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November 6, 20204 yr As Ariana Grande has now had her 3rd UK 'Double Top', I've done much work on the Female Solo Acts who have achieved it. Not many have and only a tiny number have done it more than once. THE SOLO FEMALES WHO HAVE HAD THE ‘DOUBLE TOP’ IN THE UK CHARTS Since the UK Album Chart began, on W/E 28th July 1956, only 16 Solo Females have achieved it. The first was not achieved until November 1980 - Barbra Streisand. I’m aware, that the UK Singles Chart, began much earlier than the Albums Chart – W/E 15th November 1952. But, you could not have a UK ‘Double Top’, if the Album Chart had yet to begin. Just 5 of the 16 Solo Females have managed it more than once. Madonna is the only Solo Female – so far – to reach 4 ‘Double Tops’. Adele has spent a massive 37 Weeks, at No.1, in the UK Album Chart, with her 3 No.1 Albums. It is a surprise, (for many People), that she has ‘only’ had 2 No.1 Singles, with 8 No.1 Weeks on top, between them. That’s why she’s ‘only’ had 2 ‘Double Tops’, for a Total of 5 Weeks. That was way back in 2011. Both with the same Single, (‘Someone Like You’), and Album, (‘21’). 08/11/1980 (1) Barbra Streisand - Woman In Love // Guilty 12/07/1986 (3) Madonna - Papa Don't Preach // True Blue 13/06/1987 (1) Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) // Whitney 01/04/1989 (2) Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer (Album) 26/02/1994 (3) Mariah Carey - Without You // Music Box 04/02/1995 (5) Celine Dion - Think Twice // The Colour Of My Love 13/10/2001 (2) Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head // Fever 12/07/2003 (3) Beyonce - Crazy In Love // Dangerously In Love 26/11/2005 (2) Madonna - Hung Up // Confessions On A Dancefloor 16/06/2007 (1) Rihanna - Umbrella (Featuring Jay-Z) // Good Girl Gone Bad 24/11/2007 (4) Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love // Spirit 15/03/2008 (2) Duffy - Mercy // Rockferry 10/05/2008 (1) Madonna - 4 Minutes (Featuring Justin Timberlake) // Hard Candy 21/02/2009 (1) Lily Allen - The Fear // It’s Not Me It’s You 11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - Poker Face // The Fame 07/11/2009 (1) Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love // 3 Words 27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - Telephone (Featuring Beyonce) // The Fame 15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake) // Loud 26/02/2011 (4) Adele - Someone Like You // 21 02/04/2011 (1) Adele - Someone Like You // 21 03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris) // Talk That Talk 19/10/2013 (1) Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball // Bangerz 01/11/2018 (1) Lady GaGa (& Bradley Cooper) - Shallow // A Star Is Born (OST) @@@ 21/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored // Thank U, Next 28/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - 7 Rings // Thank U, Next 12/11/2020 (1) Ariana Grande - Positions // Positions (Album) @@@ = The OCC do not regard this as a Lady GaGa 'Double Top'. They only credit the Single to her, even though she Sings on 27 of the 34 Songs, on the Film Soundtrack Album. Edited November 6, 20204 yr by zeus555
November 6, 20204 yr THE 5 SOLO FEMALES WHO HAVE HAD MORE THAN 1 ‘DOUBLE TOP’ 12/07/1986 (3) Madonna - Papa Don't Preach // True Blue 01/04/1989 (2) Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer (Album) 26/11/2005 (2) Madonna - Hung Up // Confessions On A Dancefloor 10/05/2008 (1) Madonna - 4 Minutes (Featuring Justin Timberlake) // Hard Candy 16/06/2007 (1) Rihanna - Umbrella (Featuring Jay-Z) // Good Girl Gone Bad 15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake) // Loud 03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris) // Talk That Talk 11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - Poker Face // The Fame 27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - Telephone (Featuring Beyonce) // The Fame 01/11/2018 (1) Lady GaGa (& Bradley Cooper) - Shallow // A Star Is Born (OST) @@@ 26/02/2011 (4) Adele - Someone Like You // 21 02/04/2011 (1) Adele - Someone Like You // 21 21/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I’m Bored // Thank U, Next 28/02/2019 (1) Ariana Grande - 7 Rings // Thank U, Next 12/11/2020 (1) Ariana Grande - Positions // Positions (Album) @@@ = This ‘Double Top’ is not accepted by The OCC. Edited November 6, 20204 yr by zeus555
November 6, 20204 yr SUMMARY OF THE 5 SOLO FEMALES WHO’VE ACHIEVED IT MORE THAN ONCE (How many Times//Runs they achieved it - and for how many Weeks//Charts) 01).. MADONNA - 4 TIMES//RUNS - 8 WEEKS//CHARTS 02)= RIHANNA - 3 TIMES//RUNS - 3 WEEKS//CHARTS 02)= ARIANA GRANDE - 3 TIMES//RUNS - 3 WEEKS//CHARTS 04)= ADELE - 2 TIMES//RUNS - 5 WEEKS//CHARTS 04)= LADY GAGA - 2 TIMES//RUNS - 2 WEEKS//CHARTS @@@ @@@ = LADY GAGA would be in 2nd= Place, (between Rihanna and Ariana Grande), if her 3rd ‘Double Top’ were counted by The Official UK Charts Company. (She’d be between Rihanna and Ariana, based on her ‘Double Tops’ Weeks and the Date of her 1st UK Chart Hit). Edited November 6, 20204 yr by zeus555
November 6, 20204 yr LEWIS CAPALDI's NEW UK CHART RECORDS... This Week - W/E 12th November Charts - Lewis Capaldi takes 2 UK Chart Records from Ed Sheeran. A).. 'Someone You Loved', (2018), is at No.59 this Week. It is its 96th Consecutive Week, in the UK Top 100. It beats the 95 Consecutive Top 100 Weeks of Ed Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud', (2014). However, all 96 Top 100 Weeks, of 'Someone You Loved' have been in the Top 75. In the matter of 'Thinking Out Loud', 81 Weeks were in the Top 75, with 73 of them Consecutive Top 75 Weeks. B).. Lewis's 1st Album - 'Divinely Inspired, To A Hellish Extent', (2019), reaches 77 Consecutive Top 10 Weeks. That beats the 76 Consecutive Top 10 Weeks of 'Divide'. It means that Lewis is now the Solo Artist, with the 'Most Consecutive Top 10 Weeks', in the UK Album Chart. Only 7 Albums, have had more Consecutive Top 10 Weeks, than the Lewis Capaldi Album. 4 of them are Film Soundtrack Albums. 1 is a Broadway Stage Cast Album. 1 is a BBC TV Cast Album. The only Artist Album, in front of Lewis, is 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', by Simon and Garfunkel. (1970). That Album had 92 Consecutive Top 10 Weeks and a huge 135 Top 10 Weeks over-all... THE 6 SOLO ARTIST ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 WEEKS 01).. DIVINELY INSPIRED, TO A HELLISH EXTENT –- LEWIS CAPALDI –- (2019) -– 77 WEEKS 02).. ÷ (DIVIDE) -- ED SHEERAN -- (2017) -- 76 WEEKS 03).. X -- ED SHEERAN -- (2014) -- 74 WEEKS 04).. 21 -- ADELE -- (2011) -- 71 WEEKS 05).. IN THE LONELY HOUR -- SAM SMITH -- (2014) -- 69 WEEKS 06).. OUR VERSION OF EVENTS -- EMELI SANDE -- (2012) -- 66 WEEKS Edited November 6, 20204 yr by zeus555
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