Top 40 Album Chart Summary: 01 January - 07 January

 

01 | 01 | 06 | Adele - 25

 

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NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1

 

Sales: 2,400k+

 

Certification: 8x Platinum

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

01 Hello

29 When We Were Young

64 Million Years Ago

 

Chart History:

 

2008 01 19 ~ Million Seller

2011 01 21 ~ Million Seller

2011 74 iTunes Festival: London 2011

2015 01 25 ~ Million Seller

 

02 | 02 | 09 | Elvis Presley & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - If I Can Dream

NE: 1-1-3-2-2-3-2-2-2

Sales: 800k+ Certification: 2x Platinum

 

03 | 03 | 07 | Justin Bieber - Purpose

NE: 2-3-3-4-4-3-3

Sales: 600k+ Certification: 2x Platinum

 

04 | 05 | 19 | Jess Glynne - I Cry When I Laugh

NE: 1-2-2-4-3-5-3-3-4-6-5-9-6-8-5-5-5-5-4

Sales: 500k+ Certification: Platinum

 

05 | 08 | 07 | One Direction - Made in the A.M.

NE: 1-5-6-9-8-8-5

Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum

 

06 | 06 | 08 | Little Mix - Get Weird

NE: 2-5-6-4-6-6-6-6

Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum

 

07 | 04 | 04 | Coldplay - A Head Full of Stars

NE: 2-3-4-7

Sales: 500k+ Certification: Platinum

 

08 | 18 | 62 | Taylor Swift - 1989

NE: 1-3-6-7-7-10-9-8-7-4-4-4-7-8-7-8-8-5-7-8-9-8-8-7-11-10-2-8-4-4-3-5-8-12-4-4-5-5-6-6-7-9-9-11-11-14-16-17-18-17-14-17-14-18-17-21-27-25-24-20-

-18-8

Sales: 900k+ Certification: 3x Platinum

 

09 | 11 | 80 | Ed Sheeran - x

NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-3-5-6-3-2-2-3-2-1-3-2-2-2-1-1-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-3-2-3-3-4-3-4-3-3-3-7-4-7-9-8-10-4-5-5-5-1-2-2-3-4-3-4-7-7-9-10-8-8-2-2-2-

-7-4-8-9-12-14-11-11-11-9

Sales: 2,600k+ Certification: 8x Platinum

 

10 | 17 | 41 | James Bay - Chaos and the Calm

NE: 1-2-2-2-5-3-9-9-12-9-13-15-11-6-3-4-3-4-5-6-7-2-9-14-13-13-10-12-10-9-15-15-16-19-19-24-16-20-16-17-10

Sales: 500k+ Certification: Platinum

 

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11 | 16 | 84 | Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour

NE: 1-1-3-3-2-5-4-4-3-4-3-2-4-5-1-1-3-3-2-3-3-6-3-5-4-3-4-4-2-2-2-3-1-3-4-4-4-1-2-1-2-1-2-2-3-4-4-4-8-3-2-5-5-7-5-9-9-6-7-4-5-4-5-5-6-6-5-4-7-11-10-

-7-6-9-9-10-7-15-16-17-19-18-16-11

Sales: 2,100k+ Certification: 6x Platinum

 

12 | 21 | 08 | Ellie Goulding - Delirium

NE: 3-13-20-22-21-19-21-12

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold

 

13 | 27 | 18 | The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness

NE: 1-3-8-12-9-6-8-10-12-15-18-25-33-35-33-32-27-13

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold

 

14 | 09 | 09 | Rod Stewart - Another Country

NE: 2-4-7-10-8-8-9-9-14

Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum

 

15 | 32 | 25 | Years & Years - Communion

NE: 1-1-2-3-4-7-10-12-17-20-26-24-24-20-22-17-14-20-20-25-29-32-29-32-15

Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold

 

16 | 07 | 07 | Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the Universe

NE: 4-7-7-7-7-7-16

Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold

 

17 | 28 | 113 | The Beatles - 1

NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-7-11-12-13-22-29-36-37-31-34-40-49-53-48-46-33-43-42-56-52-39-23-29-33-52-67-74-71-76-82-87-94-98

RE: 80-52-53-63-81

RE: 90-85-92-73-64-63-61-74

RE: 96-90-79-79-97

RE: 85-99

RE: 89

RE: 100

RE: 100

RE: 91-93

RE: 82-100-100

RE: 94-93

RE: 84-91

RE: 56-46-43-57-68-74-94-94

RE: 99

RE: 99-54-83

RE: 6-12-25-40-42-56-76-91

RE: 75-91

RE: 71-35-49-84-66-82-99

RE: 58

RE: 5-11-19-27-29-28-28-17

Sales: 3,200k+ Certification: 10x Platinum

 

