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Hear'Say were on course yesterday (Sunday) to score a rare chart-topping double for a new act as their debut album Popstars headed to number one. Demand for the Popstars album was so great last weak it looking like outselling the rest of the Top 10 put together as it aimed to smash Craig David's Born To Do It's opening-weak 225,000 tally to become the fastest-selling debut album to date. Joining in the Hear'Say mania were around 8,000 fans who queued for hours outside Coventry's Virgin Megastore last Thursday for the chance to obtain a signed copy of the album, although many left disappointed when Hear'Say left after signing around 3,500 copies. Interest in the band was so widespread among local children, several schools were reportedly forced to close for the day for fear of devastating their truancy figures. Columbia's Scandinavian trio Fused are ...