Singer Adam Lambert is honored at being
the first openly gay artist to have a number one record in the United
States.
The 30-year-old Lambert made history
when his sophomore album Trespassing debuted at Number One on
Billboard's album chart.
Trespassing sold 77,000 copies
according to Nielsen SoundScan, making Lambert the seventh American
Idol finalist to climb to the top spot on the chart.
“It's a big milestone,” Lambert
told the AP. “I didn't realize it hadn't been reached, either. It
feels like an honor to be that artist. I think America is
progressing, slowly but surely, in regards to equal rights with the
LGBT community.”
“On this album, I address it
directly. It was something that was really important to me, because
it is a part of who I am.”
“But what I'm really trying to say
with the messages on the album in like a broader sense is that yes
this is who I am and I do celebrate it but in actuality who I am and
my orientation are only one part of me. And when you boil it down,
we all have the same needs.” (The video is embedded in the right
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