London
(ANI):
Leona
Lewis
has
ousted
the
Spice
Girls
by
outselling
them
four
to
one
on
the
first
day
of
their
album's
chart
battle.
The
X
Factor
winner,
whose
copies
of
the
album
Spirit,
are
flying
off
the
shelves
across
the
UK,
has
been
estimated
to
sell
around
100,000
copies
by
Nov
19.
Lewis
who
is
outselling
the
rest
of
the
top
10
combined,
at
HMV
stores,
is
said
to
be
capable
of
shifting
around
350,000
copies
by
the
end
of
the
week.
The
sale
would
put
her
within
touching
distance
of
the
record
for
a
UK
debut.
The
Spice
Girls
are
managing
just
a
quarter
of
that
figure
with
their
Greatest
Hits.
The
record
is
currently
held
by
the
Arctic
Monkeys,
who
had
sold
363,735
copies
of
their
album,
Whatever
People
Say
I
Am,
That's
What
I'm
Not.
Lewis,
22,
winner
of
last
year's
X
Factor,
is
already
celebrating
after
her
single,
Bleeding
Love,
became
the
biggest
selling
song
of
the
year
on
Sunday.
It
has
sold
111,978
copies
over
the
last
seven
days."Leona's
success
is
all
the
more
remarkable
as
this
is
a
huge
week
for
Christmas
releases,
with
heavyweight
albums
from
the
likes
of
the
Spice
Girls,
Led
Zeppelin
and
Celine
Dion," the
Daily
Snack
quoted
HMV's
Gennaro
Castaldo,
as
saying.
"There
has
been
a
growing
feeling
over
the
past
few
weeks
that
this
album
would
be
huge,
particularly
following
the
success
of
Bleeding
Love
and
the
impact
of
Leona's
appearance
on
X
Factor.
But,
if
anything,
Spirit
may
even
go
on
to
exceed
these
high
expectations.
"Who
could
have
predicted
Leona
would
have
come
back
from
her
year
away
in
such
dramatic
style
-
that's' some
superstar
makeover
she's
been
through!"
he
added.