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1983: third artist in history to debut on the uk singles chart at #1 with is there something i should know?
1983: #1 selling album in the world with rio.
1984: first band to utilise live video cameras and screens for a concert.
1984: first artist to headline and sell out madison square gardens.
1984: mtv friday night video fights all-time undisputed
champion with the reflex.
1985: first artist to take a james bond movie theme to #1 with a view to a kill.
1990: first artist inducted in the vh1 video hall of fame.
1993: biggest selling single in the us for three months with ordinary world.
1993: one of the first bands to play in south africa after the end of apartheid.
1993: received star on hollywood walk of fame.
1997: first band to make a single available for digital download on the internet.
1999: shattered and set attendance records at the los angeles house of blues with a week long residency.
2000: first band to have a music video shown on vh1 using flash technology.
2001: last day on earth used for the entrance at the grand opening of universal studios japan.
2001: fastest sell out shows ever at chicago's house of blues during their five nights.
2001: first fully immersed video and audio recording of a rock concert in anaheim, california.
2001: nasa wakes the spacemen to hold back the rain because of the incliment weather, successfully.
2001: simon and nick film spots for the gap stores.
2001: the fab five reunite!

over 60 million albums sold worldwide