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Tuesday 4th July 2006

Underoath's 'Define The Great Line' enters US album chart at number two

AMERICA's hard music band Underoath have achieved a huge mainstream hit in the States when their latest album. 'Define The Great Line' claimed the number two spot on Billboard's Top 200 albums chart in its first week of release. This marks the highest debut on the Billboard Top 200 chart for a Christian album since Lee Ann Rimes' inspirational project 'You Light Up My Life' debuted at number one in September 1997. Underoath's album sold 98,000 units for the week ending 25th June, making it the highest first week sales mark in record company Tooth & Nail's history. It also marks the most units sold in the first week since Switchfoot's 'Nothing Is Sound' sold more than 131,000 units in September 2005.
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