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In the New UK Album Chart -- W/E 8th August 2019 -- 'ABBA Gold' becomes the first Album to reach 900 Weeks in the Top 100.

 

ALBUMS WITH THE MOST WEEKS IN THE UK TOP 100

 

01)... ABBA Gold -- ABBA -- (1992) -- (No.1 Album - 8 Weeks) -- 900 Weeks

 

02)... Legend -- Bob Marley & The Wailers -- (1984) -- (No.1 Album - 12 Weeks) -- 888 Weeks

 

03)... Greatest Hits (One) -- Queen -- (1981) -- (No.1 Album - 4 Weeks) -- 867 Weeks

 

04)... Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac -- (1977) -- (No.1 Album - 1 Week) -- 795 Weeks

 

05)... The Dark Side of The Moon -- Pink Floyd -- (1973) -- (No.2 Album) -- 534 Weeks

 

06)... Bat Out Of Hell -- Meat Loaf -- (1977) -- (No.9 Album) -- 522 Weeks

 

07)... Number Ones -- Michael Jackson -- (2003) -- (No.1 Album - 2 Weeks) -- 406 Weeks

 

08)... (What's The Story) Morning Glory? -- Oasis -- (1995) -- (No.1 Album - 10 Weeks) -- 395 Weeks

 

09)... + -- Ed Sheeran -- (2011) -- (No.1 Album - 3 Weeks) -- 380 Weeks

 

10)... The Sound Of Music (OST) -- Various Artists -- (1965) -- (No.1 Album - 70 Weeks) -- 374 Weeks

 

11)... Curtain Call - The Hits -- Eminem -- (2005) -- (No.1 Album - 5 Weeks) -- 368 Weeks

 

12)... The Very Best Of -- Fleetwood Mac -- (2002) -- (No.6 Album) -- 360 Weeks

 

13)... Back To Black -- Amy Winehouse -- (2006) -- (No.1 Album - 6 Weeks) -- 343 Weeks -- @@@

 

14)... The Immaculate Collection -- Madonna -- (1990) -- (No.1 Album - 9 Weeks) -- 341 Weeks

 

15)... Greatest Hits -- Simon & Garfunkel -- (1972) -- (No.2 Album) -- 332 Weeks

 

16)... Nevermind -- Nirvana -- (1991) -- (No.5 Album) -- 331 Weeks

 

17)... Bridge Over Troubled Water -- Simon & Garfunkel -- (1970) -- (No.1 Album - 33 Weeks) -- 329 Weeks

 

 

@@@ = Excluding the 1 No.1 Week and 55 Top 100 Weeks of the 2007 'Deluxe' Edition.

Edited August 3, 20195 yr by zeus555

Thanks for that Colin. Legend should also reach 900 weeks some time this year.

Hi zeus555,

 

Thanks for this list!

 

I already have Bob Marley's legend at 890 weeks as of this week (comprising of the 888 weeks that the OCC site has, plus two weeks for which the charts are wrong on the OCC site, w/e Jan 6, 1996 (#94) and Jan 13, 1996 (#100)).

 

Next to that I have Nirvana's Nevermind at 331 weeks.

 

Regards,

Ronnie

 

PS I see some other small discrepancies with my numbers for a couple albums, which I'm figuring out now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RonnieV -- Thanks for telling me that I'd missed out Nirvana. I've now added it to the List.

 

I've heard that 'Legend' is 2 Weeks too few before. It is very hard to get The OCC to correct

things, so I doubt if they will ever give 'Legend' its 2 missing Weeks.

 

I see that on W/E 6th January 1996 they have 'ABBA Gold' at No.80. Other sources say that it

was at No.85 that Week...

Edited August 3, 20195 yr by zeus555

Hi zeus555,

 

I doubt that that OCC will ever correct their databases to have the correct historical charts, which is a big shame. I consider the original charts (as published in Music Week, Record Mirror and/or Hit Music) to be the correct ones and I've tried to fix all OCC's errors in my database.

 

Today I did a comparison and I think the differences between your and my numbers can all be explained by either correcting OCC's mistakes or not.

 

I have:

- Bob Marley's "Legend", as discussed above, at 890 weeks,

- Queen's "Greatest Hits" at 860 weeks (I guess you add the 7 weeks where the combined set of albums "Greatest Hits 1 & 2" charted in Nov/Dec 1994 and I give that a separate chart entry),

- Oasis' "(What's The Story) Morning Glory" at 394 weeks (because OCC has an incorrect chart for Jul 10, 1999 and the album didn't actually chart that week),

- Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" at 363 weeks (I guess you excluded the 3 weeks in 2017/2018 which OCC incorrectly say are for a different album, but I believe are in fact for the same album),

- Madonna's "The Immaculate Collection" at 342 weeks (she did chart in the actual Jul 10, 1999 chart at #89 giving her an extra week),

 

Cheers,

Ronnie

 

PS the Jan 6, 1996 chart is indeed wrong on OCC website, ABBA should be at #85

Edited August 4, 20195 yr by RonnieV