:o Chasing Cars and Rehab haven't even got the Top 5 in the chart :o :o

Edited December 8, 200816 yr by Pavel

Thanks to all the contributors. I updated the first post. Note its time spent in the top 100.

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?

Mariah's combined total - 19wks

ABBA's combined total - 25wks

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

 

23. The Killers - Hot Fuss 181

 

:) So this would make Hot Fuss the longest runner of the 21st century! Brilliant!

Update:

2 (2) Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 115 wks

8 (8) Take That - Rule The World 60 wks

19 (20) Take That - Patience 50 wks

25 (25) Duffy - Mercy 43 wks

 

1 (1) Queen - Greatest Hits 480 wks

4 (4) ABBA - Gold Greatest Hits 390 wks

36 (38) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black 142 wks

I though LeAnn Rimes HDIL had done more than 40 weeks in top 40.

I though LeAnn Rimes HDIL had done more than 40 weeks in top 40.

34 wks

:dance: :dance: 3 Take That songs in the Top 20 and all are still charting too! :dance:

 

Singles

08. Take That - Rule The World 60

13. Take That - Shine 55

19. Take That - Patience 50

 

 

The Top 100 Data is obviously from the Chart Stats Site. It is full of mistakes.

'Gold' by ABBA is actually on 539 Top 100 Weeks! That's 383 Top 75 Weeks, plus

156 from No.76 to No.100 = 539. Chart Stats gives 'Gold' 369 Top 75 Weeks -

it has 'lost' 14 somewhere. That gives it 369 Top 75 Weeks, instead of 383. The

Site then adds in just 21 Weeks for No.76 to No.100 Positions = 390 Weeks.

It is 'only' 169 Top 100 Weeks short!

It is a similar story for 'Greatest Hits' by Queen, 'Legend' by Bob Marley,

& 'Immaculate Collection' by Madonna. Those 3 Albums have far too few

Top 100 Weeks too.

Edited December 9, 200816 yr by zeus555

The Top 100 Data is obviously from the Chart Stats Site. It is full of mistakes.

'Gold' by ABBA is actually on 539 Top 100 Weeks! That's 383 Top 75 Weeks, plus

156 from No.76 to No.100 = 539. Chart Stats gives 'Gold' 369 Top 75 Weeks -

it has 'lost' 14 somewhere. That gives it 369 Top 75 Weeks, instead of 383. The

Site then adds in just 21 Weeks for No.76 to No.100 Positions = 390 Weeks.

It is 'only' 169 Top 100 Weeks short!

It is a similar story for 'Greatest Hits' by Queen, 'Legend' by Bob Marley,

& 'Immaculate Collection' by Madonna. Those 3 Albums have far too few

Top 100 Weeks too.

How do you know? The dates and chart positions look alright to me lol

I know, because it is possible to see full Top 200 Weeks for those

Albums at UKMIX. You simply count the Top 100 weeks in the Top

200, then add in any Weeks from 2007 & 2008 - as the UKMIX List

has not been up-dated since early 2007.

 

The Chart Stats Site only counts Top 100 weeks from August 8th 1981

to January 14th 1989 - when the Chart was Officially a Top 100 - not a

Top 75 - and it then starts counting Top 100 Weeks again on December 9th

2000 - as if the Top 100 did not exist in the 1990's. It is a MESS.

 

Unfortunately Wikipedia insists on using Chart Stats Data for its Top 100

Weeks for 'Gold'. I told the Guy at Wikipedia, that Chart Stats is way, way too low

in its Top 100 figure for 'Gold', but he said that it is just my opinion.

So, he will carry on using laughably incorrect Data - and I warn everyone

whom I know, to NOT use Chart Stats Data - or Wikipedia - if they want

accuracy, rather than nonsence.....

Edited December 10, 200816 yr by zeus555

I know, because it is possible to see full Top 200 Weeks for those

Albums at UKMIX. You simply count the Top 100 weeks in the Top

200, then add in any Weeks from 2007 & 2008 - as the UKMIX List

has not been up-dated since early 2007.

 

The Chart Stats Site only counts Top 100 weeks from August 8th 1981

to January 14th 1989 - when the Chart was Officially a Top 100 - not a

Top 75 - and it then starts counting Top 100 Weeks again on December 9th

2000 - as if the Top 100 did not exist in the 1990's. It is a MESS.

 

Unfortunately Wikipedia insists on using Chart Stats Data for its Top 100

Weeks for 'Gold'. I told the Guy at Wikipedia, that Chart Stats is way, way too low

in its Top 100 figure for 'Gold', but he said that it is just my opinion.

So, he will carry on using laughably incorrect Data - and I warn everyone

whom I know, to NOT use Chart Stats Data - or Wikipedia - if they want

accuracy, rather than nonsence.....

Thanks for the explanation I'll update if you can give me a site or the total weeks of all the albums thats on the chart. So before 1981 did chart stats just use top 75 or top 40 data or none?

Edited December 10, 200816 yr by `Katherine`

Katherine - I did not mean to sound rude to you, by the way.

 

You can also see the Top 100 Positions for 'Legend', & 'Greatest Hits'

by Queen - as well as 'Gold' - at chc Media Forums. Kingofskiffle does

a Chart Analysis there, & there is a Chart from October, in which he

Lists ALL the Top 200 Positions for those 3 Albums, as all 3 were in the

Top 75 at the time.

 

It is hell trying to count the Top 100 Weeks, as there are so many of them.

The best way is to ignore their Top 75 Positions - as we already know them.

So, No.1 to No.75 Positions are ignored.

You ALSO have to ignore their No.101 to No.200 Positions - and that makes

it even trickier.

 

'Greatest Hits' - Queen - 472 Weeks

'Gold' - ABBA - 383 Weeks (To W/E 13th December)

'Legend' - Bob Marley - 370 Weeks

 

They are all Top 75* Weeks - so just add those in later. (*Except for any 1980's

No.76 to No.100 Positions. They are already added in, as the Chart was a Top 100 for

most of the 1980's. So the Queen & Bob Marley Albums include some 1980's Top

100 Positions in their above Totals).

 

You then add in their Top 100 (No.76 to No.100), Positions - any AFTER the 1980's

that is.

 

Once you have all the No.76 to No.100 Positions, for the 3 Albums, you then add

their Top 75 Positions Totals in - and you have ALL their Top 100 Positions.

 

It took me ages to do 'Gold', as I kept getting a different Total each time. In the

end, I got 539 Weeks 4 times in a row, so I knew that had to be the correct Total.

Edited December 10, 200816 yr by zeus555

Been reading this with interest and I post some lists for you. This is taken from my database and includes Singles from 15 Nov 1952 to 13 Dec 2008. The data is Top 75 (May 1978 to today) and Top 50 etc before 1978.

 

Comments welcome - particularly if you spot any errors!

 

I list the 141 records to spend more than 25 weeks in the Top 75 and rank them all in order, firstly by total weeks, then entry date and then peak position. If the week count is the same then the position in the list is tied.

 

Entry ~ Wks ~ Peak ~ No. ~ Artist ~ Title ~ Label ~ CatNum ~ Notes

05.04.1969 ~ 122 ~ 5 ~ 1 ~ Frank Sinatra ~ My Way ~ Reprise ~ RS 20817

29.07.2006 ~ 91 ~ 6 ~ 2 ~ Snow Patrol ~ Chasing Cars ~ Polydor ~ 1704397

05.12.1970 ~ 66 ~ 5 ~ 3 ~ Judy Collins ~ Amazing Grace ~ Elektra ~ 2101-020

28.10.2006 ~ 57 ~ 7 ~ 4 ~ Amy Winehouse ~ Rehab ~ Island ~ 1709535

28.01.1967 ~ 56 ~ 1 ~ 5 ~ Engelbert Humperdinck ~ Release Me ~ Decca ~ F 12541

02.12.1961 ~ 55 ~ 2 ~ 6 ~ Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale ~ Stranger On The Shore ~ Columbia ~ DB 4750

26.11.1983 ~ 52 ~ 1 ~ 7 ~ Frankie Goes To Hollywood ~ Relax ~ ZTT ~ ZTAS1

27.10.2007 ~ 52 ~ 2 ~ 8 ~ Take That ~ Rule The World ~ Polydor ~ 1746285

26.05.2007 ~ 51 ~ 1 ~ 9 ~ Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z ~ Umbrella ~ Def Jam ~ 1735491

31.12.1994 ~ 50 ~ 3 ~ 10= ~ Oasis ~ Whatever ~ Creation ~ CRESCD195

27.10.2007 ~ 50 ~ 2 ~ 10= ~ Nickelback ~ Rockstar ~ Roadrunner ~ RR39323

01.10.2005 ~ 44 ~ 2 ~ 12 ~ Kanye West Featuring Jamie Foxx ~ Gold Digger ~ Roc-A-Fella ~ 9885694

19.11.1983 ~ 43 ~ 7 ~ 13= ~ Grandmaster Flash And Melle Mel ~ White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) ~ Sugarhill ~ SH130

04.12.2004 ~ 43 ~ 14 ~ 13= ~ Jay-Z / Linkin Park ~ Numb / Encore ~ WEA ~ W660CD

27.01.2007 ~ 42 ~ 4 ~ 15= ~ The Fray ~ How To Save A Life ~ Epic ~ 88697072312

10.02.2007 ~ 42 ~ 1 ~ 15= ~ Take That ~ Shine ~ Polydor ~ 1724294

13.10.2007 ~ 42 ~ 3 ~ 15= ~ Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic ~ Apologize ~ Interscope ~ 1750152

08.09.2007 ~ 41 ~ 7 ~ 18 ~ Scouting For Girls ~ She's So Lovely ~ Epic ~ 88697147742

14.01.1961 ~ 40 ~ 19 ~ 19= ~ Andy Stewart ~ A Scottish Soldier ~ Top Rank ~ JAR 512

10.03.1973 ~ 40 ~ 1 ~ 19= ~ Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando ~ Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree ~ Bell ~ BELL 1287

29.04.1978 ~ 40 ~ 1 ~ 19= ~ Boney M ~ Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring ~ Atlantic ~ K11120 ~ 'Brown Girl In The Ring' listed from 5 August 1978, and was played as the A-side on Radio 1's Top 20 Countdown from that date onwards.

30.04.2005 ~ 40 ~ 3 ~ 19= ~ Bodyrockers ~ I Like The Way ~ Mercury ~ 9871115

11.06.2005 ~ 40 ~ 1 ~ 19= ~ James Blunt ~ You're Beautiful ~ Atlantic ~ AT0207CDX

25.11.2006 ~ 40 ~ 1 ~ 19= ~ Take That ~ Patience ~ Polydor ~ 1714832

20.01.2007 ~ 40 ~ 1 ~ 19= ~ Mika ~ Grace Kelly ~ Casablanca/Island ~ 1721083

22.02.1964 ~ 39 ~ 5 ~ 26= ~ Jim Reeves ~ I Love You Because ~ RCA ~ 1385

23.04.2005 ~ 39 ~ 2 ~ 26= ~ Gorillaz ~ Feel Good Inc ~ Parlophone ~ CDR6663 ~ Avaliable On Limited Edition Vinyl. Released in shops 9 May when it entered the top 10

05.08.2006 ~ 39 ~ 2 ~ 26= ~ Cascada ~ Everytime We Touch ~ All Around The World ~ CDGLOBE537

29.09.2007 ~ 39 ~ 2 ~ 26= ~ Mark Ronson Featuring Amy Winehouse ~ Valerie ~ Columbia ~ 88697186332

17.09.1966 ~ 38 ~ 14 ~ 30= ~ The Mike Sammes Singers ~ Somewhere My Love ~ HMV ~ POP 1546

19.03.1983 ~ 38 ~ 9 ~ 30= ~ New Order ~ Blue Monday ~ Factory ~ FAC73

06.08.2005 ~ 38 ~ 2 ~ 30= ~ Daniel Powter ~ Bad Day ~ Warner Brothers ~ W682CD2

17.06.2006 ~ 38 ~ 1 ~ 30= ~ Shakira Featuring Wyclef Jean ~ Hips Don't Lie ~ Epic ~ 82876842702

16.02.2008 ~ 38 ~ 2 ~ 30= ~ Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain ~ Low ~ Atlantic ~ AT0302CD

23.02.2008 ~ 38 ~ 1 ~ 30= ~ Duffy ~ Mercy ~ A&M ~ 1761794

21.05.1994 ~ 37 ~ 1 ~ 36= ~ Wet Wet Wet ~ Love Is All Around ~ Precious Organisation ~ JWLCD23

16.07.2005 ~ 37 ~ 5 ~ 36= ~ Kelly Clarkson ~ Since U Been Gone ~ RCA ~ 82876700852

17.09.2005 ~ 37 ~ 1 ~ 36= ~ The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes ~ Don't Cha ~ A&M ~ 9885051

15.03.2008 ~ 37 ~ 6 ~ 36= ~ Gabriella Cilmi ~ Sweet About Me ~ Universal ~ 1764472

04.04.1953 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ Frankie Laine ~ I Believe ~ Philips ~ PB 117

08.01.1955 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ Bill Haley and His Comets ~ Rock Around The Clock ~ Brunswick ~ 05317

31.08.1963 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ The Beatles ~ She Loves You ~ Parlophone ~ R 5055

11.05.1968 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ Des O'Connor ~ I Pretend ~ Columbia ~ DB 8397

