April 15, 200817 yr Previous bests by UK female solo artists Both Amy Winehouse (Back To Black: highest weekly sales 115k the week after her 5 Grammy wins) and Joss Stone (Introducing Joss Stone: highest sales 110k in its first week) peaked at #2. Natasha Bedingfield (Pocketful Of Sunshine; 56k) peaked at #3. Dido peaked at #4 with both No Angel and Life For Rent (which held the record for highest debut week sales at 191,578 until this week). A possible challenger to Leona as first to have a #1 on the Billboard 200? Possible exception: Olivia Newton-John reached #1 in 1975 - she was born in the UK but had emigrated with her family to Australia at the age of 5 and became an Australian citizen before getting her #1 on the Billboard 200. A name often suggested wrongly Sade, which many people often quote erroneously, wasn't a solo artist but a group named after the lead singer, in the same way that Bon Jovi was a group named after Jon Bon Jovi. The only other female act to hit #1 All female group: The Spice Girls hit the top spot as a female group with their first album Spice.
April 15, 200817 yr OMG, US sales are week by week worse! :( For such a big country nearly 60k for Nr.2 is ridiculous!
April 16, 200817 yr yea but look at downloads, everyone is selling 50= and madonnaq and leona are up in the 200,000's
April 16, 200817 yr Big jump for Jordin. :o Well done Leona, very deserving. :heart: Looks like Janet is over again for another album. :(
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