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14.10.2022 - 13:32 / completemusicupdate.com
It’s National Album Day tomorrow. You’re probably too busy putting up your decorations right now to read this.
Well, if you’ve got a moment while you have a quick break from all your Album Day preparations, I wanted to let you know that the Official Charts Company and BBC Radio 2 has announced the UK’s 20 biggest debut albums of all time.This year’s National Album Day is putting the spotlight on debut albums in particular, hence this list. And topping the chart is Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – unbeaten since 1977.
This pushes the biggest debut by a British artist – James Blunt’s ‘Back To Bedlam’ – down in to second place. And if you’re wondering – I know you are – the most recent album in the top 20 is ‘Our Version Of Events’ by Emeli Sandé, which came out in 2012.Steve Wright will run through the full top 20 in a special show on Radio 2 this afternoon from 1-3pm.
Commenting, he says: “’Bat Out Of Hell’ reaching number one as the UK’s biggest debut album of all-time might be a surprise to some, but it is a truly brilliant debut album and one which reached a whole new audience following the sad passing of Meat Loaf earlier this year. You’re in for a treat with the full chart so do tune in for a fantastic nostalgia trip with some of the most brilliant songs you’ll ever hear”.Official Charts Company chief exec Martin Talbot adds: “Congratulations to all of the artists on this special National Album Day chart.
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Meat Loaf‘s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ has been named as the best-selling debut album in UK chart history.Compiled by The Official Charts Company in partnership with National Album Day, which will take place tomorrow (October 15), the ‘Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20’ has placed the late artist’s 1977 solo album at the top.The chart is based on combined UK sales and streams since records began in 1956, with Meat Loaf having sold over 3.5million copies of ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ in the UK alone to date.Second in the chart is James Blunt‘s 2004 LP ‘Back To Bedlam’, with Leona Lewis (‘Spirit’, 2007), Lady Gaga (‘The Fame’, 2008) and Dido (‘No Angel’, 1999) rounding out the top five.Other entrants in the top 20 include debut albums by the Spice Girls, Coldplay, Mike Oldfield, Adele, The Killers, Guns N’ Roses and Oasis. You can see the full ‘Official All-Time Debut Albums Top 20’ chart below.A special Steve Wright-hosted radio programme about the new debut albums chart will air on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 2 from 1pm-3pm tomorrow.Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, passed away earlier this year at the age of 74.
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