zeus555

THE ARTISTS WITH THE LONGEST GAP BETWEEN UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1) BLACK SABBATH - 42 Years, 8 Months, 12 Days Paranoid (10/10/1970) to 13 (22/6/2013) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) BOB DYLAN - 38 Years, 5 Months, 11 Days New Morning (28/11/1970) to Together Through Life (9/May/2009) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) ROD STEWART - 33 Years, 4 Months, 20 Days Greatest Hits (5/January/1980) to Time (25/5/2013) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) AC/DC - 28 Years, 2 Months, 16 Days Back In Black (16/8/1980) to Black Ice (1/November/2008) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) ELVIS PRESLEY - 25 Years, 25 Days Elvis's 40 Greatest Hits (10/September/1977) to Elv1s - 30 Number 1 Hits (5/October/2002) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ This Week also sees all 5 of the Albums, with the Most Top 100 Weeks, back in the Top 100. THE UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 100 WEEKS (To W/E 22nd June 2013) 1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 668 Weeks 2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 656 Weeks 3) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 619 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 547 Weeks 5) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 516 Weeks

'Lay All Your Love On Me' had sold 21,000 UK Downloads by May 2010. In 1980, I knew many ABBA Fans who thought it was one of the best Tracks on 'Super Trouper'. But, when it came out as an expensive 12" Single in 1981 - not even extended - several ABBA Fans, I knew refused to buy it. It really was regarded as a rip off. (One ABBA Fan, I knew, went to buy it in her lunch hour, & came back without it. She called it a 'con job', & no way was she paying double the price of a normal Single for it, when it was not even extended. So ABBA really shot themselves in the foot, with the stupid way they released that Single!). So, the Track itself was fine. It was how it was released that put a lot of people off buying it. ABBA never did understand such matters. In 1980, Epic Records had tried to stop Bowie's 'Ashes To Ashes' rising from 4 to 1, & knocking 'The Winner Takes It All' off the top spot. They rush released a 12" version of 'TWTIA', in a Gatefold Sleeve. But, they wanted £3 for it, & it was not even remixed or extended. It was even more of a con than the 12" 'LAYLOM' in 1981. Needless to say, Bowie went to No.1, & the poor value ABBA 12" did not stop 'Winner' falling from No.1 to No.2.....

In 1981, Alan Jones, (in 'Record Mirror'), called the 12" 'Lay All Your Love On Me', poor value for money. It was really just a 7" Single, (version), on expensive 12" Vinyl. The Book of 'NME' Singles Charts says it was extended, but it wasn't. Alan Jones predicted that its price, & poor value, would stop it being as big a Hit as it would have been on 7" He was right. It stalled at No.7. It deserved to get a lot higher than that. But, the format was pointless, & the Single was twice the price of every other Hit in the Charts. ABBA did not want it to be a Single, anyhow. Which is why they never made a Video for it. The Single was only released in few Countries. Just as in May 1978, several Countries got 'Eagle' as a Single, and the UK & Ireland, just had a long gap, between 'Take A Chance On Me', & 'Summer Night City' - no 'Eagle' inbetween.

Does 'Ring Ring's 40,000 UK Sales include the 12,000 that it sold in Downloads by May 2010? By May 2010 'Waterloo' had sold 43,000 in UK Downloads, & it looks like they have been added in. The Brotherhood Of Man Single is called 'Save Your Kisses For Me' - it is a myth that there is an 'All' in the Title. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_Your_Kisses_for_Me

