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by Paul Williams
Jamiroquai's Synkronized has thrown down the gauntlet of becoming the biggest album around the world released by a UK act this year after generating half a million pre-sales in the US alone.
With the album released in the States last Tuesday (June 8) and the rest of the world this week, Sony is confident of beating the 7m sales of its predecessor Travelling Without Moving. Released in 1996, this established the group as a genuine worldwide act.
"The last album was a significant record and I guess that was the best set-up imaginable for this campaign," says Epic/Sony S2 international marketing director Jon Fowler.
Ahead of its international release the signs are already looking...