Sergio Mims: BBC.com: Sheku Kanneh-Mason breaks UK chart record [Kanneh-Mason has scored the biggest-selling British debut of the year to date]

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

(Lars Borges)

Sergio A. Mims writes:

Here's some excellent news about cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason: 

BBC News

By Mark Savage BBC Music reporter

2 February 2018

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason has scored the biggest-selling British debut of the year to date with his classical album, Inspiration.

The 18-year-old enters the album chart at 18, making him the youngest ever cellist to feature in the countdown.

His first recording, which includes works by Shostakovich and Leonard Cohen, takes its place alongside the likes of Ed Sheeran and Eminem.