Adele's debut album:
Quote:In the UK, "19" debuted at #1. In the U.S "19" debuted at #56 and remained in the lower ends of the Billboard 200 for many proceeding weeks. After a performance on the U.S. show Saturday Night Live it rose to #46 and a week later to #11 with sales of 25,000+ copies sold.
^ Power of television
Leona Lewis' debut album:
Quote:British import Leona Lewis' "Spirit" bows atop The Billboard 200 this week (4/05/08), making her the first U.K. solo artist to start at No. 1 with their debut effort. The Syco/J album moved 205,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan, with sales fueled by her No. 1 Hot 100 single "Bleeding Love."
^ Power of a hit song
Leona Lewis seems an anomaly.
"Bleeding Love" was the world's best-selling single of 2008. The single reached number one in 34 countries, including the UK, Japan, Germany and the United States. It sold more than 9 million copies worldwide, putting it in the top five selling songs of the decade.
Quote:In the United States, the single was released digitally on 18 December 2007, and debuted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 11. The song officially debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 1 March 2008 at number 85. The song became Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit, and reached number one on Billboards Hot 100 chart three separate times, each for a one-week run....(a video for the U.S. release of "Bleeding Love") was uploaded to YouTube on 30 January 2008.
^ Took 2.5 months for it to reach #1. Album released a month later.
That says the song became "Lewis' first U.S. top ten hit." It was the only top ten hit according to Billboard.
BB CHART PEAKS FOR LL SONGS:
#1 -
"Bleeding Love" (4/5/08)
#11-
"Better in Time" (10/25/08)
#31 -
"Happy" (12/5/09)
#66 -
"I Will Be" (2/21/09)
#81 -
"RUN" (1/3/09)
