Muse have made chart history by becoming the first act with a UK No 1 album sold in the form of an NFT (non-fungible token). The Devon rock trio achieved the feat with their ninth album, Will of the People, which was released last week in the form of a limited edition NFT “digital pressing”, as well as traditional formats such as vinyl, digital, cassette and CD.
Will of the People sold 51,500 copies in its first week, outselling the rest of the top 10 combined, although only a fraction of those were NFTs: the digital pressing of the record was limited to 1,000 copies worldwide, meaning that even if every copy of the NFT was sold in the UK, they accounted for at most 1.96% of the UK sales.
