Sam Smith is the only act since The Beatles to spend nearly a whole first year inside the top five of the UK’s album charts with their debut album.
On its first anniversary since release, In The Lonely Hour has already logged 50 weeks in the top five.
The last, and only other, debut album in official chart history to manage this kind of performance in its first year of release was The Beatles’ Please Please Me in 1963.
Official Charts Company statistics showed that the record stayed in the top five for 51 weeks of its first year on sale.
Sam said: ‘Seeing this statistic genuinely makes me feel very weird, but also insanely happy and just so thankful to everyone who has purchased the album. Not so lonely anymore!’
The solo artist has enjoyed amazing success over the last year. He became the only artist to sell one million albums in the UK and US, performed to sold-out crowds across the world and picked up four Grammys including Best New Artist.
In the Lonely Hour has now achieved 1.7m album sales in the UK so far.
On its first anniversary since release, In The Lonely Hour has already logged 50 weeks in the top five.
The last, and only other, debut album in official chart history to manage this kind of performance in its first year of release was The Beatles’ Please Please Me in 1963.
Official Charts Company statistics showed that the record stayed in the top five for 51 weeks of its first year on sale.
Sam said: ‘Seeing this statistic genuinely makes me feel very weird, but also insanely happy and just so thankful to everyone who has purchased the album. Not so lonely anymore!’
The solo artist has enjoyed amazing success over the last year. He became the only artist to sell one million albums in the UK and US, performed to sold-out crowds across the world and picked up four Grammys including Best New Artist.
In the Lonely Hour has now achieved 1.7m album sales in the UK so far.
