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Oasis Still Hold The Record For The Fastest Selling British Album




















Singer Leona Lewis has set a British record for the fastest-selling debut album with Spirit.

Sprit 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.

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.

Fastest-Selling Albums
01. Be Here Now - Oasis (1997)
02. X&Y Coldplay - (2005)
03. Life For Rent - Dido (2003)
04. Spirit - Leona Lewis (2007)
05. Intensive - Care Robbie Williams (2005)
06. Whatever People Say... - Arctic Monkeys (2006)
07. Rattle & Hum - U2 (1988)
08. Bad - Michael Jackson (1987)
09. (What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis (1995)
10. The Immaculate Collection - Madonna (1990)

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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