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Yes, no French Act has ever had a No.1 Album, in the UK. One of those, who've had a No.2 Album is Richard Clayderman, who had his UK No.2 Album in 1982. It was his very first UK Hit Album - Introducing Richard Clayderman Red Hot Chili Peppers have their 4th UK No.1 Album, with I'm With You. Since the UK Album Chart began, (July 1956), surprisingly few USA Groups have had 3, (or more), No.1 Albums. There are only 7 USA Groups, who have achieved it:, USA GROUPS WITH THE MOST UK No.1 ALBUMS - 3 OR MORE 1) REM - 8 (3 of them consecutive) 2) BON JOVI - 5 (All 5 consecutive - Plus, 6 No.2 Albums - 4 consecutive) 3) RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - 4 (The last 3 consecutive) 4)=DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES - 3 *** 4)=THE KILLERS - 3 (2 consecutive) 4)=KINGS OF LEON - 3 (2 consecutive) 4)=FOO FIGHTERS - 3 (2 consecutive) *** = As regards Diana Ross & The Supremes - Their 2nd No.1, (1969), was a collaboration with The Temptations. The Supremes are the only Females in this List. 1) THE CARPENTERS - If you count a Duo as a Group, The Carpenters are an 8th USA Group to have had as many as 3 UK No.1 Albums. They've had 3 - 2 of them consecutive. 2) BLONDIE - They had 2 UK No.1 Albums - both in 1979 - Parallel Lines, & Eat To The Beat. One of the Group was a British guy, at the time. 3) BEACH BOYS - Despite having had more UK Hit Albums than any other USA Group, the Beach Boys have only had 2 UK No.1 Albums - both 'Hits' Compilations. (One in 1976, & one in 1983). 4) SIMON & GARFUNKEL - If you regard them as a Group. They have spent more time at No.1, than any other USA 'Group', in the UK Album Chart - 40 Weeks. But, they've only had 2 No.1 Albums. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) - 33 Weeks, & Bookends (1968) - 7 Weeks. (Greatest Hits (1972), spent 59 Weeks in the Top 10, but it reached No.2. For 3 Weeks). 5) FLEETWOOD MAC & THE POLICE - Those 2 Groups have had 4, & 6 UK No.1 Albums, respectively, but they are really UK/USA Groups. 3 of Fleetwood Mac are British - Mick Fleetwood, Christiine McVie, & John McVie. 2 of The Police are British - Sting, & Andy Summers. So, neither are wholly USA Groups. 6) BLACK EYED PEAS - Despite 5 UK No.1 Singles, the Black Eyed Peas have never had a No.1 Album. Elephunk, (2003), Peaked at No.3, Monkey Business, (2005), got to No.4, The E.N.D, (2009), reached No.3, & The Beginning, (2010), was a No.8 Hit Album. Technically, they are not a wholly USA Group, anyhow. One of the Men in the Group - Apl.De.Ap., (Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr.), was born in Asia - The Philippines.

Bre - Sorry, I got it wrong when I said that it was 'last Week', that 'When We Were Young' Peaked at No.88. 'Hold Up A Light' does count as a Take That Single. It was released as one, in December 2009. But, only as a Download, in the UK. It Peaked at No.123 - probably because so many people already had it on 'The Circus' Album. So, if 'When We Were Young' gets no higher than No.88, it will be their 2nd smallest UK Hit Single, not their 1st. And, it is their 29th UK Single - not their 28th.

I can find no Winners of either Opportunity Knocks, or New Faces, who had more than 1 UK No.1 Album - Neil Reid, Peters & Lee, & Showaddywaddy. Max Boyce was unsuccessful on Opportunity Knocks, but he had 1 No.1 Album, too. ABBA Won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, & Celine Dion Won the 1988 Contest. They've had 9 & 5 UK No.1 Albums, respectively. However, the Contest looks for a Song - not the Act who Sing it. Technically, the ESC is a Song Contest - rather than a Talent Contest. (It is not a UK Contest, anyhow - but Pan European).

I think I'm right in saying that Will Young is the only UK Talent Show Winner, to have as many as 3 No.1 Albums? Leona Lewis has has had 3, but, technically, the 2nd was the same Album as the first. In 2007 she was No.1 with Spirit, & in 2008, it was with Spirit Deluxe. Oddly, her '3rd' No.1 Album was Echo, (2009), & Will Young's 3rd is Echoes. Last Week, When We Were Young, by Take That was at No.88. This Week, it is no longer in the Top 100. It is their 28th UK Single. Unless it reaches at least No.81, it will become their smallest Hit Single, ever in the UK. Their very first Single - Do What You Like - was a No.82 Hit, in 1991. (In 2009, The Garden only got to No.97, but, it was an Album Track, in the UK, & not an actual Single). Had 21, by Adele, managed a 31st Top 2 Week, she'd have equalled the Solo Artist Top 2 Weeks, in a row, Run of G.I. Blues, by Elvis Presley. His Album was in the Top 2 for 31 consecutive Weeks, from W/E 17th December 1960 to W/E 15th July 1961. (22 at No.1, & 9 at No.2). However, his Album entered at No.4, (W/E 10th December 1960), so his 31 Top 2 Weeks were not its 31 first Chart Weeks, but its Weeks 2 to 32.

As Suedehead2 says - The Adele Album is the only UK Hit Album, ever, to manage to enter in the Top 2, & to spend as long as its first 30 Weeks, at No.1, or No.2. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1) Believe it or not, that is the longest Run, in the Top 2, by any Album, since The Sound Of Music Soundtrack had 105 consecutive Top 2 Weeks, from W/E 5th June 1965 to W/E 3rd June 1967. (64 Weeks were at No.1, & 41 at No.2). @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) Adele's 21 has the longest Run in the Top 2, for an Artist Album, since Please Please Me, by The Beatles. That Album spent 48 successive Weeks in the Top 2, from W/E 22nd April 1963 to W/E 21st March 1964. (30 Weeks at No.1, & 18 Weeks at No.2). PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - CONSECUTIVE TOP 2 WEEKS 2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) Adele's Album over-takes the previous, Most Consecutive Top 2 Weeks Since The Beatles, Artist Album, which was Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon & Garfunkel. In 1970, that Album spent its first 29 Weeks in the Top 2. From W/E 21st February to W/E 5th September 1970. (22 Weeks at No.1, & 7 Weeks at No.2) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - CONSECUTIVE TOP 2 WEEKS 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) 21 - THE ONLY ALBUM - EVER - TO SPEND ITS FIRST 30 WEEKS IN THE TOP 2 I've checked & checked, & I can find no other Album, (since 28th July 1956), that has spent as many as its FIRST 30 Weeks in the Top 2. The 'Please Please Me' Album went in at No.8. G.I. Blues, by Elvis Presley, spent 31 successive Weeks in the Top 2, from W/E 17th December 1960 to W/E 15th July 1961, but its first Chart Week was at No.4 - W/E 10th December 1960. (22 Weeks at No.1, & 9 Weeks at No.2). 21 - ADELE - CONSECUTIVE TOP 2 WEEKS (W/E 5th February to W/E 27th August 2011) 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-2 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) NOTE - This statistic is one that could be easily misunderstood. No-one is saying that 21 has spent more consecutive Weeks in the Top 2, than any other Album. What her Album has achieved, is to be the only/first Album to spend as long as its 1st 30 Chart Weeks in the Top 2. The South Pacific Soundtrack Album managed an incredible 119 consecutive Top 2 Weeks, from November 1958 to February 1961. 107 of them at No.1, & 12 at No.2. (70 of them were consecutive No.1 Weeks - including being No.1 for all of 1959). But, it took 28 Chart Weeks to start that 119 Weeks Top 2 Run. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 6) I also checked which Album entered at No.1, & then remained there the longest - in its 1st Chart Weeks. It was My Fair Lady - Original Broadway Cast. It entered at No.1, on W/E 10th May 1958, & remained there for 19 Weeks. It then spent 2 Weeks at No.1 - giving it 21 Top 2 Weeks, with its initial Chart Weeks. (Also - From November 1958 to March 1959, it was No.2 for 19 Weeks, in a row). @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

It does not matter that 'Swagger Jagger' is not name-checking Mick Jagger directly. It is still Mick Jagger's surname. So, there will be 2 Singles in the Chart that mention Mick Jagger's second name. That is an indisputable fact. A coincidence does not have to mean that 2 exact things happen - at the same time - that are rare. A coincidence can mean that 2 unrelated things LOOK similar, & are also rare. Which is what we get with this 'Jagger' matter.....A rare coincidence.

