Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour sets new record with 67th consecutive week in Top 10

Tom Pakinkis

Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour has racked up a record-breaking 67th consecutive week in the Official Albums Chart Top 10 – the longest unbroken run ever for a debut album.

The LP hasn’t left the Top 10 since its release in May 2014, where it debuted at No.1 with opening week sales of 101,000. The previous mark for a debut album of 66 weeks was set by Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events in 2013. Sande's album, in turn, ...

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