18 | 10 | 42 | Olly Murs - Never Been Better

NE: 1-6-3-3-3-6-5-6-10-14-18-18-29-30-27-18-27-23-15-15-26-19-25-11-24-37-27-34-42-41-51-58-62-81-87-91

RE: 9-12-12-12-10-18

Sales: 700k+ Certification: 2x Platinum

 

19 | 39 | 65 | Hozier - Hozier

NE: 5-17-33-50-65-59-65-83-58-67-59-37-17-10-5-8-6-5-6-7-10-11-11-11-11-14-11-13-11-11-6-3-7-7-11-13-14-15-8-11-11-9-14-19-20-19-14-18-19-27-

-31-34-33-35-44-45-52-44-46-49-38-50-30-39-19

Sales: 400k+ Certification: Platinum

 

20 | 36 | 31 | Florence + the Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful

NE: 1-2-2-1-2-6-8-8-12-8-12-10-12-16-16-14-16-19-21-27-24-23-35-41-43-48-34-38-41-36-20

Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold

 

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21 | 38 | 35 | Mumford & Sons - Wilder Minds

NE: 1-1-3-4-9-9-7-13-15-12-13-15-15-16-16-15-18-13-15-23-27-22-28-28-32-29-33-33-35-42-37-34-36-38-21

Sales: 300k+ Certification: Platinum

 

22 | 12 | 42 | Michael Bublé - Christmas

NE: 3-5-2-1-3-2-2-1-1-15-94

RE: 5-4-2-3-3-4

RE: 58-37-14-13-10-7-9-8

RE: 38-29-27-17-13-10-7-10

RE: 98-21-23-26-19-15-15-12-22

Sales: 2,300k+ Certification: 7x Platinum

 

23 | 23 | 02 | Chris Brown - Royalty

NE: 23-23

Sales: 20k+ Certification: -

 

24 | 15 | 25 | Cilla Black - The Very Best of Cilla Black

NE: 37-67

RE: 81-48-26-42-72-73-63-93

RE: 14-8-1-2-8-10-18-33-84

RE: 17-18-16-14-15-24

Sales: 200k+ Certification: Gold

 

25 | 13 | 06 | Enya - Dark Sky Island

NE: 4-9-10-10-13-25

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold

 

26 | 30 | 95 | Electric Light Orchestra - All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra

NE: 11-6-16-23-31-34-43-55-80-87-98

RE: 95-58-72-75-90-96

RE: 89-55-62-92

RE: 85-54-51-28-36-55-67-67-71-78-90

RE: 49-39-42-51-56-89

RE: 91-85-84-96-95

RE: 98-80-89

RE: 95

RE: 100

RE: 91-98

RE: 100

RE: 22-23-10-23-50-39-39-42-54-43-44-44-49-70-89-98

RE: 10-10-17-38-60-66-93

RE: 78-87

RE: 76-97

RE: 74-40-18-27-39-83-81

RE: 53-87

RE: 99-28-36-43-42-37-30-26

Sales: 900k+ Certification: 3x Platinum

 

27 | 22 | 05 | The Corrs - White Light

NE: 11-17-17-22-27

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Silver

 

28 | 70 | 16 | Bring Me the Horizon - That's the Spirit

 

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NE: 2-9-17-23-22-30-28-38-29-41-59-49-65-69-70-28

 

Sales: 100k+

 

Certification: Gold

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

17 Drown

51 Throne

55 Happy Song

87 Doomed

91 True Friends

95 Follow You

97 Avalanche

 

Chart History:

 

2006 93 Count Your Blessings

2008 47 Suicide Season

2010 13 There is a Hell...

2013 03 Sempiternal

2015 02 That's the Spirit

 

29 | 92 | 126 | Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2010

 

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NE: 1-2-5-8-10-11-21-25-27-33-34-58-62-81-94-93-94-95

RE: 100-58-61-68-72-76-74-79-61-50-56-53-75

RE: 100

RE: 92-71-75

RE: 73-65-59

RE: 74

RE: 96

RE: 83

RE: 92-87-90-93-97-97-98-96-95

RE: 97-97-90

RE: 72-61-80-76-100-94

RE: 82-55-56-52-53-100

RE: 72-70-60-76-68-86-82-100-72-40-47-78-59-85-80-29-39-41-17-51

RE: 100

RE: 91-54-44-32-65

RE: 86-80-77-71-71-84-75-87-67-58-70-97

RE: 99-100-76-88-79

RE: 97-84-69-73-75-76-71-91-91

RE: 92-90-96-81-78

RE: 61-81

RE: 92-29

 

Sales: 600k+

 

Certification: 2x Platinum

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

01 All Around the World

01 Don't Look Back in Anger

01 D'Ya Know What I Mean?

01 Go Let It Out

01 Lyla

01 Some Might Say

01 The Hindu Times

01 The Importance of Being Idle

02 Let There Be Love

02 Little By Little

02 Roll With It

02 She is Love

02 Stand By Me

02 Stop Crying Your Heart Out

02 Wonderwall

03 Songbird

03 The Shock of the Lightning

03 Whatever

04 Sunday Morning Call

04 Who Feels Love?

07 Cigarettes & Alcohol

10 Falling Down

10 Live Forever

10 Lord Don't Slow Me Down

11 Shakermaker

12 I'm Outta Time

31 Supersonic

 

Chart History:

 

1994 01 Definitely Maybe ~ Million Seller

1995 01 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? ~ Million Seller

1996 23 Definitely Maybe: The Singles

1996 24 (What's the Story) Morning Glory?: The Singles

1997 01 Be Here Now ~ Million Seller

1998 02 The Masterplan

2000 01 Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

2000 05 Familiar to Millions

2002 01 Heathen Chemistry ~ Million Seller

2005 01 Don't Believe the Truth

2006 02 Stop the Clocks ~ Million Seller

2008 01 Dig Out Your Soul

2010 01 Time Flies... 1994-2010

 

30 | 24 | 04 | Fleur East - Love, Sax & Flashbacks

NE: 14-21-24-30

Sales: 60k+ Certification: Silver

 

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31 | 14 | 07 | Alexander Armstrong - A Year of Songs

NE: 6-14-13-15-13-13-14-31

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold

 

32 | 58 | 11 | Jamie Lawson - Jamie Lawson

 

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NE: 1-8-12-14-24-39-36-52-54-58-32

 

Sales: 80k+

 

Certification: Silver

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

06 Wasn't Expecting That

 

Chart History:

 

2015 01 Jamie Lawson

 

33 | 33 | 191 | Adele - 21

NE: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2-3-4-2-2-3-4-2-3-4-8-7-9-8-9-5-6-6-6-6-1-2-1-3-4-5-3-1-2-4-3-5-4-3-1-1-2-5-4-4-3-

-10-12-12-14-15-9-11-7-9-10-9-17-15-16-17-17-19-24-19-18-19-25-33-36-34-42-48-44-45-46-55-41-40-32-43-37-42-35-33-22-22-36-42-41-44-44-45-46-

-54-60-59-62-64-74-71-65-77-82-68-65-69-68-62-51-61-69-65-60-65-69-79-74-75-80-84

RE: 87-70-83-81-90-98

RE: 98-99

RE: 99

RE: 84

RE: 100

RE: 91-72-88

RE: 94

RE: 92-89-96

RE: 93

RE: 84-80-87-85

RE: 97-93

RE: 89

RE: 77-72-74

RE: 94-96

RE: 95-92-80-93-60-11-20-23-29-15-23-30-31-33-33

Sales: 4,800k+ Certification: 16x Platinum

 

34 | 50 | 04 | Sigma - Life

 

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NE: 28-42-50-34

 

Sales: 30k+

 

Certification: -

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

01 Nobody to Love

01 Changing (ft. Paloma Faith)

04 Glitterball (ft. Ella Henderson)

12 Higher (ft. Labrinth)

15 Coming Home (ft. Rita Ora)

37 Good Times (Ella Eyre; produced by Sigma)

56 Rudeboy (ft. Doctor)

 

Chart History:

 

2015 28 Life

 

35 | 54 | 733 | ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits

 

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NE: 1-3-3-5-4-4-5-7-8-8-7-8-10-10-10-9-13-13-18-21-30-37-46-32-39-37-43-56-57-51-55-73-58

