Sam Smith tops British music charts with fastest selling debut album

London: British singer-songwriter Sam Smith went straight to the top of the charts with his debut album In The Lonely Hour on Sunday, the Official Charts Company said.

The 22-year-old’s album has sold 101,000 copies over the last seven days, making it the fastest-selling debut album of the year so far and knocking Coldplay’s Ghost Stories into second place after a week at number one.

Paolo Nutini’s Caustic Love climbed three places to number three.

In the singles chart, 27-year-old Chicago-born house and techno producer SecondCity took the top spot with his debut track I Wanna Feel, pushing Smith’s Stay With Me into second.

French house duo Klingande, who have already topped the charts in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, were a new entry at number three with their UK debut Jubel.