Editing Amnesiac (album) (section)

== Release ==
Radiohead announced ''Amnesiac'' on their website in January 2001, three months after the release of ''Kid A''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Saraceno |first=Christina |date=2001-01-04 |title=Radiohead Reveal New Album Details |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-reveal-new-album-details-67145/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012109/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/radiohead-reveal-new-album-details-67145/ |archive-date=9 January 2019 |access-date=2019-01-08}}</ref> It was released in Japan on 30 May by [[EMI]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nakamoto |first=Koji |date=May 2001 |title=Radiohead |magazine=Buzz |language=ja |pages=14–15}}</ref> in the UK on 4 June by [[Parlophone]] and in the US on 5 June by [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], both subsidiaries of EMI.<ref>{{cite book |last=Randall |first=Mac |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GU9QmQEpLoYC |title=Exit Music: The Radiohead Story: The Radiohead Story |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-85712-695-5 |edition=3rd |location=London, England |page=283}}</ref> ''Amnesiac'' debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="BBC News-2001" /> On the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], it debuted at number two, with sales of 231,000, surpassing the 207,000 first-week sales of ''Kid A''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Martens |first=Todd |date=14 June 2001 |title=Staind Fends Off Radiohead, St. Lunatics at No.1 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79431/staind-fends-off-radiohead-st-lunatics-at-no-1 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606155233/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/79431/staind-fends-off-radiohead-st-lunatics-at-no-1 |archive-date=6 June 2013 |access-date=8 July 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> It is [[Certified Gold|certified gold]] in Japan for shipments of 100,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |title=RIAJ > The Record > July 2001 > Page 8 > Certified Awards (May 2001) |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_7.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928075748/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/2001/2001_7.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=21 August 2013 |website=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |language=ja |df=dmy-all}}</ref> By October 2008, ''Amnesiac'' had sold more than 900,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |last=Michaels |first=Sean |date=16 October 2008 |title='In Rainbows outsells last two Radiohead albums' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/16/radiohead-album-sales |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228152828/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/16/radiohead-album-sales |archive-date=28 February 2014 |access-date=19 April 2013 |website=[[The Guardian]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> In July 2013, it was certified platinum in the UK for sales of more than 300,000.<ref name="BPI" />