This week's commentary is available from the front page and latest news box. It's a little short as I've been ill all week :(

I worked on 4 Lists for this Weeks contribution to Suedehead's Thread. In the end I decided not to

use any of them. Instead I up-dated the 2 Lists below.

 

NOTE -- As you can see, the fact that Robbie's latest No.1 Album is his 12th & his 35th No.1 Album

Week, moves him up in both Lists.

 

He moves into the Top 10 in the Acts with the most No.1 Weeks List. He moves up to No.7 in the List

of the Acts with the most UK No.1's. As you can see, he is 7th= in that List - with Take That. But their

No.1 Hits are a mirror image of each other - Take That have 12 No.1 Singles & 7 No.1 Albums & Robbie

has 7 No.1 Singles & 12 No.1 Albums.....

 

ELTON JOHN -- For some reason The OCC does not count Elton's 2012 Album, with the Australian Duo Pnau,

as being a No.1 for him. Even though it is credited to Elton John vs Pnau and all 3 of them are pictured on

the cover. So The OCC give Elton 6 UK No.1 Albums & 28 No.1 Album Weeks - giving him 51 UK No.1 Weeks

over-all. As you can see, I do count his No.1 with Pnau as being an Elton No.1 & he gets 52 UK No.1 Weeks

in my List.

 

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THE ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1’s

 

(W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 17th November 2016)

 

(S = No.1 Singles + B = No.1 Albums)

 

 

01)… ELVIS PRESLEY – S = 21 + A = 13 = 34 UK No.1’s @@@

 

02)… THE BEATLES – S = 17 + A = 15 = 32 UK No.1’s

 

03)… MADONNA – S = 13 + A = 12 = 25 UK No.1’s

 

04)= CLIFF RICHARD – S = 14 + A = 7 = 21 UK No.1’s

04)= WESTLIFE – S = 14 + A = 7 = 21 UK No.1’s

 

06)= TAKE THAT – S = 12 + A = 7 = 19 UK No.1’s

06)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS – S = 7 + A = 12 = 19 UK No.1’s

 

08)= ROLLING STONES – S = 8 + A = 10 = 18 UK No.1’s

08)= ABBA – S = 9 + A = 9 = 18 UK No.1’s

 

10)= MICHAEL JACKSON – S = 7 + A = 10 = 17 UK No.1’s

10)= U2 – S = 7 + A = 10 = 17 UK No.1’s

 

12)= DAVID BOWIE – S = 5 + A = 11 = 16 UK No.1’s

12)= OASIS – S = 8 + A = 8 = 16 UK No.1’s

 

 

@@@ = ELVIS PRESLEY -- If you count Elvis's 3 No.1's in 2005 as old No.1's returning there, then he's had

18 No.1 Singles. That would give him 31 UK No.1's - putting him in 2nd place, behind The Beatles. The OCC

give him 21 No.1 Singles.

 

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THE ACTS WITH THE MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1

 

(W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 17th November 2016)

 

(S = No.1 Singles Weeks + B = No.1 Albums Weeks)

 

 

01)… THE BEATLES – S = 69 Weeks + A = 174 Weeks = 243 UK No.1 Weeks

 

02)… ELVIS PRESLEY – S = 80 Weeks + A = 66 Weeks = 146 UK No.1 Weeks

 

03)... ABBA – S =31 Weeks + A = 57 Weeks = 88 UK No.1 Weeks

 

04)… CLIFF RICHARD – S = 46 Weeks + A = 30 Weeks = 76 UK No.1 Weeks

 

05)… ROLLING STONES – S = 18 Weeks + A = 45 Weeks = 63 UK No.1 Weeks

 

06)… MADONNA – S = 29 Weeks + A = 30 Weeks = 59 UK No.1 Weeks

 

07)… TAKE THAT – S = 29 Weeks + A = 29 Weeks = 58 UK No.1 Weeks

 

08)… ELTON JOHN – S = 23 Weeks + A = 29 Weeks = 52 UK No.1 Weeks

 

09)… MICHAEL JACKSON – S = 16 Weeks + A = 31 Weeks = 47 UK No.1 Weeks

 

10)= ROD STEWART – S = 18 Weeks + A = 28 Weeks = 46 UK No.1 Weeks

10)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS – S = 11 Weeks + A = 35 Weeks = 46 UK No.1 Weeks

 

12)… ADELE – S = 8 Weeks + A = 37 Weeks = 45 UK No.1 Weeks

 

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Edited November 11, 20168 yr by zeus555

Thanks for those lists Colin. I hope you didn't abandon the other lists because of something I said (or didn't say).

 

The OCC's rules for counting albums remain a mystery. If Elton John vs Pnau doesn't count towards his total, Elvis Presley and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra should surely also not count towards Elvis's total.

Simon - No, nothing you, (or anyone else), has said caused me to 'abandon' the 4 Chart Trivia Lists,

that I planned to add to your Thread today.

 

I just decided that all 4 of them were not that great & that I'd rather use the 2 No.1's Lists. I will use

the other 4 Lists in the future, when I feel they are good enough & relevant enough.

 

Yes, The OCC do make many odd decisions. I tried to find Barbra Streisand in their Artists, ('B'), Section,

& she is just not there! You can only see her collaborations. If you want to get to Barbra's full Section, you

have to find an old Chart, (say 1977, 1980, or 1982), that she has a Hit Single or Album in, & click on her

name in the Chart!

 

The OCC recently did an Article about Barbra having her 7th UK No.1 Album. But, in her Section they only

give her 6! They don't count the 1977 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack as a Barbra No.1. But they do List it as

a very low re-entry for her, (No.71), in 1982! (You can only get 7 UK No.1 Albums for her by counting the

1977 Film Soundtrack, as one of her No.1's).

Edited November 11, 20168 yr by zeus555

Over-all Robbie Williams has sung on 16 UK No.1 Albums.

 

He was on 4 with Take That - Everything Changes, (1993), Nobody Else, (1995),

Greatest Hits, (1996), and Progress, (2010). The OCC regards the enhanced version

- Progressed - reaching No.1, in 2011, as Progress returning to No.1.

 

Although Robbie left Take That in June 1995 & Greatest Hits was released in March 1996,

it is right to say that it is one of his No.1's, as he sang on 17 of the 18 Tracks on it.

 

Only 3 of The Beatles have been on more UK No.1 Albums - Paul McCartney, (22), and John Lennon

& George Harrison, (18 each). George's 18 include 1 with The Traveling Wilburys, in 2007. Ringo Starr

has had 15 UK No.1 Albums - all with The Beatles.

 

Edited November 13, 20168 yr by zeus555

Poor Ringo :(