The latest news on Adele (and a few other people) now available from the front page and the latest new box

Yay, you included my factoid about Tinie :kink:

 

Great read :D It's great to see Frankie & The Heartstrings get a top 40 album, very underrated band

I' ve not actually heard any of FATH yet but anything produced by Edwyn Collins is off to a good start so I shall have to get onto youtube or Spotify.

 

And thanks for the factiod.

 

Suedehead2 - If anyone says that The Shadows did not have 2 simultaneous

Top 5 Albums, in January 1963, they have to disqualify John Lennon, in February

1981, too. ('Summer Holiday' was a Cliff Richard & The Shadows Album, &

'The Next Time/Bachelor Boy' was a Cliff Richard & The Shadows Single). The

Shadows also had a Top 5 Single & Album - at the same time - as The Shadows

- which is why I credited them with 2 Top 5 Singles, & 2 Top 5 Albums, in the

W/E 31st January 1963 Charts.

 

John Lennon was credited on 2 Top 5 Singles & Albums, in the W/E 7th February

1981 Chart. However - one of those Top 5 Albums, (the No.1 that Week), was

credited as a John Lennon & Yoko Ono Album. ('Double Fantasy'). If The Shadows

can't be credited with a January 1963 Cliff Richard & The Shadows Album, then - to be

consistent - we can't say that 'Double Fantasy' was a John Lennon Album.

 

Look at the Cover of 'Double Fantasy' - It is clearly credited to both John & Yoko:,

 

http://www.chartstats.com/albuminfo.php?id=5162

 

Personally - to save such matters arising - I regard any Act who is credited

on an Album, as having that Hit Album. So 'Double Fantasy' can be called a

John Lennon Album, & 'Summer Holiday' can be called a Shadows Album.....

 

I know that some people will be wondering if Adele is the 1st Act to have

the Top 2 Albums in the same Week. Others will assume that maybe Adele,

The Corrs, The Beatles, & Bruce Springsteen, are the only Acts to manage

the Feat.

 

In fact:,

 

1) Adele is the 10th Act to achieve it.

 

2) She's the 1st Solo Female to do so.

 

ACTS WITH THE NUMBER 1 & NUMBER 2 ALBUMS IN THE SAME WEEK

 

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1) ELVIS PRESLEY - W/E 25th October 1958

 

KING CREOLE (OST) - 1

ELVIS’ GOLDEN RECORDS - 2

 

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2) THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS

 

W/E 16th December 1961

 

ANOTHER BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - 1

THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - 2

 

W/E 30th December 1961

 

ANOTHER BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - 1

THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - 2

 

W/E 29th December 1962

 

THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - 1

ON STAGE WITH THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 2

 

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3) THE BEATLES

 

W/E 30th November 1963

 

PLEASE PLEASE ME - 1

WITH THE BEATLES - 2

 

W/E 7th December 1963 - W/E 21st March 1964 - 16 WEEKS

 

WITH THE BEATLES - 1

PLEASE PLEASE ME - 2

 

W/E 4th April 1964 - 11th April 1964 - 2 WEEKS

 

WITH THE BEATLES - 1

PLEASE PLEASE ME - 2

 

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4) MIKE OLDFIELD

 

W/E 14th September 1974 - W/E 28th September 1974 - 3 WEEKS

 

HERGEST RIDGE - 1

TUBULAR BELLS - 2

 

W/E 5th October 1974

 

TUBULAR BELLS - 1

HERGEST RIDGE - 2

 

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5) ABBA - W/E 15th January 1977 (The only Act from outside the British Isles & USA to achieve it)

 

ARRIVAL - 1

GREATEST HITS - 2

 

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6) KIDS FROM FAME - W/E 30th October 1982 - W/E 6th November 1982 - 2 WEEKS

 

KIDS FROM FAME - 1

KIDS FROM FAME AGAIN - 2

 

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7) GUNS N’ ROSES - W/E 28th September 1991 ***

 

USE YOUR ILLUSION II - 1

USE YOUR ILLUSION I - 2

 

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8) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - W/E 4th April 1992 ***

 

HUMAN TOUCH - 1

LUCKY TOWN - 2

 

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9) THE CORRS - W/E 10th April 1999

 

TALK ON CORNERS - 1

FORGIVEN, NOT FORGOTTEN - 2

 

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10) ADELE - W/E 5th March 2011 (The 1st Solo Female to achieve this Feat)

 

21 - 1

19 - 2

 

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*** = The Albums Entered at 1 & 2 that Week

Edited February 28, 201114 yr by zeus555

Thanks for the reminder about Double Fantasy. In fact, Yoko sang half the songs on the album with John singing the others so it was distinctly a John and Yoko album.

 

I shall leave it for people to decide for themselves which acts should count :lol:

Thanks also for the full list of albums. I doubt the Beatles' record of 16 weeks in a row (and 19 weeks out of 20) will ever be beaten.

Oops! I failed to spot that the Kids From Fame also had the Top 2 Albums.

(I've corrected my earlier Post, now).

 

They did it for 2 Weeks - in October & November 1982.

 

So, Adele is the 10th Act to achieve it - not the 9th.

 

Thanks to Alan Jones, 'Music Week' Report, for the Kids From Fame Feat.

 

However, in the Report, he also has these comments:,

 

1) He points out that the George Mitchell Minstrels did it in 1961 & 1962,

but only gives 1964 for The Beatles. They achieved the Feat in 1963,

too. (5 Weeks in 1963 & 14 Weeks in 1964).

 

2) That The Corrs were the last Act to manage the Top 2 Albums - in

March 1999. It was April 1999.

 

3) That Adele is the first Female to achieve it. Unless you say SOLO Female,

that is not a fair statement - the George Mitchell Minstrels, ABBA, the Kids

From Fame, & The Corrs, all managed it - & all had Female Singers.

Edited February 28, 201114 yr by zeus555

A lot of people have tried very hard to forget Kids From Fame :lol: