''Gentlemen of the Road'' documentaries. On 15 February 2011, the album was awarded the Best British Album at the BRIT Awards. In the United States, it was the 3rd most digitally downloaded album of 2011, selling 761,000 copies. The album's title is taken from a line in Shakespeare's ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and several other lines from the play appear in the title track's lyrics. The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee. ==Commercial performance== ''Sigh No More'' was a slow burner, reaching number one on the Irish Singles Chart and number two on the UK Singles Chart six months after its release. The album sold over a million copies in the United Kingdom and over two million in the US. In the US, the album sold 626,000 copies in 2010 and 1,282,000 in 2011. As of May 2015, it has sold over 3.2 million copies in the US. and it's only the seventh album in digital history to sell 1 million digital copies with 1,656,000 million copies sold.〔(Week Ending Sept. 29, 2013. Albums: Drake, Cher Set Records | Chart Watch - Yahoo Music )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sigh No More (Mumford & Sons album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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