LEWIS SMASHES ALL-TIME RECORD WITH DEBUT ALBUM
Singer LEONA LEWIS has set a British record for the fastest-selling debut album of all time.
Lewis’ Spirit sold more than 375,000 copies in seven days, some 12,000 more than rockers the Arctic Monkeys’ 2006 release Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. But Oasis still have the overall record for the fastest selling British album, selling 813,000 copies in 1997. As well as having the top album, the 22-year-old X Factor winner’s track Bleeding Love is still No 1 in the U.K. singles charts. Spirit is now the fourth fastest-selling album of all time, beneath Be Here Now, Coldplay’s X&Y, and Dido’s Life For Rent. In a week of new entries in the album chart, the Spice Girls’ Greatest Hits compilation made its debut at number two, while Led Zeppelin collection Mothership entered at number four.
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