Gordon Smart, 'The Sun's 'Expert' on Pop etc., said this, in Saturday's TV Magazine. (From 'The Sun'). "Madonna famously never appeared on any of the Now...albums. Her True Blue album had rave reviews in 1986 and huge sales - but Now 7 pushed her off the top spot and Now 8 kept her off it for months. Needless to say, the Material Girl didn't like it at all." So, he said that it did go to No.1, but says that Now 7 knocked her off No.1, & Now 8 carried on keeping her off the No.1 spot. In fact, 'Now 7' did not enter the Charts, (at No.1), until W/E 23rd August 1986, & whilst it did send 'True Blue' down to No.2, the Madonna Album had been at No.1 for 6 Weeks by then. No.1 Albums can only stop No.2 Albums from being No.1. 'Now 7' only stopped 'True Blue' for 1 Week. Madonna's Album was not at No.2 again until W/E 1st November 1986, & this time Paul Simon's 'Graceland', held it at No.2. 'True Blue' had a 3rd No.2 Week, on W/E 3rd January 1987, & that was the first, and only time, that 'Now 8' stopped it from being No.1. So much, for 'Now 8' stopping 'True Blue', from being No.1, 'For months'...... The Madonna Album that was most affected by a 'Now' Album, was 'Like A Virgin'. It was No.1, for 2 Weeks, in 1985, but, before it got to No.1, it was held at No.2, for 5 Weeks, by 'Now 5'. On W/E 28th September & W/E 5th October 1985, 'Hounds Of Love', by Kate Bush, replaced 'Like A Virgin' at No.1, & the Madonna Album was No.2 for those 2 Weeks. On W/E 12th October, 'Like A Virgin' returned to No.1, for a 2nd, & final Week, & Kate Bush was a No.2. On W/E 19th October, Kate retuned to No.1, & Madonna fell to No.3, & 'Like A Virgin' never climbed higher than No.3, after that. If the 'Now' Albums had, had their own Compilation Chart, in 1985, 'Like A Virgin' would have had 7 No.1 Weeks, & not 2. And, in 1986 & early 1987, 'True Blue', would have had 8 No.1 Weeks, & not 6. So 'Now' Albums cost Madonna 7 Weeks at No.1.

I can only find one other Hit that was called La La La. It was by Female Singer, Massiel, & it Won the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest. It was the Spanish Entry. She beat Cliff Richard's Congratulations, by 1 Vote. He had a much bigger Global Hit with his Entry, & Massiel only reached No.35 in the UK Charts, with Cliff having a No.1 Hit in the UK, & 5 other Countries.

I can only find one other Hit that was called La La La. It was by Female Singer, Massiel, & it Won the 1968 Eurovision Song Contest. It was the Spanish Entry. She beat Cliff Richard's Congratulations, by 1 Vote. He had a much bigger Global Hit with his Entry, & Massiel only reached No.35 in the UK Charts, with Cliff having a No.1 Hit in the UK, & 5 other Countries.

'Clouds' is rising because Zach Sobiech died on Monday. He was 18 on May 3rd. He had Cancer.

As Rod Stewart has his 8th UK No.1 Album:, MALE SOLO ARTISTS - THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (Weeks At No.1 in Brackets) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 2) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 10 (30W) 3)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W) @@@ 3)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 3)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W) 6) ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 7)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W) 7)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (29W) 7)=BOB DYLAN - 7 (24W) 10)=PHIL COLLINS - 6 (26W) 10)=EMINEM - 6 (23W) 10)=PAUL McCARTNEY//PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - 6 (15W) %%% 10)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 6 (15W) @@@ = Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks %%% = Paul McCartney had a 7th No.1 Album - Venus & Mars, (1975 - 2 Weeks at No.1). However, I've not included it, in his Total, as it was only credited to Wings. I have included Ram, (1971 - 2 Weeks), as it was co-credited to Paul & Linda

As Rod Stewart has his 8th UK No.1 Album:, MALE SOLO ARTISTS - THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (Weeks At No.1 in Brackets) 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 2) ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 10 (30W) 3)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W) @@@ 3)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 3)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W) 6) ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 7)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W) 7)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (29W) 7)=BOB DYLAN - 7 (24W) 10)=PHIL COLLINS - 6 (26W) 10)=EMINEM - 6 (23W) 10)=PAUL McCARTNEY//PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - 6 (15W) %%% 10)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 6 (15W) @@@ = Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks %%% = Paul McCartney had a 7th No.1 Album - Venus & Mars, (1975 - 2 Weeks at No.1). However, I've not included it, in his Total, as it was only credited to Wings. I have included Ram, (1971 - 2 Weeks), as it was co-credited to Paul & Linda

Simon - I asked the Question to find out the answer. I haven't a clue who it is! I'm finding that one very hard to research. It can't be Vera Lynn, as although she had 3 Hits, in the very first UK Singles Chart, (November 1952), she did not have her first Hit Album until November 1981. It was a No.25 Hit. She had her first Top 10 Album in September 2009 - a No.1. So, her first Top 10 Album was not far off 28 Years, since her first Hit Album. It has taken Agnetha, (as a Solo Artist), almost 30 Years, to have a Top 10 Album.

