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Leona Lewis Beats Arctic Monkeys To Set New Album Record

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Leona Lewis has outsold the Arctic Monkeys to grab the fastest selling debut album of all time in Britain.

The former X-Factor winner’s debut, ‘Spirit,’ sold 375,000 copies in its first week – over 12,000 more than the previous record held by Arctic Monkeys', ‘Whatever people Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not.’

The triumph completes a chart double for Lewis, whose single, ‘Bleeding Love,’ is also top of the singles charts for a forth week.

Elsewhere in the album charts, the Spice Girls greatest hits compilation went in at number 2, two places ahead of Led Zeppelin’s digitally re-mastered retrospective, ‘Mothership.’

The Killers b-sides and rarities album, ‘Sawdust,’ also broke into the top-10 at number 7.

Meanwhile, the singles charts saw Bloc Party enter at number 8 with their new song, ‘Flux.’

The British record for the fastest selling album is still held by Oasis, who sold 813,000 copies of their 1997 album, ‘Be Here Now.’
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  • Oh well, we all know Leona Lewis is disposable trash used as a corporate mouth piece by a record label to sell more predictable songs not written by her to the masses. She’ll be forgotten in due time. While the Arctics go down in history for being a awesome rock n roll band that wrote their own tunes, despite their hype.

    ~ by Jesus 11/19/2007

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    • but why do you write comments like this???? Appreciate the talent she has and leave certain comments out. !!!!

      ~ by bel 11/30/2008

  • she is shit man

    ~ by gosh 11/20/2007

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    • She speaks highly of you.

      ~ by self 11/21/2007

    • wot u chattin she sings highly for evry1

      ~ by laura 11/22/2007

  • You are a gerat singer

    ~ by Nicole Gorman 11/21/2007

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  • leona lewis is amazing

    ~ by everyone 11/21/2007

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  • She speaks highly of you.

    ~ by self 11/21/2007

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  • Fabulous voice, needs the production values of Sade’s diamond life however.

    ~ by self 11/21/2007

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  • Wow

    ~ by self 11/21/2007

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  • she a lovely woman with a amazing smile

    ~ by craig 11/21/2007

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  • At least she has kep the rubbish that is the Spice Girls from No 1. Well done!

    ~ by Tony 11/24/2007

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  • LEONA ROCKS she is a such good singer and shes my idol YOU ROCK LEONA

    ~ by MYSTRIOUS 12/5/2007

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  • Oh my god i feel so sorry for all the Arctic monkeys they are the best band around they write,sing and play there own song i hope they will smash her record soon

    ~ by Becky 12/10/2007

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