Ragged 7 months ago under: Simon Cowell, Kim Wilde, Some Hearts, Amy Winehouse, Leona Lewis, Joss Stone, Bleeding Love, Carrie Underwood, Introducing Joss Stone
Source: eonline.com
The Cowell-sanctioned Leona Lewis just rewrote chart history as her debut album, Spirit, opened at No. 1, making her the first solo British artist ever to have a rookie release open atop the Billboard 200.
And that's not all. Spirit's big bow also makes Lewis the first female Brit ever to debut at No. 1 and the first to reach the top in any week since Sade's Promise more than 22 years ago. Lewis' album also claimed the biggest digital sales week ever for a new artist.
Finally, Spirit, which sold 205,000 copies for the week ended Sunday, per SoundScan, is the biggest opening for a new female artist since Carrie Underwood's Some Hearts sold 315,000 debut copies back in 2005.
Prior to Spirit, Joss Stone held the record for the highest debut for a female Brit with a No. 2 bow for Introducing Joss Stone, and Amy Winehouse had the highest rookie bow with Back to Black at No. 7.
At radio, the 23-year-old Londoner also hit the record books two weeks ago when her the single "Bleeding Love" topped the Hot 100. This made her only the sixth female Brit to accomplish this feat, last accomplished by Kim Wilde in '87, and only the third to do so with a debut single...." eonline.com
well, she has simon backing her, which is big enough press as it is right now, so even if she wasn't that great, she'd still be getting all kinds of media attention to at least get her name known
So true. It seems anything he puts his stamp on goes gold.. so..
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