Agnetha's Album, is not only her 1st UK Top 10 Solo Album, but it also stops ABBA from getting a 458th Week in the Top 75. Gold has to be content to be at No.76, this Week. (It will likely be in the Top 75 next Week). It is The Number Of The Beast, for ABBA, this Week - Gold's 666th Top 100 Week..... QUESTION - It has taken Agnetha almost 30 Years to have a Top 10 Solo Album, in the UK. (Her first UK Solo Album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me, entered the Charts in June 1983). Can anyone tell me which Act has taken as long - or longer - between their first Hit Album, & their first Top 10 Album? MAINSTREAM FEMALE SINGERS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 10 ALBUM WEEKS By entering at No.6, Agnetha instantly becomes the Mainstream Female Singer, with the Most UK Top 10 Album Weeks. (By Mainstream, I mean excluding Singers on 1950's & 1960's Film Soundtracks, & Studio Cast Albums). 1) AGNETHA - (SOLO & ABBA) - 225 Top 10 Weeks 2) FRIDA - (ABBA) - 224 Top 10 Weeks 3) MADONNA - (SOLO + EVITA) - 223 Top 10 Weeks @@@ 4) CELINE DION - 128 Top 10 Weeks 5) ADELE - 123 Top 10 Weeks 6) DIANA ROSS - 121 Top 10 Weeks *** @@@ = Including 6 Top 10 Weeks from the Who's That Girl Soundtrack (1987) *** = If we include all of the Top 10 Albums that she's credited on NOTE - If we [b]include [/b]1950's, & 1960's Film Soundtracks etc., then these 6 Females drop to 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, & 10th THE FEMALES WITH THE MOST TOP 10 ALBUM WEEKS 1) JULIE ANDREWS - 412 Top 10 Weeks @@@ 2) MARNI NIXON - 313 Top 10 Weeks *** 3) MITZI GAYNOR - 276 Top 10 Weeks %%% 4) AGNETHA - (SOLO & ABBA) - 225 Top 10 Weeks 5) FRIDA - (ABBA) - 224 Top 10 Weeks 6) MADONNA - (SOLO + EVITA) - 223 Top 10 Weeks 7) SHIRLEY JONES - 143 Top 10 Weeks $$$ 8) CELINE DION - 128 Top 10 Weeks 9) ADELE - 123 Top 10 Weeks 10) DIANA ROSS - 121 Top 10 Weeks @@@ = From the Camelot Stage Cast Album, My Fair Lady Cast Album, Mary Poppins, The Sound Of Music, & Thoroughly Modern Millie *** = Dubbing the voices of, Deborah Kerr, (The King & I Soundtrack), Natalie Wood, (West Side Story Soundtrack), & Audrey Hepburn, (My Fair Lady Soundtrack) %%% = From the South Pacific Soundtrack $$$ = From the Oklahoma Soundtrack, & the Carousel Soundtrack (None from The Partridge Family - 5 UK Hit Albums, but none in the Top 10) ROD STEWART It is ironic that a member of ABBA is in the Top 10, when he has his 8th No.1 Album. In October 1976, his previous No.1 Studio Album - A Night On The Town - replaced ABBA's Greatest Hits at No.1. In December 1979, his previous No.1 Album - Greatest Hits - replaced ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol.2 at No.1 The ABBA Album then returned to No.1 - displacing Rod - on W/E 12th January 1980. So, until this Week, - W/E 25th May 2013 - Rod has not been at No.1, in the UK Album Chart, since W/E 5th January 1980.

