The retail version of In Rainbows was released in the UK in late December 2007 on XL Recordings and in North America in January 2008 on TBD Records , reaching number one in the UK and in the US. It was Radiohead’s highest chart placement in the US since Kid A . It became their fifth UK number-one album and sold more than three million copies in one year. The album was acclaimed for its more accessible sound and personal lyrics. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and won the 2009 Grammy awards for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package. It was nominated for five other Grammy awards, including Radiohead’s third nomination for Album of the Year . Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performed ” 15 Step ” with the University of Southern California Marching Band at the televised award show.
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