It is hard to believe that it is just 18 months since he first arrived as a solo artist in his own right. Martin Talbot, chief executive, Official Charts Company added: "This is a fantastic achievement by Sam, adding to the string of records he has already broken in his short career so far. MORE: See Sam Smith's full, week-by-week Official Chart historyĮarlier this year, the record was the first Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart following the inclusion of streaming into the chart, and most recently joined The Beatles in the history books for logging nearly a whole year inside the Top 5. To date, sales for In The Lonely Hour stand at 8.5million worldwide. 1 on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excluding U.S. This week, the singers’ new duet Unholy reached No. It’s not often that a nonbinary artist and a trans woman top a prestigious Billboard chart together, but Smith and Petras have done just that. During its record-breaking stint in the Top 10, the album has enjoyed six separate spells at Number 1 (eight weeks in total), spawned four Top 10 singles including the Numbers 1s Money On My Mind and Stay With Me, and was the only album to sell one million in both the UK and US last year. Sam Smith and Kim Petras are making Billboard history. The feat is the latest in a long list of impressive accolades for Sam’s In The Lonely Hour. This moment is one to tell the grandkids and maybe their grandkids." "I am forever thankful to my team but most importantly to the British public for making this happen and buying my album. “What can I even say to this? I am completely and utterly moved and overwhelmed at this achievement," Sam told Official Charts. Prior to Emeli, the record was held for almost 50 years by The Beatles’ Please Please Me (62 weeks). The chart record was previously held by Emeli Sande, whose debut Our Version Of Events tallied 66 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 between February 2012 and May 2013. The LP hasn’t left the Top 10 since its release in May 2014, where it debuted at Number 1 with opening week sales of 101,000. This week sees the singer-songwriter’s debut record notch up a record-breaking 67th consecutive week in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 – the longest unbroken run ever for a debut album. His first release since signing to 0207 Def Jam, the song is named after Stormzys stylist Melissa Holdbrook-Akposoe, (Melissas Wardrobe) and comes accompanied by an impassioned music video. The single was released on and peaked to number one in the UK. In May 2013, they featured on Naughty Boy 's single 'La La La'. Although the first solo single from soul-inspired, London-born artist Sam Smith was issued in early 2013, it was his soaring vocal. In February 2013 'Lay Me Down' as the lead single from the album. Sam Smith’s chart success shows no signs of slowing, as the soul star’s album In The Lonely Hour enters the Official Charts history books today (September 4). They debuted in October 2012 featuring on English electronic duo Disclosure 's single 'Latch', which peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart.
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