Agnetha's Album, is not only her 1st UK Top 10 Solo Album, but it also stops ABBA from getting a 458th Week in the Top 75. Gold has to be content to be at No.76, this Week. (It will likely be in the Top 75 next Week). It is The Number Of The Beast, for ABBA, this Week - Gold's 666th Top 100 Week..... QUESTION - It has taken Agnetha almost 30 Years to have a Top 10 Solo Album, in the UK. (Her first UK Solo Album, Wrap Your Arms Around Me, entered the Charts in June 1983). Can anyone tell me which Act has taken as long - or longer - between their first Hit Album, & their first Top 10 Album? MAINSTREAM FEMALE SINGERS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 10 ALBUM WEEKS By entering at No.6, Agnetha instantly becomes the Mainstream Female Singer, with the Most UK Top 10 Album Weeks. (By Mainstream, I mean excluding Singers on 1950's & 1960's Film Soundtracks, & Studio Cast Albums). 1) AGNETHA - (SOLO & ABBA) - 225 Top 10 Weeks 2) FRIDA - (ABBA) - 224 Top 10 Weeks 3) MADONNA - (SOLO + EVITA) - 223 Top 10 Weeks @@@ 4) CELINE DION - 128 Top 10 Weeks 5) ADELE - 123 Top 10 Weeks 6) DIANA ROSS - 121 Top 10 Weeks *** @@@ = Including 6 Top 10 Weeks from the Who's That Girl Soundtrack (1987) *** = If we include all of the Top 10 Albums that she's credited on NOTE - If we [b]include [/b]1950's, & 1960's Film Soundtracks etc., then these 6 Females drop to 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, & 10th THE FEMALES WITH THE MOST TOP 10 ALBUM WEEKS 1) JULIE ANDREWS - 412 Top 10 Weeks @@@ 2) MARNI NIXON - 313 Top 10 Weeks *** 3) MITZI GAYNOR - 276 Top 10 Weeks %%% 4) AGNETHA - (SOLO & ABBA) - 225 Top 10 Weeks 5) FRIDA - (ABBA) - 224 Top 10 Weeks 6) MADONNA - (SOLO + EVITA) - 223 Top 10 Weeks 7) SHIRLEY JONES - 143 Top 10 Weeks $$$ 8) CELINE DION - 128 Top 10 Weeks 9) ADELE - 123 Top 10 Weeks 10) DIANA ROSS - 121 Top 10 Weeks @@@ = From the Camelot Stage Cast Album, My Fair Lady Cast Album, Mary Poppins, The Sound Of Music, & Thoroughly Modern Millie *** = Dubbing the voices of, Deborah Kerr, (The King & I Soundtrack), Natalie Wood, (West Side Story Soundtrack), & Audrey Hepburn, (My Fair Lady Soundtrack) %%% = From the South Pacific Soundtrack $$$ = From the Oklahoma Soundtrack, & the Carousel Soundtrack (None from The Partridge Family - 5 UK Hit Albums, but none in the Top 10) ROD STEWART It is ironic that a member of ABBA is in the Top 10, when he has his 8th No.1 Album. In October 1976, his previous No.1 Studio Album - A Night On The Town - replaced ABBA's Greatest Hits at No.1. In December 1979, his previous No.1 Album - Greatest Hits - replaced ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol.2 at No.1 The ABBA Album then returned to No.1 - displacing Rod - on W/E 12th January 1980. So, until this Week, - W/E 25th May 2013 - Rod has not been at No.1, in the UK Album Chart, since W/E 5th January 1980.

