March 17, 201312 yr As David Bowie has now got his 9th UK No.1 Album, here is an up-date, of the Artists with the Most UK No.1 Albums:, ARTISTS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 23rd March 2013) (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) 1) BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2) MADONNA - 12 (30W) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 4)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 10 (30W) 4)=U2 - 10 (15W) 7)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 7)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W) 7)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 7)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 7)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W) 11)=OASIS - 8 (21W) 11)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W) 11)=REM - 8 (13W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Bon Jovi have their 7th UK No.2 Album, so here is some Chart Trivia, regarding that. ARTISTS WITH THE MOST UK No.2 ALBUMS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 23rd March 2013) (Weeks at No.2 in Brackets) 1) ROLLING STONES - 10 (15W) 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 7 (16W) 2)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (14W) 2)=BON JOVI - 7 (Not counting 2 No.2 Solo Albums, by Jon Bon Jovi - 2 No.2 Weeks) (7W) 5)=CLIFF RICHARD - 5 (24W) 5)=FRANK SINATRA - 5 (1 with Count Basie) (3 Weeks with Count Basie) (12W) 5)=QUEEN - 5 (9W) 5)=PAUL WELLER - 5 (5W) 5)=SMITHS - 5 (5W) NOTE - Not including The Shadows 5 No.2 Albums with Cliff Richard @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE UK No.2 ALBUMS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 23rd March 2013) Only 1 Act - Bon Jovi - has ever had more than 3 consecutive No.2 Albums. Only 5 other Acts have managed to have as many as 3 No.2 Albums in a row. 5 No.2 Albums in a row BON JOVI (2005 - 2013) 3 No.2 Albums in a row 1) CLIFF RICHARD (1959 - 1961) 2) THE JAM (1982 - 1991) 3) PET SHOP BOYS (1987 - 1990) 4) A-HA (1985 - 1988) *** 5) SHERYL CROW (1998 - 2003) *** *** = The only Artists in the List that have not had a No.1 Album NOTE - Not including The Shadows 3 consecutive No.2 Albums with Cliff Richard @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 'RUMOURS' REACHES 500 CHART WEEKS Using the 'Canon' of the UK Album Chart, 'Rumours' has now become the first Album to reach 500 Chart Weeks:, Here is how it gets its 500 Chart Weeks:, 1) 388 Top 75 Weeks 2) Plus 112 No.76 to No.100 Weeks, when the 'Canon' of the Album Chart was the entire Top 100. (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 14th January 1989) A) UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 30th March 2013) 1) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 501 Weeks 2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 484 Weeks 3) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 474 Weeks 4) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 457 Weeks 5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 418 Weeks B) UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 30th March 2013) 1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 457 Weeks 2) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 440 Weeks 3) Greatest Hits - Queen - 422 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 389 Weeks 5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 388 Weeks C) UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 100 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 30th March 2013) If we carry on using the entire Top 100, after January 1989, we get:, 1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 665 Weeks 2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 652 Weeks 3) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 609 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 536 Weeks 5) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 506 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Edited March 24, 201312 yr by zeus555
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