celeb news BBC: Best Selling Debut Albums in UK History... (shocks and surprises)

[igninton]

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Meat Loaf's Bat Out Of Hell is the biggest-selling debut album in UK chart history, it has been revealed.

The record, has sold more than 3.5 million copies in the UK, spending 530 weeks in the top 100.

It beat James Blunt's Back To Bedlam, which is the biggest debut by a British artist and second on the overall list, compiled to mark National Album Day.

Blunt is followed by Leona Lewis's Spirit and Lady Gaga's The Fame.

The top 10 also features hit debut albums by Dido, the Spice Girls, Alanis Morissette and Coldplay, while Ed Sheeran, Adele and Oasis are also on the full list.

 

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I see several ATRL favourites whose debut album was incredibly successful failed to make the list.

 

Thoughts? 

Edited October 14, 2022 by igninton

[OnMyCoolJ]

Lol at the edit

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[igninton]

Just now, OnMyCoolJ said:

No way 21 wouldn’t be on this. 
 

your honor we need a search warrant. 

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 BBC: Best Selling Debut Albums in UK History

 

[arceus]

locals 

[KatyPrismSpirit]

jagged little pill isnt a debut album…

[igninton]

4 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

jagged little pill isnt a debut album…

Weren't her first two albums only released in Canada tho?

[KatyPrismSpirit]

2 minutes ago, igninton said:

Weren't her first two albums only released in Canada tho?

i mean those are still albums. some janet stans also say control is janet’s debut simply because her first two albums flopped. 

[sugarysunflower]

Rock and pop

 

How boring

 

surprised Whitney’s debut isn’t on here 

 

 

[lovedaddy]

yes alanis, yes top10

[lovedaddy]

gaga at #4

[Kékette]

 

[RihannaLoverrr]

Leona Lewis & Emeli Sandé 

 

Thought Oasis would be much higher 

[Yog]

Sam 

[tiagol88]

38 minutes ago, KatyPrismSpirit said:

jagged little pill isnt a debut album…

Her other albums were local and weren't released in the UK. JLP is literally her first WW release and her first album released in the UK. It is her debut album.

[Miichael]

I don’t find any of these surprising. The only surprising thing is that 19 isn’t higher.

[Julia Fox]

Dido 

[toy soldier.]

who tf is meatloaf

[Nikko]

1 hour ago, Kékette said:

 

perfect usage of this video

[LovaticSwiftie]

Leona She deserved so much more!

[Harrier]

Emili Sande sneaking in the top 20 

[Jynx]

35 minutes ago, toy soldier. said:

who tf is meatloaf

A singer whose debut album sold like 30 million. 

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[PopKills]

Seeing spirit up there and thinking about how mismanaged her career has been since that album is so frustrating and sad 

[dabunique]

ugh look at Scissor Sisters up there!!!!!!

[Rhiannon]

Leona and Gaga slayed so hard 

[BowWow]

Why was meatloaf so popular like wtf was his marketing point