The OCC have announced that Gold, by ABBA is now 15,000 UK Sales ahead of Sgt Pepper, by The Beatles. THE UK'S TOP 5 BIGGEST SELLING ALBUMS (To W/E 18th May 2013) 1. GREATEST HITS - QUEEN - (1981) - 5.9 MILLION 2. GOLD - GREATEST HITS - ABBA - (1992) - 5.1 MILLION 3. SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - (1967) - 5.1 MILLION 4. 21 - ADELE - (2011) - 4.6 MILLION 5. (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - (1995) - 4.6 MILLION The OCC delayed announcing this, as they wanted to do so around the time of the 2013 ESC in Sweden. Which they have. The Queen Album has around 535,000 Sales added in from 2000's Triple Hits Set, The Platinum Collection. It was decided to do that in 2006, when The OCC were compiling the UK's Top 100 All Time Best Selling Albums. It was about a 3rd of TPC's Sales to that point. It was also given 50% of the Sales of Greatest Hits I & II, from 1994. That Double CD Set sold 50,000 to 80,000, in the UK, giving the first 2 Queen Hits Albums 25,000 to 40,000 Sales from that. Which gave Greatest Hits (One), & Greatest Hits II, 560,000 to 575,000 extra Sales, from the 1994 Double Set, & 2000 Triple Set. It means that Greatest Hits has sold about 5,325,000 to 5,340,000, as a stand-alone Album. Greatest Hits II, also got around 535,000 Sales, from TPC. & 25,000 to 40,000 Sales from Greatest Hits I & II. So its Sales have also had 560,000 to 575,000 added to them (Alan Jones admitted the added Sales, a few Years ago, in Music Week). But, ABBA Gold did not get any Sales from Forever Gold, (1996), which contained Gold, & More Gold. It sold 61,000, so both Gold & More Gold, should get 30,500 Sales each from it. (If ABBA were to be treated in the same way as Queen....). Apparently, Universal have got several plans for the 40th Anniversary of ABBA's ESC Win. (2014). So, they may well give a boost to Gold's Sales. It is not widely known, but the UK ESC Jury decided to award Waterloo Zero Points, at the 1974 Contest. The UK Jury disliked it.....

Lulu, (as Lulu & The Luvvers), had her first UK Hit, (No.7), in May 1964, with 'Shout' - a 1959 Isley Brothers song. In October 1993 Take That Feat. Lulu, took 'Relight My Fire' to No.1, in the UK. It was a 1979 Dan Hartman song. So, it took Lulu 29 Years & 5 Months, to have a UK No.1 Hit.

It will either be No.1 or No.2 on Sunday But Judy Garland does not sing a note of it. I've watched the YouTube clip over & over, & Judy is in the scenes where it is sung, but she just watches as The Munchkins sing it. And it is The Munchkins who are credited with the Song on 'The Wizard Of Oz' OST Album. That's why The OCC will not be crediting it to Judy - who has only ever had one UK Hit Single. It was 'The Man That Got Away', from the 1954 Film, 'A Star Is Born'. Judy took it to No.18 in 1955. Amazingly, Judy's original version of 'Over The Rainbow' has never been a UK Hit. It has been a Top 40 Hit for 3 other Acts, but it has never reached the Top 10.

I intensely disliked Mrs. Thatcher, but I think that it is wrong to celebrate her death. It is not as if she was as evil as Hitler or Stalin. However, if some people want to celebrate her death, & are helping to make a big Hit out of 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead', then that is up to them. I hear that many are calling for the Song to be banned from the Charts, but I do not believe in banning Hits, just because others disapprove of them. Incidently, it is right that Judy Garland is not credited with the Song. If you watch 'The Wizard Of Oz', you can see that Judy does not sing a note of that Song. The Munchkins sing it. She is in the same scene, but she does not sing. Radio One may ignore the Song, in Sunday's Top 40 - afraid of the Right Wing Press creating a huge fuss, if they play it.

