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Due to 24/7 Downloads, it is a huge advantage for the 'Singles' Acts of the past 14 Years or so. Now we also have 'Streaming' and that gives 'Big Modern Acts' an even bigger advantage. To stay in the Charts for endless Months and to outscore the 'Old' Acts, who could only stay in the Charts while their Singles were still in the Shops... That is why Ed Sheeran and Rihanna will be very high in this Singles Artist Top 100. The way the Charts work now makes it look like the 'Big Acts' of today are much bigger than the Acts of past Decades. Several Years ago the UK's Best Selling Singles Acts were revealed. The Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cliff Richard were all in the Top 3, with around 20 Million UK Singles Sales. Queen were on about 11 Million and ABBA on about 10 Million. You can see how Downloads and Streaming give 'Modern' Acts an advantage. Last Week Alan Jones announced that Eminem has now sold 30 Million 'Tracks' in the UK. Rihanna is on 38 Million. Ed Sheeran is on 41 Milllion. Those Sales are far, far bigger than The Beatles etc. It is all to do with how the 'Singles' Chart works now. It is the same with the UK's Biggest Singles. If you use Points to work them out, you find that more and more Singles from the past 10 to 15 Years dominate the 'All Time' Top 100. Regarding the Singles Chart. It would be fairer to just use the Top 10, as then all 'Big Acts' get a fair chance to score well. Otherwise, you just find that 'Modern' Acts consistently score more Points than most 'Old' Acts...

Dannyboy -- The OCC give 'Greatest Hits' by Queen too many Chart Weeks. If you look - carefully - you will see that they have given it the 7 Week Chart Run of 'Greatest Hits I & II' from 1994. W/E 19th November 1994 -- 'Greatest Hits I & II' -- 37-40-50-43-40-39-44 They then have it falling to No.85 on W/E 7th January 1995 and rising to No.83 on W/E 14th January 1995. But, only those No.85 and No.83 Positions actually belong to 'Greatest Hits'. So 'Greatest Hits', (1981), needs to 'lose' 7 Top 100 Weeks, 7 Top 75 Weeks, and 4 Top 40 Weeks. They belong to a 1994 Double Album.

Dannyboy -- Where did you get your 'Greatest Hits' by Queen, UK Chart Positions from? Was it from The OCC Site or elsewhere?

Dannyboy -- Are the Top 100 Albums scored by an 'Inverse Top 100 Points System'? That's 100 Points for No.1 down to 1 Point for No.100. How did you score the Albums from the time when the Chart was much smaller than a Top 100? Such as in the 1950's and the 1960's?

The 1st 'Mamma Mia!' Soundtrack has sold over 1,540,000 to over 1,550,000 in the UK. Those Sales are since 2008 - inclusive. It has only been allowed into the Main UK Album Chart this Year. It spent 11 Weeks at No.1 in the Compilation Chart and over 30 Weeks at No.1 in the Soundtrack Chart. So its 2018 No.5 Peak in the Main Chart is nothing really. It has outsold 'The Greatest Showman' by several 100,000. Although the 2nd 'Mamma Mia!' Soundtrack is not selling well, it certainly does not mean that the Film is a 'Flop'. The 2nd Film is already the UK's 15th 'All Time' Biggest Box Office Hit. The 1st Film is in 11th place...

Eminem's first Album wasn't 'The Slim Shady LP'. (1999). It was 'Infinite', in November 1996. He sold that from the boot of his car, in Detroit. It only sold around 1,000 copies. By coincidence - Eminem has his 26th No.1 Album Week, in the latest UK Chart and Calvin Harris has his 26th No.1 No.1 Singles Week. UK CHART TRIVIA -- W/E 13th SEPTEMBER 2018 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LIST A -- 9 OR MORE -- UK No.1 ALBUMS (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 13th September 2018) 01)... THE BEATLES -- 15 -- (175W) 02)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 13 -- (66W) 03)=ROLLING STONES -- 12 -- (46W) 03)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- 12 -- (35W) 03)=MADONNA -- 12 -- (30W) 06)... DAVID BOWIE -- 11 -- (27W) 07)=MICHAEL JACKSON -- 10 -- (31W) 07)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN -- 10 -- (16W) 07)=U2 -- 10 -- (15W) 10)=ABBA -- 9 -- (57W) 10)=EMINEM -- 9 -- (26W) 10)=QUEEN -- 9 -- (21W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LIST B -- THE MOST CONSECUTIVE UK No.1 ALBUMS (The 'Years Span' of the Consecutive No.1's in Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 13th September 2018) 01)... EMINEM -- 9 -- (2000 -- 2018) 02)=LED ZEPPELIN -- 8 -- (1970 -- 1979) *** 02)=ABBA -- 8 -- (1976 -- 1982) 04)... THE BEATLES -- 7 -- (1963 -- 1966) *** = The 8th UK No.1 Album by Led Zeppelin was recorded at ABBA's Polar Studios, between November and December 1978. It was their 'In Through The Out Door' Album. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ LIST C -- 9 OR MORE -- UK No. 1 SINGLES (Weeks At No.1 in Brackets) (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 13th September 2018) 01)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 21 -- (80W) 02)... THE BEATLES -- 17 -- (69W) 03)=CLIFF RICHARD -- 14 -- (46W) 03)=WESTLIFE -- 14 -- (20W) 05)... MADONNA -- 13 -- (29W) 06)... TAKE THAT -- 12 -- (29W) 07)... CALVIN HARRIS -- 10 -- (26W) 08)=ABBA -- 9 -- (31W) 08)=RIHANNA -- 9 -- (25W) 08)=SPICE GIRLS -- 9 -- (22W) 08)=EMINEM -- 9 -- (9W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Crazytitch -- Vidcapper has been unwell. He is now back, but still ill. See/Read the New Thread with the heading 'hello'. It is his return Thread.

Vidcapper -- I'm very sorry that you've been so unwell. It is very good to see that you are back.

From the Official Charts Site -- 2 Hours ago: Due to a technical fault beyond our control, the latest charts aren’t showing on the site. We’re hoping to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

The 2nd 'Mamma Mia!' Film has its UK Premiere, in London, tonight. It will not be released nation-wide until Friday - 20th July. (Which is when it will be released in most other Countries too). The Soundtrack is currently the 2nd biggest Album in European iTunes and the 1st biggest Album in World iTunes. This is even before the Film is released. It has several ABBA Songs on it that will be new to a lot of people. They will want to see the Film before they buy the Soundtrack. I was not expecting big UK Sales from it until the Film is released. Its entry at No.5 is to be expected. Even 'The Greatest Showman' only entered at No.39. Then it jumped to No.4. it has been No.1 for 21 Weeks, since. More and more people bought it when they saw the Film.

I'm not a huge Football Fan, but I've been watching the World Cup. 'Three Lions' could well have a 'boost' from the fact that England Fans are elated that Germany have been knocked out of the World Cup. England sees them as its main rivals. 'Three Lions' should get a 2nd 'boost' if England beat Belgium this evening. The 1996 England Football Single could gain a lot of UK Sales from these World Cup 'Events'. We will see...

I only liked 2 Songs in 'Grease 2'. None of the Songs in it were Hit Singles. The 1st 'Grease' had loads of Hit Singles in it, of course. Both 'Mamma Mia!' Films have ABBA Hits in them. I expect that 'Now 100' will outsell the 'Mamma Mia! 2' Soundtrack, on a Week by Week basis. We'll see. It is of no consequence, as the 'Now 100' Album will not be in the Artist Chart - so it will not affect what is at No.1 in that Chart...

We'll see if 'Now That's What I Call Music 100' is the biggest UK Seller in that 'series', for a very long time. There is a big hype about it. However, the Track List still hasn't been revealed and the Album is released on Friday 20th July. It will probably outsell most of the UK Artist Albums in 2018 However, it is what happens with the No.1 Position in the Artist Chart that gains the most interest of 'Chart Watchers'.

None of the ABBA Songs from the 1st 'Mamma Mia!' Film were big Hits. It is pointless, to try to guess whether Film 2, and its Soundtrack, will be successful, based on how well, (or badly), any 'Singles' from the Film do. In 2008, the 2 biggest UK 'Singles' from Film 1, were Amanda Seyfried & Friends versions of 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!' and 'Honey Honey'. The 1st got no higher than No.91 and the 2nd stalled at No.61. (In the USA, the biggest 'Single' from Film 1 was 'Dancing Queen', by Meryl Streep, and that only reached No.99 in the Hot 100). It didn't stop the Film becoming the 'All Time' biggest Box Office success in the UK. Nor the Soundtrack reaching No.1 in the Compilation Chart for 11 Weeks & the Soundtrack Chart for 30+ Weeks. The Soundtrack is now on over 1,500,000 UK Sales, over 1,800,000 USA Sales & over 7,700,000 Global Sales. In November 2008 the DVD of Film 1 was released. It sold just under 1,670,000 on Day 1 in the UK - almost 3,200,000 in Week 1. It eventually sold over 5 Million in the UK. In the USA it sold 2,250,000 on Day 1. This is despite none of the 'Singles' from the Film being big Hits. Likewise - the 2nd Film and Soundtrack will be a success, no matter how 'small' the 'Singles' from it are. It does not need the 'Singles' off it to be big, any more than Film 1 did in 2008...

As Kylie has her 6th UK No.1 Album, I thought that I'd show the Female Solo Artists with the most Singles + Albums Weeks at No.1. NOTE -- In case anyone wonders where Kate Bush is - she is 146th= with 10 No.1 Weeks - 4 No.1 Singles Weeks and 6 No.1 Albums Weeks. Britney Spears is 188th= with 8 No.1 Singles Weeks & Zero No.1 Albums Weeks. THE SOLO FEMALES WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK CHARTS (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 19th April 2018) Their place in the 'All Time UK No.1 Acts' is in Brackets. 01)... Madonna -- Singles = 29 Weeks + Albums = 30 Weeks = 59 No.1 Weeks -- (7th) 02)... Adele -- Singles = 8 Weeks + Albums = 37 Weeks = 45 No.1 Weeks -- (13th) 03)... Rihanna -- Singles = 25 Weeks + Albums = 7 Weeks = 32 No.1 Weeks -- (24th=) 04)... Kylie Minogue -- Singles = 16 Weeks + Albums = 12 Weeks = 28 No.1 Weeks -- (31st=) 05)... Celine Dion -- Singles = 9 Weeks + Albums = 18 Weeks = 27 No.1 Weeks -- (34th=) 06)... Cher -- Singles = 13 Weeks + Albums = 13 Weeks = 26 No.1 Weeks -- (37th=) 07)... Whitney Houston -- Singles = 16 Weeks + Albums = 8 Weeks = 24 No.1 Weeks -- (40th) 08)... Barbra Streisand -- Singles = 3 Weeks + Albums = 2- Weeks = 23 No.1 Weeks -- (41st=) 09)... Leona Lewis -- Singles = 13 Weeks + Albums = 9 Weeks = 22 No.1 Weeks -- (44th=) 10)... Lady GaGa -- Singles = 10 Weeks + Albums = 11 Weeks = 21 No.1 Weeks -- (48th=) 11)= Olivia Newton-John -- Singles = 18 Weeks + Albums = 0 Weeks = 18 No.1 Weeks -- (59th=) 11)= Beyonce -- Singles = 10 Weeks + Albums = 8 Weeks = 18 No.1 Weeks -- (59th=) 13)... Dido -- Singles = 0 Weeks + Albums = 17 Weeks = 17 No.1 Weeks -- (63rd=) 14)= Doris Day -- Singles = 15 Weeks + Albums = 0 Weeks = 15 No.1 Weeks -- (77th=) 14)= Kyla -- Singles = 15 Weeks + Albums = 0 Weeks = 15 No.1 Weeks -- (77th=) 16)... Connie Francis -- Singles = 12 Weeks + Albums = 2 Weeks = 14 No.1 Weeks -- (88th=) 17)= Mariah Carey -- Singles = 6 Weeks + Albums = 7 Weeks = 13 No.1 Weeks -- (98th=) 17)= Katy Perry -- Singles = 11 Weeks + Albums = 2 Weeks = 13 No.1 Weeks -- (98th=) 17)= Emeli Sande -- Singles = 3 Weeks + Albums = 10 Weeks = 13 No.1 Weeks -- (98th=) 20)= Shania Twain -- Singles = 0 Weeks + Albums = 12 Weeks = 12 No.1 Weeks -- (114th=) 20)= Jess Glynne -- Singles = 11 Weeks + Albums = 1 Week = 12 No.1 Weeks -- (114th=) 22)= Alanis Morissette -- Singles = 0 Weeks + Albums = 11 Weeks = 11 No.1 Weeks -- (127th=) 22)= Lilly Allen -- Singles = 9 Weeks + Albums = 2 Weeks = 11 No.1 Weeks -- (127th=) 22)= Ellie Goulding -- Singles = 7 Weeks + Albums = 4 Weeks = 11 No.1 Weeks -- (127th=)

Yes - They are only their UK Sales from W/E 12th February 1994 on-wards. The Week that The OCC 'Officially' took over the compiling of the UK Charts. 'ABBA Gold' is really on at least 5,400,000 to 5,450,000 UK Sales - from W/E 3rd October 1992 to W/E 5th April 2018. Another person estimates over 5,600,000 UK Sales for it. For some reason, The OCC have not been up-dating its UK Sales Total, in recent Years. One of their Staff gave it 'Almost' 5,200,000 Sales in Mid July 2016. At the same time time, another one of their Staff gave it 'Almost' 5,300,000 UK Sales. Recently - very recently - they gave it 5,200,000 UK Sales - meaning that they are still giving it their lowest Total, from July 2016. This means that they added in no UK Sales from Mid July 2016, to the end of 2016. Nor any UK Sales from 2017, (91,000). Nor any UK Sales from 2018 - where it will pass 30,000 this Week - W/E 12th April. 'ABBA Gold' will get another UK 'Sales Boost', when the 'Mamma Mia! 2' Film is released, in July.

I made this Chart Trivia List - Due to Drake's 'God's Plan' falling from No.1 to No.10. UK SINGLES CHART - THE BIGGEST FALLS FROM NUMBER 1 (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 5th April 2018) 01)… W/E 21st December 2015 - 1 to 29 - A Bridge Over You - Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir 02)=W/E 29th January 2005 - 1 to 20 - I Got Stung // One Night - Elvis Presley 02)=W/E 26th May 2007 - 1 to 20 - Baby's Coming Back // Transylvania - McFly 04)… W/E 12th February 2005 - 1 to 14 - It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley 05)..=W/E 11th January 1958 - 1 to 12 - Mary's Boy Child - Harry Belafonte 06)=W/E 14th January 1984 - 1 to 10 - Only You - The Flying Pickets 06)=W/E 22nd January 2005 - 1 to 10 - Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 06)=W/E 12th April 2014 - 1 to 10 - She Looks So Perfect - 5 Seconds Of Summer 06)=W/E 5th April 2018 – 1 to 10 - God’s Plan - Drake

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) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

The OCC probably will add the re-entry of 'Fleetwood Mac' to the Chart Run of the 1960's Peter Green's 'Fleetwood Mac' Album. They have made a similar error with 'Greatest Hits' (One) by Queen. They have mistakenly given it the 7 Top 75/Top 100 Weeks of the Double Queen CD, from 1994. That was a No.37 Hit. So, the 1st Queen 'Hits' Album has 7 Chart Weeks too many. Just as they have The Beatles No.1 Singles Weeks wrong, on part of their Site. They give The Beatles 65 Weeks at No.1, in the UK Singles Chart. It should be 69 Weeks at No.1. They have given 'Get Back', (1969), 2 Weeks at No.1, when it was No.1 for 6 Weeks. On another part of their Site, they correctly give it 6 Weeks at No.1 & the Group 69 Weeks at No.1.

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.