Congratulations to Sam Fender, who earns his second UK Number 1 album with Seventeen Going Under on this week’s Official Albums Chart.
The Geordie singer-songwriter debuts at the top after amassing 44,000 chart sales – the fifth biggest opening week of 2021 - 79% of which were physical sales.
Not only is this Sam’s highest first-week sales to date, he also outsells the rest of the Top 10 combined. Seventeen Going Under also claims Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart, and is the biggest seller in independent record shops this week.
Sam’s first album, 2019’s Hypersonic Missiles – which jumps up to Number 39 this week – also made a Number 1 debut, and followed his win of the BRITs Critics Choice Award that same year.
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