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If you find any errors feel free to correct. Number indicates weeks spent in top 100.

 

Singles

01. Frank Sinatra - My Way 122

02. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 115

03. Amy Winehouse - Rehab 73

04. Rihanna - Umbrella 69

05. New Order - Blue Monday 69

06. Judy Collins - Amazing Grace 67

07. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 63

08. Take That - Rule The World 60

09. Scouting For Girls - She's So Lovely 56

10. Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me 56

11. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines 56

12. Jay-Z & Linkin Park - Numb/Encore 55

13. Take That - Shine 55

14. Mr Acker Bilk - Stranger On Your Shore 55

15. Nickleback - Rockstar 54

16. The Killers - Mr Brightside 53

17. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 52

18. The Fray - How To Save A Life 52

 

19. Take That - Patience 50

20. Oasis - Whatever 50

21. Mika - Grace Kelly 49

22. Kanye West - Gold Digger 48

23. Timbaland - Apologies 47

24. Timbaland - The Way I Are 46

25. Duffy - Mercy 43

26. Flo Rida - Low 42

27. Sugababes - About You Now 40

28. Boney M - Rivers Of Babylon 40

29. James Blunt - You're Beautiful 40

30. Bodyrockers - I Like The Way 40

31. Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 40

32. Andy Stewart - A Scottish Soldier 40

33. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me 39

34. Stevie Wonder - I Just Called To Say I Love You 39

35. Cascada - Everytime We Touch 39

36. Kanye West - Stronger 39

37. Rihanna - Don't Stop The Music 38

38. Shakira - Hips Don't Lie 38

39. Daniel Powter - Bad Day 38

40. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone 37

 

Albums

01. Queen - Greatest Hits 480

02. Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell 466

03. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 464

04. ABBA - Gold Greatest Hits 390

05. Bob Marley & The Waiters - Legend 367

06. Pink Floyd - The Bad Side Of The Moon - 365

07. Original Soundtrack - South Pacific 315

08. Simon & Garfunkal - Bridge Over Troubled Water 307

09. Simon & Garfunkal - Greatest Hits 283

10. Jeff Wayne - War Of The Worlds 277

11. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 273

12. Phil Collins - Face Value 273

13. Dire Straits - Making Moves 252

14. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 228

15. Madonna - Immaculate Collection 209

16. U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky 202

17. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 200

18. Original Soundtrack - The King & I 199

19. Michael Jackson - Thriller 192

20. Nirvana - Nevermind 189

21. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall 185

22. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 184

23. The Killers - Hot Fuss 181

24. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required 176

25. The Beatles - 1962-66 175

26. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 174

27. Guns N Roses - Apetite For Destruction 167

28. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars 167

29. Dire Straits - Alchemy 163

30. Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory 162

31. U2 - Joshua Tree 160

32. Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 154

33. Madonna - Like A Virgin 152

34. U2 - War 148

35. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 146

36. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 142

37. Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill 142

38. Beach Boys - Best Of 142

39. The Beatles - 1967-70 138

40. Queen - Greatest Hits Vol I, II and III 136

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Sorry Chrimbo Jon... :P

 

Mr Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore 55wks

 

Pretty sure there are others from that era as well.

16. Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill 142

 

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All of the songs from about 16 downwards on singles are 21st century stuff, surely there is stuff from other era's.
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All of the songs from about 16 downwards on singles are 21st century stuff, surely there is stuff from other era's.

Nope back in the day. Not even the classics could make atleast 20 weeks. This decade songs tend to stick around much longer

 

THE ALBUMS WITH THE MOST WEEKS ON THE CHART (UK)

 

The Album Chart was 'Officially' a Top 100 between 8th August 1981

& 14th January 1989. Any of these Albums that were Charting during

that Period, (Queen, Bob Marley etc.), will have Positions between No.76

to No.100 included in their Totals.

 

* = An Album has Charted THIS Year - Top 75.

(The Figure in Brackets = Weeks On Chart THIS Year).

