Similar to the 1973 planetarium showcase, the album played in planetariums, globally, throughout March 2023. [8] [6] The Dark Side of the Moon became one of the best-selling albums of all time [103] and is in the top25 of a list of best-selling albums in the United States. [56] [104] Although it held the number one spot in the US for only a week, it remained in the Billboard 200 albums chart for 736nonconsecutive weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 16 July 1988). [105] [106] Of those first 736 charted weeks, the album had two notable consecutive runs in the Billboard 200 chart: 84 weeks (from 17 March 1973 to 19 October 1974) and 593 weeks (from 18 December 1976 to 23 April 1988). [107]. It made its final appearance in the Billboard 200 albums chart during its initial run on the week ending 8 October 1988, in its 741st charted week. [108] It re-appeared on the Billboard charts with the introduction of the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart in the issue dated 25 May 1991, and was still a perennial feature ten years later. [109] It reached number one on the Pop Catalog chart when the 2003 hybrid CD/ SACD edition was released and sold 800,000copies in the US. [56] On the week of 5 May 2006 The Dark Side of the Moon achieved a combined total of 1,716weeks on the Billboard200 and Pop Catalog charts. [72] Basham, David (15 November 2001). "Got Charts? Britney, Linkin Park Give Peers A Run For Their Sales Figures". MTV . Retrieved 30 March 2009. Top 100 Álbuns – Semanas 1 a 52 – De 31/12/2021 a 29/12/2022" (PDF). Audiogest (in Portuguese). p.1 . Retrieved 1 February 2023. Classifica annuale 2021 (dal 01.01.2021 al 30.12.2021)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 8 January 2022.

The Music Australia Loved". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 2013. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link)The right front opening of the gate-fold cover is sealed with a fold over flap that is glued inside the opening. Much of the album's early American success is attributed to the efforts of Pink Floyd's US record company, Capitol Records. Newly appointed chairman Bhaskar Menon set about trying to reverse the relatively poor sales of the band's 1971 studio album Meddle. Meanwhile, disenchanted with Capitol, the band and manager O'Rourke had been quietly negotiating a new contract with CBS president Clive Davis, on Columbia Records. The Dark Side of the Moon was the last album that Pink Floyd were obliged to release before formally signing a new contract. Menon's enthusiasm for the new album was such that he began a huge promotional advertising campaign, which included radio-friendly truncated versions of "Us and Them" and "Time". [97] A quadraphonic mix, [nb 10] created by Alan Parsons, [123] was commissioned by EMI but never endorsed by Pink Floyd, as Parsons was disappointed with his mix. [33] [123] For the album's 30th anniversary, an updated surround version was released in 2003. The band elected not to use Parsons' quadraphonic mix, and instead had the engineer James Guthrie create a new 5.1channel surround sound mix on the SACD format. [33] [124] Guthrie had worked with Pink Floyd since their eleventh album, The Wall, and had previously worked on surround versions of The Wall for DVD-Video and Waters' In the Flesh for SACD. In 2003, Parsons expressed disappointment with Guthrie's SACD mix, suggesting he was "possibly a little too true to the original mix", but was generally complimentary. [33] The 30th-anniversary edition won four Surround Music Awards in 2003, [125] and sold more than 800,000copies. [126] Pink Floyd– Dark Side of the Moon– 180 Gram Vinyl LP, store.acousticsounds.com , retrieved 29 March 2009 Kreps, Daniel (25 October 2007). " "Oh by the Way": Pink Floyd Celebrate Belated 40th Anniversary With Mega Box Set". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011 . Retrieved 22 August 2009.

Italian album certifications – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 3 January 2022. Select "2021" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "The Dark Side of the Moon" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione". Abbey Road Studios Reveals Exclusive Pink Floyd Merchandise Collection". Abbey Road Studios. 28 February 2023 . Retrieved 1 March 2023. Wyróżnienia – Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum - Przyznane w 2003 roku" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 5 June 2020.Dark Side of the Moonshine". poormanswhiskey.com. 8 May 2007. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008 . Retrieved 28 March 2009. Hebblethwaite, Phil (23 April 2018). "Who are the designers behind some of music's most striking album covers?". BBC . Retrieved 6 March 2022. The Dark Side Of The Moon (Booklet). Pink Floyd. EMI (50999 028955 2 9). 2011. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) In 2007, the album was included in Oh, by the Way, a box set celebrating the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd, [129] and a DRM-free version was released on the iTunes Store. [126] In 2011, it was reissued featuring a remastered version with various other material. [130] Portuguesecharts.com – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon - Live at Wembley". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2023.