Billie Eilish sets new UK album chart record

Billie Eilish sets new UK album chart record

Billie Eilish is now the youngest-ever female solo act to top the UK album charts.

The 17-year-old US singer’s debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? went straight to number one, with a combined 48,000 sales.

She breaks Joss Stone’s 2004 record by about two months.

It’s also the second-fastest selling record of the year, but still some way behind Ariana Grande’s Thank U, Next, which shifted 65,214 units in week one.

“We worked really hard on this album,” Eilish told the Official Charts Company.

“Thank you for the love!!”

Youngest-ever female solo acts to top UK album chart

1. Billie Eilish – 17 years, three months, 18 days – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? 2019
2. Joss Stone – 17 years, five months, 28 days – Mind Body and Soul, 2004
3. Avril Lavigne – 18 years, three months, 15 days – Let Go, 2003
4. Ella Henderson – 18 years, nine months, 13 days – Chapter One, 2014
5. Diana Vickers – 18 Years, nine months, 15 days – Songs From the Tainted Cherry Tree, 2010

For context, she can’t legally celebrate this chart news with an alcoholic drink in the UK until her birthday in December – or for another three and half years back home.

The self-professed new goth pop queen – who will perform at Glastonbury Festival this summer – has enchanted fans and critics alike over the past 12 months with a succession of provocative videos and singles like Should See Me in a Crown, Bury a Friend and Wish You Were Gay.

You can watch her “Bad Guy” below.

Source: bbc.com