 

@ = CURRENTLY CHARTING

 

TO THE CHART FOR W/E 13th DECEMBER 2008 - INCLUSIVE

 

***NOTICE THAT THE QUEEN, & BOB MARLEY ALBUMS NEED JUST

3 MORE WEEKS - EACH - TO MOVE UP A PLACE IN THE LIST…..

 

Position/Weeks On Chart/Title/Act

 

1) 478 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

2) 474 Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf

3) 472 Greatest Hits - Queen (* = 10)

4) 383 Gold - ABBA (* = 26) @

5) 382 The Sound Of Music - Film Soundtrack

6) 372 The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

7) 370 Legend - Bob Marley And The Wailers (* = 28)

8) 315 South Pacific - Film Soundtrack

9) 307 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel

10) 283 Greatest Hits - Simon And Garfunkel

11) 282 War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne / Various Artists (* = 4)

12) 278 Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield

13) 274 Face Value - Phil Collins

14) 251 Making Movies - Dire Straits

15) 242 The Immaculate Collection - Madonna (* = 3)

16) 231 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (* = 3)

17) 203 Under A Blood Red Sky - U2

18) 201 Thriller - Michael Jackson &&

19)=200 Love Over Gold - Dire Straits

19)=200 The King & I - Film Soundtrack

21)=198 Nevermind - Nirvana

21)=198 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

23)=189 Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman $$

23)=189 Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

 

$$ = The 'Guinness Book Of British Hit Singles' (2006), gives the Tracy Chapman

Album 189 Chart Weeks. However, I should point out that, 'The Complete Book Of

The British Charts', (2004), & 'Complete British Hit Albums', (2004), both give it

188 Weeks.

 

&& = IF we add the Chart Weeks of ‘Thriller 25’ to those of the 1982

Original version, then ‘Thriller’ has 219 Weeks, & moves up to 17th place

In the List. (‘Thriller 25’ - No.3 - 18 Chart Weeks - 2008)

 

 

 

So many of those singles are recent :o Just geos to show how the chart has slowed down. Bet Snow Patrol will get the record eventually :lol:

 

Good read.

Singles are sticking around longer these days but are selling less overall. We just need a high profile show where artists can perform their songs again. Britney and Miley getting new peaks after X Factor just shows this - if you show a big audience a song, that will make them pay attention to it.

Nay Snow Patrol won't get the record.

 

If my memory is correct RTW spent 52 weeks in the top 75 from this week. 60 weeks since entry.

Interesting to notice that the singles are all those of which I've liked at first or never liked at all and then hated after them becoming incredibly over-played. The ones from this decade anyway, it'll take a while before I'll be able to listen to a lot of them ever again.

To show how many Singles hang around the Charts for ages now:,

 

1) When they split up in 1996, Take That had, had 16 UK Hits, of which

13 had reached the Top 10 - with 8 at No.1.

 

2) Those 16 Hits had spent 158 Weeks on the Chart between them.

 

3) Since their 2006 'Come Back', they have had 5 Hits - and have spent 139

further Weeks in the Singles Top 75.

 

4) However, just THREE of their 5 'Come Back' Hits are responsible for 134 of

those 139 Weeks:,

 

a) Patience - 40 Weeks - About 540,000 to 550,000 sold

B) Shine - 42 Weeks - about 400,000 sold - ?

c) Rule The World - 52 Weeks - About 550,000 - 560,000 sold - still on Chart.

 

(That's 134 Weeks - Plus 2 Weeks for 'I'd Wait For Life', 2, (so far), for 'Greatest

Day', & 1 Re-entry - last Week - with the 1995 Song, 'Never Forget').

 

5) The 3 Hits with over 40 Weeks each are not even their 3 Biggest UK Hits

 

These 2 sold more:,

 

a) Back For Good - 13 Weeks - 960,000 sold (1995)

B) How Deep Is Your Love - 14 Weeks - 650,000 sold (1996)

 

6) We are now back to a time like the 1950's, when Singles can stay on the

Chart for endless Months, but very few reach 500,000 or 600,000 Sales - because

Sales are so low.

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40+ weeks in top 75 (date - artist - title - weeks - chart run):

 

14/01/1961 Andy Stewart A Scottish Soldier 40 46-21-19-26-27-26-28-29-29-26-34-32-27-34-39-31-26-25-32-29-29-34-37-29-29-30-31-31-32-29-19-24-26-24-25-27-28-43-xx-45-43

02/12/1961 Mr Acker Bilk Stranger On The Shore 55 32-16-14-6-6-8-2-2-2-5-8-7-12-11-13-8-8-7-6-7-13-12-10-15-13-12-11-12-11-11-9-9-17-19-18-20-19-18-22-23-27-30-32-31-38-47-39-35-40-33-31-45-39-43-37

