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Throughout last Week the 3 Led Zeppelin Albums were in the Top 10, with their 1st Album at No.4.

 

So I did 2 lots of Chart Trivia about it.

 

1) That they were only the 13th Act to have 3, (or more), Top 10 Albums in the same Chart.

 

2) And only the 5th British Act to achieve it. (The other 4 - The George Mitchell Minstrels,

David Bowie, The Beatles, & Amy Winehouse).

 

Also, the No.4 Position of the 1st Led Zeppelin Album meant that it had reached its Peak

Position - after reaching No.6 in 1969.

 

3) It meant that it had taken 45 Years & 2 Months to reach both its Peak & the Top 5.

Longer than any other Album ever.

 

4) Beating the previous 'Record Holder' - Off The Wall by Michael Jackson, which took

29 Years & 10 Months to Peak at No.3 in 2009, after getting to No.5 in 1979.

 

After all that, it turns out that none of my Chart Trivia was valid, as the 3 Led Zeppelin

Albums had all dropped by the time today's Chart was published - No.7, No.10, & No.12.

 

So, Off The Wall remains the Album that took the longest time to reach its Peak. (It is also

the Album that took the longest to reach the Top 3).

 

I guess that the 1st Led Zeppelin Album holds one Chart Record, now that it is back in the

Top 10. It is the longest gap between an Album last being in the Top 10, (May 1969), & that

Album returning to the Top 10. Just over 45 Years.

Edited June 8, 201411 yr by zeus555

Thanks for that - even if some of it did end up being invalid :( At least the info about the debut album is still valid!

 

Do you (or anyone else) know whether any album has taken longer than Cold Fact's 44 years to reach the top 40?

NEW UK ALBUM CHART RECORDS BY LED ZEPPELIN

 

'Led Zeppelin' & 'Led Zeppelin III' have the 1st & 2nd longest 'Gaps' between Top 10 Entries by any Albums.

 

UK ALBUMS WITH THE LONGEST ‘GAPS’ BETWEEN TOP 10 ENTRIES

 

1) LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN @@@

 

W/E 24th May 1969 (No.10 in its 5th Top 10 Week) to W/E 14th June 2014 (No.7 as a Re-Entry)

 

A ‘Gap’ of 45 Years & 1 Month between Top 10 Entries

 

 

2) LED ZEPPELIN III - LED ZEPPELIN @@@

 

W/E 27th March 1971 (No.7 in its 21st Top 10 Week) to W/E 14th June 2014 (No.10 as a Re-Entry)

 

A ‘Gap’ of 43 Years & 3 Months between Top 10 Entries

 

 

3) RUBBER SOUL - BEATLES

 

W/E 9th July 1966 (No.10 in its 30th Top 10 Week) to W/E 19th September 2009 (No.10 as a Re-Entry)

 

A ’Gap’ 43 Years & 2 Months between Top 10 Entries

 

 

4) REVOLVER - BEATLES

 

W/E 31st December 1966 (No.8 in its 21st Top 10 Week) to W/E 19th September 2009 (No.9 as a Re-Entry)

 

A ’Gap’ of 42 Years & 9 Months between Top 10 Entries

 

 

5) ABBEY ROAD - BEATLES

 

W/E 2nd May 1970 (No.7 in its 31st Top 10 Week) to W/E 19th September 2009 (No.6 as a Re-Entry)

 

A ’Gap’ of 39 Years & 4 Months between Top 10 Entries

 

 

6) EXILE ON MAIN ST. - ROLLING STONES @@@

 

W/E 8th July 1972 (No.6 in its 5th Top 10 Week) to W/E 29th May 2010 (No.1 as a Re-Entry)

 

A ’Gap’ of 37 Years & 10 Months between Top 10 Entries

 

 

@@@ = The Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin III, & Rolling Stones Top 10 Re-Entries had ‘Bonus Tracks’ on them

Edited June 9, 201411 yr by zeus555

'Led Zeppelin III' should be somewhere in that list as well.

Bre - Well spotted! I've now added the Led Zeppelin III Album to the List.

It is in 2nd place - so Led Zeppelin hold the Top 2 places.

 

I was so busy concentrating on the 1st Led Zeppelin Album, in the latest Album Chart,

that I forgot that they were also at No.10 with their 3rd Album!

Edited June 9, 201411 yr by zeus555

Thanks for that Colin.