Bre - I don't know. It is not my decision. It is The OCC's, & UK Chart Book Compilers, decision. I recall that the 1981 to 1989 Top 100's used to be published - in 'Sounds' I think it was. Only the Top 75 appears in print, ('Music Week'), now. I was once told - by The OCC - that IF 'Music Week' ever started using the Top 100's, then The OCC etc. would use the Top 100's, for Chart Stats, & Facts & Feats etc. ('Sounds' closed down in April 1991). AMY WINEHOUSE/ADELE With Amy Winehouse remaining at No.1 for a 3rd Week, & her 'Frank' Album in 4th place - plus, Adele being No.2, ('21'), & No.5, ('19).... It's only the 9th Chart, since the Album Chart began - 28th July 1956 - that 2 Acts have 2 Top 5 Albums, at the same time. It is also the 3rd Chart in a row that it has happened in. The first time ever that it has occured in 3 consecutive Charts, & only the 2nd time that it has happened for more than 1 successive Chart. (16th & 23rd December 1961 saw the George Mitchell Minstrels, & Elvis Presley, have 2 Top 5 Albums each, in successive Charts).

Sorry that you are having a problem, Suedehead2. Here is my contribution, anyhow. With Gold, by ABBA, re-entering the Top 75, (at No.68)..... It means that it has reached 441 Top 75 Weeks, in the UK, & it becomes THE Album with the Most Top 75 Weeks. Since the UK Album Charts began, (W/E 28th July 1956):, THE UK's TOP 5 ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS 1) Gold - ABBA - (1992) - 441 Top 75 Weeks 2) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - (1978) - 440 Top 75 Weeks 3) Greatest Hits (One) - Queen - (1981) - 414 Top 75 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - (1977) - 370 Top 75 Weeks 5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - (1984) - 365 Top 75 Weeks THEIR TOP 100 WEEKS 1) Greatest Hits (One) - Queen - 633 Top 100 Weeks 2) Gold - ABBA - 628 Top 100 Weeks 3) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 581 Top 100 Weeks 4) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 511 Top 100 Weeks 5) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 506 Top 100 Weeks UK Chart Books use the Top 75, as the maximum size of the Album Charts that they use. (The Top 75 only began on W/E 2nd December 1978. Before then the Chart had gradually increased, from a Top 5, to a Top 60). However, from W/E August 8th 1981 to W/E 14th January 1989 the entire Top 100 was used, & 4 of these 5 Albums got numerous No.76 to No.100 Weeks, from that period. ('Gold' does not get any Top 100 Weeks - October 1992 was almost 4 Years after the Top 100 ceased being used, for Chart Facts & Feats). This is how a UK Chart Book would show the Albums with the Most Chart Weeks - Adding in full Top 100 Positions for August 1981 to January 1989:, THE UK's TOP 5 ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS 1) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 482 Weeks (112 Top 100 Weeks added) 2) Greatest Hits (One) - Queen - 476 Weeks (62 Top 100 Weeks added) 3) Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 474 Weeks (34 Top 100 Weeks added) 4) Gold - ABBA - 441 Weeks (Top 75 Weeks only) 5) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 395 Weeks (30 Top 100 Weeks added) NOTE - Some sources give 3 Weeks too many, to the Queen Album. However - It 100% definitely has 476 Weeks - not 479 Weeks. ABBA are the Group with the Most Top 40 Weeks, for a UK Album. Gold has 215 Top 40 Weeks - over-taking the previous Group that held that Chart Record - Pink Floyd. Their 1973 Album, The Dark Side Of The Moon, has 211 Top 40 Weeks. (Pink Floyd's Album has 354 Top 75 Weeks, & 423 Top 100 Weeks). The Artist Album with the Most Top 40 Weeks is Bridge Over Troubled Water, by Simon & Garfunkel - 278 Top 40 Weeks. It has 307 Top 75 Weeks, & they are also its Top 100 Weeks.