01.08.1981 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ Soft Cell ~ Tainted Love ~ Some Bizarre ~ BZS2

29.06.1985 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ Jennifer Rush ~ The Power Of Love ~ CBS ~ A5003

07.07.2007 ~ 36 ~ 1 ~ 40= ~ Timbaland Featuring Keri Hilson And D.O.E. ~ The Way I Are ~ Interscope ~ 1742316

21.04.1973 ~ 35 ~ 3 ~ 47= ~ Perry Como ~ And I Love You So ~ RCA ~ RCA 2346

22.10.1994 ~ 35 ~ 7 ~ 47= ~ Oasis ~ Cigarettes And Alcohol ~ Creation ~ CRESCD190

17.02.2007 ~ 35 ~ 1 ~ 47= ~ The Kaiser Chiefs ~ Ruby ~ B Unique/Polydor ~ BUN119CD

04.08.2007 ~ 35 ~ 7 ~ 47= ~ Newton Faulkner ~ Dream Catch Me ~ Ugly Truth ~ 88697117762

19.08.1961 ~ 34 ~ 2 ~ 51= ~ Chubby Checker ~ Let's Twist Again ~ Columbia ~ DB 4691

05.06.1971 ~ 34 ~ 1 ~ 51= ~ Middle Of The Road ~ Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep ~ RCA ~ RCA 2047

11.11.1995 ~ 34 ~ 2 ~ 51= ~ Oasis ~ Wonderwall ~ Creation ~ CRESCD215

07.03.1998 ~ 34 ~ 7 ~ 51= ~ LeAnn Rimes ~ How Do I Live ~ Curb ~ CUBCX30

14.04.2007 ~ 34 ~ 25 ~ 51= ~ Amy Winehouse ~ Back To Black ~ Island ~ 1732325

15.12.2007 ~ 34 ~ 4 ~ 51= ~ Rihanna ~ Don't Stop The Music ~ Mercury ~ 1762161

29.03.2008 ~ 34 ~ 2 ~ 51= ~ Sam Sparro ~ Black And Gold ~ Island ~ 1766841

21.01.2006 ~ 33 ~ 9 ~ 58= ~ José González ~ Heartbeats ~ Peacefrog ~ PFG076CD

09.09.2006 ~ 33 ~ 1 ~ 58= ~ Scissor Sisters ~ I Don't Feel Like Dancin' ~ Polydor ~ 1707529

30.06.2007 ~ 33 ~ 5 ~ 58= ~ The Hoosiers ~ Worried About Ray ~ RCA ~ 88697116512

13.12.1997 ~ 32 ~ 1 ~ 61= ~ Teletubbies ~ Teletubbies Say Eh-Oh! ~ BBC Worldwide ~ WMXS00092

01.04.2006 ~ 32 ~ 5 ~ 61= ~ The Kooks ~ Naive ~ Virgin ~ VSCDX1911

01.07.2006 ~ 32 ~ 7 ~ 61= ~ The Kooks ~ She Moves In Her Own Way ~ Virgin ~ VSCDX1913

29.09.2007 ~ 32 ~ 1 ~ 61= ~ Sugababes ~ About You Now ~ Island ~ 1748657

12.01.2008 ~ 32 ~ 1 ~ 61= ~ Basshunter Featuring DJ Mental Theo ~ Now You're Gone ~ Ministry Of Sound ~ H2B01CDX

05.03.1960 ~ 31 ~ 2 ~ 66= ~ Percy Faith ~ Theme From 'A Summer Place' ~ Philips ~ PB 989

26.03.1960 ~ 31 ~ 12 ~ 66= ~ Jim Reeves ~ He'll Have To Go ~ RCA ~ 1168

25.08.1984 ~ 31 ~ 2 ~ 66= ~ Ray Parker Jr ~ Ghostbusters ~ Arista ~ ARIST580

22.10.1994 ~ 31 ~ 1 ~ 66= ~ Celine Dion ~ Think Twice ~ Epic ~ 6606422

02.09.2006 ~ 31 ~ 1 ~ 66= ~ Justin Timberlake ~ Sexyback ~ Jive ~ 82876870882

10.02.2007 ~ 31 ~ 10 ~ 66= ~ Nelly Furtado ~ Say It Right ~ Polydor ~ USUM70603368

07.07.2007 ~ 31 ~ 2 ~ 66= ~ Kate Nash ~ Foundations ~ Fiction ~ 1735509

28.07.2007 ~ 31 ~ 2 ~ 66= ~ Plain White T's ~ Hey There Delilah ~ Hollywood/Angel ~ ANGECDX52

15.03.2008 ~ 31 ~ 1 ~ 66= ~ Estelle Featuring Kanye West ~ American Boy ~ Atlantic/Homeschool ~ AT0304CD

21.02.1959 ~ 30 ~ 1 ~ 75= ~ Russ Conway ~ Side Saddle ~ Columbia ~ DB 4256

06.08.1960 ~ 30 ~ 2 ~ 75= ~ Shirley Bassey ~ As Long As He Needs Me ~ Columbia ~ DB 4490

01.07.1967 ~ 30 ~ 6 ~ 75= ~ Anita Harris ~ Just Loving You ~ CBS ~ 2724

16.08.1975 ~ 30 ~ 1 ~ 75= ~ Rod Stewart ~ Sailing ~ Warner Bros ~ K 16600

30.06.1984 ~ 30 ~ 2 ~ 75= ~ Black Lace ~ Agadoo ~ Flair ~ FLA107

30.03.1996 ~ 30 ~ 1 ~ 75= ~ The Prodigy ~ Firestarter ~ XL ~ XLS70CD

21.11.1998 ~ 30 ~ 1 ~ 75= ~ Steps ~ Heartbeat / Tragedy ~ Jive ~ 0519142

30.03.2002 ~ 30 ~ 1 ~ 75= ~ Gareth Gates ~ Unchained Melody ~ S/RCA ~ 74321930882

08.07.2006 ~ 30 ~ 5 ~ 75= ~ Paolo Nutini ~ Last Request ~ Atlantic ~ ATUK034CDX

18.08.2007 ~ 30 ~ 1 ~ 75= ~ Kanye West ~ Stronger ~ Roc-A-Fella ~ 1744463

16.02.2008 ~ 30 ~ 8 ~ 75= ~ Chris Brown ~ With You ~ Jive ~ 88697269362

01.03.2008 ~ 30 ~ 6 ~ 75= ~ Alphabeat ~ Fascination ~ Charisma ~ CASDX18

03.04.1954 ~ 29 ~ 1 ~ 87= ~ Doris Day ~ Secret Love ~ Philips ~ PB 230

05.12.1959 ~ 29 ~ 5 ~ 87= ~ Wink Martindale ~ Deck Of Cards ~ London ~ HLD 8962

27.05.1967 ~ 29 ~ 2 ~ 87= ~ Engelbert Humperdinck ~ There Goes My Everything ~ Decca ~ F 12610

10.02.1968 ~ 29 ~ 1 ~ 87= ~ Louis Armstrong ~ What A Wonderful World / Cabaret ~ HMV ~ POP 1615

14.11.1992 ~ 29 ~ 1 ~ 87= ~ Whitney Houston ~ I Will Always Love You ~ Arista ~ 74321120657

03.09.2005 ~ 29 ~ 9 ~ 87= ~ The Kaiser Chiefs ~ I Predict A Riot / Sink That Ship ~ B-Unique ~ BUN096CDX ~ Re-Issue

19.11.2005 ~ 29 ~ 1 ~ 87= ~ Madonna ~ Hung Up ~ Warner Bros ~ W695CD2

17.05.2008 ~ 29 ~ 1 ~ 87= ~ Ne-Yo ~ Closer ~ Def Jam ~ 1776445

07.07.1962 ~ 28 ~ 1 ~ 95= ~ Frank Ifield ~ I Remember You ~ Columbia ~ DB 4856

28.11.1970 ~ 28 ~ 1 ~ 95= ~ Clive Dunn ~ Grandad ~ Columbia ~ DB 8726

10.08.1974 ~ 28 ~ 4 ~ 95= ~ Sylvia ~ Y Viva Espana ~ Sonnet ~ SON 2037

12.09.1981 ~ 28 ~ 2 ~ 95= ~ The Tweets ~ The Birdie Song (Birdie Dance) ~ PRT ~ 7P219

08.03.1986 ~ 28 ~ 2 ~ 95= ~ Sinitta ~ So Macho / Cruising ~ Fanfare ~ FAN7

31.10.1998 ~ 28 ~ 1 ~ 95= ~ Cher ~ Believe ~ WEA ~ WEA175CD

26.03.2005 ~ 28 ~ 1 ~ 95= ~ Tony Christie Featuring Peter Kay ~ (Is This The Way To) Amarillo ~ Universal TV ~ 9828606 ~ Re-Issue

29.04.2006 ~ 28 ~ 7 ~ 95= ~ Snow Patrol ~ You're All I Have ~ Fiction ~ 9853867

03.02.2007 ~ 28 ~ 2 ~ 95= ~ Gwen Stefani Featuring Akon ~ The Sweet Escape ~ Interscope ~ 1724450

23.06.2007 ~ 28 ~ 2 ~ 95= ~ Fergie ~ Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) ~ Polydor ~ 1741332

25.08.2007 ~ 28 ~ 8 ~ 95= ~ Foo Fighters ~ The Pretender ~ Roswell/RCA ~ 88697160702

03.11.2007 ~ 28 ~ 1 ~ 95= ~ Leona Lewis ~ Bleeding Love ~ Syco ~ 88697175622

24.11.1956 ~ 27 ~ 4 ~ 107= ~ Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly ~ True Love ~ Capitol ~ CL 14645

11.03.1961 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Elvis Presley ~ Wooden Heart ~ RCA ~ 1226

26.08.1967 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Engelbert Humperdinck ~ The Last Waltz ~ Decca ~ F 12655

10.01.1970 ~ 27 ~ 10 ~ 107= ~ Sacha Distel ~ Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head ~ Warner Brothers ~ WB 7345

10.04.1971 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Dawn ~ Knock Three Times ~ Bell ~ BLL 1146

25.11.1972 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Little Jimmy Osmond ~ Long Haired Lover From Liverpool ~ MGM ~ 2006 109

25.08.1973 ~ 27 ~ 7 ~ 107= ~ Perry Como ~ For The Good Times ~ RCA ~ RCA 2402

06.05.1995 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Oasis ~ Some Might Say ~ Creation ~ CRESCD204

13.12.1997 ~ 27 ~ 4 ~ 107= ~ Robbie Williams ~ Angels ~ Chrysalis ~ CDCHS5072

10.09.2005 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Gorillaz Featuring Shaun Ryder ~ Dare ~ Parlophone ~ CDRS6668

07.10.2006 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Razorlight ~ America ~ Vertigo ~ 1705368

25.08.2007 ~ 27 ~ 2 ~ 107= ~ 50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake ~ Ayo Technology ~ Polydor ~ 1746158

29.03.2008 ~ 27 ~ 1 ~ 107= ~ Madonna Featuring Justin Timberlake ~ 4 Minutes ~ Warner Bros ~ W803CD2

26.04.2008 ~ 27 ~ 3 ~ 107= ~ Jordin Sparks Featuring Chris Brown ~ No Air ~ Jive ~ 88697296612

23.01.1954 ~ 26 ~ 2 ~ 121= ~ Obernkirchen Children's Choir ~ The Happy Wanderer ~ Parlophone ~ R 3799

31.10.1959 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ Emile Ford And The Checkmates ~ What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For ~ Pye ~ 7N 15225

13.10.1962 ~ 26 ~ 4 ~ 121= ~ The Beatles ~ Love Me Do ~ Parlophone ~ R 4949

15.12.1962 ~ 26 ~ 5 ~ 121= ~ The Springfields ~ Island Of Dreams ~ Philips ~ 326557 BF

20.06.1964 ~ 26 ~ 3 ~ 121= ~ Jim Reeves ~ I Won't Forget You ~ RCA ~ 1400

20.07.1968 ~ 26 ~ 5 ~ 121= ~ Tom Jones ~ Help Yourself ~ Decca ~ F 12812

11.10.1969 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ The Archies ~ Sugar Sugar ~ RCA ~ 1872

01.04.1972 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ Pipes And Drums And The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard ~ Amazing Grace ~ RCA ~ RCA 2191

26.08.1972 ~ 26 ~ 11 ~ 121= ~ Judge Dread ~ Big Six ~ Bigshot ~ BI 608

09.12.1972 ~ 26 ~ 2 ~ 121= ~ John And Yoko And The Plastic Ono Band With The Harlem Community Choir ~ Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ~ Apple ~ R 5970

20.05.1978 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John ~ You're The One That I Want ~ RSO ~ 006

25.08.1984 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ Stevie Wonder ~ I Just Called To Say I Love You ~ Motown ~ TMG1349

20.07.1996 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ The Spice Girls ~ Wannabe ~ Virgin ~ VSCDX1588

25.10.1997 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ Aqua ~ Barbie Girl ~ Universal ~ UMD80413

10.09.2005 ~ 26 ~ 12 ~ 121= ~ KT Tunstall ~ Suddenly I See ~ Relentless ~ RELCD21

17.09.2005 ~ 26 ~ 4 ~ 121= ~ Coldplay ~ Fix You ~ Parlophone ~ CDRS6671

03.06.2006 ~ 26 ~ 5 ~ 121= ~ P!nk ~ Who Knew ~ LaFace ~ 82876847022

24.02.2007 ~ 26 ~ 6 ~ 121= ~ Fergie Featuring Ludacris ~ Glamorous ~ Polydor ~ 1730081

14.04.2007 ~ 26 ~ 1 ~ 121= ~ Timbaland Featuring Nelly Furtado And Justin Timberlake ~ Give It To Me ~ Interscope ~ 1732199

24.11.2007 ~ 26 ~ 2 ~ 121= ~ Soulja Boy ~ Crank That (Soulja Boy) ~ Interscope ~ 1755233

03.05.2008 ~ 26 ~ 3 ~ 121= ~ Duffy ~ Warwick Avenue ~ A&M ~ 1766149

 

 

Out of interest, we have (by initial entry date)

 

1950's - 9

1960's - 23

1970's - 16

1980's - 10 (between 1986 and 1992 no new records were added to this list!)

1990's - 15

2000's - 69

 

2008 - 12

2007 - 28

2006 - 14

2005 - 13

Edited December 10, 200816 yr by kingofskiffle

In contrast, 121 albums have spent 100 or more weeks in the various sized album charts since 1956. I take, here, the Top 75 from 14 Jan 1989 to today because that is what the books use. Also, I do not have complete Top 200's before 1996....

 

I have split some albums - the longest running - by CD Re-Issue, so Queen's Greatest hits appears twice. This is becaus eof the way the titles are stored within my database.

 

Their are also far fewer tied placings.

 

Entry ~ Wks ~ Peak ~ No. ~ Artist ~ Title ~ Label ~ CatNum ~ Notes

11.03.1978 ~ 472 ~ 9 ~ 1 ~ Meat Loaf ~ Bat Out Of Hell ~ Epic ~ EPC82419

26.02.1977 ~ 443 ~ 1 ~ 2 ~ Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours ~ Warner Brothers ~ K56344

10.04.1965 ~ 374 ~ 1 ~ 3 ~ Original Soundtrack ~ The Sound Of Music ~ RCA Victor ~ RB6616

03.10.1992 ~ 338 ~ 1 ~ 4 ~ Abba ~ Abba Gold - Greatest Hits ~ Polydor ~ 9819297

07.11.1981 ~ 333 ~ 1 ~ 5 ~ Queen ~ Greatest Hits - Queen ~ Parlophone ~ BMWCD1

19.05.1984 ~ 331 ~ 1 ~ 6 ~ Bob Marley And The Wailers ~ Legend ~ Tuff Gong ~ BMW1

03.05.1958 ~ 315 ~ 1 ~ 7 ~ Original Soundtrack ~ South Pacific ~ RCA ~ RB16065

21.02.1970 ~ 303 ~ 1 ~ 8 ~ Simon And Garfunkel ~ Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ CBS ~ 63699

31.03.1973 ~ 301 ~ 2 ~ 9 ~ Pink Floyd ~ The Dark Side Of The Moon ~ EMI ~ SHVL804

22.07.1972 ~ 283 ~ 2 ~ 10 ~ Simon And Garfunkel ~ Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits ~ CBS ~ 69003

21.02.1981 ~ 274 ~ 1 ~ 11 ~ Phil Collins ~ Face Value ~ Virgin ~ V2185

14.07.1973 ~ 263 ~ 1 ~ 12 ~ Mike Oldfield ~ Tubular Bells ~ Virgin ~ V2001

25.10.1980 ~ 250 ~ 4 ~ 13 ~ Dire Straits ~ Making Movies ~ Vertigo ~ 6359034

01.07.1978 ~ 235 ~ 5 ~ 14 ~ Jeff Wayne ~ Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds ~ Columbia ~ 96000

24.11.1990 ~ 207 ~ 1 ~ 15 ~ Madonna ~ The Immaculate Collection ~ Sire ~ 7599264402

03.12.1983 ~ 203 ~ 2 ~ 16 ~ U2 ~ Live - Under A Blood Red Sky ~ Island ~ IMA3

22.09.1956 ~ 201 ~ 1 ~ 17 ~ Original Soundtrack ~ The King And I ~ Capitol ~ LCT6108

02.10.1982 ~ 200 ~ 1 ~ 18 ~ Dire Straits ~ Love Over Gold ~ Vertigo ~ 6359109

11.12.1982 ~ 196 ~ 1 ~ 19 ~ Michael Jackson ~ Thriller ~ Epic ~ EPC85930

25.05.1985 ~ 195 ~ 1 ~ 20 ~ Dire Straits ~ Brothers In Arms ~ Vertigo ~ VERH25

21.05.1988 ~ 188 ~ 1 ~ 21 ~ Tracy Chapman ~ Tracy Chapman ~ Elektra ~ 7559607742

29.09.1979 ~ 187 ~ 5 ~ 22= ~ Michael Jackson ~ Off The Wall ~ Epic ~ EPC83468

05.10.1991 ~ 187 ~ 7 ~ 22= ~ Nirvana ~ Nevermind ~ Geffen ~ DGCD24425

23.03.1991 ~ 183 ~ 1 ~ 24 ~ R.E.M. ~ Out Of Time ~ Warner Brothers ~ 7599264962

10.10.1992 ~ 179 ~ 1 ~ 25 ~ R.E.M. ~ Automatic For The People ~ Warner Brothers ~ 9362450552

10.09.1994 ~ 177 ~ 1 ~ 26 ~ Oasis ~ Definitely Maybe ~ Creation ~ CRECD169

02.03.1985 ~ 176 ~ 1 ~ 27 ~ Phil Collins ~ No Jacket Required ~ Virgin ~ V2345

24.03.1962 ~ 175 ~ 1 ~ 28 ~ Original Soundtrack ~ West Side Story ~ Philips/CBS ~ BBL7530/BPG62058

26.08.1995 ~ 172 ~ 1 ~ 29 ~ Alanis Morissette ~ Jagged Little Pill ~ Maverick ~ 9362459012

28.07.1956 ~ 167 ~ 1 ~ 30 ~ Original Soundtrack ~ Oklahoma! ~ Capitol ~ LCT6100

13.11.1982 ~ 163 ~ 2 ~ 31= ~ Phil Collins ~ Hello, I Must Be Going! ~ Virgin ~ V2252

24.03.1984 ~ 163 ~ 3 ~ 31= ~ Dire Straits ~ Alchemy ~ Vertigo ~ VERY11

01.08.1987 ~ 161 ~ 5 ~ 33 ~ Guns N' Roses ~ Appetite For Destruction ~ Geffen ~ GFLD19286

25.03.1995 ~ 160 ~ 4 ~ 34 ~ Radiohead ~ The Bends ~ Parlophone ~ CDPCS7372

21.03.1987 ~ 156 ~ 1 ~ 35 ~ U2 ~ The Joshua Tree ~ Island ~ U26

10.05.1958 ~ 155 ~ 1 ~ 36= ~ Original Broadway Cast ~ My Fair Lady ~ Philips ~ RBL/1000

02.05.1959 ~ 155 ~ 2 ~ 36= ~ Buddy Holly And The Crickets ~ The Buddy Holly Story ~ Coral ~ LVA9105

29.10.1983 ~ 154 ~ 1 ~ 38= ~ Lionel Richie ~ Can't Slow Down ~ Motown ~ STMA8041

18.11.1995 ~ 154 ~ 3 ~ 38= ~ The Lighthouse Family ~ Ocean Drive ~ Wild Card ~ 5237872

24.11.1984 ~ 152 ~ 1 ~ 40 ~ Madonna ~ Like A Virgin ~ Sire ~ 925157/WX20

03.03.1979 ~ 151 ~ 3 ~ 41 ~ Barry Manilow ~ Manilow Magic ~ Arista ~ ARTV2

03.06.1967 ~ 150 ~ 1 ~ 42 ~ The Beatles ~ Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ~ Parlophone ~ PCS7027

05.05.1973 ~ 148 ~ 3 ~ 43 ~ The Beatles ~ The Beatles 1962-1966 ~ Apple ~ PCSP717

12.03.1983 ~ 147 ~ 1 ~ 44= ~ U2 ~ War ~ Island ~ ILPS9733

30.06.1984 ~ 147 ~ 2 ~ 44= ~ Tina Turner ~ Private Dancer ~ Capitol ~ TINA1

14.10.1995 ~ 145 ~ 1 ~ 46 ~ Oasis ~ (What's The Story) Morning Glory? ~ Big Brother ~ CRECD189

29.01.1966 ~ 144 ~ 4 ~ 47= ~ Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass ~ Going Places ~ Pye ~ NPL28065

13.05.2000 ~ 144 ~ 1 ~ 47= ~ David Gray ~ White Ladder ~ IHT/East West ~ 8573829832

26.11.1960 ~ 142 ~ 1 ~ 49= ~ The George Mitchell Minstrels ~ The Black And White Minstrel Show ~ HMV ~ CLP1399

12.11.1966 ~ 142 ~ 2 ~ 49= ~ The Beach Boys ~ Best Of The Beach Boys ~ Capitol ~ T20865

01.11.1997 ~ 142 ~ 1 ~ 49= ~ The Corrs ~ Talk On Corners ~ Atlantic ~ 7567840512

21.02.1987 ~ 141 ~ 1 ~ 52= ~ Original Cast ~ The Phantom Of The Opera ~ Really Useful ~ PODV3

12.10.1991 ~ 141 ~ 2 ~ 52= ~ Tina Turner ~ Simply The Best ~ Capitol ~ ESTV1

21.03.1998 ~ 138 ~ 1 ~ 54 ~ Shania Twain ~ Come On Over ~ Mercury ~ 5580002

26.01.1974 ~ 137 ~ 1 ~ 55 ~ The Carpenters ~ The Singles 1969-1973 ~ A&M ~ AMLH63601

26.10.1991 ~ 136 ~ 4 ~ 56 ~ The Commitments ~ The Commitments (OST) ~ MCA ~ MCAD10286

30.04.1983 ~ 135 ~ 3 ~ 57 ~ ZZ Top ~ Eliminator ~ Columbia ~ W3774

12.10.1991 ~ 134 ~ 1 ~ 58 ~ Simply Red ~ Stars ~ East West ~ WX427

22.07.1978 ~ 132 ~ 5 ~ 59= ~ Dire Straits ~ Dire Straits ~ Vertigo ~ 9102021

07.11.1987 ~ 132 ~ 3 ~ 59= ~ UB40 ~ The Best Of - Volume 1 ~ Virgin ~ UBTV1

10.04.1976 ~ 130 ~ 1 ~ 61= ~ Abba ~ Greatest Hits - Abba ~ Epic ~ EPC69218

13.10.1984 ~ 130 ~ 1 ~ 61= ~ U2 ~ The Unforgettable Fire ~ Island ~ U25

26.10.1985 ~ 130 ~ 2 ~ 61= ~ Simply Red ~ Picture Book ~ Elektra ~ EKT27

28.10.2000 ~ 130 ~ 1 ~ 61= ~ Dido ~ No Angel ~ ~

16.01.1982 ~ 128 ~ 1 ~ 65= ~ Barbra Streisand ~ Love Songs ~ CBS ~ 10031

16.06.1984 ~ 128 ~ 1 ~ 65= ~ Bruce Springsteen ~ Born In The USA ~ Columbia ~ 86304

16.08.1997 ~ 128 ~ 7 ~ 65= ~ Frank Sinatra ~ My Way - The Best Of ~ Reprise ~ 9362467122

25.11.1989 ~ 127 ~ 3 ~ 68 ~ Rod Stewart ~ The Best Of Rod Stewart ~ Warner Brothers ~ WX314

08.11.1969 ~ 126 ~ 1 ~ 69 ~ Led Zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin II ~ Atlantic ~ 588198

15.12.1973 ~ 125 ~ 1 ~ 70 ~ Paul McCartney And Wings ~ Band On The Run ~ Apple ~ PAS10007

27.11.1971 ~ 124 ~ 8 ~ 71 ~ Glen Campbell ~ Greatest Hits - Glen Campbell ~ Capitol ~ ST21885

11.02.1984 ~ 123 ~ 6 ~ 72= ~ Madonna ~ Madonna / The First Album ~ Sire ~ 923867/WX22

20.09.1986 ~ 123 ~ 6 ~ 72= ~ Bon Jovi ~ Slippery When Wet ~ Vertigo ~ VERH38

11.10.1997 ~ 123 ~ 1 ~ 72= ~ Robbie Williams ~ Life Thru A Lens ~ Chrysalis ~ CDCHR6127

19.06.1999 ~ 123 ~ 5 ~ 72= ~ The Red Hot Chili Peppers ~ Californication ~ Warner Brothers ~ 9362473862

30.03.1991 ~ 122 ~ 1 ~ 76 ~ Eurythmics ~ Greatest Hits - Eurythmics ~ RCA ~ PL74856

30.07.1983 ~ 119 ~ 1 ~ 77= ~ Paul Young ~ No Parlez ~ CBS ~ 25521

14.12.1985 ~ 119 ~ 2 ~ 77= ~ Whitney Houston ~ Whitney Houston ~ Arista ~ 206978

06.03.1976 ~ 118 ~ 2 ~ 79= ~ The Eagles ~ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ~ Asylum ~ K53017