With 'Bat Out Of Hell' re-entering at No.9, it takes Meat Loaf further ahead in the List of Male Solo Albums with the most UK Chart Weeks. MALE SOLO ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CHART WEEKS 1) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 475 Weeks (441- Top 75) 2) Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield - 279 - (275 - Top 75) 3) Face Value - Phil Collins - 274 - (183 - Top 75) 4) Thriller/Thriller 25 - Michael Jackson - 248 - (227 - Top 75) 5) Off The Wall - Michael Jackson - 202 - (174 - Top 75) 6) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins - 176 - (123 - Top 75) 7) Hello, I Must Be Going - Phil Collins - 163 - (108 Top 75) 8) The Buddy Holly Story - Buddy Holly - 156 - (156 Top 75) 9) Can’t Slow Down - Lionel Richie - 154 - (120 Top 75) 10) White Ladder - David Gray - 153 - (153 Top 75) THE ALBUMS THAT TOOK THE LONGEST TO RE-ENTER THE TOP 10 1) RUBBER SOUL - THE BEATLES No.10 on W/E 9th July 1966 - Its 30th Top 10 Week No.10 (Re-Entry) on W/E 19th September 2009 A gap of 43 Years & 2 Months 2) REVOLVER - THE BEATLES No.8 on W/E 31st December 1966 - Its 21st Top 10 Week No.9 (Re-Entry) on W/E 19th September 2009 A gap of 42 Years & 9 Months 3) ABBEY ROAD - THE BEATLES No.7 on W/E 2nd May 1970 - Its 31st Top 10 Week No.6 (Re-Entry) on W/E 19th September 2009 A gap of 39 Years & 4 Months 4) EXILE ON MAIN STREET - ROLLING STONES No.6 on W/E 8th July 1972 - Its 5th Top 10 Week No.1 (Re-Entry) on W/E 29th May 2010 A gap of 37 Years & 10 Months 5) RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC No.10 on W/E 25th March 1978 - Its 41st Top 10 Week No.3 (Re-Entry) on W/E 9th February 2013 A gap of, (just over), 34 Years & 10 Months 6) BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF No.10 on W/E 12th September 1981 No.9 on W/E 13th April 2013 @@@ A gap of 31 Years & 7 Months @@@ = It had previously Peaked at No.9 on W/E 22nd August 1981. It has taken it just under 31 Years & 8 Months to reach its Peak again.

With 'Bat Out Of Hell' re-entering at No.9, it takes Meat Loaf further ahead in the List of Male Solo Albums with the most UK Chart Weeks. MALE SOLO ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CHART WEEKS 1) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 475 Weeks (441- Top 75) 2) Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield - 279 - (275 - Top 75) 3) Face Value - Phil Collins - 274 - (183 - Top 75) 4) Thriller/Thriller 25 - Michael Jackson - 248 - (227 - Top 75) 5) Off The Wall - Michael Jackson - 202 - (174 - Top 75) 6) No Jacket Required - Phil Collins - 176 - (123 - Top 75) 7) Hello, I Must Be Going - Phil Collins - 163 - (108 Top 75) 8) The Buddy Holly Story - Buddy Holly - 156 - (156 Top 75) 9) Can’t Slow Down - Lionel Richie - 154 - (120 Top 75) 10) White Ladder - David Gray - 153 - (153 Top 75) THE ALBUMS THAT TOOK THE LONGEST TO RE-ENTER THE TOP 10 1) RUBBER SOUL - THE BEATLES No.10 on W/E 9th July 1966 - Its 30th Top 10 Week No.10 (Re-Entry) on W/E 19th September 2009 A gap of 43 Years & 2 Months 2) REVOLVER - THE BEATLES No.8 on W/E 31st December 1966 - Its 21st Top 10 Week No.9 (Re-Entry) on W/E 19th September 2009 A gap of 42 Years & 9 Months 3) ABBEY ROAD - THE BEATLES No.7 on W/E 2nd May 1970 - Its 31st Top 10 Week No.6 (Re-Entry) on W/E 19th September 2009 A gap of 39 Years & 4 Months 4) EXILE ON MAIN STREET - ROLLING STONES No.6 on W/E 8th July 1972 - Its 5th Top 10 Week No.1 (Re-Entry) on W/E 29th May 2010 A gap of 37 Years & 10 Months 5) RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC No.10 on W/E 25th March 1978 - Its 41st Top 10 Week No.3 (Re-Entry) on W/E 9th February 2013 A gap of, (just over), 34 Years & 10 Months 6) BAT OUT OF HELL - MEAT LOAF No.10 on W/E 12th September 1981 No.9 on W/E 13th April 2013 @@@ A gap of 31 Years & 7 Months @@@ = It had previously Peaked at No.9 on W/E 22nd August 1981. It has taken it just under 31 Years & 8 Months to reach its Peak again.

