Pink may have sold 400,000 tickets and Kings Of Leon might have the biggest selling album of the year but the biggest selling artist of 2008 in Australia was Andre Rieu.
The maestro picked up an incredible 100 Platinum Awards for sales from the past year in Australia.Universal Music states that Rieu’s catalogue has sold in excess of 2 million units in Australia this year.
His ‘Live In Australia’ DVD, released just over a week ago, came in as the fastest selling DVD ever in Australia. It was the second DVD ever to sell more than the number one album.
‘Live In Australia’ alone has been awarded 20 platinum awards. His ‘Waltzing Matilda’ album went past the 70,000 unit mark last week earning him his 100th platinum award.
Rieu will return to Australia for more shows in October 2009.
