Posted February 19, 20169 yr This week's musings are on the front page and in the latest news box. There's a distinct lack of newcomers to write about this week :(
February 22, 20169 yr @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ In Friday's Chart Adele's 25 returned to No.1 for its 8th Week on top. Her No.1 Albums Weeks Total then rose to 32. Added to her 8 No.1 Weeks on top of the Singles Chart, this gave her a 40th Week at No.1 in the UK. She became only the 16th Act to reach 40 UK No.1 Weeks. She is the 2nd Artist, within a few Weeks, to reach 40 UK No.1 Weeks. In the Album Chart of W/E 11th February, David Bowie had his 40th No.1 Week. NOTE -- I've counted Evita, (1996), as a Madonna & Various Artists Album. It was No.1 for 1 Week in early 1997. If you only regard it as a Various Artists Album, then she has spent 29 Weeks at No.1 in the Album Chart & 58 Weeks at No.1 over-all. But, she would still at No.6 in the List even without Evita's No.1 Week. ARTISTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK CHARTS (Singles Weeks & Albums Weeks combined) S = SINGLES WEEKS -- A = ALBUMS WEEKS 1)... BEATLES -- 69 (S) + 174 (A) = 243 WEEKS 2)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 80 (S) + 65 (A) = 145 WEEKS 3)... ABBA -- 31 (S) + 57 (A) = 88 WEEKS 4)... CLIFF RICHARD -- 46 (S) + 30 (A) = 76 WEEKS 5)... ROLLING STONES -- 18 (S) + 45 (A) = 63 WEEKS 6)... MADONNA -- 29 (S) + 30 (A) = 59 WEEKS 7)... TAKE THAT -- 28 (S) + 28 (A) = 56 WEEKS 8)... ELTON JOHN -- 23 (S) + 29 (A) = 52 WEEKS 9)... MICHAEL JACKSON -- 16 (S) + 31 (A) = 47 WEEKS 10)... ROD STEWART -- 18 (S) + 28 (A) = 46 WEEKS 11)... ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- 11 (S) + 34 (A) = 45 WEEKS 12)... SIMON & GARFUNKEL -- 3 (S) + 40 (A) = 43 WEEKS 13)... QUEEN -- 21 (S) + 21 (A) = 42 WEEKS 14)= DAVID BOWIE -- 13 (S) + 27 (A) = 40 WEEKS 14)= SPICE GIRLS -- 22 (S) + 18 (A) = 40 WEEKS 14)= ADELE -- 8 (S) + 32 (A) = 40 WEEKS NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- If we add their 37 No.1 Weeks as The Shadows, (16 Singles Weeks + 21 Albums Weeks), to their 49 No.1 Weeks with Cliff Richard, (28 Singles Weeks + 21 Albums Weeks), they would be in 4th place, with 86 No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK SINGLES CHART (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 3rd March 2016) Their No.1 Singles in Brackets 1)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 80 Weeks -- (21) @@@ 2)... BEATLES -- 69 Weeks -- (17) 3)... CLIFF RICHARD -- 46 Weeks -- (14) 4)... FRANKIE LAINE -- 32 Weeks -- (4) 5)... ABBA -- 31 Weeks -- (9) 6)= MADONNA -- 29 Weeks -- (13) 6)= TAKE THAT -- 29 Weeks -- (12) 8)... RIHANNA -- 24 Weeks -- (8) 9)= ELTON JOHN -- 23 Weeks -- (7) 9)= WET WET WET -- 23 Weeks -- (3) @@@ = ELVIS PRESLEY -- He has had 18 No.1 Singles, if you don't count his 3 No.1's in 2005 as 'New' No.1's. All 3 had been No.1 for him Decades earlier NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- If we add their 5 No.1 Singles & 16 No.1 Weeks as The Shadows, to their 7 No.1 Singles & 28 No.1 Weeks with Cliff Richard, they would be in 4th place, with 44 No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK ALBUMS CHART (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 3rd March 2016) Their No.1 Albums in Brackets 1)... BEATLES -- 174 Weeks -- (15) 2)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 65 Weeks -- (12) 3)... ABBA -- 57 Weeks -- (9) 4)... ROLLING STONES -- 45 Weeks -- (10) 5)... SIMON & GARFUNKEL -- 40 Weeks -- (2) 6)... ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- 34 Weeks -- (11) 7)... ADELE -- 32 Weeks -- (3) 8)... MICHAEL JACKSON -- 31 Weeks -- (10) 9)= CLIFF RICHARD -- 30 Weeks -- (7) 9)= MADONNA -- 30 Weeks -- (12) @@@ @@@ = MADONNA -- She has had 11 No.1 Albums, (& 29 No.1 Weeks), If you do not regard 'Evita', (1996), as a Madonna Album NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- If we add their 4 No.1 Albums & 21 No.1 Weeks as The Shadows, to their 3 No.1 Albums & 21 No.1 Weeks with Cliff Richard, they would be in 5th place, with 42 No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Edited February 22, 20169 yr by zeus555
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