Editing OK Computer (section)

===Sales===
''OK Computer'' was released in Japan on 21 May, in the UK on 16 June, in Canada on 17 June and in the US on 1 July.{{sfn|Footman|2007|p=38}} It was released on CD, double-LP vinyl record, [[Compact Cassette|cassette]] and [[MiniDisc]].{{sfn|Footman|2007|p=126}} It debuted at number one in the UK with sales of 136,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="Music Week" /> In the US, it debuted at number 21 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Blashill |first=Pat |date=16 June 2017 |title=Radiohead's 'OK Computer' Made Them Our 1997 "Band of the Year" |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/radiohead-ok-computer-profile/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831035259/https://www.spin.com/featured/radiohead-ok-computer-profile/ |archive-date=31 August 2019 |access-date=18 July 2019 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> It held the number-one spot in the UK for two weeks and stayed in the top ten for several more, becoming the UK's eighth-bestselling record that year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 - 1997 {{!}} Official Charts Company |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/19970105/37502/ |access-date=25 May 2022 |publisher=Official Charts Company |language=en}}</ref>

By February 1998, ''OK Computer'' had sold at least half a million copies in the UK and 2{{nbsp}}million worldwide.<ref name="100 GREATEST Q" /> By September 2000, it had sold 4.5{{nbsp}}million copies worldwide.<ref name="Rules">{{citation
 | first = Paul
 | last = Sexton
 | title = Radiohead won't play by rules
 | magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
 | date = 16 September 2000}}</ref> The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that by June 2001 it had sold 1.4 million copies in the US, and in April 2006 the [[International Federation of the Phonographic Industry|IFPI]] announced it had sold 3 million copies across Europe.<ref name="Hilburn">{{citation
 | first = Robert
 | last = Hilburn
 | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jun-03-ca-5681-story.html
 | title = Operating on His Own Frequency
 | newspaper = [[Los Angeles Times]]
 | date = 3 June 2001 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130118112957/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jun/03/entertainment/ca-5681
 | archive-date = 18 January 2013
| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4891672.stm
 | title = James Blunt album sales pass 5m
 | work = [[BBC News]]
 | date = 8 April 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406112932/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4891672.stm
 | archive-date = 6 April 2012
| url-status = live}}</ref> In the UK, it was certified gold in June 1997, platinum in July, and five-times platinum in August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Radiohead, ''OK Computer'' |url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/4812-1730-2 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |language=en}}</ref> It is certified double platinum in the US,<ref name="US cert">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22OK+Computer%22|title=American album certifications – Radiohead – OK Computer|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|postscript=. ''If necessary, click ''Advanced'', then click ''Format'', then select ''Album'', then click ''SEARCH|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142353/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22OK+Computer%22|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> in addition to certifications in other markets. By May 2016, [[Nielsen SoundScan]] figures showed ''OK Computer'' had sold 2.5{{nbsp}}million digital album units in the US, plus 900,000 sales measured in [[album-equivalent unit]]s.<ref>
{{citation
 | first = Nick
 | last = DeSantis
 | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickdesantis/2016/05/10/radioheads-digital-album-sales-visualized/
 | title = Radiohead's Digital Album Sales, Visualized
 | magazine = [[Forbes]]
 | date = 10 May 2016 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20190222204347/https://www.forbes.com/
 | archive-date = 22 February 2019 | url-status = live
 | access-date = 29 January 2018 | df = dmy-all
 }}
</ref> Twenty years to the week after its release, the [[Official Charts Company]] recorded total UK sales of 1.5{{nbsp}}million, including album-equivalent units.<ref name="Music Week" /> Tallying American and European sales, ''OK Computer'' has sold at least 6.9 million copies worldwide (or 7.8 million with album-equivalent units).<ref group="nb">The ''LA Times'' reported US sales of 1.4 million in 2001, before Nielsen SoundScan had begun tracking digital sales in 2003—therefore, this amount only included non-digital sales on CD, cassette, and LP. ''Forbes'' reported 2.5 million in digital sales and 900,000 in album-equivalent units in 2016, bringing the US total to at least 3.9 million (or 4.8 million with album-equivalent units). BBC News reported 3 million in sales across Europe in 2006, bringing the worldwide total to at least 6.9 million (or 7.8 million with album-equivalent units). ''Music Week'' reported that the album had sold 1.5 million units in the UK by 2017; however, the 2006 European sales figure included UK sales up to that time and, as such, adding the 2017 UK sales figure to the total would result in erroneous [[Double counting (accounting)|double counting]] of UK units sold before 2006. Exact sales figures from other territories are not known. ''OK Computer'' has certainly sold ''more'' than 7.8 million units worldwide, but it is impossible to say how many more with any certainty.<!-- Permissible routine calculation, not original research; see [[WP:CALC]]. --></ref>