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On the first day of release ''[[Progress (Take That album)|Progress]]'' became the fastest-selling album of the century, with 235,000 copies sold in just one day.{{cite web|url=http://www.takethat.com/news/2010/11/success-for-progress |title=Take That Official 16 November 2010 |publisher=Takethat.com |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=30 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518152918/http://www.takethat.com/news/2010/11/success-for-progress |archive-date=18 May 2011 }} The album reached number 1 in the UK, selling around 520,000 copies in its first week, becoming the second-fastest-selling album in history.{{Cite web|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101121/tuk-uk-britain-music-charts-fa6b408.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124175807/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101121/tuk-uk-britain-music-charts-fa6b408.html|url-status=dead|title=Yahoo 21 November 2010|archive-date=24 November 2010|access-date=9 June 2022}} After the release of ''Progress'' it was announced that Take That have become [[Amazon.co.uk|Amazon UK]]'s top-selling music artist of all time.{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/851545-take-that-are-amazons-top-selling-music-artist-of-all-time |title=Take That are Amazon's 'top-selling music artist of all time' |work=Metro |location=UK |date=31 December 2010 |access-date=30 May 2011}}
On the first day of release ''[[Progress (Take That album)|Progress]]'' became the fastest-selling album of the century, with 235,000 copies sold in just one day.{{cite web|url=http://www.takethat.com/news/2010/11/success-for-progress |title=Take That Official 16 November 2010 |publisher=Takethat.com |date=15 November 2010 |access-date=30 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518152918/http://www.takethat.com/news/2010/11/success-for-progress |archive-date=18 May 2011 }} The album reached number 1 in the UK, selling around 520,000 copies in its first week, becoming the second-fastest-selling album in history.{{Cite web|url=http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101121/tuk-uk-britain-music-charts-fa6b408.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124175807/http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20101121/tuk-uk-britain-music-charts-fa6b408.html|url-status=dead|title=Yahoo 21 November 2010|archive-date=24 November 2010|access-date=9 June 2022}} After the release of ''Progress'' it was announced that Take That have become [[Amazon.co.uk|Amazon UK]]'s top-selling music artist of all time.{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/music/851545-take-that-are-amazons-top-selling-music-artist-of-all-time |title=Take That are Amazon's 'top-selling music artist of all time' |work=Metro |location=UK |date=31 December 2010 |access-date=30 May 2011}}
[[File:TakeThat riotgear MEN 16022011.jpg|right|thumb|Take That performing on stage at the [[2011 Brit Awards]] with dancers in police-style [[riot gear]]]]
[[File:TakeThat riotgear MEN 16022011.jpg|right|thumb|Take That performing on stage at the [[2011 Brit Awards]] with dancers in police-style [[riot gear]]]]
The album retained the number one spot for six consecutive weeks in the UK since its release, selling 2.4 million copies in the UK alone{{cite web|author=The Official Charts Company |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/take-that-progress-back-to-number-one-and-example-holds-firm/ |title=Take That Progress Back To Number One and Example Holds Firm |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809080222/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/take-that-progress-back-to-number-one-and-example-holds-firm/ |archive-date=9 August 2011 }} and becoming the best-selling album of 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/2010/albums |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120527034447/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/2010/albums/print |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 May 2012 |title=Radio 1 Charts |publisher=BBC |date=24 February 2007 |access-date=30 May 2011}}
The album retained the number one spot for six consecutive weeks in the UK since its release, selling 2.4 million copies in the UK alone{{cite web|author=The Official Charts Company |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/take-that-progress-back-to-number-one-and-example-holds-firm/ |title=Take That Progress Back To Number One and Example Holds Firm |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=29 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809080222/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-news/take-that-progress-back-to-number-one-and-example-holds-firm/ |archive-date=9 August 2011 }} and becoming the best-selling album of 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/2010/albums |url-status=dead |title=Radio 1 Charts |publisher=BBC |date=24 February 2007 |access-date=30 May 2011}}{{New archival link needed|date=April 2026}}
''Progress'' also achieved success across Europe where it debuted at number one in Ireland, Greece, Germany and Denmark.{{cite web|title=danishcharts.dk – Take That – Progress|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Take+That&titel=Progress&cat=a|work=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]]|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=29 November 2010}} and the [[European Top 100 Albums]] chart. It also debuted inside the top 10 of the charts in Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
''Progress'' also achieved success across Europe where it debuted at number one in Ireland, Greece, Germany and Denmark.{{cite web|title=danishcharts.dk – Take That – Progress|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Take+That&titel=Progress&cat=a|work=[[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]]|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=29 November 2010}} and the [[European Top 100 Albums]] chart. It also debuted inside the top 10 of the charts in Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.


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