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'Brothers In Arms' is the fifth studio album by Dire Straits. It was the first album in history to sell over one million copies in CD format. It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the U.K. Albums Chart (including ten consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the United States and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. It was the first album to be certified ten-times platinum in the U.K. and is the eighth-best-selling album in U.K. chart history. It is certified nine-times platinum in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and is one of the world's best-selling albums, having sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.