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I compiled this Chart Trivia List - Due to 'These Days' spending 7 Weeks at No.2 before it - finally - reached No.1. UK No.1 SINGLES - WITH THE MOST WEEKS AT No.2 (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 5th April 2018) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 01)… YOU BELONG TO ME – JO STAFFORD 9 Weeks at No.2 – 8 No.2 Weeks Before Reaching No.1 – 7 of the No.2 Weeks Consecutive W/E 15th November 1952 : 2 – 5 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 5 – 5 – 6 – 9 – (11) – 8 – (11) – 12 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 02)= SUCH A NIGHT -- JOHNNIE RAY 8 Consecutive Weeks at No.2 – All 8 No.2 Weeks After Reaching No.1 W/E 10th April 1954 : 10 – 4 – 3 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 7 – 7 – 9 – 10 – (12) 02)= LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT -- KITTY KALLEN 8 Weeks at No.2 – 7 No.2 Weeks Before Reaching No.1 W/E 3rd July 1954 : 5 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 5 – 6 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 9 – 10 – 9 – (12) – (14) – (20) 02)= SORRY -- JUSTIN BIEBER 8 Weeks at No.2 – 3 No.2 Weeks Before Reaching No.1 W/E 7th November 2015 : 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 3 – 4 – 7 – 8 – 8 – 9 – (11) – (13) – (15) – (19) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5)= I BELIEVE -- FRANKIE LAINE 7 Weeks at No.2 – All 7 No.2 Weeks After its 1st ‘Run’ at No.1 W/E 4th April 1953 : (11) – 8 – 4 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 1 - 2 – 2 – 2 - 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 6 – 5 – 7 – 4 – 6 – 10 5)= SOFTLY, SOFTLY – RUBY MURRAY 7 Weeks at No.2 – 6 Consecutive No.2 Weeks After Reaching No.1 W/E 29th January 1955 : 9 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 6 – 9 - (12) – (14) – (17) – (16) – (20) – (0) – (20) 5)= THESE DAYS – RUDIMENTAL FEAT. JESS GLYNNE, MACKLEMORE & DAN CAPLEN 7 Consecutive Weeks at No.2 – All 7 No.2 Weeks Before it reached No.1 W/E 1st February 2018 : (33) – (11) – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 1 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

THESE 'MAMMA MIA! 2' SONGS NOW HAVE CHARACTERS NAMES BY THEM (This means that these look certain to be in the Film) 01)... Waterloo -- Sung by Bill, Harry, Sam, Sophie, Tanya & Rosie 02)... Mamma Mia -- Sung by young Donna, Rosie & Tanya 03)... When I Kissed The Teacher -- Sung by young Donna, Rosie & Tanya 04)... Dancing Queen -- Sung by Donna, Rosie & Tanya 05)... I Wonder (Departure) -- Sung by Donna 06)... Angel Eyes -- Sung by Rosie & Tanya 07)... Fernando -- Sung by Ruby 08)... Knowing Me, Knowing You -- Sung by young Donna, Rosie & Tanya 09)... Super Trouper -- Sung by young Donna (& Ruby? Cher has confirmed that she Sings this) 10)... One Of Us -- Sung by Sophie, Donna, Rosie & Tanya 11)... I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do -- Sung by Sky & Sophie 12)... As Good As New -- Sung by Donna & Harry 13)... If It Wasn't For The Nights -- Sung by Sophie, Rosie & Tanya 14)... Head Over Heels -- Sung by young Rosie & Tanya

A few Weeks ago, I told you that Ed Sheeran had become the 1st Act to manage 3 Albums with a Year - or more - in the UK Top 10. He has now become the 1st Act to have more than 1 Album, to spend a Year - or more - in the UK Top 5. Ed is one of only 6 Acts, to have an Album, with a Year or more, in the Top 5. It has only been achieved by 7 Artist Albums & now Ed has 2 of them. Only 16 Albums - of any Genre - have achieved it. NOTE -- Julie Andrews is on 3 Albums in the 'All Genres' List - No.2, No.7 & No.15 - but they are 'Various Artists' Albums. THE ARTIST ALBUMS WITH A YEAR - OR MORE - IN THE UK TOP 5 (Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 29th March 2018) 01)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER -- SIMON & GARFUNKEL -- (1970) -- 105 02)... X -- ED SHEERAN -- (2014) -- 65 03)... 21 -- ADELE -- (2011) -- 61 04)... IN THE LONELY HOUR -- SAM SMITH -- (2014) -- 59 05)... PLEASE PLEASE ME -- THE BEATLES -- (1963) -- 56 06)... THRILLER -- MICHAEL JACKSON -- (1982) -- 55 -- (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with ‘Thriller 25’) 07)... ÷ - ED SHEERAN -- (2017) -- 52 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE ALBUMS - ALL GENRES -- WITH A YEAR - OR MORE - IN THE UK TOP 5 (Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 29th March 2018) 01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1958) -- 214 02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1965) -- 189 03)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER -- SIMON & GARFUNKEL -- (1970) -- 105 04)... THE KING & I (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1956) -- 104 05)... WEST SIDE STORY (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1961) -- 101 06)... THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW -- THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (BBC TV) -- (1960) -- 97 07)... MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1958) -- 94 08)... OKLAHOMA! (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1956) -- 78 09)... X -- ED SHEERAN -- (2014) -- 65 10)... GIGI (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1959) -- 63 -- (Peaked at No.2) 11)... 21 -- ADELE -- (2011) -- 61 12)... IN THE LONELY HOUR -- SAM SMITH -- (2014) -- 59 13)... PLEASE PLEASE ME -- THE BEATLES -- (1963) -- 56 14)... THRILLER -- MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) -- 55 -- (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with ‘Thriller 25’) 15)= MARY POPPINS (OST) -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- (1964) -- 52 -- (Peaked At No.2) 15)= ÷ -- ED SHEERAN – (2017) -- 52

As Simon, (Suedehead2), says - 'Divide' has achieved its 52nd UK Top 10 Week. It is his 3rd Album to reach a Year in the UK Top 10. 'Plus' managed 56 Weeks & 'Multiply' has tallied 98 Weeks. He becomes the 1st Act to achieve 3 UK Top 10 Albums, with a Year - or more - in the Top 10. No-one else has more than 2 - The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel. 'Divide' is also only the 22nd Artist Album to reach a Year, in the UK Top 10, and only the 32nd Album, of any Genre, to achieve it. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LIST A -- UK ALBUMS -- WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS (Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th March 2018) 01) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 (1970) 02) X - ED SHEERAN - 98 (2014) 03) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 (1982) (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’) 04) 21 – ADELE - 77 (2011) 05) IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH - 76 (2014) 06) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 (1973) 07)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 (2006) (Includes 12 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’) 07)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 (2009) (Includes the Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’) 09) OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 67 (2012) 10) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 66 (1985) 11) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 (1974) 12) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 (1963) 13) GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 (1972) (Peaked at No.2) 14) GOLD - ABBA - 58 (1992) 15)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 (1997) 15)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 (2000) 15)=+ - ED SHEERAN - 56 (2011) 18) BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 (1966) (Peaked at No.2) 19) LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 (1970) 20)=SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - 52 (1967) ### 20)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 52 (1995) 20)=÷ - ED SHEERAN – 52 (2017) ### = The Official Charts Company, have 'Sergeant Pepper' on 49 Top 10 Weeks, as they do not count its 3 Top 10 Weeks in 1987. They were W/E 13th June 1987 - No.3 - No.6 - No.7. But, they should be added in, as the 1987 Album was the same as the 1967 Album. They do add in its Re-Issued Top 10 Weeks for 1992 - No.6, 2009 - No.5, and 2017 - No.1. So its 3 Top Ten Weeks in 1987 really should also be added in. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LIST B -- UK ALBUMS -- WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS (Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th March 2018) 01) SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 276 (1958) 02) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 233 (1965) 03)=THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 153 (1956) 03)=WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 153 (1961) 05) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 (1970) 06) MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 122 (1958) 07) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 (1960) 08) OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 113 (1956) 09) X - ED SHEERAN - 98 (2014) 10) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 (1982) (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’) 11) GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 79 (1959) - (Peaked at No.2) 12) 21 – ADELE - 77 (2011) 13) IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH - 76 (2014) 14) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 (1973) 15)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 (2006) (Includes 12 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’) 15)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 (2009) (Includes the Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’) 17) OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 67 (2012) 18) BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 66 (1985) 19) THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 (1974) 20) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 (1963) 21) GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 (1972) (Peaked at No.2) 22) GOLD - ABBA - 58 (1992) 23)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 (1997) 23)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 (2000) 23)=+ - ED SHEERAN - 56 (2011) 26)=OLIVER! (ORIGINAL LONDON CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 55 (1960) (Peaked at No.4) 26)=MARY POPPINS (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 55 (1964) - (Peaked at No.2) 26)=BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 (1966) - (Peaked at No.2) 29) LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 (1970) 30)=SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - 52 (1967) 30)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 52 (1995) 30)=÷ - ED SHEERAN – 52 (2017) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Since it first entered the UK Charts, (W/E 3rd October 1992), 'ABBA Gold' has sold at least 5,400,000 UK copies. Indeed, Gezza gives it an even bigger UK Sale of 5,594,200, to last Friday - 12th January 2018. It depends how many estimated UK Sales you give it for W/E 3rd October 1992 to W/E 5th February 1994. The OCC have full details of its UK Sales from W/E 12th February 1994 to W/E 18th January 2018.

'ABBA Gold' is given 4,619,500 UK Sales in this W/E 18th January 2018 Thread. It is missing many 100,000 UK Sales. On Monday 11th August 2008 Alan Jones said this: "Gold: Greatest Hits sold 38,161 copies last week, and continues to climb closer to the all-time top three albums list. To close of business on August 2, it had sold 4,191,426 copies". Which only gives it 428,074 UK Sales from August 2008 to January 2018. It has clearly sold far more than that, in that period. It sold 410,119 copies in 2008, 248,500 in 2009, 150,900 in 2010, 95,400 in 2011, 81,300 in 2012, 77,250 in 2013, 70,300 in 2014, 84,000 in 2015, 88,500 in 2016 & 91,000 in 2017. Plus 5,500 - so far - in 2018. With 'Mamma Mia 2' coming out in late July, 'ABBA Gold' is sure to sell over 100,000 UK copies, by the end of 2018. Even though most of the ABBA Songs in the 2nd Film will be from 'More ABBA Gold', & various ABBA Studio Albums.

By being at No.39 in this Week's UK Album Chart, (W/E 2nd November 2017), 'ABBA Gold' becomes only the 5th Album to reach 230, (or more), Weeks in the UK Top 40. It is only the 3rd Artist Album to reach 230 Top 40 Weeks 1... The Sound Of Music -- (Soundtrack) -- (1965) -- 347 Top 40 Weeks 2... South Pacific -- (Soundtrack) -- (1958) -- 313 Top 40 Weeks 3... Simon & Garfunkel -- Bridge Over Troubled Water -- (1970) -- 279 Top 40 Weeks 4... Meatloaf -- Bat Out Of Hell -- (1977) -- 249 Top 40 Weeks 5... ABBA -- Gold -- (1992) -- 230 Top 40 Weeks It is 'ABBA Gold's 534th Top 75 Week & 808th Top 100 Week. It is ABBA's 614th Top 40 Week & 1103rd Top 75 Week.

In today's UK Album Chart -- W/E 7th September 2017 - 'ABBA Gold' rises from No.89 to No.76. It sold about 1,370 copies to reach No.76. 1)... It becomes the 1st Album to reach 800 Top 100 Weeks, in the UK. (32 more Weeks and it will have been in the UK Top 100 for 16 Years). 2)... It has spent 526 Weeks in the UK Top 75. That is the 2nd most Weeks by any Album. ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 75 WEEKS A)... Legend -- Bob Marley & The Wailers -- 545 Weeks B)... ABBA Gold -- ABBA -- 526 Weeks C)... Greatest Hits (One) -- Queen -- 518 Weeks @@@ @@@ = The OCC say 524 Top 75 Weeks, for the Queen Compilation. They give it 7 Weeks too many. They include the 7 Top 75 Weeks of a Double CD, (Greatest Hits I & II), from 1994. That was a No.37 Hit, but its 7 Top 75 Weeks should not be included in the Chart Run of the 1981 Greatest Hits Album. So, we remove 7 Weeks from The OCC Total = 517 Weeks. Then we add in a No.73 Week, for W/E 9th October 1982 = 518 Weeks. For some reason, The OCC miss out that 1982 No.73 Position. The 7 Top 75 Positions - 1994 Double CD - that The OCC wrongly include with Queen's Greatest Hits (One), are: W/E 19th November 1994 – 37-40-50-43-40-39-44 3)... FURTHER TOP 100 WEEKS -- THAT THE OCC DO NOT HAVE The UK Album Chart has been a Top 100 for many Years. This includes 12th September 1992 to February 5th 1994. However, The OCC only have Top 75's for that, (1992 to 1994), period. A)... The OCC give Greatest Hits (One) by Queen, 788 Top 100 Weeks. That is wrong. You have to remove the 7 Top 100 Weeks of the 1994 Double CD. That gives 781 Weeks. Then you add in the No.73 Top 100 Week that they miss out, from October 1982. That gives 782 Weeks. So, that is its real Top 100 Weeks, from the Charts that The OCC have. The Queen Album loses 32 Top 100 Weeks from September 1992 to W/E 5th February 1994, as The OCC only has Top 75's. So, that's 782 Weeks + 32 = 814 Top 100 Weeks. So, the Queen Album was really the 1st UK Album to reach 800 Top 100 Weeks, 14 Weeks ago. But, The OCC don't have 32 of its Top 100 Positions..... B)... They, (OCC), give 'Legend' 787 Top 100 Weeks. However, they miss out 19 of its Top 100 Positions, from 1993, when they only have Top 75's. Plus 2 further Top 100 Positions from January 1994. That's 21 Top 100 Positions, that 'Legend' loses. It should really have 808 Top 100 Weeks, which means that it too reached 800 UK Top 100 Weeks before 'ABBA Gold'. C)... ABBA Gold is really on 802 Top 100 Weeks. The OCC only have Top 75's for 2 Weeks when it was at No.77 - W/E 22nd May 1993 and W/E 5th February 1994.

As Linkin Park have 3 simultaneous Top 10 Albums, it is the 18th time that an Act has had at least 3. However, it has been achieved by 15 different Acts. This is because 3 of them did it in more than one Year - Elvis Presley, (1957 & 1977), David Bowie, (1973 & 2016), and Prince, (1993 & 2016). Until Linkin Park, the last 'American' Group to manage it, were The Monkees, in August 1967 - 50 Years ago. As Davy Jones was British, the last wholly American Group, to achieve it, were the Beach Boys, in August 1966 - 51 Years ago. GROUPS WITH 3 - OR MORE - SIMULTANEOUS TOP 10 UK ALBUMS (It is arguable if The George Mitchell Minstrels are a Group, or an Ensemble) 1)...THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - THREE WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 22nd December 1962 - W/E 5th January 1963 No.3/No.1/No.1 - THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW No.6/No.2/No.4 - ON STAGE WITH THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS No.9/No.5/No.8 - ANOTHER BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW 2)...THE BEACH BOYS - TWO WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 30th July - W/E 6th August 1966 No.2/No.2 - PET SOUNDS No.4/No.5 - SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) No.10/No.7 - BEACH BOYS TODAY 3)...THE MONKEES - TWO WEEKS - NON CONSECUTIVE W/E 15th July 1967 No.2 - HEADQUARTERS No.4 - MORE OF THE MONKEES No.6 - THE MONKEES W/E 5th August 1967 No.2 - HEADQUARTERS No.8 - MORE OF THE MONKEES No.9 - THE MONKEES 4)...THE BEATLES (THE FIRST GROUP TO MANAGE MORE THAN 3) W/E 19th September 2009 No.5 - SERGEANT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND No.6 - ABBEY ROAD No.7 - REVOLVER No.10 - RUBBER SOUL 5)...LINKIN PARK W/E 3rd August 2017 No.04 – HYBRID THEORY No.05 – ONE MORE LIGHT No.07 – METEORA @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE BIGGEST FALL FROM No.1 IN UK CHART HISTORY In the W/E 27th July Album Chart 'Night And Day' by The Vamps went in at No.1. It sold less than 30,000 copies to do so. But, it was really only No.1 due to it being available in 4 different covers. Each member of the Group was given their own cover. This meant that it only needed around 7,500 of their fanatical Fans, to buy all 4 covers & they ended up with a No.1 Album. Its plunge, from No.1 to No.35, this Week, shows their true current popularity. It beats the previous biggest falls from No.1 in both the Singles Chart & the Album Chart. W/E 3rd August 2017 - Night And Day - The Vamps - 1 to 35 THE PREVIOUS BIGGEST No.1 ALBUM FALL: 1 to 29 - Bionic - Christina Aguilera - (W/E 26th June 2010) THE PREVIOUS BIGGEST No.1 SINGLE FALL: 1 to 29 - A Bridge Over You - Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir - (W/E 21st December 2015) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THREE TIMES AT No.1 IN THE SAME SINGLES CHART' RUN' So, 'Despacito' becomes the 51st Single to return to No.1 in the same Chart 'Run'. As well as being only the 5th Single to have 3 'Runs' at No.1 in the same Chart 'Run'. Justin Bieber is the only Artist to have sung on 2 Singles with 3 'Runs' at No.1. (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) 01 | 24.04.1953 | Frankie Laine | I Believe (9) 01 | 03.07.1953 | Frankie Laine | I Believe (6) 01 | 21.08.1953 | Frankie Laine | I Believe (3) 02 | 04.01.1957 | Guy Mitchell | Singing The Blues (1) 02 | 18.01.1957 | Guy Mitchell | Singing The Blues (1) 02 | 01.02.1957 | Guy Mitchell | Singing The Blues (1) 03 | 04.01.2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy (1) 03 | 18.01.2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy (2) 03 | 08.03.2014 | Pharrell Williams | Happy (1) 04 | 10.09.2015 | Justin Bieber | What Do You Mean? (1) 04 | 24.09.2015 | Justin Bieber | What Do You Mean? (2) 04 | 15.10.2015 | Justin Bieber | What Do You Mean? (2) 05 | 18.05.2017 | Luis Fonsi And Daddy Yankee Feat. Justin Bieber / Despacito (Remix) (6) 05 | 06.07.2017 | Luis Fonsi And Daddy Yankee Feat. Justin Bieber / Despacito (Remix) (3) 05 | 03.08.2017 | Luis Fonsi And Daddy Yankee Feat. Justin Bieber / Despacito (Remix) (1)

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE BIGGEST LEAPS TO No.1 IN THE UK ALBUM CHART 'Sergeant Pepper's jump to No.1 today, is the 2nd biggest leap to No.1 - ever - in the UK Album Chart. 01)... 30/06/16 – Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool – No. 85 to No. 1 %%% 02)... 08/06/17 – The Beatles Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band – No. 84 to No. 1 %%% = A Moon Shaped Pool's 2nd 'Run' at No.1. It was originally at No.1 on W/E 19/05/2016 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE BIGGEST CHART SPANS OF UK No.1 ALBUMS You start counting from the 1st Week at No.1 of their 1st No.1 Album, to the final No.1 Week of their last No.1 Album. Years//Months 01).. 60.00 – Elvis Presley – (W/E 10th November 1956 to W/E 3rd November 2016) 02).. 54.01 – Beatles – (W/E 11th May 1963 to W/E 8th June 2017) 03).. 52.07 – Rolling Stones – (W/E 2nd May 1964 to W/E 15th December 2016) 04).. 49.10 – Bob Dylan – (W/E 17th April 1965 to W/E 14th February 2015) 05).. 44.03 – Paul Simon – (W/E 18th March 1972 to W/E 16th June 2016) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE ARTISTS WITH THE MOST No.1 WEEKS IN THE UK CHARTS (S) = Singles + (A) = Albums 01)... THE BEATLES -- (S) 69 + (A) 175 = 244 Weeks 02)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- (S) 80 + (A) 66 = 146 Weeks 03)... ABBA -- (S) 31 + (A) 57 = 88 Weeks 04)... CLIFF RICHARD -- (S) 46 + (A) 30 = 76 Weeks 05)... ROLLING STONES -- (S) 18 + (A) 46 = 64 Weeks 06)... MADONNA -- (S) 29 + (A) 30 = 59 Weeks 07)... TAKE THAT -- (S) 29 + (A) 29 = 58 Weeks 08)... ELTON JOHN -- (S) 29 + (A) 23 = 52 Weeks 09)... MICHAEL JACKSON -- (S) 16 + (A) 31 = 47 Weeks 10)= ROD STEWART -- (S) 18 + (A) 28 = 46 Weeks 10)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- (S) 11 + (A) 35 = 46 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE ARTISTS WITH THE MOST No.1 SINGLES & ALBUMS IN THE UK CHARTS (S) = Singles + (A) = Albums 01)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- (S) 21 + (A) 13 = 34 No.1's 02)... THE BEATLES -- (S) 17 + (A) 15 = 32 No.1's @@@ 03)... MADONNA -- (S) 13 + (A) 12 = 25 No.1's 04)= CLIFF RICHARD -- (S) 14 + (A) 7 = 21 No.1's 04)= WESTLIFE -- (S) 14 + (A) 7 = 21 No.1's 06)... ROLLING STONES -- (S) 8 + (A) 12 = 20 No.1's 07)= TAKE THAT -- (S) 12 + (A) 7 = 19 No.1's 07)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- (S) 7 + (A) 12 = 19 No.1's 09... ABBA -- (S) 9 + (A) 9 = 18 No.1's 10)= MICHAEL JACKSON -- (S) 7 + (A) 10 = 17 No.1's 10)= U2 -- (S) 7 + (A) 10 = 17 No.1's @@@ = If The OCC count the current Beatles No.1 Album, as their 16th UK No.1 Album, then they have 33 UK No.1 Singles + Albums. They will still have one less than Elvis Presley, however. NOTE -- The OCC have not counted it as The Beatles 16th No.1 Album. They say that they are still on 15 No.1 Albums. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ A)... Beatles Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band ITS 'GAP' BETWEEN LAST BEING AT No.1 & RETURNING TO No.1 W/E 3rd February 1968 to W/E 8th June 2017 = 49 Years & 4 Months ITS 'SPAN' BETWEEN FIRST BEING AT No.1 & RETURNING TO No.1 W/E 10th June 1967 to W/E 8th June 2017 = 50 Years It was last at No.1 in 1968. It was its 27th No.1 Week. If The OCC regard its current No.1 Position as being by the same Album, then it has its 28th Week at No.1 today. As well as being the longest 'Gap' between an Album last being at No.1 & it returning to No.1. It also has the longest 'Span' of an Album first reaching No.1 & next reaching No.1. In both cases 'Exile On Main Street' by the Rolling Stones has the 2nd longest 'Gap' & the 2nd longest 'Span'. B)... Rolling Stones This Rolling Stones Album only spent 1 Week at No.1 in both 1972 and 2010. Therefore its No.1 'Gap' & 'Span' cover the same amount of time..... Exile On Main Street W/E 10th June 1972 to W/E 29th May 2010 = 37 Years & 11 Months However - The OCC regard it as not being their 1972 Album returning to No.1. The 2010 No.1 had a 2nd Disk, of 10 'New' Songs, added, so The OCC decided that it was a brand new No.1 Album for the Group. Which is why The OCC counted the 'Blue & Lonesome' No.1, (December 2016), as the Rolling Stones 12th UK No.1 Album & not their 11th. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Shireblogger, (Sean Gregory), did a Thread about the 'Now' Series UK Sales last Year. As well as many other UK Sales of Various Artist Compilations. Sean is very good at such things. His Thread is at the Fatherandy2 Site. (You have to join to see the Threads. It is free to join). LINK: http://fatherandy2.proboards.com/thread/89...pilation-series

As Ed Sheeran has 9 Top 10 'Singles' & 3 Top 5 Albums, I've put together these 2 Lists. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ACTS WITH 4 – OR MORE -- SIMULTANEOUS UK TOP 10 SINGLES 1)... FRANKIE LAINE – (W/E 31st October 1953) No.1 - HEY JOE No.3 - ANSWER ME No.5 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS No.6 - I BELIEVE FRANKIE LAINE -- (W/E 7th November 1953) No.2 - ANSWER ME No.3 - HEY JOE No.5 - I BELIEVE No.7 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS FRANKIE LAINE -- (W/E 14th November 1953) No.1 - ANSWER ME No.4 - HEY JOE No.7 - I BELIEVE No.9 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2)... ED SHEERAN – (W/B 10th March 2017 - W/E 16th March 2017) No.01 – SHAPE OF YOU No.02 – GALWAY GIRL No.03 – CASTLE ON THE HILL No.04 -- PERFECT No.05 – NEW MAN No.06 – HAPPIER No.08 – DIVE No.09 – SUPERMARKET FLOWERS No.10 – WHAT DO I KNOW? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ACTS WITH 3 – OR MORE – SIMULTANEOUS UK TOP 5 ALBUMS 1)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 2 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS W/E 30th November 1957 No.2 -- LOVIN’ YOU (OST) No.3 -- THE BEST OF ELVIS No.4 -- ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM W/E 7th December 1957 No.2 -- LOVIN’ YOU (OST) No.3 -- ELVIS’ CHRISTMAS ALBUM No.5 -- THE BEST OF ELVIS @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 2)... THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS W/E 29th December 1962 No.1 – THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW No.2 -- ON STAGE WITH THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS No.5 -- ANOTHER BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 3)... MICHAEL JACKSON – 3 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS W/E 11th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL No.3 - NUMBER ONES No.5 - KING OF POP W/E 18th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL -- (THE FIRST ACT TO HAVE MORE THAN 3) No.3 - OFF THE WALL No.4 - THRILLER No.5 - THE MOTOWN YEARS - MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE JACKSON 5 W/E 25th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL No.3 - THRILLER No.4 - THE MOTOWN YEARS - MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE JACKSON 5 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 4)... DAVID BOWIE W/E 4th February 2016 No.1 - BLACKSTAR No.3 - BEST OF BOWIE No.5 - NOTHING HAS CHANGED – THE VERY BEST OF @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 5)... PRINCE W/E 5th May 2016 No.2 – THE VERY BEST OF No.3 – ULTIMATE No.4 – PURPLE RAIN (OST) (PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 6)... ED SHEERAN (THE 2nd ‘LIVING’ SOLO ARTIST TO ACHIEVE IT – AFTER ELVIS PRESLEY IN 1957) W/B 10th March 2017 - W/E 16th March 2017 No.1 – ÷ No.4 – X No.5 – + @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Ed Sheeran is only the 4th Act, to have 3 simultaneous Singles, in the Top 5 of the UK Singles Chart. Frankie Laine achieved it, for 4 consecutive Weeks, in October & November 1953. Justin Bieber did it, for 9 Weeks, in 2015 to 2016. John Lennon did it, for 2 Weeks, in 1981. If Ed can manage 4 simultaneous Top 10 Singles, in next Week's Chart, he will be only the 2nd Act to do that. Frankie Laine had 4, at the same time, in 1953 - for 3 Weeks. Of course, if Ed ever manages 5 UK Top 10 Singles, in the same Chart, then that will be the 1st time that anyone has ever achieved that. ACTS WITH 3 SIMULTANEOUS UK TOP 5 SINGLES FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 17th October 1953) No.2 - I BELIEVE No.3 - HEY JOE No.4 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 24th October 1953) No.1 - HEY JOE No.3 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS No.4 - I BELIEVE FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 31st October 1953) No.1 - HEY JOE No.3 - ANSWER ME No.5 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS FRANKIE LAINE (W/E 7th November 1953) No.2 - ANSWER ME No.3 - HEY JOE No.5 - I BELIEVE @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ JOHN LENNON (W/E 10th January 1981) No.1 - IMAGINE No.2 - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) No.5 - (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER JOHN LENNON (W/E 17th January 1981) No.1 - IMAGINE No.3 - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) No.5 - (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 26th November 2015) No.1 - SORRY No.3 – LOVE YOURSELF No.5 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 3rd December 2015) No.1 - SORRY No.2 – LOVE YOURSELF No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 10th December 2015) No.1 – LOVE YOURSELF No.2 - SORRY No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 24th December 2015) No.1 – LOVE YOURSELF No.2 - SORRY No.5 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 31st December 2015) No.2 – LOVE YOURSELF No.3 - SORRY No.5 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 7th January 2016) No.1 – LOVE YOURSELF No.2 - SORRY No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 14th January 2016) No.1 – LOVE YOURSELF No.2 - SORRY No.3 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 21st January 2016) No.1 – LOVE YOURSELF No.3 - SORRY No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 28th January 2016) No.2 – LOVE YOURSELF No.3 - SORRY No.4 – WHAT DO YOU MEAN? @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ED SHEERAN (W/E 2nd March 2017) No.1 – SHAPE OF YOU No.2 – HOW DO YOU FEEL (PAEAN) No.4 – CASTLE ON THE HILL @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

As Simon, (Suedehead) & Alan Jones say, Ed Sheeran has now become the 1st Act to hold the No.1 & No.2 Positions, in the UK Singles Chart, for as long as 5 consecutive Weeks. ACTS WITH THE UK’s No.1 & No.2 SINGLES FOR 3 WEEKS – OR MORE 01)... ED SHEERAN -- 5 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 19th January 2017 to W/E 16th February 2017 SHAPE OF YOU (1) (Entered At No.1) CASTLE ON THE HILL (2) (Entered at No.2) 02)... JUSTIN BIEBER - 4 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 3rd December 2015 SORRY (1) LOVE YOURSELF (2) W/E 10th December 2015 to W/E 24th December 2015 LOVE YOURSELF (1) SORRY (2) 03)... THE BEATLES - 3 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 14th December to W/E 28th December 1963 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (1) SHE LOVES YOU (2) 04)... THE BEATLES - 3 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 30th December 1967 to W/E 13th January 1968 HELLO GOODBYE (1) MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (EP) (2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE SHADOWS – If we allocate Cliff Richard & The Shadows Hits to The Shadows, they too would have spent 3 consecutive Weeks at No.1 & No.2 – in 1960. However, The OCC regards Cliff Richard & The Shadows Hits, (Singles & Albums), as only being Cliff Richard Hits. Above, I’ve done the List as The OCC would do it. In the following List, I’ve included The Shadows….. ACTS WITH THE UK’s No.1 & No.2 SINGLES FOR 3 WEEKS – OR MORE 01)... ED SHEERAN -- 5 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 19th January 2017 to W/E 16th February 2017 SHAPE OF YOU (1) (Entered At No.1) CASTLE ON THE HILL (2) (Entered At No.2) 02)... JUSTIN BIEBER - 4 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 3rd December 2015 SORRY (1) LOVE YOURSELF (2) W/E 10th December 2015 to W/E 24th December 2015 LOVE YOURSELF (1) SORRY (2) 03)... THE SHADOWS - 3 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 20th August 1960 PLEASE DON’T TEASE (1) (With Cliff Richard) APACHE (2) W/E 27th August 1960 APACHE (1) PLEASE DON’T TEASE (2) (With Cliff Richard) W/E 3rd September 1960 APACHE (1) PLEASE DON’T TEASE (2) (With Cliff Richard) 04)... THE BEATLES - 3 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 14th December to W/E 28th December 1963 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (1) SHE LOVES YOU (2) 05)... THE BEATLES - 3 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 30th December 1967 to W/E 13th January 1968 HELLO GOODBYE (1) MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (EP) (2)

NOTE - Ed Sheeran has now had the UK's No.1 & No.2 Singles for the 4th Week in a row. He is only the 2nd Artist to achieve that - but the 1st to do it with the same 2 Singles. 'Shape Of You' at No.1 and 'Castle On The Hill' at No.2. (Justin Bieber is the only other Act to manage 4 consecutive Weeks at No.1 & No.2, in the UK Singles Chart. But on W/E 3rd December 2015 he had 'Sorry' at No.1 and 'Love Yourself' at No.2. Then, they swapped around, for the next 3 Weeks, & 'Love Yourself' was at No.1 & 'Sorry' was at No.2 - W/E 10th December 2015 to W/E 24th December 2015). 2 ED SHEERAN FEATS IN TODAY'S UK ALBUM CHART So, 'X' by Ed Sheeran is at No.4 in todays UK Album Chart - - W/B 3rd February 2017 - W/E 9th February 2017. 1)... This means that it is only the 3rd UK Artist Album to reach 80 - or more - Top 10 Weeks. 2)... It is only the 10th Album - of any type - to reach 80 - or more Top 10 Weeks. 3)... It is only the 3rd Artist Album to reach 60 - or more - Top 5 Weeks. 4)... It is only the 11th Album - of any type - to reach 60 - or more Top 5 Weeks. 5)... It is also the Male Solo Album with the most Top 5 Weeks & the Solo Album with the 2nd most Top 10 Weeks. It is beaten only by Michael Jackson's 81 Top 10 Weeks with 'Thriller'. (88 Top 10 Weeks if we add in the 7 Top 10 Weeks of 'Thriller 25'). HERE ARE 4 LISTS TO ILLUSTRATE THESE FACTS: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ARTIST ALBUMS - MOST TOP 10 WEEKS (Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) 01) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 135 02) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 81 03) X - ED SHEERAN (2014) - 80 04) 21 – ADELE (2011) - 77 05) IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH (2014) - 76 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS (ALL GENRES) - MOST TOP 10 WEEKS (Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) 01) SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 276 02) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1965) - 233 03)=THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 153 03)=WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1961) - 153 05) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 135 06) MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 122 07) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (1960) - 120 08) OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 113 09) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 81 10) X - ED SHEERAN (2014) - 80 11) GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1959) - 79 (Peaked at No.2) 12) 21 – ADELE (2011) - 77 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ARTIST ALBUMS - MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) 01) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 105 02) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 61 03) X - ED SHEERAN (2014) - 60 04) IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH (2014) - 59 05) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 56 06) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 54 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS (ALL GENRES) - MOST TOP 5 WEEKS (Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums) 01) SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 214 02) THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1965) - 189 03) BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL (1970) - 105 04) THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 104 05) WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1961) - 101 06) THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - (BBC TV) (1960) - 97 07) MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1958) - 94 08) OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1956) - 78 09) GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS (1959) - 63 - (Peaked at No.2) 10) 21 - ADELE (2011) - 61 11) X - ED SHEERAN (2014) - 60 12) IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH (2014) - 59 13) PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES (1963) - 56 14) THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON (1982) - 54 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

From a very recent 'Music Week'. "The 16-times platinum album, which is currently the fourth biggest selling British album of all time, achieved the feat six years after its release. The only British albums to have shifted more copies are The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (5.1 millions sales), ABBA’s Gold compilation (5.2m) and Queen’s Greatest Hits (6.1m)". What 'Music Week' said about ABBA Gold was out of Date. In July 2016 The OCC said that ABBA Gold was 'almost' on 5,300,000 UK Sales. It went on to sell at least 50,000 to 60,000 more UK copies by the final Sales Chart of 2016 - W/E 5th January 2017. So, even on The OCC's much lower Total than Gezza's, (5,504,000), ABBA Gold is now on about 5,320,000 to 5,350,000 UK Sales. Its known & estimated UK Sales in the UK's Annual Top 200 Best Selling Albums: 01)... It was 12th for 1992 -- Sales??? -- (525,000 -- Estimated) 02)... It was 36th for 1993 -- Sales??? -- (205,000 -- Estimated) 03)... It was 63rd for 1994 -- Sales??? -- (168,000 -- Estimated) 04)... It was 80th for 1995 -- Sales??? -- (140,000 -- Estimated) 05)... It was 87th for 1996 -- 130,000 06)... It was 100th for 1997 -- 110,000 07)... It was 55th for 1998 -- 211,000 08)... It was 4th in 1999 -- 1,253,187 09)... It was 41st in 2000 -- 367,000 10)... It was 148th in 2001 -- 107,080 11)... It was not in the Top 200 of 2002 -- (42,000 -- Estimated) 12)... It was 193rd in 2003 -- 95,000 13)... It was 47th in 2004 -- 380,000 14)... It was 118th in 2005 -- 160,000 15)... It was 194th in 2006 -- 94,000 16)... It was 166th in 2007 -- 91,800 17)... It was 19th in 2008 -- 410,119 18)... It was 54th in 2009 -- 248,500 19)... It was 90th in 2010 -- 150,900 20)... It was 130th in 2011 -- 95,400 21)... It was 140th in 2012 -- 81,300 22)... It was 119th in 2013 -- 77,250 23)... It was 103rd in 2014 -- 70,300 24)... It was 79th in 2015 -- 84,000 25)... It was 72nd in 2016 -- 88,500 26)... 2017 - So Far -- W/E 12th January -- 3,100 + W/E 19th January -- 2,300 + W/E 26th January - 2,000 = 7,400 'ABBA Gold -- UK Total -- W/E 3rd October 1992 to W/E 26th January 2017 = 5,392,736 = 5,393,000 (Rounded)

Liamk97 - Yes, ABBA's The Name of The Game', is a Budget CD. It was on 292,100 UK Sales by July 2016. Since then it has sold the 7,900 needed, for it to go Platinum. It was in the Budget Chart Top 10 for 37 Weeks & in the entire Budget Chart for 219 Weeks. It Peaked at No.2 in both 2004 & 2008. UK Budget CD's used to have to sell 600,000 to go Platinum, but now it is 300,000. ABBA sell a lot of Budget CD's in the UK. 'The Music Still Goes On' sold 231,000. It was released in March 1996, but the UK Budget Chart did not start until January 1997, so it lost 9 Months of UK Sales. It was a Budget Chart No.1 Hit.

ACTS WITH THE No.1 & No.2 SINGLES AT THE SAME TIME Ed Sheeran has become only the 7th Act to have the UK's No.1 Singles, in the same Week. He's also the 1st living UK Solo Act to achieve it. It is only the 22nd Chart in which the No.1 & No.2 Singles have been credited to the same Act. Justin Bieber has done it for 6 Weeks on his own & for 3 Weeks as a 'Featured' Artist. Which means that he's had the UK's No.1 & No.2 Singles - at the same time - for 9 Weeks, out of the 22 Weeks that it has ever been achieved. NOTE – As they were not given their own credits on one, or both, of their simultaneous No.1 & No.2 Hits, I’m not counting Donny Osmond, W/E 7th September 1974 – No.1 – The Osmonds – Love Me For A Reason & No.2 – Donny & Marie Osmond – I’m Leaving It All Up To You. For the same reason, I’m not counting - W/E 15th December 1984 – George Michael. He was on the New Entry at No.1 – Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? & the New Entry at No.2 – Wham! - Last Christmas/Everything She Wants – 5 consecutive Weeks at No.1 & No.2. Nor am I counting Jason Donovan, who was on the No.1 & No.2 Singles for W/E 6th January 1990 – No.1 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? - Band Aid II & No.2 – When You Come Back To Me – Jason Donovan. Nor do I count Clean Bandit – W/E 29th November 2014 – No.1 – Band Aid 30 – Do They Know It’s Christmas? & No.2 – Clean Bandit – Real Love -- With Jess Glynne. She was not on the Band Aid 30 Single. ***************************************************** 01)... THE BEATLES -- 3 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 14th December to W/E 28th December 1963 I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (1) SHE LOVES YOU (2) ***************************************************** 02)... THE BEATLES -- 3 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 30th December 1967 to W/E 13th January 1968 HELLO GOODBYE (1) MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (EP) (2) ***************************************************** 03)... JOHN TRAVOLTA W/E 4th November 1978 SUMMER NIGHTS (1) -- (John Travolta And Olivia Newton John) SANDY (2) ***************************************************** 04)... JOHN LENNON -- 2 WEEKS -- NON-CONSECUTIVE W/E 10th January 1981 IMAGINE (1) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) (2) (John & Yoko with The Plastic Ono Band & the Harlem Community Choir) W/E 31st January 1981 IMAGINE (1) WOMAN (2) ***************************************************** 05) FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD -- 2 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 7th July 1984 to W/E 14th July 1984 TWO TRIBES (1) RELAX (2) ***************************************************** 06) MADONNA W/E 17th August 1985 INTO THE GROOVE (1) HOLIDAY (2) ***************************************************** 07)... JUSTIN BIEBER W/E 3rd December 2015 SORRY (1) LOVE YOURSELF (2) JUSTIN BIEBER -- 3 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 10th December 2015 to W/E 24th December 2015 LOVE YOURSELF (1) SORRY (2) JUSTIN BIEBER -- 2 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 7th January 2016 to W/E 14th January 2016 LOVE YOURSELF (1) SORRY (2) ***************************************************** 08)... JUSTIN BIEBER –- (AS FEATURED ARTIST) -- 3 WEEKS - CONSECUTIVE W/E 18th August 2016 to W/E 1st September 2016 COLD WATER – (MAJOR LAZER FEATURING JUSTIN BIEBER & MO) (1) LET ME LOVE YOU – (DJ SNAKE FEATURING JUSTIN BIEBER) (2) *** ***************************************************** 09)... ED SHEERAN W/E 19th January 2017 SHAPE OF YOU (1) *** CASTLE ON THE HILL (2) *** *** = The only times that either were New Entries ***************************************************** NOTE - THE SHADOWS - The Shadows would have managed it for 7 Weeks, in the 1960's. However. The OCC don't count Cliff Richard & The Shadows Hits as also being Shadows Hits. They only count them as Cliff Richard Hits. If The OCC did count Cliff Richard & The Shadows Hits as Shadows Hits, here is how The Shadows would have had the No.1 & No.2 Singles, in the same Week. ***************************************************** A)... THE SHADOWS -- 3 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 20th August 1960 PLEASE DON’T TEASE (1) -- (With Cliff Richard) APACHE (2) W/E 27th August 1960 APACHE (1) PLEASE DON’T TEASE (2) -- (With Cliff Richard) W/E 3rd September 1960 APACHE (1) PLEASE DON’T TEASE (2) -- (With Cliff Richard) ***************************************************** B)... THE SHADOWS -- 2 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 19th January 1963 THE NEXT TIME//BACHELOR BOY (1) -- (With Cliff Richard) DANCE ON! (2) W/E 26th January 1963 DANCE ON! (1) THE NEXT TIME//BACHELOR BOY (2) -- (With Cliff Richard) C)... THE SHADOWS -- 2 WEEKS -- CONSECUTIVE W/E 23rd March 1963 SUMMER HOLIDAY (1) -- (With Cliff Richard) FOOT TAPPER (2) W/E 30th March 1963 FOOT TAPPER (1) SUMMER HOLIDAY (2) -- (With Cliff Richard) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

EMELI SANDE Her 1st Album, ('Our Version Of Events'), spent 10 Weeks at No.1 and it was also the debut Album with the most consecutive Weeks in the Top 10 - 66. It beat the 1st Beatles Album, ('Please Please Me'), which had 62 consecutive Top 10 Weeks. Emeli's Album had a 67th Top 10 Week, 2 Weeks after its 66th. Her 1st Album came out in February 2012, but she has left it far too long to release her 2nd Album, ('Long Live the Angels'). That is why it has 'only' entered at No.2, in today's Chart. I doubt if it will hang around the Top 10 very long. From what I hear, it is not as strong as her 1st Album, and she has lost a great many Fans as it is. We'll see if she does a Dido, whose first 2 Albums were huge in the UK, but she took too long to release her 3rd. That entered at No.2 & fell to No.18 in Week 2. Her Career never recovered. Nor did Duffy, who had a gigantic debut Album, only for her 2nd to enter at No.9, & it then dropped like a stone..... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Due to Emeli's Album entry today being her 68th UK Top 10 Album Week, I've up-dated these Lists. THE ACTS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 10 ALBUM WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 24th November 2016) 01)… ELVIS PRESLEY – 540 Weeks 02)… THE BEATLES – 469 Weeks 03)… CLIFF RICHARD – 340 Weeks 04)… FRANK SINATRA – 315 Weeks (Not including 22 Weeks with the 1958 ‘Pal Joey’ OST) @@@ 05)… ROLLING STONES – 268 Weeks (The OCC say 265 Top 10 Weeks) 06)… MICHAEL JACKSON – 265 Weeks 07)… ROD STEWART – 259 Weeks 08)… SIMON & GARFUNKEL – 240 Weeks 09)… ABBA – 224 Weeks 10)… MADONNA – 219 Weeks (Not including 6 Weeks with the 1987 ‘Who’s That Girl?’ OST) 11)… ELTON JOHN – 217 Weeks 12)… QUEEN – 210 Weeks 13)… BOB DYLAN – 199 Weeks 14)… THE SHADOWS – 195 Weeks (Not including 235 Weeks with Cliff Richard) 15)… PAUL McCARTNEY // WINGS – 192 Weeks 16)… DAVID BOWIE – 191 Weeks 17)… ROBBIE WILLIAMS – 185 Weeks 18)… THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS – 171 Weeks 19)… BEACH BOYS – 169 Weeks 20)= SIMPLY RED – 165 Weeks 20)= COLDPLAY – 165 Weeks @@@ = FRANK SINATRA – The OCC have him at No.3 twice, in the Chart of W/E 25th January 1959. They have both ‘Come Fly With Me’ and ‘Only For The Lonely’ at No.3 – for its 1st & only Top 10 Week. However, there was no such Chart Entry as ‘Only For The Lonely’, so The OCC give him 1 Top 10 Week too many – 316. He was in the same Top 10, (at No.9), with ‘Frank Sinatra Sings Only For The Lonely’ and that Album was a No.5 Hit & spent 13 Weeks in the Top 10. It has the same Capital Label Number as ‘Only For The Lonely’ - LCT 6168. ‘Only For The Lonely’ does not exist in UK Chart Books either. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MALE SOLO ACTS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 10 ALBUMS WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 24th November 2016) 01)… ELVIS PRESLEY – 540 Weeks 02)… CLIFF RICHARD – 340 Weeks 03)… FRANK SINATRA – 315 Weeks (Not including 22 Weeks with the 1958 ‘Pal Joey’ OST) 04)… MICHAEL JACKSON – 265 Weeks 05)… ROD STEWART – 259 Weeks 06)… ELTON JOHN – 217 Weeks 07)… BOB DYLAN – 199 Weeks 08)… DAVID BOWIE – 191 Weeks 09)… ROBBIE WILLIAMS – 185 Weeks 10)… PHIL COLLINS – 158 Weeks @@@ 11)… TOM JONES – 153 Weeks 12)… ED SHEERAN – 129 Weeks 13)… ANDY WILLIAMS – 118 Weeks 14)… MIKE OLDFIELD – 115 Weeks 15)… BUDDY HOLLY – 106 Weeks (Includes 1 Week credited with The Crickets in 1958) @@@ = PHIL COLLINS – The OCC has ‘Hello I Must Be Going’ rising from No.23 to No.9 in the Chart of W/E 2nd April 1983. It actually rose from No.23 to No.20 in that Chart. It had 10 Weeks in the Top 10 – not 11. Hence why I get 158 Top 10 Album Weeks for Phil Collins & The OCC get 159 Top 10 Weeks for him. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FEMALE SOLO ACTS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 10 ALBUMS WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 24th November 2016) 01)… MADONNA – 219 Weeks (Not including 6 Weeks with the 1987 ‘Who’s That Girl?’ OST) 02)… ADELE – 160 Weeks 03)… CELINE DION – 134 Weeks 04)… BARBRA STREISAND – 113 Weeks (Including 23 Weeks with the 1977 ‘A Star Is Born’ OST) 05)… RIHANNA – 106 Weeks 06)… WHITNEY HOUSTON – 96 Weeks 07)… KYLIE MINOGUE – 94 Weeks 08)… LADY GAGA – 89 Weeks 09)… AMY WINEHOUSE – 82 Weeks 10)… DIDO – 79 Weeks 11)… TINA TURNER – 76 Weeks 12)… PINK – 74 Weeks 13)… MARIAH CAREY – 73 Weeks 14)… BEYONCE – 71 Weeks 15)… EMELI SANDE – 68 Weeks NOTE – BRITNEY SPEARS – In case anyone is wondering how many UK Top 10 Album Weeks Britney Spears has had – it is 34 Weeks. She’s had 6 UK No.1 Singles, but she’s never had a UK No.1 Album. She’s had 5 UK No.2 Albums. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Simon - I'm sorry that you've been ill. I'll still add my own 'contribution' to your Chart Commentary Thread.

Over-all Robbie Williams has sung on 16 UK No.1 Albums. He was on 4 with Take That - Everything Changes, (1993), Nobody Else, (1995), Greatest Hits, (1996), and Progress, (2010). The OCC regards the enhanced version - Progressed - reaching No.1, in 2011, as Progress returning to No.1. Although Robbie left Take That in June 1995 & Greatest Hits was released in March 1996, it is right to say that it is one of his No.1's, as he sang on 17 of the 18 Tracks on it. Only 3 of The Beatles have been on more UK No.1 Albums - Paul McCartney, (22), and John Lennon & George Harrison, (18 each). George's 18 include 1 with The Traveling Wilburys, in 2007. Ringo Starr has had 15 UK No.1 Albums - all with The Beatles.

Simon - No, nothing you, (or anyone else), has said caused me to 'abandon' the 4 Chart Trivia Lists, that I planned to add to your Thread today. I just decided that all 4 of them were not that great & that I'd rather use the 2 No.1's Lists. I will use the other 4 Lists in the future, when I feel they are good enough & relevant enough. Yes, The OCC do make many odd decisions. I tried to find Barbra Streisand in their Artists, ('B'), Section, & she is just not there! You can only see her collaborations. If you want to get to Barbra's full Section, you have to find an old Chart, (say 1977, 1980, or 1982), that she has a Hit Single or Album in, & click on her name in the Chart! The OCC recently did an Article about Barbra having her 7th UK No.1 Album. But, in her Section they only give her 6! They don't count the 1977 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack as a Barbra No.1. But they do List it as a very low re-entry for her, (No.71), in 1982! (You can only get 7 UK No.1 Albums for her by counting the 1977 Film Soundtrack, as one of her No.1's).

I worked on 4 Lists for this Weeks contribution to Suedehead's Thread. In the end I decided not to use any of them. Instead I up-dated the 2 Lists below. NOTE -- As you can see, the fact that Robbie's latest No.1 Album is his 12th & his 35th No.1 Album Week, moves him up in both Lists. He moves into the Top 10 in the Acts with the most No.1 Weeks List. He moves up to No.7 in the List of the Acts with the most UK No.1's. As you can see, he is 7th= in that List - with Take That. But their No.1 Hits are a mirror image of each other - Take That have 12 No.1 Singles & 7 No.1 Albums & Robbie has 7 No.1 Singles & 12 No.1 Albums..... ELTON JOHN -- For some reason The OCC does not count Elton's 2012 Album, with the Australian Duo Pnau, as being a No.1 for him. Even though it is credited to Elton John vs Pnau and all 3 of them are pictured on the cover. So The OCC give Elton 6 UK No.1 Albums & 28 No.1 Album Weeks - giving him 51 UK No.1 Weeks over-all. As you can see, I do count his No.1 with Pnau as being an Elton No.1 & he gets 52 UK No.1 Weeks in my List. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1’s (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 17th November 2016) (S = No.1 Singles + B = No.1 Albums) 01)… ELVIS PRESLEY – S = 21 + A = 13 = 34 UK No.1’s @@@ 02)… THE BEATLES – S = 17 + A = 15 = 32 UK No.1’s 03)… MADONNA – S = 13 + A = 12 = 25 UK No.1’s 04)= CLIFF RICHARD – S = 14 + A = 7 = 21 UK No.1’s 04)= WESTLIFE – S = 14 + A = 7 = 21 UK No.1’s 06)= TAKE THAT – S = 12 + A = 7 = 19 UK No.1’s 06)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS – S = 7 + A = 12 = 19 UK No.1’s 08)= ROLLING STONES – S = 8 + A = 10 = 18 UK No.1’s 08)= ABBA – S = 9 + A = 9 = 18 UK No.1’s 10)= MICHAEL JACKSON – S = 7 + A = 10 = 17 UK No.1’s 10)= U2 – S = 7 + A = 10 = 17 UK No.1’s 12)= DAVID BOWIE – S = 5 + A = 11 = 16 UK No.1’s 12)= OASIS – S = 8 + A = 8 = 16 UK No.1’s @@@ = ELVIS PRESLEY -- If you count Elvis's 3 No.1's in 2005 as old No.1's returning there, then he's had 18 No.1 Singles. That would give him 31 UK No.1's - putting him in 2nd place, behind The Beatles. The OCC give him 21 No.1 Singles. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE ACTS WITH THE MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 17th November 2016) (S = No.1 Singles Weeks + B = No.1 Albums Weeks) 01)… THE BEATLES – S = 69 Weeks + A = 174 Weeks = 243 UK No.1 Weeks 02)… ELVIS PRESLEY – S = 80 Weeks + A = 66 Weeks = 146 UK No.1 Weeks 03)... ABBA – S =31 Weeks + A = 57 Weeks = 88 UK No.1 Weeks 04)… CLIFF RICHARD – S = 46 Weeks + A = 30 Weeks = 76 UK No.1 Weeks 05)… ROLLING STONES – S = 18 Weeks + A = 45 Weeks = 63 UK No.1 Weeks 06)… MADONNA – S = 29 Weeks + A = 30 Weeks = 59 UK No.1 Weeks 07)… TAKE THAT – S = 29 Weeks + A = 29 Weeks = 58 UK No.1 Weeks 08)… ELTON JOHN – S = 23 Weeks + A = 29 Weeks = 52 UK No.1 Weeks 09)… MICHAEL JACKSON – S = 16 Weeks + A = 31 Weeks = 47 UK No.1 Weeks 10)= ROD STEWART – S = 18 Weeks + A = 28 Weeks = 46 UK No.1 Weeks 10)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS – S = 11 Weeks + A = 35 Weeks = 46 UK No.1 Weeks 12)… ADELE – S = 8 Weeks + A = 37 Weeks = 45 UK No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

I've up-dated 2 of my Lists, to reflect the fact that Elvis has his 13th UK No.1 Album in today's Chart. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK CHART ACTS - 9 OR MORE NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (Weeks At No.1 In Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 3rd November 2016) 01).. BEATLES - 15 (174W) 02).. ELVIS PRESLEY - 13 (66W) 03).. MADONNA - 12 (Includes 1 with the Evita OST - credited to Madonna & Various Artists) (30W) 04)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 04)= DAVID BOWIE - 11 (27W) 06)= ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 06)= MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (31W) 06)= BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 06)= U2 - 10 (15W) 10)= ABBA - 9 (57W) 10)= QUEEN - 9 (21W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MALE SOLO ACTS - 7 OR MORE UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (Weeks At No.1 In Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 3rd November 2016) 01).. ELVIS PRESLEY - 13 (66W) 02)= ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 02)= DAVID BOWIE - 11 (27W) 04)= MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five) (31W) 04)= BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 06)= ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 06)= BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 08)= CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W) 08)= ELTON JOHN - 7 (Includes 1 with Pnau) (29W) 08)= EMINEM - 7 (24W) 08)= GEORGE MICHAEL - 7 (16W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Yes - Robbie may have his 12th No.1 Album in November - but Elvis Presley could have his 13th in October. Then we have David Bowie, who could have his 12th in November & Kate Bush could have her 4th in November. Robbie has also had 11 No.1 Albums in Germany - the same as The Beatles. So, if he gets his 12th in November, he has had more German No.1 Albums than them. However, it would 'only' be his 47th No.1 Album Week there - The Beatles had 119.....