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I made these 2 Lists, to reflect that Madonna's MDNA is her 12th UK No.1 Album THE TOP 5 FEMALE ARTISTS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 WEEKS (To W/E 7th April 2012) S = Singles No.1 Weeks A = Albums No.1 Weeks NOTE - As you can see - by a curious coincidence - there are 4 Female Acts in joint 2nd place, with 27 No.1 Weeks. By another coincidence, Rihanna & Adele have 'mirror image' No.1 Weeks - 22 + 5 & 5 + 22. And Adele is the only UK Female in the Top 5. 1) Madonna - S - 29 + A - 30 = 59 Weeks 2)=Celine Dion - S - 9 + A - 18 = 27 Weeks 2)=Rihanna - S - 22 + A - 5 = 27 Weeks 2)=Adele - S - 5 + A - 22 = 27 Weeks 2)=Kylie Minogue - S - 16 + A - 11 = 27 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 10 ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (To W/E 7th April 2012) (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) NOTE - So, both Bruce Springsteen, & Madonna, have added a No.1 Album, in 2012. Will any more of these Acts do so, as time goes by.....? 1) BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2) MADONNA - 12 (30W) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 4)=U2 - 10 (15W) 6)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W) 6)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 (29W) 6)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 6)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W)

I made these 2 Lists, to reflect that Madonna's MDNA is her 12th UK No.1 Album THE TOP 5 FEMALE ARTISTS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 WEEKS (To W/E 7th April 2012) S = Singles No.1 Weeks A = Albums No.1 Weeks NOTE - As you can see - by a curious coincidence - there are 4 Female Acts in joint 2nd place, with 27 No.1 Weeks. By another coincidence, Rihanna & Adele have 'mirror image' No.1 Weeks - 22 + 5 & 5 + 22. And Adele is the only UK Female in the Top 5. 1) Madonna - S - 29 + A - 30 = 59 Weeks 2)=Celine Dion - S - 9 + A - 18 = 27 Weeks 2)=Rihanna - S - 22 + A - 5 = 27 Weeks 2)=Adele - S - 5 + A - 22 = 27 Weeks 2)=Kylie Minogue - S - 16 + A - 11 = 27 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE TOP 10 ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (To W/E 7th April 2012) (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) NOTE - So, both Bruce Springsteen, & Madonna, have added a No.1 Album, in 2012. Will any more of these Acts do so, as time goes by.....? 1) BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2) MADONNA - 12 (30W) 3) ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 (63W) 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 4)=U2 - 10 (15W) 6)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (30W) 6)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 (29W) 6)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 6)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 (15W)

Yes, on BBC Radio 2, on Monday 9th April, (4pm to 7pm), Tony Blackburn is counting down the UK's Top 40 Best Selling Albums. (July 1956 to March 2012). It is The OCC's first Top 40 up-date since Mid June 2009 - which went up to the Chart of W/E 20th June 2009. 3 Acts will definitely have 2 Albums in - Queen, The Beatles, & Dido. (Which looks odd now, as she is nowhere near as popular as she was, when she had those 2 Hit Albums). Coldplay may well also have 2 Albums in the Top 40. There will only be 1 Film Soundtrack in the Top 40. Surprisingly it will not be 'South Pacific', 'The Sound Of Music', 'Saturday Nigh Fever', Grease', or 'The Bodyguard. It will be 'Dirty Dancing'.

Adele's '21' has now outsold Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' Album, in the UK. So it is now the 6th Best Selling Album in the UK, & the 4th Best Selling Studio Album. To Midnight last Night, its UK Sales were over 4,158,000. It is now just 114,000 Sales behind Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', which is the 5th Best Seller. From The OCC Site - Friday 23rd March 2012:, 21 has now sold over 4.15 million copies since its release in January of last year; to put this in perspective, one in six British households now owns the album. The Top 10 biggest selling albums of all-time in the UK are now as follows. Please note, updated sales figures won’t be published until next Monday when this chart week’s sales have been finalised. 01 GREATEST HITS – QUEEN 02 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – THE BEATLES 03 GOLD: GREATEST HITS – ABBA 04 (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? – OASIS 05 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 21 – ADELE 07 BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS 08 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD 09 BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON 10 GREATEST HITS II – QUEEN

