Gerry & The Pacemakers single, "You'll Never Walk Alone"

The most successful debut is considered to be an important record. Obviously Al Martino scored the first No.1 hit, meaning he was the first act to have his first single reach No.1 (although it was not the first single he ever released, it was the first single to chart).

Eddie Calvert took "Oh Mein Papa" to the top in 1954 and "Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White" the following year. Eddie Calvert became the first act to have his first two singles reach No.1.

Over 8 years later, in 1963, Gerry & The Pacemakers became the first act to have their first 3 singles reach No.1 when "How Do You Do It?", "I Like It" & "You'll Never Walk Alone" all hit the top spot.

In 1984, Frankie Goes To Hollywood's first single "Relax" climbed up to No.1 after being banned by the BBC and a frenzy followed. It dropped out of the charts only to return to No.2 six months later. Through all of this, the single managed to sell 1.91 million copies.

The band's second single, "Two Tribes" sold in excess of 1.5 million copies and spent 9 weeks at No.1, 4 weeks longer than their first single.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood

Their third single, "The Power Of Love" did not quite manage to equal the success of its predecessors, but spent a week at the top and was only knocked off by Band Aid, which went on to sell over 3.5 million copies.

Frankie's next release stalled at No.2, ending their consecutive run and meaning that their record had only matched that of Gerry & The Pacemakers 20 odd years earlier. Still, it would be fair to say that Frankie Goes To Hollywood were a more "successful" debut, because of incredibly high sales.

5 years later, Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers equalled the record of first 3 singles reaching No.1, however these were not as successful as either Gerry & The Pacemakers' or Frankie Goes To Hollywood's.

In 1997, 34 years after Gerry & The Pacemakers achieved their 3rd No.1, the Spice Girls took their first 4 singles to No.1. Promoting girl power and carrying music onto new levels, they were hugely successful and proved so by extending this record to having their first 6 singles ("Wannabe", "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1", "Who Do You Think You Are", "Spice Up Your Life" & "Too Much") reaching No.1. Their run was eventually broken by "Stop", their seventh single stalling at No.2.

The Spice Girls

By this time it had become more common for singles to enter at No.1. "Wannabe" did not enter at No.1, so the Spice Girls could not claim the record for the first act to achieve their first six singles entering at No.1.

This was a new record. B*witched became the first act to have their first four singles ("C'est La Vie", "Rollercoaster", "To You I Belong" & "Blame It On The Weatherman") all enter at No.1.

Westlife, became the most successful boyband in Britain and became the first act to have their first seven singles ("Swear It Again", "If I Let You Go", "Flying Without Wings", "I Have A Dream", "Fool Again", "Against All Odds" & "My Love") all entered at No.1. This record achieved in 2000, is fairly unlikely to be broken in the future, but remains possible, because most acts achieve massive success for a short period of time these days.

However, it is becoming difficult with increasing amounts of new releases each week.