On the bright side Robbie won't be the only number 1 to fall off the charts by year end

Week 8:

1	1	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	105,000	480,000
2	2	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	75,000
3	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	68,000	170,000
4	4	Sza	SOS	65,000	550,000
5	5	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	61,000	360,000
6	6	Elton John	Diamonds	58,000	1,710,000
7	7	The Weeknd	The Highlights	58,000	1,290,000
8	10	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	51,000	400,000
9	11	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	51,000
10	8	Robbie Williams	Better Man (OST)	50,000
11	12	Charli XCX	Brat	47,000	340,000
12	13	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	47,000	1,520,000
13	9	Taylor Swift	Lover (Live From Paris)	47,000	50,000
14	14	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	46,000	180,000
15	17	Kendrick Lamar	GNX	46,000	100,000
16	15	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	44,000	520,000
17	16	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	41,000	830,000
18	18	Arctic Monkeys	AM	40,000	2,140,000
19	19	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	39,000	3,350,000
20	21	Michael Jackson	The Essential	37,000	1,880,000
21	20	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	36,000	6,910,000
22	22	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	35,000	2,070,000
23	24	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	33,000	530,000
24	23	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	33,000	2,580,000
25	25	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	32,000
26	26	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2	31,000
27	27	Linkin Park	Papercuts	31,000	200,000
28	28	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	30,000	5,330,000
29	29	Fontaines D.C.	Romance	29,000	150,000
30	30	Queen	Greatest Hits	28,000	3,070,000
31	32	Calvin Harris	96 Months	26,000	100,000
32	34	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	26,000	150,000
33	31	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1	26,000	180,000
34	33	Taylor Swift	Folklore	26,000	870,000
35	35	CoCoMelon	Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon	25,000	250,000
36	36	Eminem	Curtain Call 2	25,000	400,000
37	38	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	25,000	360,000
38	37	George Michael	Twenty Five	24,000	1,770,000
39	40	Maroon 5	Singles	24,000	860,000
40	39	Taylor Swift	Lover	24,000	900,000
41	-	Manic Street Preachers	Critical Thinking	23,000
57	-	PartyNextDoor & Drake	$ome $exy $ongs 4 U	21,000

“Fine Line” and “Evermore” dropped out this week to make way for the 2 new entries.

Love the new table layout.

Perhaps a heading for those who don't know what the figures stand for.

ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits - 36,000 - 6,910,000

Fantastic sales figure! I assume it is all-time sales rather than just post-1994 sales?

5 minutes ago, ben08 said:

ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits - 36,000 - 6,910,000

Fantastic sales figure! I assume it is all-time sales rather than just post-1994 sales?

Sorry I meant to go back to just showing the post ‘94 figure as there’s a lot of uncertainty around the total as discussed elsewhere.

These figures are correct I believe, they're the Gezza ones

Edited February 26Feb 26 by Bjork

Love the new layout 💓

Poor evermore maybe it will climb back in if she releases something

Week 9:

1	1	Sabrina Carpenter	Short n' Sweet	122,000	500,000
2	-	Sam Fender	People Watching	107,000
3	2	Central Cee	Can't Rush Greatness	80,000
4	3	Ed Sheeran	+-=÷x (Tour Collection)	75,000	180,000
5	4	SZA	SOS	73,000	560,000
6	5	Chappell Roan	The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess	68,000	370,000
7	7	The Weeknd	The Highlights	65,000	1,300,000
8	6	Elton John	Diamonds	64,000	1,720,000
9	8	Billie Eilish	Hit Me Hard And Soft	57,000	400,000
10	9	The Weeknd	Hurry Up Tomorrow	56,000
11	12	Fleetwood Mac	50 Years: Don't Stop	54,000	1,520,000
12	11	Charli XCX	Brat	53,000	340,000
13	15	Kendrick Lamar	GNX	52,000	110,000
14	10	Robbie Williams	Better Man (OST)	51,000
15	14	Gracie Abrams	The Secret Of Us	51,000	190,000
16	16	Noah Kahan	Stick Season	49,000	520,000
17	13	Taylor Swift	Lover (Live From Paris)	47,000	50,000
18	17	Taylor Swift	The Tortured Poets Department	45,000	830,000
19	18	Arctic Monkeys	AM	45,000	2,140,000
20	19	Eminem	Curtain Call: The Hits	43,000	3,360,000
21	20	Michael Jackson	The Essential	42,000	1,880,000
22	21	ABBA	Gold: Greatest Hits	41,000	5,940,000
23	22	Oasis	Time Flies... 1994-2009	39,000	2,070,000
24	24	Fleetwood Mac	Rumours	38,000	2,580,000
25	23	Olivia Rodrigo	Guts	37,000	530,000
26	25	Olivia Rodrigo	Sour	36,000
27	27	Linkin Park	Papercuts	35,000	210,000
28	26	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 2	34,000
29	28	Oasis	(What's The Story) Morning Glory	33,000	5,340,000
30	57	PartyNextDoor & Drake	$ome $exy $ongs 4 U	31,000
31	29	Fontaines D.C.	Romance	31,000	150,000
32	30	Queen	Greatest Hits	31,000	3,070,000
33	-	Tate McRae	So Close To What	29,000
34	32	Benson Boone	Fireworks & Rollerblades	29,000	150,000
35	31	Calvin Harris	96 Months	29,000	100,000
36	34	Taylor Swift	Folklore	29,000	870,000
37	33	Teddy Swims	I've Tried Everything But Therapy, Part 1	28,000	190,000
38	37	Post Malone	The Diamond Collection	28,000	360,000
39	35	CoCoMelon	Nursery Rhymes By CoComelon	28,000	260,000
40	36	Eminem	Curtain Call 2	28,000	400,000
100	-	Doechii	Aligator Bites Never Heal	17,000

Entered this week:

Sam Fender - People Watching

Tate McRae - So Close To What

Kendrick Lamar - Damn.

Doechii - Aligator Bites Never Heal

Left this week:

Robbie Williams - In And Out Of Consciousness

Coldplay - Moon Music

Adele - 21

The Weeknd - Starboy

Wonder how many weeks before lover (live from paris) falls out

Why the 970,000 decrease in ABBA Gold ? I love the format <3

6 hours ago, Bleedin Heck said:

Why the 970,000 decrease in ABBA Gold ? I love the format <3

The difference is its pre ‘94 figures… sorry still unsure whether to include these or not as it seems there isn’t necessarily an objectively accepted total anyway.

Same for Queen - Greatest Hits.

21 hours ago, Julian_ said:

The difference is its pre ‘94 figures… sorry still unsure whether to include these or not as it seems there isn’t necessarily an objectively accepted total anyway.

Please don't be sorry for something you are doing that brings enjoyment to others <3 Maybe official certifications is the way to go? of course that brings up the question of 3 albums being certified as one in Queens Case. I think I will go back and sit in the corner and let you get on with something that you do so well lol

I think the triple counting of Queen albums is definitely wrong and a head scratcher by the OCC. Seems designed to allow it to remain forever the biggest selling album. It's certainly the only thing keeping it ahead of Abba "Gold" .

Do Abba have double counting too? Im sure ive seen a Gold/More Gold combo on shops

A reminder.

Here is what Alan Jones said in Music Week in September 2009,

(His first 6 words refer to 'Sgt Pepper', by The Beatles).

"As vast as that tally is, there is one album which has sold more copies – Queen’s Greatest Hits. It is an album which was first released in 1981, cherry-picking their most successful singles, from their introductory 1974 smash Seven Seas Of Rhye to 1980’s Flash. Released on October 26 1981, it debuted at number two behind Shakin’ Stevens’ Shaky album, and started a four-week run at number one the following week. It sold enough copies in the final few weeks of 1981 to finish second to Adam & The Ants’ Kings Of The Wild Frontier in the annual rankings, and has continued to sell at an impressive rate ever since.

In 1994, it was issued in a slipcase with Greatest Hits II and in 2000 with Greatest Hits II and Greatest Hits III. As these packages contain the original albums, the decision was made, right or wrong, to share out the sales pro rata. As Greatest Hits I, II and III together have sold 1,680,000, individual tallies for all three have been allocated an extra 560,000 sales.

By the same token, Greatest Hits I and II’s combined sales of 132,000 have been split, with an extra 66,000 being added to each. Taking all this into consideration, Greatest Hits has sold a massive 5,780,000 copies. Greatest Hits II, eighth on the list, has sold 3,840,000 copies".

The complete article.

 Music Week supplement 19/09/2009

Teenage Dream by @katyperry?