Adele's '21' has now outsold Dire Straits 'Brothers In Arms' Album, in the UK. So it is now the 6th Best Selling Album in the UK, & the 4th Best Selling Studio Album. To Midnight last Night, its UK Sales were over 4,158,000. It is now just 114,000 Sales behind Michael Jackson's 'Thriller', which is the 5th Best Seller. From The OCC Site - Friday 23rd March 2012:, 21 has now sold over 4.15 million copies since its release in January of last year; to put this in perspective, one in six British households now owns the album. The Top 10 biggest selling albums of all-time in the UK are now as follows. Please note, updated sales figures won’t be published until next Monday when this chart week’s sales have been finalised. 01 GREATEST HITS – QUEEN 02 SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – THE BEATLES 03 GOLD: GREATEST HITS – ABBA 04 (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? – OASIS 05 THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON 06 21 – ADELE 07 BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS 08 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD 09 BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON 10 GREATEST HITS II – QUEEN

Drake was not on 'All Of The Lights'. He was going to be on it, but, in the end he wasn't. I've checked this over & over. He was not on that Single. I've even seen an interview, where he is asked if he minded not being included on it, & he said that he was OK about the matter.

The Chart Stats Site misses out loads of old Album Chart Positions. 1) It has 'ABBA Gold' on 503 Top 100 Weeks. It should be 647 Weeks. So, it has 'lost' over 2.5 Years of its Top 100 Weeks - 144 Weeks. 2) It has 'Greatest Hits', by Queen, on 496 Top 100 Weeks. It should be 635 Weeks, so - again - over 2.5 Years are missing. 139 Weeks, in Queen's case.....

From the OCC website: The Official Charts Company can reveal today that Adele’s 21 has overtaken Pink Floyd’s 1973 epic, The Dark Side Of The Moon, in the UK’s all-time biggest selling albums chart. The news comes just three weeks after the London-born singer’s 2011 second album overtook sales of Michael Jackson’s Bad. 21 has now sold over 4,142,000 copies in the UK, making it the seventh biggest-selling album of all-time. However, with just 12,000 sales separating 21 from the Number 6 album, Dire Straits’ 1985 long player Brothers In Arms, Adele could easily overtake the British rockers by the end of this week. "As every week goes by, another record seems to tumble in front of Adele," comments the Official Charts Company's Managing Director, Martin Talbot. "Now, her 21 album has overtaken The Dark Side Of The Moon in the all-time biggest sellers list - and by the end of the week, it may well have overtaken Brothers In Arms, too. Then she will have Michael Jackson's Thriller in her sights. It has been an extraordinary 12 months or so for Adele, and it looks set to become even more extraordinary as the days and weeks go by." The biggest selling albums of all-time Top 10 now stands as follows: 01) GREATEST HITS – QUEEN - 5,864,000 - (1981) 02) SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – THE BEATLES - 5,045,000 - (1967) 03) GOLD: GREATEST HITS – ABBA - 4,992,000 - (1992) 04) (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? – OASIS - 4,520,000 - (1995) 05) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 4,272,000 - (1982) 06) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 4,154,000 - (1985) 07) 21 – ADELE - 4,142,000 - (2011) 08) THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON - PINK FLOYD - 4,116,000 - (1973) 09) BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON - 3,960,000 - (1987) 10) GREATEST HITS II – QUEEN - 3,888,000 - (1991)

ADELE'S '21' ALBUM A) AS IT NOW HAS ITS 60th UK TOP 10 WEEK It is only the 10th Artist Album to spend 60, (or more), Weeks in the UK Top 10. (If we include Film Soundtracks, & Original Cast Albums, '21' is the 17th Album to achieve 60 Top 10 Weeks) 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 (1970) 2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 (1960) 3) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 82 (1982) (Includes 6 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’) 4) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 (1973) 5)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 (2006) (12 Top 10 Weeks with the Deluxe Edition) 5)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 (2009) (Includes the Sales of The Fame Monster) 7) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 65 (1985) 8) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 (1974) 9) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 (1963) 10) 21 - ADELE - 60 (2011) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) ALSO - AS '21' IS ALSO IN THE LATEST TOP 5 - AT No.3..... This makes it the Artist Album with the 5th Most Top 5 Weeks 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 105 2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (1960) - 97 3) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 56 4) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with ‘Thriller 25’) 5) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 51

