The new Simple Plan album – Get Your Heart On!, which came out only two weeks ago, has already gone gold in Canada, which (according to the Canadian Recording Industry Association – CRIA) means 40 000 units sold. Also, Simple Plan’s first single Jet Lag also went gold this week. Congratulations!
The record is indeed doing really well – most importantly in Canada! Get Your Heart On! debuted on the second place in Canadian music stores (with Adele being on the no.1 spot) which means Simple Plan have surpassed Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars or Rihanna in the past few weeks when it comes to weekly sales.
Also, the new album is doing pretty good overseas: it debuted on 10th spot in France and Germany, on no.7 in Switzerland and on 13th in Australia. And According to the US Billboard chart, it’s currently on the 52th place and on the 10th place of the alternative albums sales.
When it comes to the critical reception, according to Metalcritic, which ranks albums according to the reviews gives by other websites, magazines and other kinds of media, from 0 to 100, Simple Plan are currently at 66, which is a pretty positive news.