Included in the list of newly-certified albums are the likes of Ellie Goulding’s Halcyon, Rita Ora’s Rita Ora and Little Mix’s DNA – which are recognised for achieving over 300,000 sales to attain Platinum status, while Susan Boyle’s 2010 smash The Gift is acknowledged as going Double Platinum for its 600,000-plus sales.
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The album has subsequently placed in the top 5 in eight countries, most notably the USA where it became the first debut album from a girl group since 2006 to reach the top 5 - peaking at #4 on the Billboard Charts - as well as earning the highest Billboard entry chart position for a debut album by a British girl-group, breaking the record previously held by the Spice Girls' debut album "Spice".
The album has subsequently placed in the top 5 in eight countries, most notably the USA where it became the first debut album from a girl group since 2006 to reach the top 5 - peaking at #4 on the Billboard Charts - as well as earning the highest Billboard entry chart position for a debut album by a British girl-group, breaking the record previously held by the Spice Girls' debut album "Spice".