ADELE'S '21' ALBUM A) AS IT NOW HAS ITS 60th UK TOP 10 WEEK It is only the 10th Artist Album to spend 60, (or more), Weeks in the UK Top 10. (If we include Film Soundtracks, & Original Cast Albums, '21' is the 17th Album to achieve 60 Top 10 Weeks) 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 (1970) 2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 (1960) 3) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 82 (1982) (Includes 6 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’) 4) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 (1973) 5)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 (2006) (12 Top 10 Weeks with the Deluxe Edition) 5)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 (2009) (Includes the Sales of The Fame Monster) 7) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 65 (1985) 8) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 (1974) 9) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 (1963) 10) 21 - ADELE - 60 (2011) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B) ALSO - AS '21' IS ALSO IN THE LATEST TOP 5 - AT No.3..... This makes it the Artist Album with the 5th Most Top 5 Weeks 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 105 2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (1960) - 97 3) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 56 4) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with ‘Thriller 25’) 5) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 51

The Top 200 Singles by Ex-Group Members? So we'd get George Michael, (Wham!), Robbie Williams, (Take That) & Take That's - Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, & Ronan Keating, (Boyzone)..... And, if it includes Females - Geri Halliwell, (Spice Girls), & the rest of the Solo Spice Girls Hits. Plus Beyonce, (Destiny's Child), & so on, & so on.

I've noticed that several Acts, who were big in the 1950's Singles Charts, have never had a UK Hit Album - in any Decade. These include Guy Mitchell, Al Martino, Rosemary Clooney, Eddie Fisher, & David Whitfield. But, an Act who was never truly huge in the 1950's Singles Charts - Slim Whitman - somehow remained popular enough to have a 6 Week No.1 Album in 1976, & a 4 Week No.1 Album in 1977. As well as a No.2 Album later in 1977. Yet, he only had one huge 1950's Hit - 'Rose Marie' - 11 Weeks at No.1 in 1955. Other than that, he only had 2 No.7 Singles, & a No.8 Single, as regards the Top 10.

I've noticed that several Acts, who were big in the 1950's Singles Charts, have never had a UK Hit Album - in any Decade. These include Guy Mitchell, Al Martino, Rosemary Clooney, Eddie Fisher, & David Whitfield. But, an Act who was never truly huge in the 1950's Singles Charts - Slim Whitman - somehow remained popular enough to have a 6 Week No.1 Album in 1976, & a 4 Week No.1 Album in 1977. As well as a No.2 Album later in 1977. Yet, he only had one huge 1950's Hit - 'Rose Marie' - 11 Weeks at No.1 in 1955. Other than that, he only had 2 No.7 Singles, & a No.8 Single, as regards the Top 10.

A) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS THE 10th ACT WITH AS MANY AS 9 No.1 ALBUMS And only the 4th from the USA 1) BEATLES - 15 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 2)=MADONNA - 11 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 @@@ 4)=U2 - 10 6)=ABBA - 9 6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) 6)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 6)=QUEEN - 9 6)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 @@@ = The OCC regards the 2010 'Deluxe' of 'Exile On Main Street' as the Rolling Stones 1972 Album returning to No.1 - and not their 11th No.1 Album ################################################################################ B) HE'S THE 11th USA ACT - & 9TH USA SOLO ACT - TO MANAGE AS MANY AS 15 UK No.1 ALBUM WEEKS He's also the 36th Act to spend as long as 15 Weeks at No.1, in the UK Album Chart And the 18th Solo Act - from any Nationality - to achieve it NOTE - As you can see, although 2 USA Duo's have achieved it, no true USA Group is in the List. The most UK No.1 Album Weeks, by a USA Female Group, are the 14 Weeks, (3 Albums), by The Supremes. The most by a USA Male Group are the 13 Weeks of the Beach Boys. (2 Albums). 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 63 2) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40 3) MICHAEL JACKSON - 30 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) 4) CARPENTERS - 29 5) MADONNA - 29 6) BOB DYLAN - 24 7) EMINEM - 23 8) BARBRA STREISAND - 19 9)=FRANK SINATRA - 16 9)=DIANA ROSS - 16 (10 Weeks, (2 No.1’s), with The Supremes, & 4 Weeks, (1 No.1) with The Supremes & The Temptations) 11) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 15 ################################################################################ DORIS DAY - A NEW UK CHART RECORD With The Ultimate Collection entering the Album Chart at No.36, Doris now has the longest UK Chart Span of any Act. By Chart Span, I mean from first appearing in the Singles Chart, to last appearing in the Singles or Albums Chart. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1) DORIS DAY - 59 YEARS & 4 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - She was in the very first Singles Chart - at No.8, with Sugarbush - credited as Doris Day And Frankie Laine. (Or, if you want to start from when she was on her own, she was in the 2nd Singles Chart - W/E 22/11/1952 - at No.10, with My Love And Devotion - as well as being at No.12, with Sugarbush) W/E 17th March 2012 - She enters the UK Album Chart, at No.36, with The Ultimate Collection @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) LOUIS ARMSTRONG - 59 YEARS & 2 MONTHS W/E 20th December 1952 - He was at No.8 in the Singles Chart, with Takes Two To Tango. (It Peaked at No.6) W/E 18th February 2012 - He was at No.44 in the Albums Chart with Louis - The Best Of Louis Armstrong (It had Entered/Peaked at No.30, the Week before) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) FRANKIE LAINE - 58 YEARS & 8 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - He had 2 entries in the very first Singles Chart. He was at No.7 with High Noon, & he was at No.8, (with Doris Day), with Sugarbush. (His No.7 Position was a joint placing, with Forget Me Not, by Vera Lynn) W/E 2nd July 2011 - In the Album Chart, he was at No.40 with Hits. It had Peaked at No.16, in the previous Chart @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) VERA LYNN - 57 YEARS & 7 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - 1st Singles Chart. She was at No.7 with Forget Me Not, (equal with High Noon, by Frankie Laine). She was also at No.9 with The Homing Waltz, & No.10 with Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart. Making her one of only a handful of Acts to have 3, (or more), Top 10 Singles at the same time. W/E 5th June 2010 - She had a 1 Week Album Chart Hit with Unforgettable - No.61 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) JOHNNIE RAY - 55 YEARS & 6 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - The 1st Singles Chart - He was at No.12 with Walking My Baby Back Home W/E 31st May 2008 - He had a 1 Week Album Chart Hit with Just Walkin' In The Rain - The Very Best Of - No.67 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

A) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS THE 10th ACT WITH AS MANY AS 9 No.1 ALBUMS And only the 4th from the USA 1) BEATLES - 15 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 11 2)=MADONNA - 11 4)=THE ROLLING STONES - 10 @@@ 4)=U2 - 10 6)=ABBA - 9 6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 9 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) 6)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 9 6)=QUEEN - 9 6)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 9 @@@ = The OCC regards the 2010 'Deluxe' of 'Exile On Main Street' as the Rolling Stones 1972 Album returning to No.1 - and not their 11th No.1 Album ################################################################################ B) HE'S THE 11th USA ACT - & 9TH USA SOLO ACT - TO MANAGE AS MANY AS 15 UK No.1 ALBUM WEEKS He's also the 36th Act to spend as long as 15 Weeks at No.1, in the UK Album Chart And the 18th Solo Act - from any Nationality - to achieve it NOTE - As you can see, although 2 USA Duo's have achieved it, no true USA Group is in the List. The most UK No.1 Album Weeks, by a USA Female Group, are the 14 Weeks, (3 Albums), by The Supremes. The most by a USA Male Group are the 13 Weeks of the Beach Boys. (2 Albums). 1) ELVIS PRESLEY - 63 2) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40 3) MICHAEL JACKSON - 30 (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) 4) CARPENTERS - 29 5) MADONNA - 29 6) BOB DYLAN - 24 7) EMINEM - 23 8) BARBRA STREISAND - 19 9)=FRANK SINATRA - 16 9)=DIANA ROSS - 16 (10 Weeks, (2 No.1’s), with The Supremes, & 4 Weeks, (1 No.1) with The Supremes & The Temptations) 11) BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 15 ################################################################################ DORIS DAY - A NEW UK CHART RECORD With The Ultimate Collection entering the Album Chart at No.36, Doris now has the longest UK Chart Span of any Act. By Chart Span, I mean from first appearing in the Singles Chart, to last appearing in the Singles or Albums Chart. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1) DORIS DAY - 59 YEARS & 4 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - She was in the very first Singles Chart - at No.8, with Sugarbush - credited as Doris Day And Frankie Laine. (Or, if you want to start from when she was on her own, she was in the 2nd Singles Chart - W/E 22/11/1952 - at No.10, with My Love And Devotion - as well as being at No.12, with Sugarbush) W/E 17th March 2012 - She enters the UK Album Chart, at No.36, with The Ultimate Collection @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) LOUIS ARMSTRONG - 59 YEARS & 2 MONTHS W/E 20th December 1952 - He was at No.8 in the Singles Chart, with Takes Two To Tango. (It Peaked at No.6) W/E 18th February 2012 - He was at No.44 in the Albums Chart with Louis - The Best Of Louis Armstrong (It had Entered/Peaked at No.30, the Week before) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) FRANKIE LAINE - 58 YEARS & 8 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - He had 2 entries in the very first Singles Chart. He was at No.7 with High Noon, & he was at No.8, (with Doris Day), with Sugarbush. (His No.7 Position was a joint placing, with Forget Me Not, by Vera Lynn) W/E 2nd July 2011 - In the Album Chart, he was at No.40 with Hits. It had Peaked at No.16, in the previous Chart @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) VERA LYNN - 57 YEARS & 7 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - 1st Singles Chart. She was at No.7 with Forget Me Not, (equal with High Noon, by Frankie Laine). She was also at No.9 with The Homing Waltz, & No.10 with Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart. Making her one of only a handful of Acts to have 3, (or more), Top 10 Singles at the same time. W/E 5th June 2010 - She had a 1 Week Album Chart Hit with Unforgettable - No.61 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) JOHNNIE RAY - 55 YEARS & 6 MONTHS W/E 15th November 1952 - The 1st Singles Chart - He was at No.12 with Walking My Baby Back Home W/E 31st May 2008 - He had a 1 Week Album Chart Hit with Just Walkin' In The Rain - The Very Best Of - No.67 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