RE: 74-53-33-31-26-29-32-36-38-8-14-11-16-18-20-30-36-55-53-46-45-52-58-63-67-70-66-62-61-65-57-56-70-58-52-57

RE: 74-90-87-75-93-81

RE: 24-11-10-22-22-26-26-39-53

RE: 97

RE: 95-88

RE: 81-59-52-52-48-47-48-47-53-75-87-86-86-83-80-78-60-73-69-76-67-75-91

RE: 94

RE: 98-71-13-17-21-33-37-45-62-68-55-59-71-75-79-75-54-58-67-79-78-63-69-65-62-83-89-83-89-82-88-88-83-82-79-80-74-74-72-69-65-70-68

RE: 85-87-80-90

RE: 97-82-75-72-73-73-94-83-85-74-73-69-61-75-69-69-65-61-63-65-71-31-29-39-55-46-55-64-60-93-97-94-97-93-89-80-94

RE: 87-74-70-64-74-71-91-99-94-86-92-91

RE: 82-85-81-88-88-88-80-86-88-77-77-82-74-73-72-72-65-66-72-82-88-65-48-49-58-60-71-76-85-66-59-71-69-76-85-83-82-76-82-81-64-76

RE: 89

RE: 21-15-21-27-34-39-46-39-19-26-25-28-30-29-26-27-35-38-39-37-39-37-41-44-44-49-47-52-56-71-78-71-84-74-77-74-79-76-69-63-66-67

RE: 84-79-64-68-53-44-13-12-16-13-18-11-8-1-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-2-2-3-5-6-6-5-5-4-7-8-7-7-11-10-16-20-25-18-10-15-17-21-10-14-13-14-15-16-12-8-10-10-11-14-14-11-7-

-11-26-29-32-30-23-31-29-40-40-39-39-41-36-45-40-36-35-35-32-36-37-37-29-37-37-36-33-29-38-41-40-44-48-59-57-47-46-51-51-52-55-54-51-75-77-67-61-72-74-69-

-64-86-89-93-91-71-92-92-94-100-73-83-80-79-89

RE: 72-64-88-87-66-77-75-69-67-68-83-87-99-90-96

RE: 96-93

RE: 30-28-45-57-63-84

RE: 4-8-15-19-17-21-32-37-47-74-81

RE: 85-81-79-80

RE: 51-84

RE: 86-86-77-83-84-78-29-39-38-43-44-71-63-55-63-75-83-87-92

RE: 83

RE: 65-64-82-83-81-50-97-82-87-84-95-88-85-90-98

RE: 84-64-79

RE: 78-61-49-57-68-74-88-89-89-91

RE: 85-63-79-79-78-62-77-84-92-43-12-5-2-1-1-2-2-6-6-9-14-20-25-27-33-37-51-59-67-67-63-60-57-52-53-34-34-31-28-31-36-37-34-30-28-31-39-37-38-34-25-30-37-41-

-40-39-42-47-50-57-50-56-49-55-41-38-37-36-35-36-33-55-57-67-76-53-59-72-92

RE: 97-94-93-78-81-90-87-97

RE: 91-95-83-85-89

RE: 100

RE: 99-70-55-63-73-85-75-92-81-80-83-82-87

RE: 31-42-42-66-68-74-77-93

RE: 57-98

RE: 93-83-79-68-65-65-78-74-78-90

RE: 97-92

RE: 98-89-71-45-56-67-89-73-89-89-89

RE: 90

RE: 100

RE: 67

RE: 94-88-84-73-93

RE: 99

RE: 53-51-55-68-63-84

RE: 82-67-90

RE: 88-76-71

RE: 95

RE: 97-86

RE: 93-99

RE: 94-69-64-49-55-61-49-65-69-84

RE: 31-48-57-79-97

RE: 100

RE: 97-68-74-92-93

RE: 80-58-52-45-44-92-90-72

RE: 84-83

RE: 72-82-91

RE: 59-65-88-80-71-81-88-76-50-53-68-57-43-34-46-64-48-57

RE: 91-88-86

RE: 71-56-66-79-74-60-54-35

 

Sales: 5,400k+

 

Certification: 14x Platinum

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

01 Dancing Queen

01 Fernando

01 Knowing Me, Knowing You

01 Mamma Mia

01 Super Trouper

01 Take a Chance On Me

01 The Name of the Game

01 The Winner Takes It All

01 Waterloo

02 Chiquitita

02 I Have a Dream

03 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

03 Money Money Money

03 One of Us

03 Voulez-Vous

04 Does Your Mother Know?

06 SOS

07 Lay All Your Love On Me

33 Thank You for the Music

 