No one is saying that the Top 100 Singles & Albums Charts are not 'Official'. They are just not used for UK Chart Books. Only the Top 75 is used. Nor does 'Music Week' use the Top 100's - only the Top 75's. Also - Almost all UK Charts Facts & Feats, & 'All Time' Statistics, are based on the Top 75. So that my own Lists match those in UK Chart Books, I only use the Top 75, too.

It is 3 Albums. The 'Frank/Back To Black' 'Set' is the same Albums as those at 1 & 5, but, the Double 'Set' itself still counts as an Album in its own right. Just as the 3 CD 'Set' 'The Platinum Collection' was a Queen Album. The fact that it consisted of their 3 'Hits' Albums is of no consequence. Amy Winehouse has 3 Hits/Entries in the current UK Album Chart. So, she joins the other 13 Acts who have had 3, (or more), Top 10 Albums at the same time.

TWO ACTS - 2 SIMULTANEOUS TOP 5 ALBUMS - IN THE SAME CHART So, the current Top 5 Albums are thus:, 1) Back To Black - Amy Winehouse 2) 21 - Adele 3) 4 - Beyonce 4) 19 - Adele 5) Frank - Amy Winehouse Since the UK Album Chart began, (W/E 28th July 1956), it is only the 7th time that 2 Acts have had 2 Top 5 Albums in the same Chart. The other 6 times were:, A) W/E 28th October 1961 1) The Shadows - The Shadows 2) The Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 3) Another Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 4) 21 Today - Cliff Richard & The Shadows 5) South Pacific (OST) - Various Artists B) W/E 18th November 1961 1) Another Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 2) 21 Today - Cliff Richard & The Shadows 3) Something For Everybody - Elvis Presley 4) The Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 5) The Shadows - The Shadows C) W/E 16th December 1961 1) Another Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 2) The Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 3) Blue Hawaii (OST) - Elvis Presley 4) South Pacific (OST) - Various Artists 5) Something For Everybody - Elvis Presley D) W/E 23rd December 1961 1) Another Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 2) Blue Hawaii (OST) - Elvis Presley 3) The Black And White Minstrel Show - George Mitchell Minstrels 4) South Pacific (OST) - Various Artists 5) Something For Everybody - Elvis Presley E) W/E 9th February 1963 1) Summer Holiday (OST) - Cliff Richard & The Shadows 2) Girls Girls Girls (OST) - Elvis Presley 3) West Side Story (OST) - Various Artists 4) Out Of The Shadows - The Shadows 5) Rock N' Roll No.2 - Elvis Presley F) W/E 7th December 1963 1) With The Beatles - The Beatles 2) Please Please Me - The Beatles 3) Meet The Searchers - The Seachers 4) How Do You Like It - Gerry & The Pacemakers 5) Sugar And Spice - The Searchers

Suedehead2 - Yes, I forgot to put 3, in the sentence! I've now done so.

'Such A Night', by Johnnie Ray, did this in 1954:, 10 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 9 - 10