To Celebrate International Women's Day, (today - apparently) - The OCC has compiled the Top 20 Female Singles of the 21st Century. The main Artist had to be Female, which is why there in no 'Moves Like Jagger' etc. in the List:, LINK:, http://www.theofficialcharts.com/chart-new...womens-day1009/

Yesterday, The OCC told me that they do not know where the 'Mirror' got the story/idea from, that the Military Wives Album was going to be the fastest ever seller, in the UK. The OCC told me that it was the first they'd heard of it. Basically, some Journalist, (or a Military Wife!), has made up the story, because it sounds 'Newsworthy' - and now other Sites etc. are copying it. The Military Wives Album may well be No.1 on Sunday, & it may well have big UK Sales, but, I doubt very much, if they will be the fastest UK Sales ever. Nor do I think it will be No.1 for more than 1 Week, or in the Top 10 for very long. We may just as easily see Bruce Springsteen at No.1. Which would be his 9th UK No.1 Album. Either way, I think that those 2 Albums will be at No.1 & No.2 on Sunday. The only question, is which one will be at 1, & which will be at 2.

'Back To Black' should really have 73 Top 10 Weeks:, 1) 60 Weeks from the 'Original' version. 2) 12 Weeks from the 'Deluxe' version 3) 1 Week when it was credited on the Double CD - 'Frank/Back To Black', which was a No.10 Hit in the W/E 6th August 2011 Chart. Which makes it the Album with the most Top 10 Weeks by a Female. (Excluding Film Soundtracks, & Stage Cast Albums) The Album with the most Top 10 Weeks, by a Male Solo Artist, are the 74 Weeks of Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells'. (1973). The most by a 'Group' Album, (& by any Artist Album), are the 135 Weeks, of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', the 1970 Simon & Garfunkel release. If you count them as a Duo, & not a Group, then the most by a Group, are the 65 Top 10 Weeks of 'Brothers In Arms' - Dire Straits. (1985).

