Radio 2 reveals UK’s biggest selling debut albums of all time

completemusicupdate.com:

It’s National Album Day tomorrow. You’re probably too busy putting up your decorations right now to read this. Well, if you’ve got a moment while you have a quick break from all your Album Day preparations, I wanted to let you know that the Official Charts Company and BBC Radio 2 has announced the UK’s 20 biggest debut albums of all time.This year’s National Album Day is putting the spotlight on debut albums in particular, hence this list.

And topping the chart is Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ – unbeaten since 1977. This pushes the biggest debut by a British artist – James Blunt’s ‘Back To Bedlam’ – down in to second place.

And if you’re wondering – I know you are – the most recent album in the top 20 is ‘Our Version Of Events’ by Emeli Sandé, which came out in 2012.Steve Wright will run through the full top 20 in a special show on Radio 2 this afternoon from 1-3pm.

Commenting, he says: “’Bat Out Of Hell’ reaching number one as the UK’s biggest debut album of all-time might be a surprise to some, but it is a truly brilliant debut album and one which reached a whole new audience following the sad passing of Meat Loaf earlier this year.