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As The OCC have said - Rihanna is only the 2nd Solo Act to have UK No.1 Singles in 5 consecutive Years. The other Solo Act - Elvis Presley - did it for 7 consecutive Years - 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, & 1963. Madonna would likely have achieved it had she not taken 1988 'off'. She had No.1 Singles in 1985, 1986, 1987, & 1989.

By being No.1 in the Singles & Albums Chart, this Week, Rihanna joins the few Acts who have achieved it more than once - and becomes only the 3rd 'Solo' Female to do so more than once. She was also No.1 in both Charts on the W/E 16th June 2007. In the Singles Chart with 'Umbrella' (Feat. Jay-Z), & in the Album Chart with 'Good Girl Gone Bad'. The last 5 times that it has been achieved have all been by 'Solo' Females - Lily Allen, (2009), Lady GaGa, (2009), Cheryl Cole, (2009), Lady GaGa, again, (2010), & now Rihanna. THE 19 ACTS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED THE FEAT MORE THAN ONCE 1) THE BEATLES - 14 OR 15 TIMES - 45 WEEKS * 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 7 TIMES - 22 WEEKS 2)=THE SHADOWS - 7 TIMES - 13 WEEKS ** 4)=ABBA - 4 TIMES - 13 WEEKS 4)=CLIFF RICHARD - 4 TIMES - 11 WEEKS 4)=QUEEN - 4 TIMES - 8 WEEKS 4)=MADONNA - 4 TIMES - 8 WEEKS *** 8)=ROLLING STONES - 3 TIMES - 5 WEEKS 8)=THE POLICE - 3 TIMES - 4 WEEKS 10)=ROD STEWART - 2 TIMES - 7 WEEKS 10)=T. REX - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS 10)=GARY NUMAN - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS 10)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS 10)=WET WET WET - 2 TIMES - 7 WEEKS 10)=MEATLOAF - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS 10)=SPICE GIRLS - 2 TIMES - 5 WEEKS 10)=SUGABABES - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS 10)=LADY GAGA - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS 10)=RIHANNA - 2 TIMES - 2 WEEKS(?) * = The Beatles could said be to have managed it 15 times. This is because when ‘She Loves You’ returned to No.1 on 28th November 1963, it was No.1 for 2 Weeks - but 2 different Beatles Albums were No.1 at the same time - ‘Please Please Me’ on 28th November, & ‘With The Beatles’ on 5th December. It is up to YOU whether you count that as 2 Beatles ‘Double Chart Toppers‘, or if you count it as just 1. ** = 2 Times as The Shadows, & 5 Times co-credited with Cliff Richard. *** = It was not achieved by a Solo Female Act until W/E 8th November 1980 - Barbra Streisand. Madonna, Lady GaGa, & Rihanna, are the ONLY Solo Female Acts to achieve it MORE than TWICE. (Madonna - 1986, 1989, 2005, & 2008. Lady GaGa - 2009 & 2010. Rihanna - 2007, & 2011). Besides Madonna - Agnetha & Frida, of ABBA, are the only other Female Singers to manage it more than twice - in 1976, 1977, 1978, & 1980. The 5 Spice Girls, (1996 & 1997), & 3 Sugababes, (2005 & 2007), are the only other Women to achieve it more than once.

The Calendar also has the Top 10 Best Selling Singles - but that never changes. Plus the Top 10 DVD's, (all types), but I did not think that List belonged here. Plus the Top 10 Christmas Period Selling Singles in the UK - but, I was not sure if anyone would be interested in that one. (It is the Top Sellers DURING Christmas/New Year - which is not the same as a Top 10 Christmas Singles - as in Hits that have a 'Theme' of Christmas in them. Although several of the Top 10 Christmas period Hits are of that type). If anyone would like me to add the other 3 Lists - or some of them - just let me know.

Thanks Bray - I've up-dated that List.

These Lists are in The OCC's 2011 Calendar, & go up to, (about!), the Chart of W/E 4th December 2010 - as they needed time to get the Calendar printed before 2010 ended. Remember - they are Lists for UK Sales only. Unfortunately - no Sales figures are given in the Lists. A) THE TOP SELLING STUDIO ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (Where these Albums were by the end of 2008, in Brackets) 1 (1) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 2 (2) (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis 3 (5) Thriller - Michael Jackson 4 (3) Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits 5 (4) The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 6 (6) Bad - Michael Jackson 7 (7) Stars - Simply Red 8 (8) Come On Over - Shania Twain 9 (9) Rumours - Fleetwood Mac 10 (10) Back To Bedlam - James Blunt B) THE TOP SELLING ARTIST COMPILATION ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (Where these Albums were by the end of 2008, in Brackets) 1 (1) Greatest Hits - Queen 2 (2) Gold - ABBA 3 (3) Greatest Hits II - Queen 4 (4) The Immaculate Collection - Madonna 5 (6) Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers 6 (5) 1 - The Beatles 7 (7) Greatest Hits - ABBA 8 (8) Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of - George Michael 9 (11) Greatest Hits - Robbie Williams 10 (9) The Very Best Of - Elton John * = 'Simply The Best', by Tina Turner, falls out of the Top 10 - from the No.10 Position C) THE TOP SELLING DOWNLOAD TRACKS OF ALL TIME Since The OCC began 'Tracking' Downloads in September 2004 (Where these Downloads were by the end of 2009, in Brackets) NOTE - This List uses Sales to Midnight on 31st December. Radio 1 Broadcast the Top 100 UK Downloads on Sunday 2nd January 2011. 1 (1) I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas 2 (2) Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon 3 (3) Poker Face - Lady GaGa 4 (5) Fight For This Love - Cheryl Cole 5 (8) Bad Romance - Lady GaGa 6 (-) Love The Way You Lie - Eminem feat. Rihanna 7 (4) Just Dance - Lady GaGa feat. Colby O'Donis 8 (6) Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon 9 (-) Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars 10 (9) Meet Me Halfway - Black Eyed Peas * 'In For The Kill', by La Roux, falls out of the Top 10 - from No.7. 'Killing In The Name', by Rage Against The Machine, fell out of the Top 10 - from the No.10 Position D) THE TOP SELLING DOWNLOAD ALBUMS OF ALL TIME Since The OCC began 'Tracking' Downloads in September 2004 (Where these Download Albums were by the end of 2008, in Brackets) 1 (3) Only By The Night - Kings Of Leon 2 (-) The Fame - Lady GaGa 3 (-) Lungs - Florence & The Machine 4 (-) Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons 5 (-) It's Not Me It's You - Lily Allen 6 (1) Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay 7 (-) The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas 8 (4) Rockferry - Duffy 9 (-) Sunny Side Up - Paolo Nutini 10 (-) Recovery - Eminem * Falling out of the Top 10:, 'Back To Black' - Amy Winehouse (From No.2) 'Eyes Open' - Snow Patrol (From No.5) 'Spirit' - Leona Lewis (From No.6) 'Life In Cartoon Motion' - Mika (From No.7) 'Beautiful World' - Take That (From No.8) 'Undiscovered' - James Morrison (From No.9) 'The Script' - The Script (From No.10) E) THE TOP SELLING MUSIC BLU-RAYS OF ALL TIME 1) This Is It - Michael Jackson 2) The Circus - Live - Take That 3) Rock Montreal - Queen 4) The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin 5) Les Miserables - In Concert - 25th Anniversary Original Cast Recording 6) 360 Degrees At The Rose Bowl - U2 7) Live In London - George Michael 8) London Calling - Live In Hyde Park - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 9) Shine A Light - Rolling Stones 10) Flight 666 - The Film - Iron Maiden

Here are the 'Revised' Sales of the Top 10 Albums - courtesy of Irishguy28 at UKMIX:, (The 1st figure is the original Total. The 2nd is the 'Revised' Total - which is also the CORRECT Total). The UK's Top 10 Albums - W/E 1st January 2011 1) (434,362) 350,328 - Take That 2) (306,108) 248,934 - Rihanna 3) (205,770) 165,031 - Michael Buble 4) (131,192) 105,496 - Olly Murs 5) (105,001) 84,200 - Michael Jackson 6) (104,506) 83,661 - JLS 7) (101,903) 81,269 - Susan Boyle 8) (95,709) 77,096 - Black Eyed Peas 9) (96,091) 77,036 - Bon Jovi 10) (88,353) 72,394 - Kings Of Leon The Sales for each of these Titles have been 'Revised' downwards by roughly a Fifth of the initially reported Totals.

The OCC will put the 'Revised' Singles & Albums Charts on their Site, next Week. Stored in their Archives, as the usual Top 40's. In the meantime, the 'Revised' Top 40's are on the Radio 1 Site:, 'Revised' Top 40 Singles Chart (W/E 1st January 2011) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/singles 'Revised' Top 40 Albums Chart (W/E 1st January 2011) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/albums

Mikey - 'Gold' by ABBA, is not a Re-Entry at No.42. I hear that 'MW' is showing it as a Re-Entry. 42 R 1 Abba Gold It is actually a non-mover. It has done this in the last 3 Weeks:, 31 - 42 - 42

Whilst only '1' by The Beatles is certified for 2 Million+ UK Sales, they have sold over 5 Million UK copies of 'Sgt Pepper', & about 2 Million copies of 'Abbey Road'. Take That are huge in the UK, (& Ireland), but there is no-where near as much fuss over them elsewhere. 'Progress' has just been their 3rd German No.1 Album, but that is not that impressive, when The Beatles had about 11 there. There are certainly no gigantic Weekly Sales for 'Progress' outside the UK. I'm an ABBA Fan, but they 'only' had 2 UK Albums that sold over 2 Million, & neither were Studio Albums - 'Greatest Hits', (1976 - about 2,700,000), & 'Gold', (1992 - about 4,850,000, to date). 'Arrival' sold less than 1,700,000 in the UK, & 'The Album' sold about 1,100,000.

Thanks for the Commentary, Suedehead2 - Merry Christmas. If anyone can add to what I'm adding next, then please do so. Likewise, if anyone spots any errors in it - Thanks. THE TRASHMEN - 'SURFIN' BIRD' (THE OLDEST RECORDING TO REACH TOP 10?) So, 'Surfin' Bird', by The Trashmen, is at No.3. (It was also a No.50 UK Hit, in the W/E 2nd May 2009 Chart). It was originally a No.4 USA Hit, in 1963. So, the Recording is 47 Years old. I believe that it is the oldest Recording to reach the UK Top 10. (Ever). BUT - NOT THE OLDEST SONG TO REACH THE TOP 10! The oldest Song, to reach the UK Top 10, was 'Silent Night', which Bros, took to No.2, in the W/E 3rd December 1988 Chart. (As a Double 'A' Side, with 'Cat Among The Pigeons'). It did this in the Top 10:, 2-4-5-6-8-10 The Lyrics for 'Silent Night', were originally written, in 1816, by Austrian Priest, Father Joseph Mohr. In December 1818, he asked Austrian Headmaster, Franz Xaver Gruber, to compose the Melody for it. It was first performed that very Christmas. Of course, it was originally written in German - 'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht''. ('Silent Night, Holy Night'). In 1859, John Freeman Young, published the English translation. He was a Bishop, in Florida, USA. So, the Melody is from 1818, & the English Lyrics are from 1859. Therefore - when Bros had a Top 10 Hit with it, in 1988, it was 170 Years old, as a Melody, & 129 Years old as an English Song. It was probably the oldest Song, to reach the UK Top 10, in December 1952, when Bing Crosby took it to No.8. The UK Singles Chart was less than 2 Months old at the time. The Song was already 134 Years old, (Melody), & 93 Years old, (English version), when Bing reached No.8, with it.....(W/E December 20th 1952) TOP 10 HITS BASED ON CLASSICAL MUSIC BUT - I know very little about Classical Music, & there may well be Top 10 Hits that utilise parts of the Melody of Classical 'pieces'. I heard that 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', by Procol Harum, did that. (No.1 - 1967). But, I've checked. Whilst parts of the Melody were 'inspired', by 'Sleepers Wake', (Johann Sebastian Bach - 1731) - it did not actually 'pinch' his Melody. 'A LOVER'S CONCERTO' - THE TOYS (1965) I see that this 1965 UK No.5 Hit, by USA Girl Group, The Toys, was based on a very old Melody. (It was also a No.2 Hit in the USA). The Melody in this Hit was based on 'Minuet In G Major', which is a 1725 'piece', by Johann Sebastian Bach. So, its Melody was 240 Years old, when The Toys had a Hit with, 'A Lovers Concerto', in 1965. 'Surfin' Bird' is really based on 2 Songs, by USA Group, The Rivington's - 'Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow', (1962), & 'Bird Is The Word', (1963). The Rivington's seem to have had about as much imagination as Simon Cowell. One of their subsequent Singles was, 'Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow'! (Doh!).

Thanks for the Commentary, Suedehead2 - Merry Christmas. If anyone can add to what I'm adding next, then please do so. Likewise, if anyone spots any errors in it - Thanks. THE TRASHMEN - 'SURFIN' BIRD' (THE OLDEST RECORDING TO REACH TOP 10?) So, 'Surfin' Bird', by The Trashmen, is at No.3. (It was also a No.50 UK Hit, in the W/E 2nd May 2009 Chart). It was originally a No.4 USA Hit, in 1963. So, the Recording is 47 Years old. I believe that it is the oldest Recording to reach the UK Top 10. (Ever). BUT - NOT THE OLDEST SONG TO REACH THE TOP 10! The oldest Song, to reach the UK Top 10, was 'Silent Night', which Bros, took to No.2, in the W/E 3rd December 1988 Chart. (As a Double 'A' Side, with 'Cat Among The Pigeons'). It did this in the Top 10:, 2-4-5-6-8-10 The Lyrics for 'Silent Night', were originally written, in 1816, by Austrian Priest, Father Joseph Mohr. In December 1818, he asked Austrian Headmaster, Franz Xaver Gruber, to compose the Melody for it. It was first performed that very Christmas. Of course, it was originally written in German - 'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht''. ('Silent Night, Holy Night'). In 1859, John Freeman Young, published the English translation. He was a Bishop, in Florida, USA. So, the Melody is from 1818, & the English Lyrics are from 1859. Therefore - when Bros had a Top 10 Hit with it, in 1988, it was 170 Years old, as a Melody, & 129 Years old as an English Song. It was probably the oldest Song, to reach the UK Top 10, in December 1952, when Bing Crosby took it to No.8. The UK Singles Chart was less than 2 Months old at the time. The Song was already 134 Years old, (Melody), & 93 Years old, (English version), when Bing reached No.8, with it.....(W/E December 20th 1952) TOP 10 HITS BASED ON CLASSICAL MUSIC BUT - I know very little about Classical Music, & there may well be Top 10 Hits that utilise parts of the Melody of Classical 'pieces'. I heard that 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale', by Procol Harum, did that. (No.1 - 1967). But, I've checked. Whilst parts of the Melody were 'inspired', by 'Sleepers Wake', (Johann Sebastian Bach - 1731) - it did not actually 'pinch' his Melody. 'A LOVER'S CONCERTO' - THE TOYS (1965) I see that this 1965 UK No.5 Hit, by USA Girl Group, The Toys, was based on a very old Melody. (It was also a No.2 Hit in the USA). The Melody in this Hit was based on 'Minuet In G Major', which is a 1725 'piece', by Johann Sebastian Bach. So, its Melody was 240 Years old, when The Toys had a Hit with, 'A Lovers Concerto', in 1965. 'Surfin' Bird' is really based on 2 Songs, by USA Group, The Rivington's - 'Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow', (1962), & 'Bird Is The Word', (1963). The Rivington's seem to have had about as much imagination as Simon Cowell. One of their subsequent Singles was, 'Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow'! (Doh!).

As regards Leona Lewis, & Susan Boyle - As their 2nd Albums were quite big, I'm sure that Cowell will judge whther to drop them or not, on the basis of how well their 3rd Albums sell. (But, in both cases, their 2nd Albums have not sold nearly as well as their 1st Albums). But, their 2nd Albums did well enough for Cowell to hang on to them - for now. Shayne Ward, & Joe McElderry, have no chance to be 'kept on', by Cowell. There is a rumour that Cowell may let Joe try with a 2nd Album, before deciding whether to 'get rid'. But, even that is not certain - and a 2nd Joe Album is not going to sell very well, anyhow. (It is pretty obvious that 'X Factor' Fans - most - are already bored with him). In today's 'Daily Mail', Steve Brookstein says that the last time he saw Cowell, was at a Party. Cowell, briefly, spoke to him. The next he heard, he was going to be dropped by him. He asked for £50,000 - as a severance fee, but Cowell would only offer £12,500. He E-mailed Cowell, but got a reply from Cowell's Solicitors - telling him he was no longer to contact Cowell directly. LINK:, http://smurl.name/nh53 Why some people think Cowell is clever, smart - 'nice', even - I don't know. You judge people by how they treat others. Does Simon treat 'X Factor' Winners decently, when he decides they are no longer of use to him? And, you'd never believe that the UK gave the World, The Beatles, & The Rolling Stones, etc., when the 'Stars' that come from 'The X Factor', do Covers, & most of them do not even get kept on by Cowell, for more than 1 or 2 Albums! Anyone who thinks that Guy does anything for the image - or future - of UK Music, must be 100% deluded! He's good at making money. That's it.

For the 2nd Year in a row, Cowell has had the Winner, Cover a Hit from earlier the same Year. In 2009, it was 'The Climb', which Miley Cyrus had already taken to No.11, in May of that Year. In 2010, it's Biffy Clyro's 'Many Of Horror', which they took to No.20 in the 30th January Chart. Simon can't even make the effort to look for past Years for the Winner's Cover, anymore. He knows it will be No.1, anyhow - so, he sees no reason to even think very much about what he chooses. People can praise 'The X Factor', & the Sales it produces, but, it does Zero for creativity. Nothing creative comes from it. No one can ever pretend that it does. (Even its biggest Fans know very well, that it is really a 'Glorified Karaoke Contest'). I hear that Shayne, & Joe, will be dumped, by Cowell, in 2011. It says it all really. He sees the Winner's as 'Products'. Once their Sales start to fall, he sees no reason - at all - to be loyal to them. I wonder when Matt's 'Sell By Date', will arrive?

Simon Cowell is not 'smart' at all. He is an arch manipulator, & exploiter. He's only as 'clever' & 'knowing' as people allow him to be. That is those who buy into 'The X Factor' hype, & throw money at Simon, via the Votes. Votes that Cowell ignores, whenever he feels like it - ensuring that he keeps the Voters cash, of course. (Then the Voters hand him their cash again, the next Week, & so on - LOL!). The truth is, that he has no imagination whatsoever - being behind 2 of the UK's No.1 versions of 'Unchained Melody' - because he likes the Song. When he knew that it had already been No.1 in 1955, & 1990. Sadly, very few UK Acts can actually have consistent Global Top 10 Hits, these Days. Even Leona was unable to sustain her first few Years of huge success. She may still be huge again. It depends what she comes back with. As for Matt - I think he's probably the best Male 'X Factor' Winner, but I think that his voice is more suited to slow Songs, than for up-tempo ones. We will see how long he lasts. It depends how well his 2nd Album sells. Cowell makes his decision, 'To drop them or not', on the Sales of Album 2. (As has been evident for Years).

I think that Matt is good too. But, for the 2nd Year in a row, we have an 'X Factor' Winner's Song, that was a Hit for someone else earlier in the SAME Year. Showing yet again that Simon Cowell has no imagination whatsoever. As for the hype, about how many Matt will sell this Week, & how big he will be etc. Let us remember - in 2002, Will Young came 1st in 'Pop Idol', & sold 1 Million copies in a Week, of 'Anything Is Possible/Evergreen'. He had quite a good Career, but his huge Sales days are quite a way in the past now. Gareth Gates was 2nd in the same, (2002), 'Pop Idol', & he sold 800,000 - in a Week - of his Cover of 'Unchained Melody'. He too had quite a good Career. He too has long been unable to have big Sales. Indeed, I'm not even sure if he still has a Record Contract. Leona Lewis has been the only truly Global Act from 'The X Factor', & even she is not certain of having huge Sales of her 3rd Album - seeing as her 2nd, ('Echo'), had no-where near as much success as her 1st Album, 'Spirit'. We see the same thing every Year - someone Wins 'The X Factor', & some people start going on, as if the Winner, is going to be as big as The Beatles, or something. (Far too many people get caught up in the hype. Cowell says that he reckons One Direction can be big in the USA, 'Like The Beatles'. The Man clearly knows nothing about Music One Direction can't even Sing, & they will mostly only be doing Covers, anyhow).

'Music Week' thinks that Take That will be No.1 for a 4th Week on Sunday. Last Week, they said they looked like being No.1 for a 3rd Week on Sunday 12th. In each case, they are 1 Week too few. 'Progress' was No.1 for a 4th Week on the 12th. On the 19th, it will have its 5th Week at No.1.

By my reckoning, 'Gold', by ABBA is now on around 4,800,000 to 4,840,000 UK Sales. UK ‘HITS’ ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 40 WEEKS (To W/E 18th December 2010) (Any Albums that did not reach No.1, are indicated) ‘Gold’, by ABBA, re-enters the UK Top 40 this Week (No.31). It is its 615th Top 100 Week, 434th Top 75 Week - and 215th Top 40 Week. No other ‘Hits’ Album has managed 215 Top 40 Weeks. Previously, it was 1st= with ‘Greatest Hits’ - Simon & Garfunkel. Not only are ABBA the only Act with 2 Albums in this Top 10, but, the only Act, with some Songs that are on more than 1 Album in the List. 'Waterloo', 'SOS', 'Mamma Mia', & 'Fernando', are on both 'Gold', & 'Greatest Hits'. NOTE - ‘Gold’ is already the Album, (any Genre), with the most Top 40 Weeks by a Group. The previous Record Holder was, ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, by Pink Floyd. That 1973 Album spent 211 Weeks in the Top 40 - Peaking at No.2. However, if you regard Duo’s as ‘Groups’, (I don’t), then Simon & Garfunkel still hold the Chart Record, for the Album with the Most Top 40 Weeks, for a Group. Their ‘Bridge Over Troubled’ Water’ Album, (1970), spent no less than 278 Weeks in the Top 40 1) GOLD - ABBA (1992) - 215 WEEKS 2) GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1972) - 214 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 3) THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY - BUDDY HOLLY (1959) - 156 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 4) GREATEST HITS - QUEEN (1981) - 149 WEEKS 5) BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS - BEACH BOYS (1966) - 134 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 6) GREATEST HITS - ABBA (1976) - 114 WEEKS 7) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - CARPENTERS (1974) - 112 WEEKS 8) GREATEST HITS - ANDY WILLIAMS (1970) - 107 WEEKS 9) LEGEND : THE BEST OF - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (1984) - 102 WEEKS 10) BEST OF THE SEEKERS - SEEKERS (1968) - 101 WEEKS 11) THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970 (BLUE ALBUM) - BEATLES (1973) - 98 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 12) THE BEATLES 1962 - 1966 (RED ALBUM) - BEATLES (1973) - 96 WEEKS (No.3 Hit) 13) THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 - EAGLES (1976) - 89 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 14) MANILOW MAGIC - BARRY MANILOW (1979) - 86 WEEKS (No.3 Hit) 15) GLEN CAMPBELL’S GREATEST HITS - GLEN CAMPBELL (1971) - 78 WEEKS (No.8 Hit) 16) IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA (1990) - 77 WEEKS 17)=THE COLLECTION - BARRY WHITE (1988) - 61 WEEKS (No.5 Hit) 17)=SIMPLY THE BEST - TINA TURNER (1991) - 61 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 17)=CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1994) - 61 WEEKS 20) DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES GREATEST HITS - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES (1968) - 60 WEEKS 21)=GREATEST HITS - BOB DYLAN (1967) - 58 WEEKS (No.6 Hit) 21)=FOUR TOPS GREATEST HITS - FOUR TOPS (1968) - 58 WEEKS 21)=GREATEST HITS - EURYTHMICS (1991) - 58 WEEKS 21)=GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN (1991) - 58 WEEKS 21)=HISTORY : PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, BOOK 1 - MICHAEL JACKSON (1995) - 58 WEEKS *** *** = I was not sure whether to include this Album or not. Whilst CD 1 featured 15 of MJ’s old Hits, CD 2 was 15 New Songs…..

By my reckoning, 'Gold', by ABBA is now on around 4,800,000 to 4,840,000 UK Sales. UK ‘HITS’ ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 40 WEEKS (To W/E 18th December 2010) (Any Albums that did not reach No.1, are indicated) ‘Gold’, by ABBA, re-enters the UK Top 40 this Week (No.31). It is its 615th Top 100 Week, 434th Top 75 Week - and 215th Top 40 Week. No other ‘Hits’ Album has managed 215 Top 40 Weeks. Previously, it was 1st= with ‘Greatest Hits’ - Simon & Garfunkel. Not only are ABBA the only Act with 2 Albums in this Top 10, but, the only Act, with some Songs that are on more than 1 Album in the List. 'Waterloo', 'SOS', 'Mamma Mia', & 'Fernando', are on both 'Gold', & 'Greatest Hits'. NOTE - ‘Gold’ is already the Album, (any Genre), with the most Top 40 Weeks by a Group. The previous Record Holder was, ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, by Pink Floyd. That 1973 Album spent 211 Weeks in the Top 40 - Peaking at No.2. However, if you regard Duo’s as ‘Groups’, (I don’t), then Simon & Garfunkel still hold the Chart Record, for the Album with the Most Top 40 Weeks, for a Group. Their ‘Bridge Over Troubled’ Water’ Album, (1970), spent no less than 278 Weeks in the Top 40 1) GOLD - ABBA (1992) - 215 WEEKS 2) GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1972) - 214 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 3) THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY - BUDDY HOLLY (1959) - 156 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 4) GREATEST HITS - QUEEN (1981) - 149 WEEKS 5) BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS - BEACH BOYS (1966) - 134 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 6) GREATEST HITS - ABBA (1976) - 114 WEEKS 7) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - CARPENTERS (1974) - 112 WEEKS 8) GREATEST HITS - ANDY WILLIAMS (1970) - 107 WEEKS 9) LEGEND : THE BEST OF - BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS (1984) - 102 WEEKS 10) BEST OF THE SEEKERS - SEEKERS (1968) - 101 WEEKS 11) THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970 (BLUE ALBUM) - BEATLES (1973) - 98 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 12) THE BEATLES 1962 - 1966 (RED ALBUM) - BEATLES (1973) - 96 WEEKS (No.3 Hit) 13) THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975 - EAGLES (1976) - 89 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 14) MANILOW MAGIC - BARRY MANILOW (1979) - 86 WEEKS (No.3 Hit) 15) GLEN CAMPBELL’S GREATEST HITS - GLEN CAMPBELL (1971) - 78 WEEKS (No.8 Hit) 16) IMMACULATE COLLECTION - MADONNA (1990) - 77 WEEKS 17)=THE COLLECTION - BARRY WHITE (1988) - 61 WEEKS (No.5 Hit) 17)=SIMPLY THE BEST - TINA TURNER (1991) - 61 WEEKS (No.2 Hit) 17)=CARRY ON UP THE CHARTS - BEAUTIFUL SOUTH (1994) - 61 WEEKS 20) DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES GREATEST HITS - DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES (1968) - 60 WEEKS 21)=GREATEST HITS - BOB DYLAN (1967) - 58 WEEKS (No.6 Hit) 21)=FOUR TOPS GREATEST HITS - FOUR TOPS (1968) - 58 WEEKS 21)=GREATEST HITS - EURYTHMICS (1991) - 58 WEEKS 21)=GREATEST HITS II - QUEEN (1991) - 58 WEEKS 21)=HISTORY : PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, BOOK 1 - MICHAEL JACKSON (1995) - 58 WEEKS *** *** = I was not sure whether to include this Album or not. Whilst CD 1 featured 15 of MJ’s old Hits, CD 2 was 15 New Songs…..

Dave - Willow would have been the youngest Solo Female with a No.1 Hit - 10 Years & 2 Months old. Little Jimmy Osmond was 9 Years & 8 Months old, when he reached No.1, with 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool', on W/E 23rd December 1972. However - as you point out - it now looks like the Black Eyed Peas will get their 5th No.1 Single, instead.

Yes - Simon never uses his Shows to promote 'His' Acts. Funny - I could have sworn that he was using 'Safe', by Westlife, as backing 'Music', when they showed his 'Judges House', on 'X Factor. IF he gets his own TV Music Show, of course he will use it as 'Product Placement' for every Act, that he has personal connections with. He's worth over £100 Million, & all he thinks about is making more. Still - he is so talented - all those Hits he's written, all the Record Producing he does in the Studio. All the Singing that he does. Not to mention all the Instruments that he plays. (Oh! I forgot - he does NONE of those things. He gets others to do it all for him. He just creams off his share of the cash!). If he does get his own Pop Show, & tries to use it for his own ends, every Week, then he will be even more hated in the UK Music Industry than he already is - and - believe me - he is despised. Now he's turned on Paul Weller, because Weller criticised 'X Factor'. Cowell says he has not made a decent Record in Years. (At least Weller has made some Records - Cowell just rides on other people's talents! He has none of his own. He just manipulates the naive).

IF such a Show goes ahead, Simon will 100% certainly be planning to use it to promote Acts on the SyCo Label - and any Acts that are his Mates, or connected to his Mates etc. It would just be free advertising - to get his Acts higher in the Charts. I wonder which TV Channel would be stupid enough to pay him, to Advertise his own Acts? Still - if people keep falling for it, then Simon will carry on laughing all the way to the Bank. He's already learned that he can make Millions from 'X Factor' Votes - then ignore them whenever he feels like it. (Making sure to keep the Voters cash, of course!). Simon Cowell with his own Pop TV show, would end up being a disaster for Music. But - if so many people let him get away with it, then who can blame him for manipulating them? Maybe it is their own fault, for being so naive?

QUOTE(zeus555 @ Dec 8 2010, 06:37 PM) Of the 14 Westlife No.1 Singles, only 1 spent more than 2 Weeks at No.1, & only 3 more spent 2 Weeks at No.1. Bray, you said:, (Regarding the 3 No.1's with 2 Weeks):, "I assume you mean '1 week'" Bray - I was saying that Westlife had 3 No.1's that were there for 2 Weeks. That the No.1 Weeks of their 14 No.1 Singles were thus:, 1) 1 No.1 - 4 Weeks 2) 3 No.1's - 2 Weeks = 6 Weeks 3) 10 No.1's - 1 Week = 10 Weeks Total = 14 No.1's - 20 No.1 Weeks (Plus - 7 No.1 Albums - 1 No.1 Week each = 7 Weeks at No.1) Not very impressive for 14 No.1 Singles - Slade 'only' had 6 No.1, Singles, but they also spent 20 Weeks at No.1 Seanster - Yes - you got Cliff on 46 Singles Weeks, at No.1, in your List. (For some reason, Cliff is a tough one to work out. I got 44 Weeks, & another Guy, whom I know, got 42 Weeks. The 46 Weeks - that you showed - is correct).

Yes, the 8 Oasis No.1's each only spent 1 Week on Top. Only 1 of U2's 7 No.1's spent more than a Week at No.1. But, both Acts have had some No.1 Albums that spent more than a Week at No.1. Of the 14 Westlife No.1 Singles, only 1 spent more than 2 Weeks at No.1, & only 3 more spent 2 Weeks at No.1. The other 10 were only No.1 for 1 Weeks. As were the 7 No.1 Albums from that Group. MY CLIFF RICHARD ERROR I gave Cliff Richard 44 Singles Weeks at No.1. It should be 46. I've corrected it now. It gives him 76 No.1 Weeks - not 74.

"This gives Rihanna the distinction of having credits on three singles simultaneously in the Top 10, a feat achieved previously by only other three acts in chart history" Seanster - the source is wrong, anyhow:, Rihanna is the 6th Act to achieve it:, 1) Vera Lynn (1 Week - In the very first UK Singles Chart - W/E 15th November 1952) 2) Frankie Laine (For 8 Weeks in 1953 - 4 Top 10 Hits for 3 of those 8 Weeks) 3) Ruby Murray (For 4 Weeks in 1955) 4) The Shadows (For 1 Week in 1960) 5) John Lennon (For 5 Weeks between December 1980 & January 1981) 6) Rihanna (2010)

Seanster - Well spotted, that I missed out Olivia Newton-John. I've added her in, now. She was in the List, at first - in 24th place - 18 Singles Weeks + 13 Weeks for 'Grease' = 31 No.1 Weeks. John Travolta was originally in 28th= place - 16 Singles Weeks + 13 Weeks for 'Grease' = 29 No.1 Weeks. However, I decided that it was not right to give those 2 Artists the No.1 Weeks, from 'Grease', & I moved John Travolta to 57th= place - 16 No.1 Weeks. But, I forgot to put Olivia back into the List! I've now re-added her - She's 51st= - 18 No.1 Weeks. It all gets very compilacated. If the Bee Gees get 18 No.1 Weeks from 'Saturday Night Fever', in my List, & Whitney gets 9 Weeks from 'The Bodyguard', then why can't Olivia & John have the 13 No.1 Weeks, from 'Grease'? Maybe, it is better, that none of those 3 Acts should get No.1 Weeks from Soundtrack Albums. Madonna gets 1 No.1 Week from 'Evita', (1996 - No.1 in 1997), because that Soundtrack is credited to Madonna & Various Artists. (The Bee Gees, Whitney, & John & Olivia Soundtrack Albums, are just credited as Various Artists OST Albums). Titty - Madonna is way ahead of any other SOLO Lady. Remember - ABBA had 2 Females in that Group.