The Resistance was released in September 2009, the first album produced by Muse, with engineering by Adrian Bushby and mixing by Mark Stent . It topped album charts in 19 countries, became the band’s third number one album in the UK, and reached number three on the Billboard 200 . Reviews were mostly positive, with praise for its ambition, classical influences and the three-part ” Exogenesis: Symphony “. The Resistance beat its predecessor Black Holes and Revelations in album sales in its debut week in the UK with approximately 148,000 copies sold. The first single, ” Uprising “, was released seven days earlier. On 13 September, Muse performed “Uprising” at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City.
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