He also garnered success as an album artist in the United States, beginning with his second LP "Just A Boy" (1974), which reached No. 16. His fourth album "Endless Flight" (1976) consolidated his international popularity, reaching No. 4 in the United Kingdom and No. 10 in the United States; it also charted strongly in other countries including Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, and was certified as a platinum album in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and double-platinum in Canada.