28/01/1967 Engelbert Humperdinck Release Me 56 39-23-12-4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-8-11-15-21-19-23-29-31-36-33-26-41-33-35-34-38-40-45-42-43-37-39-33-31-32-33-37-41-37-34-33-36-33-32-31-31-33-35-47-40-46-50-50

02/04/1969 Frank Sinatra My Way 122 50-43-23-17-16-9-6-6-5-5-7-7-21-20-27-28-31-43-26-41-50-33-40-33-38-39-35-45-38-31-42-44-48-49-49-48-46-49-42-42-37-50-xx-49-xx-xx-xx-49-30-32-30-40-xx-43-40-38-33-44-43-42-45-41-xx-xx-42-41-43-45-48-35-45-37-44-49-49-42-44-36-30-40-30-28-28-34-35-xx-33-25-24-26-26-18-31-21-23-24-29-29-31-32-31-28-xx-37-22-25-26-23-33-38-31-45-44-39-41-35-36-36-39-40-38-45-xx-xx-xx-xx-49-46-42-43-39-39-42-50-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-50

05/12/1970 Judy Collins Amazing Grace 67 49-42-34-34-30-21-19-8-8-6-5-5-6-7-9-13-6-19-18-23-24-23-29-37-30-42-38-46-38-47-49-45-xx-48-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-47-47-41-41-47-40-49-xx-xx-xx-xx-50-xx-xx-xx-48-48-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-31-46-24-23-20-21-21-22-26-32-29-31-31-38-40-37-42-37-42-xx-46-50-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-49-49-49

10/03/1973 Dawn ft Tony Orlando Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 40 38-32-16-7-3-2-1-1-1-1-3-4-6-9-14-13-16-16-20-22-22-30-39-29-28-32-43-41-37-29-27-28-28-23-29-33-41-40-46-xx-xx-xx-xx-41

29/04/1978 Boney M Rivers Of Babylon 40 21-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-10-18-20-18-10-6-5-4-3-2-3-5-10-21-28-37-45-52-65-71-71-75-74-62-57-57-44-53-70-65

19/11/1983 Grand Master & Melle Mel White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) 43 60-63-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-74-59-52-53-52-49-57-55-56-58-55-52-56-52-48-51-52-46-36-21-12-10-9-8-7-7-10-9-10-13-18-20-23-31-39-41-52-55-xx-xx-xx-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-73

26/11/1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Relax 52 67-55-54-55-46-46-35-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-6-16-21-23-21-29-29-31-26-24-21-17-16-11-5-3-2-2-3-3-3-6-7-12-20-22-29-41-47-50-66-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-68-58-64-74

31/12/1994 Oasis Whatever 50 3-6-8-9-14-19-28-43-65-70-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-48-49-61-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-75-xx-xx-66-55-57-xx-61-63-69-xx-69-64-55-58-61-66-70-56-58-64-63-62-67-65-70-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-69-62-70-63-xx-66-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-34-36-41-48-59-61-56-45-53-65

04/12/2004 Jay-Z & Linkin Park Numb/Encore 43 14-18-19-19-18-17-16-17-14-17-18-14-17-21-25-30-37-40-50-54-63-63-73-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-64-69-68-xx-69-71-xx-xx-xx-66-74-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-75-xx-xx-74-72-74-72-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-65-65-xx-xx-xx-67-61-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-64-45-65-71

30/04/2005 Bodyrockers I Like The Way 40 3-4-5-8-12-13-16-14-14-19-15-19-20-23-25-23-26-24-31-39-40-47-50-60-66-69-63-70-73-72-66-xx-73-75-70-68-56-57-60-67-68

11/06/2005 James Blunt You're Beautiful 40 12-6-2-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-2-5-10-18-27-33-40-33-35-42-45-49-37-41-41-36-41-37-42-16-24-32-41-49-49-51-31-36-50

01/10/2005 Kanye West ft Jamie Foxx Gold Digger 44 2-4-6-7-6-10-16-17-25-31-31-42-45-49-29-28-27-34-44-46-50-36-28-39-38-46-51-60-51-55-65-60-59-66-69-70-68-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-62-57-69-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-65-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-59-49-71

