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Tom Jones Lands Record-Setting U.K. No. 1 Album With 'Surrounded By Time'

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03.05.2021 - 18:27

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Tom Jones is crowned on the U.K. albums chart this week with Surrounded By Time, and he sets a chart record in the process. The legendary Welsh singer becomes the oldest male artist to hit No.

1 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, at age 80 years and 10 months. And he becomes the oldest artist to achieve the feat with a collection of new material, eclipsing Bob Dylan, who led the chart at 79 years old in June 2020 with Rough And Rowdy Ways.

The late Dame Vera Lynn is the overall record-holder with her greatest hits collection We’ll Meet Again – The Very Best Of, which ruled the chart in 2009 when the "forces' sweetheart" was 92.

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