85-year-old Bennett is chart-topping newcomer

At 85 the veteran crooner finally leads the countdown, some 54 years after he first appeared on the US albums chart when his set Tony reached number 14 in 1957. His previous highest chart peak came when Duets reached number three in 2006, but it is the follow-up Duets II which has sent Bennett into the record books after selling 179,000 copies last week. The previous record holder Bob Dylan reached number one aged 67 in 2009 with Together Through ...

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