Leona Lewis 新專輯第一天全英賣出估計超過十三萬張 首週預估將超過四十萬張，打破 Monkeys 零六年一月 發行的首張大碟 Whatever people say i am, that's what i am not 紀錄（首週 363,735張）。 Lewis set to smash Arctic Monkeys' record LONDON (Reuters) - "X Factor" winner Leona Lewis is on course to break the record for Britain's fastest-selling debut album, retailer HMV said on Tuesday. The 22-year-old singer's album "Spirit" had already sold more than 130,000 copies by Monday night and could top 400,000 sales by the weekend, it said. That would put Lewis ahead of Sheffield indie band Arctic Monkeys, who sold 363,735 copies of "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" in its first week of release in January 2006. "Leona's success ... is absolutely remarkable," said HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo. "Aside from breaking the Arctics' record for the fastest-selling debut album, Leona is already looking a safe bet for the Christmas number one, and is very likely to bank more than a million sales before the end of the year." Lewis, from Hackney in east London, has become used to breaking sales records after winning ITV's "X Factor" talent show last year. On Sunday she snatched the crown for the best-selling single of the year, as "Bleeding Love" chalked up total sales of 490,000. Last month the track smashed the 2007 record for the most singles sold in a first week of release, with sales of 218,000. Her debut single, "A Moment Like This", broke records when it was downloaded 50,000 times in the first half hour on release last December and sold 600,000 copies in its first week. (Reporting by Tim Castle; Editing by Steve Addison) Reuters UK http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL1314425920071113 --

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