Duffy's On Top of the U.K.

Billboard announced today that Duffy's debut album Rockferry was the U.K.'s top selling album of 2008 beating out Coldplay's Viva La Vida (at 5th place) and Leona Lewis's Spirit (at 3rd place). The Welsh-singer sold 1.685 million copies of Rockferry. The top singles from the album include "Warwick Avenue" and "Rockferry." Duffy not only has a lovely soulful voice but she also writes most of her own material. She partnered with writers/producers Bernard Butler (former guitarist of Suede) and Jimmy Hogarth who supported Duffy's voice brilliantly with the delicate but strong emphasis of the guitar on most of the tracks. I especially love the song "Hanging On Too Long," where Duffy admits her faults of holding on to a somber, guitar-laden, harmony-rich track. I'm sure that we are going to hear a lot more from this Welsh soul singer.