Emeli Sandé breaks The Beatles' record for debut album Scottish singer Emeli Sandé broke a record held by The Beatles for 50 years yesterday when her debut album, Our Version of Events, stayed in the top 10 of the UK albums chart for a 63rd week. It's the longest time a debut album has stayed in the top 10: The Beatles' 1963 record Please Please Me spent 62 weeks. Sande's album was released in February 2012 and has already broken 100,000 sales in a week three times. Telegraph music critic James Lachno said the record was "a hugely impressive introduction to a dynamic, arresting talent." Our Version of Events has sold 1.82 million copies and three UK number one singles have been released from it: Read All About It with rapper Professor Green, Beneath Your Beautiful, a collaboration with musician Labrinth, and Next to Me, the third most played pop song of 2012. Sandé, who is 26, said: "It feels quite surreal to even have your name mentioned in the same sentence as The Beatles."