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Lewis Capaldi also remains top of the British singles standings for a sixth week
Billie Eilish's debut album, "When are we all going to sleep, where are we going?
The American singer-songwriter becomes the youngest solo actor in the history of the British charts to have reached number one at the age of 17, 3 months and 18 days. His album went to the top of the charts with 48,000 sales combined, according to the official Charts company.
Eilish exceeds Joss Stone as the youngest female artist at the top of the rankings. Stone's 2004 record, Mind, Body & Soul, was ranked number 1 when she was only two months older than the American star.
The singer's album is also the biggest premiere of an international artist to climb to the top of the ranking since "Born To Die" by Lana Del Rey in January 2012.
"I am grateful to you for making" No. 1 in the UK, the album "When we are all asleep, where are we going?" We worked very hard on this album. Thank you for the love!
Earlier in the day (April 5), it was also confirmed that 'When we are all asleep, where are we going?' Has also become the second best-selling album in 2019 so far.
In a five-star review of Eilish's debut, NME wrote, "When we're all going to sleep …" then check all the boxes for a memorable debut album that changes the rules of the game. It's nice and familiar, but it does capture the disruptive aspect of Billie.
"This is a courageous and resounding first step for an artist full of potential. Over the next decade, you will undoubtedly see popular music singing to try to reproduce what this album does on all levels. There will always be imitators, as Billie said in his song of the same name 2017, but none will be able to reach those summits any time soon. "
Lewis Capaldi kept Eilish from doubling after "Someone You Loved" beat the competition of 9,000 combined sales, which kept him in the lead for the sixth week in a row.
Eilish had to settle for 'Bad Boy' at number two.
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