UK's biggest selling debut artist of 2016 is NOT who you'd expect
Nobody expected this!
This will probably come as a shock to you but the UK’s biggest selling debut artist in 2016 wasn’t the likes of Zayn, Shawn Mendes or Jack Garratt, it was in fact lovable quiz show host Bradley Walsh.
Yes, you didn’t read that wrong! The Chase presenter Bradley Walsh sold a whopping 111,650 copies of his debut album 'Chasing Dreams', beating the likes of Zayn and Jack, and it was only released in October 2016.
Zayn only managed to sell 65,208 copies of his debut solo album ‘Mind Of Mine’ with Jack Garratt selling 62,952 copies of his album ‘Phase’.
Not only that, Bradley’s album was also the nation’s 7th best selling album of the year!
'Chasing Dreams', which consists of covers such as ‘Fly Me To The Moon’, ‘Mr Bojangles’ and ‘That’s Life’, achieved a top ten chart position back in December.
Bradley Walsh | © Getty Images
Speaking about the achievement at the time, Bradley said, “I’m thrilled and overwhelmed to be at number 10 and I’d just like to thank everyone concerned with making the album. Thank you Sony music for bringing the idea to me and to all lovers of proper tunes for buying it and for all the mums and nans out there; who would you rather have as a stocking filler, me or the Rolling Stones? It’s a no brainer!”
The track list for Bradley’s album can be found below:
- Almost Like Being in Love 2. That’s Life 3. Our Love Is Here To Stay 4. Fly Me to the Moon 5. Mr. Bojangles 6. For Once in My Life 7. Amapola 8. Steppin’ Out 9. How Do You Keep the Music Playing? 10. What Kind of Fool 11. Night and Day 12. Smile 13. Chasing Dreams 14. Chasing Dreams (Reprise)
‘Chasing Dreams’ is out now, preview it below:
Could we be seeing a big tour next from Bradley?