Chart History:

 

1974 28 Waterloo

1976 13 ABBA

1976 01 Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller

1976 01 Arrival ~ Million Seller

1978 01 The Album ~ Million Seller

1979 01 Voulez Vous

1979 01 Greatest Hits Volume 2 ~ Million Seller

1980 01 Super Trouper ~ Million Seller

1981 01 The Visitors

1982 01 The Singles: The First Ten Years

1983 17 Thank You for the Music

1988 70 Absolute ABBA

1992 01 Gold: Greatest Hits ~ Million Seller

1993 13 More ABBA Gold

1998 51 Love Stories

2001 17 The Definitive Collection

2006 15 18 Hits

2006 15 Number Ones

2008 89 The Albums

2014 59 Gold/More Gold: Greatest Hits

2014 30 Live at Wembley Arena

 

36 | 19 | 10 | Andrea Bocelli - Cinema

NE: 3-6-11-16-18-21-22-23-19-36

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold

 

37 | 34 | 05 | Il Divo - Amor & Pasión

NE: 13-25-27-34-37

Sales: 60k+ Certification: Silver

 

38 | 42 | 07 | Ben Haenow - Ben Haenow

 

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NE: 10-29-30-44-40-42-38

 

Sales: 60k+

 

Certification: Silver

 

Charting Songs From This Album:

 

01 Something I Need

21 Second Hand Heart (featuring Kelly Clarkson)

 

Chart History:

 

2015 10 Ben Haenow

 

39 | 25 | 02 | John Williams - Star Wars: The Force Awakens [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

NE: 25-39

Sales: 20k+ Certification: -

 

40 | 31 | 16 | Stereophonics - Keep the Village Alive

NE: 1-5-6-14-18-26-34-32-32-34-32-39-41-34-31-40

Sales: 100k+ Certification: Gold

Meant to mention before that the Sigma album also includes 'Good Times', which charted as an Ella Eyre single.

Wow at all that work album chart wise :o

Re all the "missing data" comments. If streaming data is not available for certain days the OCC use an upweighting system to account for this. Streaming accounted for about two thirds of data this week, slightly lower than of late but sits about right on "giftcard week". So streaming had a lower effect on chart positions than we have become used to, and paid downloads a higher effect.

 

Streaming data has most probably been upweighted every week since the chart moved to Fridays. Spotify cannot seem to provide their Thursday data on time. This almost certainly denied Mariah Carey top 10 last week because the upweighted data would have been underestimated given that Thursday was Christmas Eve.

 

Last point - On the first week the chart moved to a Friday (the 5 day week) no data was provided by Spotify thus upweighting was impossible. Everything streamed on Spotify for this 5 day period was not counted.

 

Please correct me If I'm wrong. I don't claim to be an expert but that is my understanding of things!

The OCC have never admitted that streaming data was missing from the first Friday chart. However, the chart runs in the three weeks surrounding the change make it pretty clear that something was wrong. Thinking Out Loud and Take Me To Church both had their lengthy consecutive top forty runs ended by the missing data.

Meant to mention before that the Sigma album also includes 'Good Times', which charted as an Ella Eyre single.

 

Wow at all that work album chart wise :o

Thanks guys! :D

 

That ABBA chart run took longer than usual but not as long as I expected - definitely helps that OCC and UKMIX have the chart run in full. I love the ABBA chart history though!

Thanks guys! :D

 

That ABBA chart run took longer than usual but not as long as I expected - definitely helps that OCC and UKMIX have the chart run in full. I love the ABBA chart history though!

 

I bet it would :lol: it's rare you get to see them in full so it's really interesting! Thanks for doing them. :D

The OCC have never admitted that streaming data was missing from the first Friday chart. However, the chart runs in the three weeks surrounding the change make it pretty clear that something was wrong. Thinking Out Loud and Take Me To Church both had their lengthy consecutive top forty runs ended by the missing data.

 

Didn't Alan Jones say that Spotify data was entirely absent for that week in the corresponding sales report?

Didn't Alan Jones say that Spotify data was entirely absent for that week in the corresponding sales report?

I'm not sure whether he quoted the OCC though. I suspect he got it from "a source".

I'm not sure whether he quoted the OCC though. I suspect he got it from "a source".

 

Yeah, Alan Jones made it quite clear in his analysis that there was no data from Spotify. The OCC were very cagey about it, never provided an explanation and I believe they may have deleted any comments that made reference to it!