Yes, the Singles from 'Rumours' were terrific, & not one had a decent UK Chart Run. I especially loved 'Go Your Own Way', the first Single off it. It only did this:, W/E 19th February 1977 - 50 - 40 - 38 - 42 W/E 28th May 2011 - Re-Entry - 62

THE UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST BPI PLATINUM AWARDS 1 Platinum Award = a Shipment, (to UK Stores), of 300,000 copies. The BPI did not start giving Awards until April 1973. That is why ‘Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, by The Beatles, has no Awards, as it came out in 1967. 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', by Pink Floyd, (1973), should have 14 Awards. It has 9. It got the 9th on 15th April 2005. (To W/E 3rd March 2012) (The Date of the most recent Award is in the end Brackets) 1) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 15 Platinum Awards - (4,500,000) - (2nd March 2012) 2) (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS (1995) - 14 Platinum Awards - (4,200,000) - (24th September 2004) 3)=BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS (1985) - 13 Platinum Awards - (3,900,000) - (31st October 1997) 3)=BAD - MICHAEL JACKSON (1987) - 13 Platinum Awards - (3,900,000) - (1st July 1992) 3)=ABBA GOLD : GREATEST HITS - ABBA (1992) - 13 Platinum Awards - (3,900,000) - (11th February 2005) 6)=THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA (1990) - 12 Platinum Awards - (3,600,000) - (10th January 2003) 6)=STARS - SIMPLY RED (1991) - 12 Platinum Awards - (3,600,000) - (1st June 1995) 8)=RUMOURS - FLEETWOOD MAC (1977) - 11 Platinum Awards - (3,300,000) - (8th July 2011) 8)=GREATEST HITS (ONE) - QUEEN (1981) - 11 Platinum Awards - (3,300,000) - (1st January 1992) 8)=THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 11 Platinum Awards - (3,300,000) - (1st July 1992) 11)=JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ALANIS MORISSETTE (1995) - 10 Platinum Awards - (3,000,000) - (25th October 2002) 11)=SPICE - SPICE GIRLS (1996) - 10 Platinum Awards - (3,000,000) - (1st August 1997) 11)=COME ON OVER - SHANIA TWAIN (1998) - 10 Platinum Awards - (3,000,000) - (14th April 2000) 11)=I’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU - ROBBIE WILLIAMS (1998) - 10 Platinum Awards - (3,000,000) - (22nd October 2004) 11)=BACK TO BEDLAM - JAMES BLUNT (2005) - 10 Platinum Awards - (3,000,000) - (2nd February 2007)

As regards UK Shipments, yesterday, The BPI gave Adele's '21' a 15th Platinum Award. It is now the UK's 'Most Certified Album'. However, if every huge Album got the UK Platinum Awards that it is entitled to, (for Shipments), then 'Greatest Hits', by Queen', should have about 19 or 20, 'Sgt Pepper....', by The Beatles, should have about 17, & 'Gold', by ABBA, should have 16 or 17 etc. LINK:, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-..._United_Kingdom

As regards UK Shipments, yesterday, The BPI gave Adele's '21' a 15th Platinum Award. It is now the UK's 'Most Certified Album'. LINK:, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-..._United_Kingdom

'Dancing Queen', & 'Bohemian Rhapsody', are likely the UK's Best Selling Tracks. 'Dancing Queen' sold over 1,000,000 as a Single, 1,650,000 on 'Arrival', over a Million on 'Greatest Hits Vol.2', 700,000 on 'The Singles', almost 5 Million on 'Gold', around 900,000 to 1 Million on 'Now 23'. (1992). Plus, it has been on other ABBA Compilations - 230,000+ on 'The Definitive Collection', 160,000+ on 'Number Ones', 200,000+ on the Budget ABBA Album, 'The Collection', in the 1980's, (BPI Award given in 1990), & it has been on many Various Artist Compilations, too - including 'Now That's What I Call A Wedding', a No.4 Compilation in 2011. (And as a Song, it has also sold over 1,400,000 on the 'Mamma Mia!' Soundtrack, in 2008 to now, & 400,000+ UK Sales on the Original Cast Recording). I reckon that 'Bohemian Rhapsody', & 'Dancing Queen', are the only 2 Tracks to sell a cumulative 10 Million+ each, in the UK.

Bre - 'Gold' has 449 UK Top 75 Weeks. The most by any Album.

'Gold' is now on 647 Top 100 Weeks. (It is no use anyone going by the Chart Stats Site - it misses out 144 of its Top 100 Weeks). 'Greatest Hits', by Queen, is on 635 Top 100 Weeks. (Chart Stats misses out 139 of its Top 100 Weeks).