Posted March 27, 201114 yr Consecutive Run 12- LEGEND- Bob Marley & The Wailers (1984) 10- KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER- Adam & The Ants (1981) 10- BROTHERS IN ARMS- Dire Straits (1986) 9- SUPER TROOPER- Abba (1980/81) 9- THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION- Madonna (1990/91) 9- GREATEST HITS- Eurythmics (1991) 9- 1- The Beatles (2000/01) 9- 21- Adele (2011) Non consecutively 15- BUT SERIOUSLY- Phil Collins (1989/90) 15- SPICE- The Spice Girls (1996/97) 14- BROTHERS IN ARMS- Dire Straits (1985/86) 12- KINGS OF THE WILD FRONTIER- Adam & The Ants (1981) 12- KIDS FROM FAME- Kids From Fame (1982) 12- STARS- Simply Red (1991/92) 12- URBAN HYMNS- The Verve (1997/98) 11- BAT OUT OF HELL II- BACK INTO HELL- Meat Loaf (1993) 11- JAGGED LITTLE PILL- Alanis Morissette (1996) 11- COME ON OVER- Shania Twain (1999/2000) 10- GREATEST HITS- Eurythmics (1991) 10- (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY- Oasis (1995/96) 10-TALK ON CORNERS- The Corrs (1998/99) 10- LIFE FOR RENT- Dido (2003/04) 10- BACK TO BEDLAM- James Blunt (2005/06) 9- LOVE SONGS- Barbara Streisand (1982) 9- INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO....- Terence Trent D'Arby (1987-88) 9- BY REQUEST- Boyzone (1999) 9- THE MAN WHO...- Travis (1999/2000) For your information- and as it's my first post by way of saying hello!
March 27, 201114 yr Hello! Thanks for this - great first post! This! Welcome to BuzzJack! It would be great to see Adele get to 13, but I think the steam will start to run out after Mother's Day.
March 27, 201114 yr I wouldn't bet against Adele smashing the consecutive weeks record! And if she doesn't get that then she'll probably get the non-consecutive weeks record.
March 27, 201114 yr I wouldn't bet against Adele smashing the consecutive weeks record! And if she doesn't get that then she'll probably get the non-consecutive weeks record. No chance if you go back to South Pacific's 155 weeks (including 70 consecutive). I can't see her beat the 31 consecutive weeks of Please Please Me either.
March 27, 201114 yr No chance if you go back to South Pacific's 155 weeks (including 70 consecutive). I can't see her beat the 31 consecutive weeks of Please Please Me either. The Sound of Music had 70 non consecutive weeks at #1 as well!
March 27, 201114 yr :unsure: OMG you compare Adele's 21 to some of those classics it really really REALLY pales in comparison :nono:
March 27, 201114 yr Adele is not that far from smashing another "record"! She will definitely have 10 weeks and then is only FF than can stop her but still they need to sell around 140k to beat her (?)! Exciting!
March 27, 201114 yr Remember - a lot of Adele's No.1 Album Feats have really only been compared to the 1980 to 2011 period - so far. The UK Album Chart began in late July 1956. Suedehead - 'South Pacific' was No.1 for 115 Weeks - not 155 Weeks. 70 of them were consecutive - including all of 1959. 'The Sound Of Music' is the next 'Most No.1 Weeks' Album - 70 - non-consecutive. Then it is 'The King & I' - yet another Film Soundtrack. That spent 48 Weeks at No.1 - non-consecutive.
March 27, 201114 yr Remember - a lot of Adele's No.1 Album Feats have really only been compared to the 1980 to 2011 period - so far. The UK Album Chart began in late July 1956. Suedehead - 'South Pacific' was No.1 for 115 Weeks - not 155 Weeks. 70 of them were consecutive - including all of 1959. 'The Sound Of Music' is the next 'Most No.1 Weeks' Album - 70 - non-consecutive. Then it is 'The King & I' - yet another Film Soundtrack. That spent 48 Weeks at No.1 - non-consecutive. Oops, another typo. I meant to say 115 weeks.
March 28, 201114 yr Remember - a lot of Adele's No.1 Album Feats have really only been compared to the 1980 to 2011 period - so far. The UK Album Chart began in late July 1956. Suedehead - 'South Pacific' was No.1 for 115 Weeks - not 155 Weeks. 70 of them were consecutive - including all of 1959. 'The Sound Of Music' is the next 'Most No.1 Weeks' Album - 70 - non-consecutive. Then it is 'The King & I' - yet another Film Soundtrack. That spent 48 Weeks at No.1 - non-consecutive. But back then, the #1 album probably only sold a few thousand a week, so comparing length of modern #1 runs with that era is pretty meaningless.
March 28, 201114 yr Vidcapper - I realise that UK Album Sales were very low in the 1950's, & Film Sound Tracks were mainly what people bought. However, to get to No.1, you always have to outsell everything else in the Charts that Week - however low your No.1 Sales are. In that sense, every No.1 Week is valid - no matter which Decade it was in. Yes, The Beatles have the UK Album Chart Records for the most consecutive Weeks at No.1. 1) Please Please Me - 30 Weeks 2) Sgt. Pepper... - 23 Weeks (27 Weeks in Total) 3)=With The Beatles - 21 Weeks 3)=A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles - 21 Weeks Believe it or not, even 'Please Please Me' does not hold the Chart Record, for the most No.1 Weeks by an Artist Album. That Feat belongs to 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', by Simon & Garfunkel - 33 Weeks at No.1! However, it needed 8 'Runs' at No.1, to get them - and its longest consecutive 'Run' was for 13 Weeks. (I see that a 'Deluxe' Edition of it is released on March 30th, so it may Re-Chart. The Deluxe version has 3 Disks - the original Album, a 'Greatest Hits' Disk, & a DVD! The 'Hits' Disk' has 17 Tracks - and they are versions of their Hits that have never been released in the UK before)
March 28, 201114 yr Could Bob Marley's consecutive weeks at number one album charts 1980-2011 be under threat?
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