27.06.1981 ~ 118 ~ 3 ~ 79= ~ Duran Duran ~ Duran Duran ~ EMI ~ EMC3372

16.11.1968 ~ 117 ~ 1 ~ 81= ~ The Seekers ~ The Best Of The Seekers ~ Columbia ~ SCX6268

02.07.1988 ~ 117 ~ 5 ~ 81= ~ Barry White ~ The Collection - Barry White ~ Mercury ~ BWTV1

06.09.1997 ~ 117 ~ 6 ~ 81= ~ Stereophonics ~ Word Gets Around ~ V2 ~ VVR1000432

11.04.1970 ~ 116 ~ 1 ~ 84= ~ Andy Williams ~ Greatest Hits - Andy Williams ~ CBS ~ 63920

09.07.1983 ~ 116 ~ 1 ~ 84= ~ Wham! ~ Fantastic ~ Innervision ~ IVL25328

07.12.1991 ~ 116 ~ 6 ~ 84= ~ Queen ~ Greatest Hits - Queen ~ Parlophone ~ CDPCSD141 ~ CD Re-Issue

14.03.1998 ~ 116 ~ 1 ~ 84= ~ Madonna ~ Ray Of Light ~ Maverick/Warner Brothers ~ 9362468472

02.03.1985 ~ 115 ~ 7 ~ 88= ~ Bryan Adams ~ Reckless ~ A&M ~ AMA5013

13.09.1986 ~ 115 ~ 1 ~ 88= ~ Paul Simon ~ Graceland ~ Warner Brothers ~ WX52

25.04.1987 ~ 115 ~ 1 ~ 88= ~ Fleetwood Mac ~ Tango In The Night ~ WEA ~ WX65

12.09.1987 ~ 115 ~ 1 ~ 88= ~ Michael Jackson ~ Bad ~ Epic ~ EPC4502901

26.11.1994 ~ 115 ~ 3 ~ 88= ~ M People ~ Bizarre Fruit / Bizarre Fruit II ~ Deconstruction ~ 74321240812

24.04.1999 ~ 114 ~ 10 ~ 93 ~ Eminem ~ The Slim Shady LP ~ Interscope ~ IND90321

02.03.1996 ~ 113 ~ 2 ~ 94= ~ The Corrs ~ Forgiven Not Forgotten ~ Atlantic ~ 7567926122

23.03.1996 ~ 113 ~ 1 ~ 94= ~ Celine Dion ~ Falling Into You ~ Epic ~ 4837928

05.05.1973 ~ 112 ~ 2 ~ 96= ~ The Beatles ~ The Beatles 1967-1970 ~ Apple ~ PCSP718

11.05.2002 ~ 112 ~ 1 ~ 96= ~ Norah Jones ~ Come Away With Me ~ Parlophone ~ 5386092

22.07.2000 ~ 111 ~ 1 ~ 98 ~ Coldplay ~ Parachutes ~ Parlophone ~ 5277832

22.11.1980 ~ 110 ~ 3 ~ 99 ~ Neil Diamond ~ The Jazz Singer ~ Capitol ~ EAST12120

22.05.1982 ~ 109 ~ 2 ~ 100= ~ Duran Duran ~ Rio ~ EMI ~ EMC3411

26.09.1987 ~ 109 ~ 3 ~ 100= ~ Eric Clapton And Cream ~ The Cream Of Eric Clapton ~ Polydor ~ ECTV1

05.03.1994 ~ 109 ~ 1 ~ 100= ~ Celine Dion ~ The Colour Of My Love ~ Epic ~ 4747432

07.07.1973 ~ 108 ~ 1 ~ 103= ~ Perry Como ~ And I Love You So ~ RCA Victor ~ SF8360

12.11.1977 ~ 108 ~ 4 ~ 103= ~ Electric Light Orchestra ~ Out Of The Blue ~ United Artists ~ UAR100

17.11.1990 ~ 108 ~ 6 ~ 103= ~ The Bee Gees ~ The Very Best Of ~ Polydor ~ 8473391

10.09.1966 ~ 107 ~ 3 ~ 106= ~ Original Soundtrack ~ Dr Zhivago ~ MGM ~ C8007

23.08.1969 ~ 107 ~ 2 ~ 106= ~ Johnny Cash ~ Johnny Cash At San Quentin ~ CBS ~ 63629

11.04.1987 ~ 107 ~ 6 ~ 106= ~ Erasure ~ The Circus ~ Mute ~ STUMM35

01.07.1972 ~ 106 ~ 5 ~ 109= ~ David Bowie ~ The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars ~ RCA Victor ~ SF8287

09.11.1991 ~ 106 ~ 1 ~ 109= ~ Queen ~ Greatest Hits II ~ Parlophone ~ CDPMTV2

07.05.1994 ~ 106 ~ 1 ~ 109= ~ Blur ~ Parklife ~ Food ~ FOODCD10

16.04.1966 ~ 105 ~ 13 ~ 112= ~ Simon And Garfunkel ~ Sounds Of Silence ~ CBS ~ 62690

23.09.1978 ~ 105 ~ 1 ~ 112= ~ Blondie ~ Parallel Lines ~ Chrysalis ~ CDL1192

08.08.1987 ~ 103 ~ 4 ~ 114= ~ Alexander O'Neal ~ Hearsay / All Mixed Up ~ Tabu ~ 4509631

28.11.1987 ~ 103 ~ 9 ~ 114= ~ INXS ~ Kick ~ Mercury ~ MERH114

15.02.1997 ~ 102 ~ 1 ~ 116= ~ Texas ~ White On Blonde ~ Mercury ~ 5343152

11.10.1997 ~ 102 ~ 1 ~ 116= ~ The Verve ~ Urban Hymns ~ Hut/Virgin ~ CDHUT45

05.06.1999 ~ 102 ~ 1 ~ 116= ~ Travis ~ The Man Who ~ Independiente ~ ISOM9CD

13.06.1987 ~ 101 ~ 1 ~ 119= ~ Whitney Houston ~ Whitney ~ Arista ~ 208141

29.08.1987 ~ 101 ~ 1 ~ 119= ~ Def Leppard ~ Hysteria ~ Bludgeon Riffola ~ HYSLP1

20.03.1999 ~ 101 ~ 1 ~ 119= ~ Stereophonics ~ Performance And Cocktails ~ V2 ~ VVR1004498

 

 

1950's - 5

1960's - 11

1970's - 22

1980's - 45

1990's - 34

2000's - 4

 

The most recent to join the list is (in terms of initial entry date)

 

11.05.2002 ~ 112 ~ 1 ~ 96= ~ Norah Jones ~ Come Away With Me ~ Parlophone ~ 5386092

 

 

Discuss :D

 

Kingofskiffle, probably due to your missing Data, several of the

Albums in your List have too few Top 75 Weeks. You give 'Gold' by

ABBA 338 Top 75 Weeks, but it was on that figure by June 30th 2004

- 4.5 Years ago. It is actually on 383 Top 75 Weeks now.

