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'Beauty Behind The Madness' is the third album chart eligible release by The Weeknd, he very briefly charted in 2013 with 'Kiss Land' (#12 but only spent two weeks in the top 100). 'Kiss Land' was his first proper studio album, 'Trilogy' was just a compilation of three mixtapes.

Also Bloom was Beach House's 4th album ^_^

A)... Here are 3 UK Chart Lists. Two of them show how Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour now

holds the Chart Record for the most Top 5 Weeks for a Male Soloist Album - 58. It over-took

Thriller by Michael Jackson, a few Weeks ago. It has the 3rd most Top 5 Weeks for an Artist

Album, & the 11th most for any Album. Ed Sheeran's X is not far behind - that's equal with

Thriller's 55 Top 5 Weeks...

 

B)... In The Lonely Hour has its 67th consecutive Top 10 Week. It has yet to leave the Top 10.

It's now over-taken Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, (66 consecutive Top 10 Weeks), to

become the debut Album with the most consecutive Top 10 Weeks. Only 2 other Artist Albums

have had more consecutive Top 10 Weeks, & only 8 Albums over-all. Again Ed Sheeran's X

Album is not far behind. That has its 63rd consecutive Top 10 Week in the latest Chart....

 

 

All 3 Lists go from W/E July 28th 1956 to W/E 10th September 2015.

 

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UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 WEEKS

 

(Total Top 10 Weeks In Brackets)

 

01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 180 WEEKS - (276)

02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1965) - 172 WEEKS - (233)

03)... BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (BBC TV) - (1960) - 120 W - (120)

04)... MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST - (1958) - 101 WEEKS - (122)

05)... THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 94 WEEKS - (153)

06)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 92 WEEKS - (135)

07)... WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1960) - 89 WEEKS - (153)

08)... 21 - ADELE - (2011) - 71 WEEKS - (76)

09)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 67 WEEKS - (67)

10)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - (2012) - 66 WEEKS - (67)

11)... X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 63 WEEKS - (63)

12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - BEATLES - (1963) - 62 WEEKS - (62)

 

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UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS

 

(Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums)

 

01)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 105

02)... 21 - ADELE - (2011) - 61

03)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 58

04)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - (1963) - 56

05)= THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with Thriller 25)

05)= X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 55

07)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - (1985) - 50

08)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - (2012) - 47

09)... TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - (1997) - 45

10)... G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY - (1960) - 44

 

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UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 5 WEEKS

 

(Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums)

 

01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 214

02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1965) - 189

03)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 105

04)... THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 104

05)... WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1961) - 101

06)... BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (BBC TV) - (1960) - 97

07)... MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 94

08)... OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 78

09)... GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1959) - 63 - (Peaked at No.2)

10)... 21 - ADELE - 61 - (2011)

11)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 58

12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 56 - (1963)

13)= THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with Thriller 25)

13)= X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 55

15)... MARY POPPINS (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1964) - 52 - (Peaked at No.2)

 

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thanks for those v interesting lists zeus555~ :)

Thanks for that Colin. I looked up Emeli Sande's record a few weeks ago, as I thought Sam Smith must be close. Unfortunately, I then forgot about it :(