Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - U2 scored its seventh No. 1 album on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, although sales were down sharply from the opening haul for its previous release. more info

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ContactMusic — U2 have ended TAYLOR SWIFT's reign as the queen of the U.S. album chart by claiming their seventh American number one. As expected by chart experts, No Line on the ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) U2 [ tickets ] will take the stage before an audience of less than a thousand people at a Boston-area club tonight, and LiveDaily will be on the scene.... continued more info

Idolator — According to HITS Daily Double, based on first day sales, three releases will reach six-digit sales this week, with Kelly Clarkson somewhere around the quarter-million mark, U2 in second, and The-Dream moving around 150,000. This hasn't happened at a... more info

ET Online — The Irish rockers have scored their seventh No. 1 album, trailing the Beatles by earning a distinguished Billboard record. U2's impressive debut also knocks out country music starlet Taylor Swift from the coveted position. Read on to see where ... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) In news that will surprise virtually no one, U2 [ tickets ]'s latest studio set, "No Line on the Horizon," sold more copies in the US than any other during its first week in stores, and has earned the Irish rock icons their... continu... more info

E! Online — All that snow shoveling, Letterman groveling and Amazon.com price cutting paid off for U2. The little band from Dublin did something few others could—knock Taylor Swift down a... more info

Idolator — Give credit to Jim DeRogatis for being a relentless pain-in-the-ass to Bono in the middle of a glad-handing radio event last night in Chicago. While I imagine Bono would have preferred to discuss whether the new U2 album is just a great 2009 album or... more info

Straits TimesU2's 'No Line on the Horizon' bests Taylor Swift on album chartEntertainment WeeklyThe numbers are in: after a whirlwind week of publicity (including a $3.99 campaign on Amazon.com and five straight nights performing on David Letterman),... more info