 

I've used the Guinness Book - and others - to work out the Albums

with Most Chart Weeks, since July 1956. Like you, I've used the Top 75

from January 14th 1989 onwards - as the 'old' Chart Books did.

 

Below is the Top 20 'Most Weeks' Albums since 1956. The figure in Brackets

is how many Weeks THIS Year that an Album has been in the Top 75. At present,

'Gold' is the only one of the Top 20 still in the Top 75.

 

The final Guinness Book, (2006), gave 'Gold' 352 Chart Weeks. it was 1 too

many - it should have been 351.

 

You get its 383 Top 75 Weeks this way:,

 

1992 - 2005 - 351 Weeks

2006 - Zero Top 75 Weeks

2007 - 6 Top 75 weeks

2008 - 26 Top 75 Weeks (So far - to W/E 13th December).

 

Total = 383 Top 75 weeks.

 

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

 

This Thread - at UKMIX - by Hanboo - shows many Top 200 Weeks,

for many Acts Albums. He's up-dated some to early 2007, & some

to April 2008 - so, it is not fully complete at present. However, it is

all very detailed.

 

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13100

 

The Chart of W/E 18th March 2004. Hanboo makes an odd decision in that Chart.

'Gold' was at No.125, (1992/1999 version), in the Top 200, that Week. But,

the 2004 version - that had just been released - was in the same Chart - at

No.4 - New Entry. Hanboo pretends that the No.4 Position did not exist, &

he just counts the No.125 Position. So the next Week - W/E 25th March -

when 'Gold' fell from No.4 to No.8, Hanboo pretends that it has really jumped

from No.125 to No.8.

It was the wrong decision. The No.4 Position should be counted, & the

No.125 Position should be ignored. (The OCC tell me that THEY ignore

the No.125 Position in the 18th March Chart. They count 'Gold' as a No.4

Hit that Week. As do Chart Books - as they give it a Top 75 place that Week).

Edited December 10, 200816 yr by zeus555

Kingofskiffle, probably due to your missing Data, several of the

Albums in your List have too few Top 75 Weeks. You give 'Gold' by

ABBA 338 Top 75 Weeks, but it was on that figure by June 30th 2004

- 4.5 Years ago. It is actually on 383 Top 75 Weeks now.

 

I've used the Guinness Book - and others - to work out the Albums

with Most Chart Weeks, since July 1956. Like you, I've used the Top 75

from January 14th 1989 onwards - as the 'old' Chart Books did.

 

Below is the Top 20 'Most Weeks' Albums since 1956. The figure in Brackets

is how many Weeks THIS Year that an Album has been in the Top 75. At present,

'Gold' is the only one of the Top 20 still in the Top 75.

 

The final Guinness Book, (2006), gave 'Gold' 352 Chart Weeks. it was 1 too

many - it should have been 351.

 

You get its 383 Top 75 Weeks this way:,

 

1992 - 2005 - 351 Weeks

2006 - Zero Top 75 Weeks

2007 - 6 Top 75 weeks

2008 - 26 Top 75 Weeks (So far - to W/E 13th December).

 

Total = 383 Top 75 weeks.

 

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

 

This Thread - at UKMIX - by Hanboo - shows many Top 200 Weeks,

for many Acts Albums. He's up-dated some to early 2007, & some

to April 2008 - so, it is not fully complete at present. However, it is

all very detailed.

 

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13100

 

The Chart of W/E 18th March 2004. Hanboo makes an odd decision in that Chart.

'Gold' was at No.125, (1992/1999 version), in the Top 200, that Week. But,

the 2004 version - that had just been released - was in the same Chart - at

No.4 - New Entry. Hanboo pretends that the No.4 Position did not exist, &

he just counts the No.125 Position. So the next Week - W/E 25th March -

when 'Gold' fell from No.4 to No.8, Hanboo pretends that it has really jumped

from No.125 to No.8.

It was the wrong decision. The No.4 Position should be counted, & the

No.125 Position should be ignored. (The OCC tell me that THEY ignore

the No.125 Position in the 18th March Chart. They count 'Gold' as a No.4

Hit that Week. As do Chart Books - as they give it a Top 75 place that Week).

 

RE Abba Gold - I split the 2004 re-issue chart run so that is a 'new' record. Otherwise I'd have conflicts with the same record on the chart twice. I am only missing positions 101-200 for 1994 to 1996 and am not missing any Top 200 positions since November 1996, up to and including the current chart (Missing some data from 18 oct but thats it).

 

LOL. This is so hilarious.

LOL. This is so hilarious.

 

Why? Do tell.

 

In the meantime, go to UKMIX, & look at the Top 100 Positions for

'Gold', 'Greatest Hits' - Queen, 'Legend', & 'Immaculate Collection'.

 

http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13100

Edited December 11, 200816 yr by zeus555

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

 

true, but they sell much less.

 

theres no comparison as the charts today are stagnant, its almost a battle of which 'big company' can sustain positions in a market full of commercial stresses. prior to the mid 90's and especially 60's - mid 80's artists were somewhat free to produce what they wanted to. records either climbed or sank in direct response to their popularity AFTER release.

 

so this chart you compiled might be a bit of fun, but it bares NO resemblance to reality.

Since their 2006 'Come Back', Take That have had 5 Singles Hits,

& just 3 of them have spent 134 Weeks in the Top 75 between them!

 

'Patience' - 40 Weeks - About 540,000 to 550,000 sold

'Shine' - 42 Weeks - about 400,000(?) sold

'Rule The World' - 52 Weeks - 550,000 - 560,000 sold

 

Yet, from 1991 to 1996 they had 16 UK Hits, & they spent

158 Weeks on the Chart between them - just 24 Weeks more than

THREE of their 'Come Back' Hits have managed. (13 of the 16 reached

the Top 10, & 8 of those 13 were No.1 Hits).

 

To show how Singles used to often Sell more than now, but spent far,

far less time on the Chart - none of Take That's 'Come Back' Singles

has outsold 2 of their 1990's Hits:,

 

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

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

 

In fact many Singles now stay in the Charts for far longer than in

past Decades - but, they are not actually even reaching 600,000 Sales

- most of them.

 

Take That are on about 297 Singles Chart Weeks. ABBA are on 260

Singles Chart Weeks. But, ABBA are the UK's 8th All Time Best Selling Singles

Act - Take That are 27th. So, all of those extra Weeks On Chart, have yet to make

Take That even one of the Top 20 Biggest Selling Singles Acts here.....Endless Weeks

On Chart, actually mean little in relation to Sales. (For Singles, anyhow).

Edited December 11, 200816 yr by zeus555