Finnish rock band Lordi, who won the Eurovision Song Contest this year with Hard rock hallelujah have received a gold disc for their album The Arockalpyse in Sweden. Furthermore, their song contest entry went gold in Germany.
In Sweden, The Arockalypse topped the album charts and stayed in the Top Ten for several weeks. The gold status means that 30,000 copies have been sold to date. The single Hard rock hallelujah reached 9th position at its peak and stayed in the Top 60 for almost four months.
In Germany, Lordi's single was in the Top 10 for seven weeks, having reached 5th position. So far, an impressive 150,000 units have been purchased. Currently, the song is still in the Top 100 of the single charts while the album is also quite succesful, having been in the Top Ten for a month.
