


Brothers in Arms was the first album certified ten-times platinum in the UK and is the eighth-best-selling album in UK chart history.

It spent a total of 14 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Albums Chart (including ten consecutive weeks between 18 January and 22 March 1986), nine weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 in the US and 34 weeks at number one on the Australian Albums Chart. Brothers in Arms is the fifth studio album by British rock band Dire Straits, released on through Vertigo Records internationally and through Warner Bros.
