LEONA LEWIS BREAKS CHART RECORDS YET AGAIN: ALBUM 'SPIRIT' HITS #1 ON BILLBOARD ALBUM CHART....

British sensation Leona Lewis is seeing continuing record-breaking success with new album Spirit. Her debut album has just entered the Billboard album chart at #1 today with 204, 841 albums sold, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

This is the first time in music history that a British female artist debuts at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and it’s the first time ever that a British artist overall has debuted on the chart at #1 with a first album. In fact it gets even better. It is also the biggest female artist first album debut since Carrie Underwood in 2005. Leona's record-breaking success came two weeks ago when she broke the Hot 100 Chart record, becoming the first British female solo artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 chart in over 21 years with smash hit single Bleeding Love. To date, Bleeding Love has sold over 1 million tracks stateside and returns to the #1 spot this week on the Billboard Digital Songs Chart. In the UK, her album Spirit is the fastest selling album of all time. And Bleeding Love was also one of the biggest selling singles of 2007. A massive congrats. This chick is going ALL the way!