Chapter One, which features Official Singles Chart Number 1 Ghost, as well as Top 10 follow up Glow, finishes the week over 16,000 copies ahead of its nearest rival, as well as becoming the second fastest-selling female debut chart-topper of 2014 behind Sam Bailey’s Power Of Love.
“To be a part of the music industry as a whole is something I'm learning to embrace, just seeing my name up there with other artists I admire and look up to is so surreal in itself,” Ella told OfficialCharts.com, “being Number 1 with my very first album is where a dream has met reality- it's a moment in time I will never forget.”
BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards hosts Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora presented the news to Ella live on stage as she performed at the event in London’s SSE Arena this afternoon.
Holding firm at Number 2 today is Ed Sheeran’s X, followed by fellow former chart toppers Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour (Number 3) and George Ezra’s Wanted On Voyage (4).
Rounding out this week’s Top 5 is Jessie J’s Sweet Talker (5). The album, which features collaboration with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, Bang Bang, as well as tracks with 2 Chainz, De La Soul and Lindsey Stirling, marks Jessie’s third UK Top 5 album.
Less than Sam Bailey?
Poor Jessie. I'm hoping Burning Up can be a hit for her, but she's performing Bang Bang on X Factor tonight, and she needs all the promotion she can get for BU