The Chase host Bradley Walsh gloats about selling more albums than Zayn Malik and reveals he has now set his sights on overtaking Niall Horan
TV presenter scored a huge success with his music career - and he's still got big plans
THE Chase host Bradley Walsh has gloated about selling more albums than Zayn Malik and revealed he has set his sights on overtaking Niall Horan too.
TV veteran Bradley scored a huge success with his debut album and even outperformed the former One Direction star.
Bradley, 57, went up against the pop sensation last year as they both released their first studio records.
The Chase star offered up a collection of jazz standard covers called Chasing Dreams, and it far outstripped sales of Zayn’s Mind of Mine to become the biggest-selling debut of 2016.
He made sure to mention that during his appearance on Lorraine today, declaring that Zayn must be “gutted” to have been overtaken by the veteran TV star.
Bradley said: “He’d be gutted.
“I’ve met him and a he’s a lovely lad, but he’d be gutted…
“[My album] is the sort of record that kids buy for their mums and nans – it’s that sort of album.”
Bradley went on to reveal plans to outsell another One Direction star who has gone solo – Niall Horan.
He said: “I’ll beat Niall Horan. He’s a good lad.”
The Chase presenter became the only British new artist to land a gold record in 2016, scoring sales of 111,650 copies after its release in October.
The album far outsold Mind of Mine, which sold just 65,208 copies last year despite hitting shops in March.
The Chase star’s album was also named the nation’s seventh best-selling LP of the year overall.
He also outsold acts including Jack Garratt, Biffy Clyro and Tom Odell.
The former Coronation Street star previously said of his music career: “I grew up listening to legends such as Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Tony Bennett.
“From those early days I’ve always been a huge fan of this style of music and now to have the opportunity to record some of the greatest songs and arrangements ever written, alongside a 54-piece orchestra and band, is absolutely thrilling.”
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