Sinner - I was using te word 'ironically' in its meaning of 'unexpected'. Most people would not expect the 3rd & 4th 'Favourite Albums' to have not been No.1 Hits.

Ironically, the Duran Duran, & Pink Floyd Albums, at 3 & 4, were not No.1 Hits. They both reached No.2. The Bruce Springsteen Album, at No.16, only reached No.17 in the Charts. And the ELO, Meat Loaf, & Kate Bush Albums - at 22, 23, & 24 - Peaked at No.4, No.9, & No.3. Several more Albums, in the Top 100 did not reach No.1. So, it is all a matter of how an Album is remembered that counts - not how big a Hit it was. In August 2006, BBC Radio 2 broadcast this Top 100 Albums List, from listeners Votes. Each person could Vote for several Albums, as long as they had reached No.1 - and were not 'Hits' Albums. The UK's Top 100 Albums (Monday 28th August 2006) 1 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles 2 Thriller - Michael Jackson 3 The Joshua Tree - U2 4 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 5 Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 6 Revolver - Beatles 7 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel 8 Abbey Road - Beatles 9 A Night At The Opera - Queen 10 The Beatles (The White Album) - Beatles 11 Rubber Soul - Beatles 12 Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 13 (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 14 Automatic For The People - R.E.M. 15 Led Zeppelin IV (Four Symbols) - Led Zeppelin 16 Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette 17 Parallel Lines - Blondie 18 Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield 19 Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin 20 Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings 21 Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush 22 Definitely Maybe - Oasis 23 Graceland - Paul Simon 24 Ray Of Light - Madonna 25 Who's Next - Who 26 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 27 OK Computer - Radiohead 28 Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols 29 Aladdin Sane - David Bowie 30 Out Of Time - R.E.M. 31 A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay 32 Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters 33 X & Y - Coldplay 34 Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen 35 Like A Prayer - Madonna 36 A Hard Day's Night - Beatles 37 Confessions On A Dancefloor - Madonna 38 Parachutes - Coldplay 39 Harvest - Neil Young 40 Bad - Michael Jackson 41 American Idiot - Green Day 42 A Kind Of Magic - Queen 43 Faith - George Michael 44 Fever - Kylie Minogue 45 Back In Black - AC/DC 46 Let It Be - Beatles 47 Like A Virgin - Madonna 48 The Unforgettable Fire - U2 49 Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band With The Flux Fiddlers 50 Help - Beatles 51 Arrival - ABBA 52 Led Zeppelin 3 - Led Zeppelin 53 Urban Hymns - Verve 54 Spice - Spice Girls 55 Sing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams 56 Let's Dance - David Bowie 57 Hopes And Fears - Keane 58 Diamond Dogs - David Bowie 59 Escapology - Robbie Williams 60 Parklife - Blur 61 Rattle And Hum - U2 62 Hot Fuss - The Killers 63 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2 64 True Blue - Madonna 65 Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones 66 Music - Madonna 67 A Day At The Races - Queen 68 War - U2 68 Life Thru A Lens - Robbie Williams 70 No Angel - Dido 71 Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 72 Swing When You're Winning - Robbie Williams 73 Super Trouper - ABBA 73 Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones 75 All Things Must Pass - George Harrison 76 Spiceworld - Spice Girls 77 Dare! - Human League 78 Different Class - Pulp 79 Please Please Me - Beatles 80 Back To Bedlam - James Blunt 81 So - Peter Gabriel 82 All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 83 Diva - Annie Lennox 84 Paranoid - Black Sabbath 85 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan 86 Songs About Jane - Maroon 5 87 By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers 88 The Division Bell - Pink Floyd 88 Scary Monsters And Super Creeps - David Bowie 90 Play - Moby 91 Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1 - George Michael 92 Dangerous - Michael Jackson 93 Voulez-Vous - ABBA 94 Innuendo - Queen 95 Demon Days - Gorillaz 96 Love Over Gold - Dire Straits 97 The Album - ABBA 97 Come On Over - Shania Twain 99 I've Been Expecting You - Robbie Williams 100 Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie Goes To Hollywood

