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===Commercial performance===
Following its 22 November 2004 release, ''How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb'' reached number one in 34 countries.<ref name="spin-20th">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2024/09/u2-raid-vaults-for-atomic-bomb-companion-album/|title=U2 Raid Vaults For 'Atomic Bomb' Companion Album|website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=26 September 2024|access-date=27 September 2024}}</ref> In the US, the album debuted atop the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], with first-week sales of 840,000 copies, setting a new personal best for the group; it was nearly double their previous mark set by ''All That You Can't Leave Behind'', which sold 428,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/65450/u2s-bomb-explodes-at-no-1|title=U2's 'Bomb' Explodes at No. 1|first=Margo|last=Whitmire|magazine=Billboard|date=1 December 2004|access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> It also debuted at number one on the [[UK Albums Chart]] and the Australian [[ARIA Charts]]. The album has sold 9&nbsp;million copies worldwide.<ref name="totalsales">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u-idUSTRE51Q1WR20090303|title=New York City honors U2 by renaming street|agency=Reuters|first=Michelle|last=Nichols|date=3 March 2009|access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> According to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], the album sold 3.3&nbsp;million copies in the US through March 2014.<ref name="billboardu2">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5930147/no-u2-album-tour-until-2015-ryan-tedder-paul-epworth|title=No U2 Album, Tour Until 2015 (Exclusive)|magazine=Billboard|first1=Andrew|last1=Hampp|first2=Shirley|last2=Halperin|date=7 March 2014|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref>