Editing ...But Seriously (section)

==Release==
In the UK, ''...But Seriously'' spent 15 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1, including the whole competitive Christmas season, and at the end of 1989 became the third best-selling album of the year in the country after only six weeks on sale. It became the best-selling album of 1990 in the UK. ''...But Seriously'' also peaked at No. 1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 for four weeks<ref name="Billboard magazine January 27, 1990">{{cite news|title=Billboard magazine January 27 1990|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-01-27.pdf|newspaper=Billboard Magazine|date=27 January 1990}}</ref> and became the second best-selling album of 1990 in the US, according to ''Billboard''. It was the last number one album of the 1980s and the first of the 1990s in the UK and in the US.

In Germany, it is the second best-selling album in the chart history of certified albums, and the best-selling album within the foreign repertoire.