29/07/2006 Snow Patrol Chasing Cars 91 25-15-13-10-12-7-7-6-8-8-17-16-14-20-23-27-26-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-9-21-28-32-24-23-12-21-27-31-29-28-35-47-48-48-47-45-51-48-51-54-54-51-59-65-60-44-54-56-56-54-56-52-61-56-66-67-75-65-68-71-68-66-60-49-55-68-xx-xx-xx-50-58-68-61-58-53-53-59-67-75-71-65-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-69-71-71-75-75-xx-74-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-49-59-64-72-xx-xx-xx-65-69

28/10/2006 Amy Winehouse Rehab 57 19-7-7-13-15-17-19-28-30-37-25-20-20-24-28-27-49-22-18-29-38-46-49-49-64-75-66-64-54-62-68-60-67-68-xx-60-59-xx-xx-72-72-69-56-47-47-54-52-64-73-xx-72-74-75-xx-xx-66-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-42-48-62-xx-xx-xx-xx-58-48-62

25/11/2006 Take That Patience 40 4-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-5-8-15-15-22-10-15-14-20-16-20-26-31-40-52-50-48-53-65-64-73-xx-xx-xx-xx-47-69-74-71-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-64-74-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-61-50-66-74-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-59

20/01/2007 Mika Grace Kelly 40 3-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-6-7-11-10-12-19-22-25-26-32-34-27-31-38-47-57-56-62-60-41-50-55-53-63-62-69-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-48-35-55-64-xx-xx-xx-xx-57-72

27/01/2007 Fray How To Save A Life 42 29-16-10-6-7-5-5-5-5-6-5-4-7-11-13-19-23-26-25-25-24-28-28-39-39-34-35-46-51-51-62-63-58-40-44-53-62-57-72-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-59-69-73

10/02/2007 Take That Shine 42 30-17-11-10-1-1-4-7-8-15-22-28-29-35-38-44-40-48-48-53-72-75-37-49-49-29-30-39-50-54-65-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-73-63-62-63-70-67-xx-xx-xx-xx-44-36-53-66-xx-xx-xx-xx-73

26/05/2007 Rihanna Umbrella 51 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-4-7-13-15-16-21-25-25-30-32-34-36-33-35-36-38-41-46-50-38-38-18-18-27-34-35-38-46-47-44-42-52-52-59-63-75-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-73-73-74-75

08/09/2007 Scouting For Girls She's So Lovely 41 19-9-10-7-9-9-10-12-18-23-27-31-32-37-49-52-66-35-33-24-25-25-30-34-35-45-56-57-57-57-54-xx-60-55-60-61-61-65-63-62-xx-72-70

13/10/2007 Timbaland pts One Republic Apologize 42 75-32-6-7-4-3-3-4-5-4-6-10-4-4-8-11-13-18-22-20-18-22-25-24-22-27-31-36-36-44-53-63-66-68-60-60-68-74-73-72-70-72

27/10/2007 Nickelback Rockstar 50 64-58-45-34-20-21-19-22-25-25-15-8-4-6-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-5-5-7-10-13-16-14-14-21-25-26-31-33-31-34-40-56-64-70-66-55-27-31-29-33-37-52-66-75

27/10/2007 Take That Rule The World 52 46-2-2-2-2-3-4-5-7-7-5-5-9-14-17-19-26-30-24-20-27-32-33-39-46-50-59-68-69-66-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-70-61-65-65-67-71-65-61-66-55-58-34-66-41-57-68-xx-71-67-55-46-27-40

 

Excellent post there cheers.

 

On to Albums I'd suggest the South Pacific OST should be in there considering it had 115 weeks at No1!! :lol:

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Surely "Blue Monday" should be there somewhere?
Excellent post there cheers.

 

On to Albums I'd suggest the South Pacific OST should be in there considering it had 115 weeks at No1!! :lol:

 

Ej87 - 'South Pacific' IS in my List - at No.8 - 315 Chart Weeks. It spent 115 Weeks at

No.1 - not 119 Weeks.

 

I don't understand 'Katherine's List. If it shows Albums that spent longest in the Top 100,

then where is 'Gold' by ABBA? That is on well over 500 Top 100 Weeks. The Queen Album

- 'Greatest Hits' - only has 479 Top 100 Weeks in 'Katherine's List, but that is only 7 more Weeks

than I get it to, & I'm only looking at its Top 75 Positions - except for some Years in the 1980's,

when the entire Top 100 was used as the 'Official' part of the Charts. (Until January 1989).

 

Zeus555

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Wouldn't any of the Christmas classics such as Mariah's All I Want For Christmas be on there? or even ABBA's dancing queen or is ur chart based on original run?

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