What 1985 album, by the British rock group Dire Straits, was the first to sell a million copies in CD format?
Dire Straits "Walk of Life" (1985). Their most commercially successful album was "Brothers in Arms" (1985), which has sold more than 30 million copies and was the first album to sell a million copies on the compact disc (CD) format. Dire Straits' sound was drawn from a wide variety of musical influences including jazz, folk, and country, as well as the blues-rock of J. J. Cale and Eric Clapton. Their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk rock and demonstrated a roots rock influence that emerged from pub rock. According to the "Guinness Book of British Hit Albums", Dire Straits have spent over 1,100
Communiqué (Dire Straits album) "Communiqué" was recorded from 28 November to 12 December 1978 at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, and mixed in January 1979, in New York. The album was produced by Barry Beckett and Jerry Wexler, veteran producers from Muscle Shoals Sound Studio. "Communiqué" became the first album ever to enter the German charts at number one in its first week of release, while their debut album, "Dire Straits" was still at the number three position. The album went on to sell over 7 million copies worldwide: in Europe, it sold 3.6 million copies, and in the United States it was certified