NOTES ON THE CURRENT ALBUM CHART 1) By having 3 simultaneous Top 10 Albums, Amy Winehouse becomes the 1st Solo Female to achieve that feat. The only other Females to achieve it were the ones in the George Mitchell Minstrels. That Act had 3 Top 10 Albums in the 3 Charts of W/E 22nd December 1962 to W/E 5th January 1963. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) Amy is the 14th Act to achieve 3 UK Top 10 Albums, at the same time. It was last achieved in the Chart of W/E 19th September 2009, when The Beatles became the first Group to have as many as 4 simultaneous Top 10 Albums:, No.5 - SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND No.6 - ABBEY ROAD No.9 - REVOLVER No.10 - RUBBER SOUL @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) With Back To Black at No.1 & Frank at No.5, Amy also becomes only the 3rd Solo Female to have 2 Top 5 Albums at the same time. THE SOLO FEMALES WITH 2 TOP 5 ALBUMS - IN THE SAME CHART A) Lady GaGa - W/E 22nd May 2010 - No.3 - The Remix, & No.4 - The Fame B) Adele - 2 Top 5 Albums at the same time, for the past 24 Weeks this Year - & for a Total of 26 Weeks C) Amy Winehouse - W/E 6th August 2011 - No.1 Back To Black, & No.5 Frank @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) With its leap from No.59 to No.1, Back To Black has the 2nd biggest climb to No.1, in UK Album Chart History. The 5 Albums with the biggest leaps to No.1 are:, A) 27th February 2010 - Glee Cast - Glee - The Music - Season One - Vol. 1 - 68 - 1 *** B) 6th August 2011 - Amy Winehouse - Back To Black - 59 - 1 C) 7th February 1976 - Slim Whitman - The Very Best Of Slim Whitman - 54 - 1 D) 19th February 1977 - The Shadows - 20 Golden Greats - 48 - 1 E) 20th September 1969 - Blind Faith - Blind Faith - 32 - 1 *** = The Glee Album was at No.68 as a USA Import. If you do not count that 'leap', due to that, then Amy Winehouse now has the biggest jump to No.1, in UK Album Chart History @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) Now that Frank has reached a new Peak of No.5, it loses its status as the longest Charting Album, that did not reach the Top 10. Until today, it was No.13 - 110 Weeks. It now becomes No.5 - 111 Weeks. That Album Chart Record now goes back to The Sounds Of Silence, by Simon & Garfunkel, (1966) - No.13 - 108 Chart Weeks. (The 2009 Hit Albums Book gives it 105 Weeks & - elsewhere - another source says 112 Weeks).

In more recent Decades, I should imagine that Steps released the most UK Double 'A' Sides.

Yes, it is far easier to buy Music, now. In the past many people never went into Music Stores, but now they can buy Tracks without even leaving the house. They can also buy them whatever the weather - in the past, if there was snow or ice outside, or heavy rain, people would only go out to buy food, etc., rather than bother to get to HMV etc., to buy CD's. On top of this, we have Downloads being available 24/7, 365 Days a Year, & so Tracks can keep on selling - no longer only being able to sell, if the Stores had copies of them in stock. GORDON 'MISNOMER' SMART GETS IT WRONG IN TODAY'S 'THE SUN' He says that 'Rolling In The Deep' is Adele's UK Million Seller! LINK:, http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showb...st-figures.html

'Swagger Jagger' is actually a rip off of the 1884 'Western', (Cowboy), Song, 'Oh My Darling Clementine'! (Which was itself based on the 1863 Song, 'Down By The River Liv'd A Maiden'). Look at this Clip, & Compare 'Swagger Jagger', & 'Oh My Darling Clementine' LINK:,

Because 'Born This Way', (Lady GaGa), has returned to No.1, in the Album Chart, I have compiled this Chart Trivia, on the Acts who have returned to No.1, with their 1st 2 UK No.1 Albums. LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - I've NOT counted him, as whilst 'The Essential Pavarotti', was a 2 'Run' No.1, (1990), his 2nd No.1 Album, was 'In Concert', (also a 2 'Run' No.1, in 1990), but that was also with Jose Carreras, & Placido Domingo. (NOTE - I'm NOT counting 'The Fame Monster' as Lady Gaga's 2nd Studio Album, as The OCC regard it as the same Album as 'The Fame'. Nor do I count the 2010 'The Remix' Album as her 2nd Album, as that was just Remixes of her 'The Fame' Album). Which means that:, LADY GAGA - THE 11th ACT TO RETURN TO No.1 WITH THEIR 1st 2 No.1 ALBUMS The 11 Acts are:, ('Runs' at No.1 in Brackets) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 1) FRANK SINATRA Songs For Swingin' Lovers - 1956 (2) This Is Sinatra - 1957 (4) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2) THE SHADOWS The Shadows - 1961 (2) Out Of The Shadows - 1962 (3) & 1963 (1) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3) SIMON & GARFUNKEL Bookends - 1968 (2) Bridge Over Troubled Water - 1970 (5) & 1971 (3) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4) SLADE Slayed? - 1973 (2) Sladest - 1973 (1) & 1974 (1) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5) THE CARPENTERS The Singles - 1969 - 1973 - (1974) - (4) Horizon - 1975 (2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 6) ABBA Greatest Hits - 1976 (2) Arrival - 1977 (2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 7) SIMPLY RED A New Flame - 1989 (3) Stars - 1991 (2) & 1992 (3) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 8) SPICE GIRLS Spice - 1996 (2) & 1997 (3) Spiceworld - 1997 (2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 9) STEPS Steptacular - 1999 (2) Gold - The Greatest Hits - 2001 (2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 10) DIDO No Angel - 2001 (2) Life For Rent - 2003 (3) & 2004 (1) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 11) LADY GAGA The Fame - 2009 (1) & 2010 (3) Born This Way - 2011 (2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Suedehead2 - Do you man that ONJ is the only UK born FEMALE SOLO Artist to have a USA No.1 SINGLE for longer than Adele? (Olivia's would be 'Physical' - 10 Weeks at No.1 between 1981 & 1982). The Beatles, Bee Gees, Elton John, & Rod Stewart, have all had USA No.1 Singles, that were No.1 for longer than the 6 Weeks of 'Rolling In The Deep'. The Police also had a longer USA No.1 than that - 'Every Breath You Take' - 8 Weeks, in 1983, but one of that Trio was an American. ELO - 'All Over The World - The Very Best Of', is up from No.23 to No.10. It is only its 2nd Top 10 Position. Its 1st was to climb from No.11, (Entry Position), to No.6, EXACTLY 6 Years ago this very Week - W/E 25th June 2005! Its No.10 Position is its 29th Top 75 Week, but, it is only its 4th Top 20 Week - 3 in June/July 2005 - 11 - 6 - 16 - and now its No.10 Position. FRANKIE LAINE - With his 'Hits' Album in at No.16, he has his first UK Hit Album since W/E 29th October 1977, when 'The Very Best Of Frankie Laine' was at No.32. It had Peaked at No.7, on W/E 1st October. It is only his 3rd UK Hit Album - 'Hell Bent For Leather', was a No.7 Album for him, in 1961. (The Title is from the lyrics of his 1959 No.6 Hit - 'Rawhide').

Bray - No matter where I check, I cannot get 73 Top 10 Weeks for The Fame. I get 71 Weeks before the W/E 4th June Chart, & 1 more in that Chart = 72. Yes, I believe that the 7 Week 'gap', between Pitbull's 1st & 2nd UK No.1 Singles is the 2nd fastest ever - after John Lennon, in 1981.

QUEEN - By re-entering at No.25, their Greatest Hits Album has its 1st Top 30 Entry since W/E 20th April 1996. It was at No.27 in that Chart. It was last in the Top 40 on W/E 1st November 2008. It was at No.40 in that Chart. It is its 150th Top 40 Week, 473rd Chart Week, 411th Top 75 Week, & 630th Top 100 Week. I know that the 2009 Virgin Hit Albums Book had it on 475 Weeks, but that was wrong. It should have had 472 Weeks in that Book. From August 1981 to January 1989, the entire Top 100 was counted - so the Queen Album has 62 Weeks added in for that period - for No.76 to No.100 Positions. By re-entering at No.47, Queen's Greatest Hits II is on its 111th Top 75 Week. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ As Lady GaGa's The Fame got its 72nd Top 10 Week, last Week, I've decided to show the Top 20 UK Album's with the Most Top 10 Weeks. I also do the same for the Albums with the Most Top 5 weeks. UK ALBUMS - MOST TOP 10 WEEKS (I’ve omitted Film Soundtracks, & Stage Cast Albums) 1) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 2) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 3) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with Thriller 25 ) 4) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 5) THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 (Includes Sales of The Fame Monster - 2009) 6) BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 66 (Includes 12 Weeks with the Deluxe Edition) 7) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 65 8) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 9) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 10) GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 11) GOLD - ABBA - 58 12)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 12)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 14) BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 15) LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 16)=THE SHADOWS - THE SHADOWS - 51 16)=STARS - SIMPLY RED - 51 18)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 51 18)=COME ON OVER - SHANIA TWAIN - 51 20)=G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY - 49 20)=BAND ON THE RUN - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - 49 20)=GREATEST HITS - ABBA - 49 20)=CAN’T SLOW DOWN - LIONEL RICHIE - 49 UK ALBUMS - MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (I’ve omitted Film Soundtracks, & Stage Cast Albums) 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) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS (1985) - 50 6) TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS (1997) - 45 7) G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY (1960) - 44 8) THE FAME - LADY GAGA (2008) - 43 9)=THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS (1974) - 42 9)=COME ON OVER - SHANIA TWAIN - 42 11)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS (1995) - 40 11)=SPICE - SPICE GIRLS (1996) - 40 13) BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 39 14)=BLUE HAWAII (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY - 38 14)=THE ROLLING STONES - THE ROLLING STONES - 38 14)=SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES (1967) - 38 17) STARS - SIMPLY RED - 37 18) BAND ON THE RUN - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS - 36 19) JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ALANIS MORISSETTE - 35 20)=WITH THE BEATLES - THE BEATLES - 34 20)=TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 34 20)=THE MAN WHO - TRAVIS - 34 20)=ROCKFERRY - DUFFY - 34 (Includes 5 Weeks with the Deluxe Edition) NOTE - Despite 66 Top 10 Weeks, (54 Original/12 Deluxe), Amy Winehouse's Back To Black only has 32 Top 5 Weeks - 28 Original + 4 Deluxe.

There's something fishy about the Title of the Rihanna Single at No.6. :D

As soon as I heard 'Americano', I knew that Lady GaGa had been 'influenced' by the spoken intro. of the 1954 UK No.1/USA No.10 Hit, 'Mambo Italiano', by Rosemary Clooney. (See YouTube). Sure enough, she's now said that she did 'borrow' from that 1950's Song. I think that the last 40 seconds of it sounds like The Dooleys, but others would probably say ABBA, as The Dooleys were not so well known Globally. I also think that it would be a big Hit for her. She needs one. So far, she's rushed out 4 Tracks off 'Born This Way', & not only have none of them made No.1, but only one of them has reached the UK Top 5 - 'Born This Way' - No.3.

I've looked at this matter from all angles. Something does not add up. They know very well that many said Hitler escaped in 1945, because only the Soviets had his body, & they would not let others examine it. Now - May 2011 - we are expected to believe that the USA killed Bin Laden, & buried his body at sea - when they know perfectly well, that this, (lack of independent evidence), will cause millions to doubt that they really killed him. But, they 'buried' him at sea anyhow! They say it was to stop his grave becoming a 'Shrine' for fanatical Muslims. In fact, it is forbidden for Muslims to worship people via shrines. As the USA knows full well. I hear - over & over - that Bin Laden died in 2001. The CIA made us think that he was still alive, (fake tapes), in order for the 'War On Terror' to carry on. That's why the USA could not let the body be independently examined - it would be found out that they had not killed Bin Laden at all. We get the 'buried at sea' garbage instead. The people who Govern this World have long learned that so many people are either too lazy, or too thick, to think for themselves, so they tell us any lie to start Wars, carry on Wars, bring in tougher Laws, & so on. Anyone who questions the lies is called a 'Conspiracy Theorist' or 'a Nutter', by the gullible Millions who fall for any tripe that their Governments feed them. As one can see by those morons who have been dancing with joy outside the White House. What now, I wonder? At this rate the USA, will soon have World War 3. All they need is a huge 'attack' on the USA again, as an excuse to invade more Countries. (Where will the next 'attack' on the USA be claimed to come from? Iran? Pakistan? Syria? ALL of them? We are taken for mugs!). Still, if idiots fall for what liars in Government feed to them, then maybe Humanity is too dumb to carry on, anyhow. Maybe we have got the Leaders we deserve, & maybe it is better if our Planet ends up like 'The Planet Of The Apes', with our 'Civilisation' reduced to dust, & some other species taking over. I am just saddened at how gullible so many people are. The people who create, & feed us the lies, must think we are all insects. Sadly - many Humans seem to be. Gullible, stupid, moronic, fools, who are easy to manipulate. They may as well be Ants..... We will reap what we sow.....

I see.