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| Singer Lewis grabs record debut | Singer Lewis grabs record debut |
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| Singer Leona Lewis has set a British record for the fastest-selling debut album with Spirit. | Singer Leona Lewis has set a British record for the fastest-selling debut album with Spirit. |
| Spirit sold more than 375,000 copies in seven days, some 12,000 more than the Arctic Monkeys' 2006 release Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. | Spirit sold more than 375,000 copies in seven days, some 12,000 more than 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. | 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 the No 1 single. | As well as having the top album, the 22-year-old X Factor winner's track Bleeding Love is still the No 1 single. |
| 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. | 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. | 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. |
| FASTEST-SELLING ALBUMS 1. Be Here NowOasis (1997)2. X&YColdplay (2005)3. Life For RentDido (2003)4. SpiritLeona Lewis (2007)5. Intensive CareRobbie Williams (2005)6. Whatever People Say...Arctic Monkeys (2006)7. Rattle & HumU2 (1988)8. BadMichael Jackson (1987)9. (What's The Story) Morning GloryOasis (1995)10. The Immaculate CollectionMadonna (1990) Source:Official UK Charts Company | FASTEST-SELLING ALBUMS 1. Be Here NowOasis (1997)2. X&YColdplay (2005)3. Life For RentDido (2003)4. SpiritLeona Lewis (2007)5. Intensive CareRobbie Williams (2005)6. Whatever People Say...Arctic Monkeys (2006)7. Rattle & HumU2 (1988)8. BadMichael Jackson (1987)9. (What's The Story) Morning GloryOasis (1995)10. The Immaculate CollectionMadonna (1990) Source:Official UK Charts Company |
| Celine Dion's Taking Chances came into the chart at number five, and US band Killers made their entrance at number seven with Sawdust. | Celine Dion's Taking Chances came into the chart at number five, and US band Killers made their entrance at number seven with Sawdust. |
| Opera star Andrea Bocelli's "best of" collection, Vivere, was a new entry at number eight. | Opera star Andrea Bocelli's "best of" collection, Vivere, was a new entry at number eight. |
| The top 10 singles saw two new entries, with Bloc Party's Flux coming into the chart at number eight. | The top 10 singles saw two new entries, with Bloc Party's Flux coming into the chart at number eight. |
| And folk-rock veterans Runrig are enjoying their first ever top 10 single, after a new version of Loch Lomond, released for Children in Need, entered at number nine. | And folk-rock veterans Runrig are enjoying their first ever top 10 single, after a new version of Loch Lomond, released for Children in Need, entered at number nine. |
| It features the sound of over 50,000 Scottish football fans singing along to the track at Hampden Park last month, before the national side's victory over Ukraine. | It features the sound of over 50,000 Scottish football fans singing along to the track at Hampden Park last month, before the national side's victory over Ukraine. |
| However, the Spice Girls' official Children in Need single dropped three places to number 23 on its second week in the chart. | |
| Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) has only been available as a download so far - and the record is expected to climb back into the top 20 this week after the CD single hits the shelves. |