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{{For|the single|Breakfast in America (song)}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox album | name = Breakfast in America | type = studio | artist = [[Supertramp]] | cover = Supertramp - Breakfast in America.jpg | alt = | released = 16 March 1979 | recorded = May–December 1978 | studio = [[The Village (studio)|The Village Recorder]] (Studio B) ([[Los Angeles]]) | genre = *[[Progressive pop]]<ref name="AllMusic"/><ref name="Fisher"/> *[[art rock]]<ref name="Holden"/> *[[soft rock]]<ref name="Pinfold"/> | length = 46:06 | label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | producer = *[[Peter Henderson (record producer)|Peter Henderson]] *Supertramp | prev_title = [[Even in the Quietest Moments...]] | prev_year = 1977 | next_title = [[Paris (Supertramp album)|Paris]] | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Breakfast in America | type = studio | single1 = [[The Logical Song]] | single1date = March 1979 | single2 = [[Breakfast in America (song)|Breakfast in America]] | single2date = June 1979 | single3 = [[Goodbye Stranger]] | single3date = July 1979 | single4 = [[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]] | single4date = October 1979 }} }} '''''Breakfast in America''''' is the sixth studio album by the English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Supertramp]], released on 16 March 1979, by [[A&M Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1067-13-2|title=BPI certification}}</ref> It was recorded from May to December 1978 at [[The Village (studio)|The Village Recorder]] in Los Angeles. It spawned three US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] hit singles: "[[The Logical Song]]" (No. 6), "[[Goodbye Stranger]]" (No. 15), and "[[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]" (No. 10). In the UK, "The Logical Song" and the title track were both top 10 hits, the only two the group had in their native country.<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/33163/supertramp/ |title=Supertramp {{!}} full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217162315/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/supertramp/ |archive-date=17 February 2011}}</ref> At the [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1980, ''Breakfast in America'' won two awards for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Package]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording]], as well as nominations for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]].<ref name="Grammy80" /> It became Supertramp's biggest-selling album, being certified [[Platinum (RIAA certification)|4x Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for more than 4 million copies sold in the US. It has also sold more than 3 million copies in [[France]] (the country's fourth ever best-selling album). It was No. 1 on ''[[Billboard 200|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|Pop Albums Chart]] for six weeks, until 30 June 1979.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-06-30 |title=US Chart info |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=30 June 1979}}</ref> The album also hit No. 1 in [[Norway]], [[Austria]], [[West Germany]], [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]], [[Spain]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and [[France]].
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