'Born to Die' Becomes the UK's Fastest-Selling Album of 2012
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25 year old US singer Lana Del Rey today triumphs over the recent media backlash as major label debut album Born To Die scores first week sales of over 117,000 copies, and outsells the rest of the Top 5 combined. In doing so, Born To Die becomes the fastest seller of the year to date, and the first album release of 2012 to break the 100,000 sales milestone week one and debuts at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart.
The album’s title track debuted in the Official Singles Chart Top 20 at Number 14 last Sunday and today climbs five places to Number 9, while debut single, Video Games, climbs three place today at Number 17 in its 16th week on the chart. Video Games has shifted nearly 292,000 units since release.
4 weeks into 2012? haha It wasn't hard for her to be the fastest selling but congratulations. She will be in the top 10 biggest albums at the year-end chart
4 weeks into 2012? haha It wasn't hard for her to be the fastest selling but congratulations. She will be in the top 10 biggest albums at the year-end chart
It is impressive on its own, though. She did better than Beyonce.