Upon the week of its release the album was featured as the Virgin Megastore "Pick of the Week."
Sales from major retailers, including HMV, Virgin, Tower and Golden Discs, were once excluded from the chart but data from major retailers and over forty other independent retailers now compose the chart.
Regional heats were held at Virgin's stores; the eventual winner went on to challenge MacLean himself in the first series of Channel 4's GamesMaster with snooker pro Jimmy White commentating.
As director of Shadar Holdings Sheikh Maktoum helped bring Virgin Megastores, Promod, Pull and Bear, and Bershka into the United Arab Emirates.
In 2000, Marwan Kheireddine expanded his portfolio into retail and became the franchisee of Virgin Megastores (a music, DVD, multimedia, electronics, and books international retail chain) in Lebanon and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The album itself was released on 14 September 1998, and its sales were such that a spokesperson for Virgin Megastores claimed it to be the biggest selling album of the year.
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Since that time some of his biggest success stories include being one of the founding investors of Virgin Megastores in the UAE (which has now grown to hold a major market share in the region) followed by the creation of the global brand “A1 Grand Prix.”
Alama would also continue with the success of his brother Ragheb, and even achieved a Platinum Certification from Virgin Megastores in Dubai for the album "Ba'sha'ak".
There are also a Virgin Megastores, a worship place of Friends of Man and the office of the international festivals of Lyon.
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