'Merriweather Post Pavilion', the eighth studio album from New Yorkers Animal Collective has finally achieved silver status in the UK after topping many 'album of the year' lists for 2009.
Latest figures released by the BPI also reveal that the current UK number one album 'Lungs' by Florence and the Machine has gone 2 x Platinum and Lostprophets latest album 'The Betrayed' has also gone sliver.
Black Eyes Peas' 'The End' has gone 4 x Platinum whilst two of the singles from the album 'Boom Boom Pow' and 'i Gotta Feeling' went Platinum and another single 'Meet Me Halfway' has gone gold. Lady Gaga's debut album 'The Fame' has also gone 4 x Platinum and her singles 'Poker Face' and 'Paparazzi' have gone Platinum and Gold