Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes UK Album Chart history by entering the Top 10

Friday, January 17, 2020

Kanneh-Mason becomes the first cellist in the history of the UK Official Album Chart to break into the Top 10 and the first British classical instrumentalist in 30 years

Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes history (photo: Jake Turney)

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