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In a career spanning over 70 years, Bassey has sold over 140 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling female artists of all time She is the first woman in history to claim a Top 40 album in seven consecutive decades in the United Kingdom
She has recorded the theme song to three different James Bond films. In 1999, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.