Insiders are predicting that while pop idol Will Young’s new album, released yesterday, will be a best seller this Christmas it is unlikely to break any records. His debut single, Anything Is Possible/Evergreen, sold more than a million copies within its first week, going straight in at number one in the UK charts in February. "He has record-breaking status because of that," David Roberts, editor of The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, told the BBC. “But, although the album will sell well, Pop Idol's popularity is beginning to wane – I doubt he’ll break the record for the biggest-selling debut album by a solo male artist. Put it this way - if I was a betting man I think I would say no." Roberts reckons Young will maintain his big fan base for some time, but that he won’t beat Craig David, whose debut album ‘Born to do It’ sold a record breaking 1.8 million copies.
Kelly Clarkson, American Idol winner, scored the highest-selling single of any new release for three years in the US when ‘A Moment Like This’ sold 236,000 copies in its first week on full release last month. Clarkson’s album is expected next year, Gareth Gates debut LP will be released in a few weeks time.