As David Bowie has now got his 9th UK No.1 Album, here is an up-date, of the Artists with the Most UK No.1 Albums:, ARTISTS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 23rd March 2013) (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) 1) BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2) MADONNA - 12 (30W) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 4)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 10 (30W) 4)=U2 - 10 (15W) 7)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 7)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W) 7)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 7)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 7)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W) 11)=OASIS - 8 (21W) 11)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W) 11)=REM - 8 (13W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Bon Jovi have their 7th UK No.2 Album, so here is some Chart Trivia, regarding that. ARTISTS WITH THE MOST UK No.2 ALBUMS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 23rd March 2013) (Weeks at No.2 in Brackets) 1) ROLLING STONES - 10 (15W) 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 7 (16W) 2)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (14W) 2)=BON JOVI - 7 (Not counting 2 No.2 Solo Albums, by Jon Bon Jovi - 2 No.2 Weeks) (7W) 5)=CLIFF RICHARD - 5 (24W) 5)=FRANK SINATRA - 5 (1 with Count Basie) (3 Weeks with Count Basie) (12W) 5)=QUEEN - 5 (9W) 5)=PAUL WELLER - 5 (5W) 5)=SMITHS - 5 (5W) NOTE - Not including The Shadows 5 No.2 Albums with Cliff Richard @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE UK No.2 ALBUMS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 23rd March 2013) Only 1 Act - Bon Jovi - has ever had more than 3 consecutive No.2 Albums. Only 5 other Acts have managed to have as many as 3 No.2 Albums in a row. 5 No.2 Albums in a row BON JOVI (2005 - 2013) 3 No.2 Albums in a row 1) CLIFF RICHARD (1959 - 1961) 2) THE JAM (1982 - 1991) 3) PET SHOP BOYS (1987 - 1990) 4) A-HA (1985 - 1988) *** 5) SHERYL CROW (1998 - 2003) *** *** = The only Artists in the List that have not had a No.1 Album NOTE - Not including The Shadows 3 consecutive No.2 Albums with Cliff Richard @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 'RUMOURS' REACHES 500 CHART WEEKS Using the 'Canon' of the UK Album Chart, 'Rumours' has now become the first Album to reach 500 Chart Weeks:, Here is how it gets its 500 Chart Weeks:, 1) 388 Top 75 Weeks 2) Plus 112 No.76 to No.100 Weeks, when the 'Canon' of the Album Chart was the entire Top 100. (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 14th January 1989) A) UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 30th March 2013) 1) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 501 Weeks 2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 484 Weeks 3) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 474 Weeks 4) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 457 Weeks 5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 418 Weeks B) UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 30th March 2013) 1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 457 Weeks 2) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 440 Weeks 3) Greatest Hits - Queen - 422 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 389 Weeks 5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 388 Weeks C) UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 100 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 30th March 2013) If we carry on using the entire Top 100, after January 1989, we get:, 1) Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 665 Weeks 2) Greatest Hits - Queen - 652 Weeks 3) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 609 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 536 Weeks 5) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 506 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Agnetha has released a Gary Barlow Song as her German Single. It is called 'The One Who Loves You Now'. I like both that, & the International Single, ('When You Really Loved Someone'), but, I like the German Single more.

PopChartFreak - As regards 'Movie Star', by Harpo..... Only 1 ABBA lady sang backing on it - Frida. Agnetha was not on it. It was a far bigger Hit in many Continental European Countries than it was in the UK - No.1 for 6 Weeks in Sweden, 4 Weeks in Germany, & for 11 Weeks in Norway etc. It only reached no.24 in the UK, & No.13 in Ireland.

In the UK, 'Rumours' has sold about 3,400,000, & 'Tango In The Night', has sold about 2,350,000. So, 'Rumours' is over a Million Sales ahead.