Sam Fender has biggest opening week of 2025 as People Watching passes 80,000 sales

Sam Fender’s People Watching is already the fastest selling album of 2025. With 81,393 units sold and with the weekend’s streaming data yet to be counted, Fender’s third album has overtaken Taylor Swift’s Lover (Live From Paris) as the year’s fastest seller. It is also set to become the fastest ...

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