in the week before its release, "the endless river" displaced "four "by one direction as the most pre-ordered album of all time on amazon uk. it debuted at number one on the uk albums chart, with sales totaling 139,351 the third highest opening sales week of 2014, making it pink floyd's sixth uk number one. as of 27 november 2014, the vinyl edition had sold 6,000 copies, making it the fastest-selling uk vinyl release of 2014 and the fastest-selling since 1997. the album also debuted at number one in several other countries, including france, germany, portugal, ireland, the netherlands, belgium, new zealand, and canada. in the us, it debuted at number 3 on the "billboard" 200 with 170,000 copies sold in its first week; by january 2015, it had sold 355,000 copies there. worldwide, "the endless river" sold over 2.5 million copies in 2014.