July 14th, 2008 – New York, NY: In its 8th week on the Billboard 200, ROCKFERRY, the debut album by Mercury Records artist Duffy, becomes the first and only “new” album (under two months old) in the chart’s Top 30 to be certified RIAA gold for U.S. sales in excess of 500,000 copies.

This phenomenal debut achievement by Duffy builds on the success of her first U.S. hit single “Mercy,” which hit #1 on iTunes and Amazon. “Mercy” is now in its 9th week on the Hot 100, burning up the charts with 20 million audience. “The two “Mercy” videos have amassed mega-numbers on YouTube – the UK version with more than 14 million views, and the U.S. version over 3 million. The video stays in heavy rotation on VH1and FUSE. Duffy is also a “You Oughta Know” artist on VH1 through July. In addition, Clear Channel Online Music & Radio has maintained consistent support of Duffy from the beginning of her career in North America, spotlighting her as a Featured Artist in their NEW program in June and July, adding Duffy to the roster of artists filmed for their live performance series Stripped. Duffy has also performed "Interface" for AOL and was featured as Yahoo Who's Next. Duffy can also been seen gracing the cover of the August issue of SPIN Magazine.

Duffy first arrived in North America in March, and will return on July 31st to kick off at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The 8-city trip will wrap up on August 9th at the Virgin Mobile Festival at Pimlico Race Course outside Baltimore. (Please see all tour dates below.)

The Top 5 Billboard debut for ROCKFERRY (released May 13th) on first week sales of over 70,000 units marked the highest marked the highest Soundscan entry ever for a UK solo artist in the history of the Universal Music Group. In addition to being available online and in traditional retail stores, ROCKFERRY is available at Starbucks company-operated locations in the U.S. and Canada.

July 31 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Aug. 1 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
Aug. 2 Toronto, Ont. - Phoenix Concert Theatre
Aug. 4 Montréal, Que. - Osheaga Festival
Aug. 5 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
Aug. 6 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at TLA
Aug. 8 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Music Festival
Aug. 9 Baltimore, MD - Virgin Mobile Festival

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