Album debuted at number one

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds sold 55,000 copies after two days of sale, more than twice as many copies as its nearest rival, Letters by The X Factor winner Matt Cardle . On 23 October 2011, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart , with first-week sales of 122,530 copies. In comparison, the debut album by the band of Noel’s brother Liam Gallagher , Beady Eye ‘s Different Gear, Still Speeding , sold 66,817 copies when it debuted at number three on the chart in March 2011 and has since sold 166,609 copies in the UK as of January 2012. On 11 November 2011, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 300,000 units in the UK. As of February 2012 the album has sold 600,000 copies in the UK. The album was the fourteenth best-selling album in the UK in 2011. It was also the second biggest-selling rock album of 2011 in the UK, behind Coldplay ‘s Mylo Xyloto . As of 2 January 2013 the album has sold 739,000 copies in the UK. As February 2015 the album has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide.