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I did 2 Chart Trivia Lists for the latest UK Album Chart. Both were based on Bruce Springsteen having his 11th UK No.1 Album & 17th Week at No.1. In the end I could use neither List, as Passenger had the No.1 Album & Bruce entered at No.2. I guess that is just how it goes sometimes..... :(

As Barbra Streisand has her 7th UK No.1 Album in today's new Chart, with Encore : Movie Partners Sing Broadway & Britney Spears has her 5th No.2 Album, with Glory, I've up-dated these 3 Lists to reflect those statistics. FEMALE SOLO ACTS - 4 OR MORE - UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (WEEKS AT No.1 IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th September 2016) 1) MADONNA - 12 (30W) 2) BARBRA STREISAND - 7 (20W) 3)=CELINE DION - 5 (18W) 3)=KYLIE MINOGUE - 5 (11W) 5) RIHANNA - 4 (7W) NOTE -- ADELE -- She failed to make the List, as she has 'only' had 3 UK No.1 Albums - so far. However, between them they have spent 37 Weeks at No.1, which is longer than any other Solo Female. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK CHART ACTS - 7 OR MORE - NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (WEEKS AT No.1 IN BRACKETS) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th September 2016) 1) BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (65W) 2)=MADONNA - 12 (Includes 1 No.1, (1 Week) with the Evita OST - credited to Madonna & Various Artists) (30W) 4)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 4)=DAVID BOWIE - 11 (27W) 6)=ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 6)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 6)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 6)=U2 - 10 (15W) 10)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 10)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 12)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 12)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 12)=OASIS - 8 (21W) 12)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W) 12)=REM - 8 (13W) 17)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W) 17)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (Includes 1 with Pnau - 1 No.1 Week) (29W) 17)=TAKE THAT - 7 (29W) 17)=EMINEM - 7 (24W) 17)=BARBRA STREISAND - 7 (20W) 17)=PAUL McCARTNEY//WINGS - 7 (17W) 17)=COLDPLAY - 7 (17W) 17)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 7 (16W) 17)=WESTLIFE - 7 (7W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK CHART ACTS - MOST UK NUMBER 2 ALBUMS (Weeks at No.2 In Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th September 2016) 1) ROLLING STONES - 10 (15W) 2)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 7 (16W) 2)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (14W) 2)=BON JOVI - 7 (NOT counting 2 No.2 Solo Albums, by Jon Bon Jovi - 2 No.2 Weeks) (7W) 5) PAUL WELLER - 6 (He’s also had 4 No.2‘s, (7W) in The Jam, & 2 No.2‘s, (2W) in Style Council - (12 No.2's &15W over-all) (6W) 6)=CLIFF RICHARD - 5 (24W) 6)=FRANK SINATRA - 5 (1 with Count Basie) (3 Weeks with Count Basie) (12W) 6)=QUEEN - 5 (9W) 6)=MADONNA - 5 (8W) 6)=ROD STEWART – 5 (5W) 6)=THE SMITHS - 5 (5W) 6)=BRITNEY SPEARS – 5 (5W) NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- They have been credited on 7 UK No.2 Albums. 2, (10 No.2 Weeks), as The Shadows & 5, (24 No.2 Weeks), with Cliff Richard. However, I've not 'given' the Cliff Richard No.2's to The Shadows, as The OCC only credits them to Cliff. If we did add them to The Shadows No.2 Albums, they would be in 2nd= place with 7 No.2 Albums & 34 No.2 Weeks. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

ABBA Gold has just become only the 4th Artist Album to reach 220 Weeks in the UK Albums Top 40. 1)... Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel - (1970) - 279 Top 40 Weeks 2)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - (1977) - 250 Top 40 Weeks 3)... Greatest Hits - Simon & Garfunkel - (1972) - 221 Top 40 Weeks 4)... ABBA Gold - (1992) - 220 Top 40 Weeks @@@ @@@ = To W/E 4th August 2016 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers has just become only the 2nd Album to reach 1200 Top 200 Weeks in the UK. The only other Album to manage it is Greatest Hits (One) by Queen. That has its 1275th Top 200 Week this Week. The Album with the 3rd most UK Top 200 Weeks is ABBA Gold - 1133.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ In Friday's Chart Adele's 25 returned to No.1 for its 8th Week on top. Her No.1 Albums Weeks Total then rose to 32. Added to her 8 No.1 Weeks on top of the Singles Chart, this gave her a 40th Week at No.1 in the UK. She became only the 16th Act to reach 40 UK No.1 Weeks. She is the 2nd Artist, within a few Weeks, to reach 40 UK No.1 Weeks. In the Album Chart of W/E 11th February, David Bowie had his 40th No.1 Week. NOTE -- I've counted Evita, (1996), as a Madonna & Various Artists Album. It was No.1 for 1 Week in early 1997. If you only regard it as a Various Artists Album, then she has spent 29 Weeks at No.1 in the Album Chart & 58 Weeks at No.1 over-all. But, she would still at No.6 in the List even without Evita's No.1 Week. ARTISTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK CHARTS (Singles Weeks & Albums Weeks combined) S = SINGLES WEEKS -- A = ALBUMS WEEKS 1)... BEATLES -- 69 (S) + 174 (A) = 243 WEEKS 2)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 80 (S) + 65 (A) = 145 WEEKS 3)... ABBA -- 31 (S) + 57 (A) = 88 WEEKS 4)... CLIFF RICHARD -- 46 (S) + 30 (A) = 76 WEEKS 5)... ROLLING STONES -- 18 (S) + 45 (A) = 63 WEEKS 6)... MADONNA -- 29 (S) + 30 (A) = 59 WEEKS 7)... TAKE THAT -- 28 (S) + 28 (A) = 56 WEEKS 8)... ELTON JOHN -- 23 (S) + 29 (A) = 52 WEEKS 9)... MICHAEL JACKSON -- 16 (S) + 31 (A) = 47 WEEKS 10)... ROD STEWART -- 18 (S) + 28 (A) = 46 WEEKS 11)... ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- 11 (S) + 34 (A) = 45 WEEKS 12)... SIMON & GARFUNKEL -- 3 (S) + 40 (A) = 43 WEEKS 13)... QUEEN -- 21 (S) + 21 (A) = 42 WEEKS 14)= DAVID BOWIE -- 13 (S) + 27 (A) = 40 WEEKS 14)= SPICE GIRLS -- 22 (S) + 18 (A) = 40 WEEKS 14)= ADELE -- 8 (S) + 32 (A) = 40 WEEKS NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- If we add their 37 No.1 Weeks as The Shadows, (16 Singles Weeks + 21 Albums Weeks), to their 49 No.1 Weeks with Cliff Richard, (28 Singles Weeks + 21 Albums Weeks), they would be in 4th place, with 86 No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK SINGLES CHART (W/E 15th November 1952 to W/E 3rd March 2016) Their No.1 Singles in Brackets 1)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 80 Weeks -- (21) @@@ 2)... BEATLES -- 69 Weeks -- (17) 3)... CLIFF RICHARD -- 46 Weeks -- (14) 4)... FRANKIE LAINE -- 32 Weeks -- (4) 5)... ABBA -- 31 Weeks -- (9) 6)= MADONNA -- 29 Weeks -- (13) 6)= TAKE THAT -- 29 Weeks -- (12) 8)... RIHANNA -- 24 Weeks -- (8) 9)= ELTON JOHN -- 23 Weeks -- (7) 9)= WET WET WET -- 23 Weeks -- (3) @@@ = ELVIS PRESLEY -- He has had 18 No.1 Singles, if you don't count his 3 No.1's in 2005 as 'New' No.1's. All 3 had been No.1 for him Decades earlier NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- If we add their 5 No.1 Singles & 16 No.1 Weeks as The Shadows, to their 7 No.1 Singles & 28 No.1 Weeks with Cliff Richard, they would be in 4th place, with 44 No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ARTISTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER 1 WEEKS IN THE UK ALBUMS CHART (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 3rd March 2016) Their No.1 Albums in Brackets 1)... BEATLES -- 174 Weeks -- (15) 2)... ELVIS PRESLEY -- 65 Weeks -- (12) 3)... ABBA -- 57 Weeks -- (9) 4)... ROLLING STONES -- 45 Weeks -- (10) 5)... SIMON & GARFUNKEL -- 40 Weeks -- (2) 6)... ROBBIE WILLIAMS -- 34 Weeks -- (11) 7)... ADELE -- 32 Weeks -- (3) 8)... MICHAEL JACKSON -- 31 Weeks -- (10) 9)= CLIFF RICHARD -- 30 Weeks -- (7) 9)= MADONNA -- 30 Weeks -- (12) @@@ @@@ = MADONNA -- She has had 11 No.1 Albums, (& 29 No.1 Weeks), If you do not regard 'Evita', (1996), as a Madonna Album NOTE -- THE SHADOWS -- If we add their 4 No.1 Albums & 21 No.1 Weeks as The Shadows, to their 3 No.1 Albums & 21 No.1 Weeks with Cliff Richard, they would be in 5th place, with 42 No.1 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Alan Jones says that David Bowie is only the 4th Act to replace himself at No.1 in the UK Album Charts. In fact, he's the 5th Act to achieve that. Alan missed out Bob Dylan. (1965). THE 5 ACTS THAT REPLACED THEMSELVES AT No.1 IN THE UK ALBUM CHART 1)... 7th December 1963 1 (2) WITH THE BEATLES -- THE BEATLES 2 (1) PLEASE PLEASE ME -- THE BEATLES 19th December 1964 1 (4) BEATLES FOR SALE -- THE BEATLES 4 (1) A HARD DAY’S NIGHT -- THE BEATLES 2)... 29th May 1965 1 (10) BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME -- BOB DYLAN 3 (1) THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN -- BOB DYLAN 3)... 5th October 1974 1 (2) TUBULAR BELLS -- MIKE OLDFIELD 2 (1) HERGEST RIDGE -- MIKE OLDFIELD 4)... 11th July 2009 1 (20) THE ESSENTIAL -- MICHAEL JACKSON 3 (1) NUMBER ONES - MICHAEL JACKSON 5)... 11th February 2016 1 (3) BEST OF BOWIE -– DAVID BOWIE 2 (1) BLACKSTAR -- DAVID BOWIE @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ THE SHADOWS The OCC regard Cliff Richard & The Shadows Hits as only belonging to Cliff Richard, so they don't regard these instances as The Shadows replacing themselves at No.1, in the UK Album Chart.. A)... 4th October 1961 1 (4) 21 TODAY - CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS 3 (1) THE SHADOWS - THE SHADOWS B)... 2nd February 1963 1 (7) SUMMER HOLIDAY (OST) - CLIFF RICHARD & THE SHADOWS 3 (1) OUT OF THE SHADOWS - THE SHADOWS @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

NUMBER ONE UK SINGLE & ALBUM - BY THE SAME ACT IN THE SAME WEEK THE ACTS WHO’VE ACHIEVED IT MORE THAN ONCE (Date - Weeks - Artist - Album // Single) 26/01/1961 (4) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Are You Lonesome Tonight? 23/03/1961 (1) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Wooden Heart 06/04/1961 (4) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Wooden Heart 01/06/1961 (4) Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST) // Surrender 22/02/1962 (4) Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST) // Rock-A-Hula Baby / Can't Help Falling In Love 24/05/1962 (4) Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST) // Good Luck Charm 10/09/1977 (1) Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley's 40 Greatest Hits // Way Down 05/10/1961 (1) The Shadows - The Shadows // Kon-Tiki 24/01/1963 (1) The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows // Dance On! 11/01/1962 (6) Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - The Young Ones (OST) // The Young Ones 14/03/1963 (2) Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - Summer Holiday (OST) // Summer Holiday 04/04/1963 (1) Cliff Richard (& The Shadows) - Summer Holiday (OST) // Summer Holiday 24/12/1988 (2) Cliff Richard - Private Collection // Mistletoe And Wine 09/05/1963 (6) The Beatles - Please Please Me // From Me To You 12/09/1963 (4) The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You 28/11/1963 (1) The Beatles - Please Please Me // She Loves You 05/12/1963 (1) The Beatles - With The Beatles // She Loves You 12/12/1963 (5) The Beatles - With The Beatles // I Want To Hold Your Hand 02/04/1964 (3) The Beatles - With The Beatles // Can't Buy Me Love 23/07/1964 (3) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // A Hard Day's Night 10/12/1964 (1) The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (OST) // I Feel Fine 17/12/1964 (4) The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // I Feel Fine 29/04/1965 (2) The Beatles - Beatles For Sale // Ticket To Ride 12/08/1965 (2) The Beatles - Help! (OST) // Help! 23/12/1965 (4) The Beatles - Rubber Soul // Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out 18/08/1966 (4) The Beatles - Revolver // Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby 19/07/1967 (3) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // All You Need Is Love 20/12/1967 (2) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band // Hello Goodbye 16/07/1964 (1) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones // It's All Over Now 18/03/1965 (3) The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No.2 // The Last Time 26/05/1966 (1) The Rolling Stones - Aftermath // Paint It Black 09/10/1971 (3) Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story // Maggie May / Reason To Believe 06/09/1975 (4) Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing // Sailing 05/02/1972 (2) T. Rex - Electric Warrior // Telegram Sam 20/05/1972 (3) T. Rex - Bolan Boogie // Metal Guru 27/12/1975 (2) Queen - A Night At The Opera // Bohemian Rhapsody 17/01/1976 (2) Queen - A Night At The Opera // Bohemian Rhapsody 21/11/1981 (2) Queen - Greatest Hits // Under Pressure (With David Bowie) 21/12/1991 (2) Queen - Greatest Hits II // Bohemian Rhapsody /These Are The Days Of Our Lives 08/05/1976 (4) ABBA - Greatest Hits // Fernando 16/04/1977 (3) ABBA - Arrival // Knowing Me Knowing You 18/02/1978 (3) ABBA - The Album // Take A Chance On Me 29/11/1980 (3) ABBA - Super Trouper // Super Trouper 13/10/1979 (1) The Police - Reggatta De Blanc // Message In A Bottle 11/10/1980 (2) The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta // Don't Stand So Close To Me 25/06/1983 (1) The Police - Synchronicity // Every Breath You Take 05/03/1983 (1) Michael Jackson - Thriller // Billie Jean 30/11/1991 (1) Michael Jackson - Dangerous // Black Or White 12/07/1986 (3) Madonna - True Blue // Papa Don't Preach 01/04/1989 (2) Madonna - Like A Prayer // Like A Prayer 26/11/2005 (2) Madonna - Confessions On A Dancefloor // Hung Up 10/05/2008 (1) Madonna - Hard Candy // 4 Minutes (Feat. Justin Timberlake) 08/02/1992 (2) Wet Wet Wet - High On The Happy Side // Goodnight Girl 30/07/1994 (4) Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits) // Love Is All Around 03/09/1994 (1) Wet Wet Wet - End Of Part One (Their Greatest Hits) // Love Is All Around 30/10/1993 (3) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell // I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) 27/11/1993 (2) Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell // I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) 28/12/1996 (3) Spice Girls - Spice // 2 Become 1 22/03/1997 (2) Spice Girls - Spice // Who Do You Think You Are? / Mama 22/10/2005 (1) Sugababes - Taller In More Ways // Push The Button 20/10/2007 (1) Sugababes - Change // About You Now 11/04/2009 (1) Lady GaGa - The Fame // Poker Face 27/03/2010 (1) Lady GaGa - The Fame/The Fame Monster // Telephone (Featuring Beyonce) 16/06/2007 (1) Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad // Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z) 15/01/2011 (1) Rihanna - Loud // What’s My Name? (Featuring Drake) 03/12/2011 (1) Rihanna - Talk That Talk // We Found Love (Featuring Calvin Harris) 26/02/2011 (4) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You 02/04/2011 (1) Adele - 21 // Someone Like You 22/12/2001 (3) Robbie Williams - Swing When You're Winning // Somethin' Stupid (With Nichole Kidman) 17/11/2012 (1) Robbie Williams - Take The Crown // Candy

David Bowie becomes only the 3rd Act to have more than 3 Top 10 Albums in the same Chart. As well as being only the 2nd to have more than 4 Top 10 Albums at once. Plus - the 4th Act to have 3 simultaneous Top 5 Albums. ACTS WITH MORE THAN 3 SIMULTANEOUS TOP 10 ALBUMS DAVID BOWIE W/E 4th February 2016 No.1 -- BLACKSTAR No.3 -- BEST OF BOWIE No.5 -- NOTHING HAS CHANGED -- THE VERY BEST OF No.9 -- HUNKY DORY No.10 -- THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST MICHAEL JACKSON -- (THE FIRST ACT TO HAVE MORE THAN 3) W/E 11th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL No.3 - NUMBER ONES No.5 - KING OF POP No.6 - THRILLER No.10 - OFF THE WALL W/E 18th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL No.3 - OFF THE WALL No.4 - THRILLER No.5 - THE MOTOWN YEARS - MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE JACKSON 5 No.7 - NUMBER ONES No.9 - THRILLER 25 W/E 25th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL No.3 - THRILLER No.4 - THE MOTOWN YEARS - MICHAEL JACKSON AND THE JACKSON 5 No.7 - OFF THE WALL No.10 - NUMBER ONES 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ACTS WITH 3 TOP 5 ALBUMS IN THE SAME CHART DAVID BOWIE W/E 4th February 2016 No.1 -- BLACKSTAR No.3 -- BEST OF BOWIE No.5 -- NOTHING HAS CHANGED -- THE VERY BEST OF ELVIS PRESLEY 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 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 MICHAEL JACKSON W/E 11th July 2009 No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL No.3 - NUMBER ONES No.5 - KING OF POP W/E 18th July 2009 -- (The only time that an Act has had 4 Top 5 Albums) No.1 - THE ESSENTIAL 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

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ABBA GOLD -- THE FIRST ALBUM TO REACH 500 TOP 75 WEEKS ABBA Gold is at No.74 in the latest UK Top 75. It is its 500th Top 75 Week. It becomes the 1st Album to reach 500 Weeks in the UK Top 75. It also has the most Top 100 Weeks - 736. It really has 738 Top 200 Weeks, but The OCC only have Top 75 Charts for the period of W/E 12th September 1992 to W/E 5th February 1994. The ABBA Gold Album had 2 No.77 Weeks during that period. But, The OCC only have Top 75's & don't count those 2 Weeks. Greatest Hits (One) by Queen loses out on 32 Top 100 Weeks for that period. The OCC give it 706 Top 100 Weeks & 475 Top 75 Weeks. Both Totals are wrong. 1)... The OCC miss out a No.73 Week for it in the early 1980's. So that gives it 476 Top 75 Weeks. 2)... But, they give it 7 Top 75 Weeks too many, as well. In 1994 they mistakenly give it 7 Top 75 Weeks that are for a Queen Double CD. 3)... So it is really on 469 Top 75 Weeks. 4)... Its Top 100 Weeks are given as 706 by The OCC. But they give it 7 Weeks that it should not have in 1994. That leaves it with 699 Top 100 Weeks. Add in the Week that they miss out in the early 1980's & we get 700 Top 100 Weeks for the Queen Album. 5)... On top of this they miss out 32 Weeks of its No.76 to No.100 Positions, between 1992 & 1994. So it should really have 732 Top 100 Weeks. ABBA Gold has the 3rd most Top 200 Weeks - 1106. Only Greatest Hits by Queen, (over 1200 Weeks), & Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers, (1173 Weeks), have more Top 200 Weeks than ABBA Gold. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS To W/E 28th January 2016 1)... Gold : Greatest Hits - ABBA - 500 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 469 Weeks 3)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 465 Weeks 4)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 454 Weeks 5)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 435 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 370 Weeks @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

ELVIS PRESLEY'S IF I CAN DREAM ALBUM So far it has done this in the UK Top 10:, 12 Top 10 Weeks - all Top 5 1-1-3-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-8 He's had so many Top 10 & Top 5 Albums that it is hard to believe that If I Can Dream has his best UK Top 10 Album Chart 'Run' since the 1960's! A)... The last time that an Elvis Album spent as many as 12 Weeks in the Top 10 was in 1964 - Kissin' Cousins 16 Top 10 Weeks 9-6-9-6-6-5-7-7-7-7-8-9-9-9-9-10 B)... The last time that an Elvis Album spent as many as 11 Weeks in the Top 5 was in 1963 - It Happened At The World's Fair 12 Top 5 Weeks 8-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-6-4-4-5-5-8-9 C)... The last time that an Elvis Album had as many as 11 Top 3 Weeks was in 1961 to 1962 - Blue Hawaii 30 Top 3 Weeks 9-3-2-4-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-5-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-8-8-9-15-15-14-17-19-17 8-11-16-17-11-10-11-17-16-18-19-18-19

DAVID BOWIE -- 3 SIMULTANEOUS TOP 10 ALBUMS A)... He has 3 simultaneous Top 10 Albums in the latest Chart - W/E 28th January Chart). No.1 -- BLACKSTAR No.3 -- BEST OF BOWIE No.6 -- NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF B)... He has achieved it before - for 6 Weeks in 1973. W/E 18th August to W/E 1st September 1973 - THREE WEEKS No.2/No.3/No.5 - ALADDIN SANE No.3/No.5/No.3 - HUNKY DORY No.7/No.6/No.8 - THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS W/E 15th September to W/E 29th September 1973 - THREE WEEKS No.4/No.5/No.3 - ALADDIN SANE No.5/No.6/No.6 - HUNKY DORY No.8/No.9/No.9 - THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST & THE SPIDERS FROM MARS C)... He is now only the 2nd Artist to have 3 Top 10 Albums, at the same time, in 2 entirely different Years. The other Artist is Elvis Presley, who had 3 Top 10 Albums, for 2 consecutive Weeks, in December 1957 & for 1 Week in September 1977. (The Album Chart was only a Top 5 in 1957, so Elvis had 2 Weeks with 3 Top 5 Albums). D)... Bowie is the 1st Artist to have 3 Albums in the same Top 10 since Amy Winehouse in August 2011. She is the only Female to achieve it. (Unless you count the Females in the George Mitchel Minstrels, who had 3 Top 10 Albums, (3 Weeks), from December 1962 to January 1963). AMY WINEHOUSE W/E 6th August 2011 No.1 - BACK TO BLACK No.5 - FRANK No.10 - FRANK//BACK TO BLACK (Double CD ‘Set’)

Below I List Justin Bieber's very impressive 2015/2016 UK Singles Chart Feats. There are a few things that he has yet to achieve. Despite all of his 2015 & 2016 Singles Chart success, his 'Purpose' Album has yet to reach No.1 in the UK. It has spent 1 Week at No.2 - so far. Which means that 'Believe', (2012), is his only UK No.1 Album, & that was only No.1 for 1 Week. Nor has he - yet - been able to have the UK No.1 Single & No.1 Album at the same time. JUSTIN BIEBER -- CHART FEATS -- (So Far!) 1)... He has had 3 Top 10 Hits for the past 10 Weeks - a UK Chart Record. 2)... He's had 3 Top 5 Hits for 9 Weeks - another UK Chart Record. 3)... He had the No.1 & No.2 Singles for 6 Weeks - another UK Chart Record. 4)... He replaced himself at No.1 on W/E 10th December. Becoming only the 4th Act to manage that in the Singles Chart. (The Beatles, (1963), John Lennon, (1981), and Elvis Presley, (2005). 5)... He had the No.1, No.2 & No.3 Singles in the Chart of W/E 14th January 2016. Becoming the only Act to ever achieve that. 6)... He spent 11 Weeks at No.1 in the 2015 Singles Chart, with Zero No.1 Weeks in the Album Chart. The last Year that an Act had so many No.1 Singles Weeks with no No.1 Albums Weeks was 1967. That was when Engelbert Humpadinck was at No.1 for 11 Weeks in the Singles Chart, with 'Release Me', (6 Weeks), and 'The Last Waltz', (5 Weeks). He had the Top 3 Singles of the Year - and no Act has managed it before or since. 7)... WHAT DO YOU MEAN? Until now there was only 1 Single that had its first 19 Weeks inside the UK Top 7. That was 'Love Is All Around' by Wet Wet Wet. (1994). 4-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-8 Now What Do You Mean? has broken that Chart Record, by having its 1st 21 Weeks inside the Top 7:, 1-2-1-1-2-1-1-5-7-6-7-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-3-4-4 8)... So now What Do You Mean? has 21 Top 10 Weeks. That is the 8th= most ever. Only 7 Singles have spent longer in the Top 10, & it is still unclear how many further Top 10 Weeks it will have. 9)... It has had 16 Top 5 Weeks & that is the 9th= most ever. 10)... SORRY Justin's 'Sorry' has also achieved something. Its Top 10 'Run' (So Far):, 2-2-2-1-1-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-3 It has had 8 Weeks at No.2 & only 3 other No.1 Hits have had 8, (or more), Weeks at No.2. (Plus 1 No.2 Hit). YOU BELONG TO ME -- JO STAFFORD (1952 to 1953) 9 Weeks at No.2 - no No.1 or No.2 Hit has spent as long at No.2 2-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-5-5-6-9-11-8 SUCH A NIGHT -- JOHNNIE RAY (1954) 8 Weeks at No.2 - and the Hit with the most consecutive No.2 Weeks 10-4-3-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-7-7-9-10 LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT -- KITTY KALLEN (1954) She died on January 7th this Year 8 Weeks at No.2 5-3-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-1-3-5-6-2-4-5-9-10-9 THE ONLY No.2 HIT WITH AS MANY AS 8 No.2 WEEKS TERRY'S THEME (FROM 'LIMELIGHT') -- FRANK CHACKSFIELD (1953) 8 Weeks at No.2 10-3-2-2-5-4-2-2-2-3-2-2-3-5-2-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-6

Simon, (Suedehead2),you said this in your Chart Commentary. "The only other act to have songs at numbers one, two and four in the same chart is Frankie Laine, who achieved it in 1953". Why it is wrong:, 1)... Frankie Laine never managed to have the No.1, No.2 & No.4 positions at the same time. 2)... The closest he came was on W/E 24th October 1953 - No.1, No.3 & No.4. 3)... So Justin is the 1st Act since the UK Singles Chart began, (November 1952), to achieve it. Which he has done in 2 successive Charts. Frankie Laine & Justin Bieber are the only 2 Acts who've achieved 3 Top 4 Hits in the same Chart. Both of them did it for 2, (successive), Weeks. 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 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 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?

With 3 Singles in the Top 4, Justin Bieber becomes the first Artist to achieve that since 1953. Frankie Laine achieved it in these 2 Charts. 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 So it has taken just over 62 Years for it to happen a 3rd time. However - Justin has achieved it whilst holding the No.1 & No.2 positions. No one has ever managed that before. JUSTIN BIEBER (W/E 3rd December 2015) No.1 -- SORRY No.2 -- LOVE YOURSELF No.4 -- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

In 1967 Lulu topped the USA Charts for 5 Weeks with 'To Sir With Love'. It was the USA's Best Seller for that Year. For some peculiar reason it was decided not to release it as an 'A' Side here in the UK. It was relegated to the 'B' Side of 'Let's Pretend', which did not even reach the Top 10. It was a No.11 Hit.

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MICHAEL JACKSON IN 2009 Week Ending 11th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 22 Top 75 Hits & 32 Top 100 Hits (13 in the Top 40) 2-10-12-13-19-25-26-32-33-34-35-38-40-46-54-57-60-63-66-70-73-74-78-81-83-86-88-90-91-92-94-98 He was also at No.43, No.50, No.55, No.59 & No.65 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons So he was on 27 Top 75 Hits & 37 Top 100 Hits @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Week Ending 18th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 18 Top 75 Hits & 23 Top 100 Hits (10 in the Top 40) 3-20-21-25-28-29-31-32-39-40-42-44-45-48-51-62-69-74-80-87-89-91-100 He was also at No.36, No.49, No.57, No.59, No.79, & No.84 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons & No.77 - with U.S.A. For Africa with We Are The World. So he was on 22 Top 75 Hits & 30 Top 100 Hits (With 11 in the Top 40) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Week Ending 4th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 16 Top 75 Hits & 23 Top 100 Hits. (6 in the Top 40) 11-23-25-28-30-38-44-45-47-48-50-57-58-67-72-73-78-85-92-95-96-97-99 He was also at No.55, No.65, No.71, No.75, & No.86 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons. So he was on 20 Top 75 Hits & 28 Top 100 Hits. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Week Ending 25th July 2009 As a Solo Act he was on 13 Top 75 Hits & 14 Top 100 Hits. (5 in the Top 40) 8-28-33-35-39-42-45-49-53-55-59-60-68-78 He was also at No.57, No.62, No.82, & No.98 with The Jackson 5//The Jacksons. So he was on 15 Top 75 Hits & 18 Top 100 Hits. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ At UKMIX someone has pointed out that The Beatles had 17 Top 75 Hits, (23 Top 100), in the BMRB, ('Official'), Chart of W/E 27th March 1976. However, the Chart was only published as a Top 50 at that time, so what they achieved in an unpublished Top 75, (or Top 100), is not part of UK Chart History. THE BEATLES IN 1976 Week Ending 27th March 1976 10... Yesterday 45... Hey Jude 46... Paperback Writer 53... Strawberry Fields Forever 55... Get Back 59... She Loves You 61... Help! 62... Love Me Do 63... Yellow Submarine 64... Let It Be 66... A Hard Day's Night 68... Can't Buy Me Love 69... I Want To Hold Your Hand 71... All You Need Is Love 72... From Me To You 74... Hello Goodbye 75... Please Please Me @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Popchartfreak - I know that it is far easier for a big Act to sell a lot of 'Singles' now, than in the past. Unfortunately, people who write Chart Trivia can only comment on how the Charts are each Week. The fact that some Chart Feats are easier for today's big Acts, is not really an issue. I just write about what goes on in the Charts - as does Simon, (Suedehead), & Alan Jones etc. As you say, there is 24/7, 365 Days a Year availability of Downloads. In the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's etc. an Act could only Chart if a Single was still in the Shops. Now a 'Single' can Chart forever - as long as people want to buy it. Streaming is also helping today's big Acts stay in the Singles Charts for longer. That's why we see Adele, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith etc. stay in the 'Singles' Chart for longer than Acts from previous Decades As a result, if we give 75 Points for No.1 down to 1 Point for No.75, to every Hit from the Download Era, we are already seeing more & more of the UK's All Time Singles - based on Points - taking over the All Time Top 100. The UK's Top 30 All Time Singles (Points Based) is already filling up with Hits from the past few Years. Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud is the 2nd All Time UK Single, based on Points - beaten only by My Way by Frank Sinatra, that scored so many due to Charting for 124 Weeks. Here are recent Hits in the UK's All Time Top 30 - based on Points:, No.2 - Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran No.3 - Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon No.4 - All Of Me - John Legend No.6 - Happy - Pharrell Williams No.9 - Rather Be - Clean Bandit Feat. Jess Glynne No.11 - Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol No.12 - I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas No.14 - Take Me To Church - Hozier No.15 - Stay With Me - Sam Smith No.17 - Someone Like You - Adele No.18 - Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon No.19 - Let It Go - Idrina Menzel No.21 - Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson Feat. Bruno Mars No.22 - Budapest - George Ezra No.23 - Counting Stars - OneRepublic No.27 - Chandelier - Sia No.28 - Poker Face - Lady GaGa No.29 - Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Feat. Christina Aguilera No.30 - Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye Feat. Kimbra That's 19 of the All Time Top 30 taken up by Singles from the past 9 Years or so - with the bulk from the past 3 or 4 Years.

NOTE -- ADELE -- It looks like - next Friday - she will either equal or beat Justin Bieber's Chart Record of 8 Top 40 Hits by a living Artist. We will see. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ A)... As you can see Justin Bieber is at these Positions in the latest UK Singles Chart:, Top 5//Top 10 -- 1 - 3 - 5 With another Hit at No.15 -- So 4 Hits in the Top 20. 4 other Hits in the Top 40 -- 32 - 33 - 35 - 38 -- So 8 Top 40 Hits. 7 other Hits in the Top 75 -- 41 - 42 - 44 - 52 - 61 - 63 - 74 -- So 15 Top 75 Hits 3 Other Hits in the Top 100 -- 77 - 88 - 94 -- So 18 Top 100 Hits @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ B)... It I the 1st time that a living Act has had 4 Hits in the Top 20 at the same time since:, LADY GAGA IN 2011 Week Ending 28th May 2011 06. THE EDGE OF GLORY 08. JUDAS 13. HAIR 16. BORN THIS WAY @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ C)... The 1st time that a living Male Act has managed 4 Top 20 Hits in the same Chart since:, ELVIS PRESLEY IN 1957 Week Ending 23rd November 1957 No.2 - PARTY No.11 - SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK TO ME No.15 - LAWDY MISS CLAWDY No.17 - TRYING TO GET TO YOU Elvis had 4 Top 20 Hits, in the same Chart, for 6 Weeks in October & November 1957. With 2 further October 1957 Charts where he had 5 Hits in the Top 20. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ D)... The first time that an Act has had 3 Hits in the same Top 10 since:, RIHANNA IN 2011 Week Ending 15th January 2011 No.1 - WHAT’S MY NAME? - RIHANNA FEAT. DRAKE No.9 - ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) No.10 - WHO’S THAT CHICK? - DAVID GUETTA FEAT. RIHANNA She also had 3 Top 10 Hits in 2 December 2010 Charts. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ E)... The first time that an Act has had 3 Hits in the same Top 5 since:, JOHN LENNON IN 1981 (But he had died) Week Ending 17th January 1981 (NOTE - He also had 3 Top 5 Hits in the previous Chart - W/E 10th January 1981) No.1 - IMAGINE No.3 - HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) No.5 - (JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER He had 3 Top 10 Hits in 5 Charts between December 1980 & January 1981. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ F)... The first time that a living Act has had 3 Top 5 Hits at the same time since:, FRANKIE LAINE IN 1953 Week Ending 7th November 1953 No.2 - ANSWER ME No.3 - HEY JOE No.5 - I BELIEVE No.7 - WHERE THE WIND BLOWS He had 3 Top 10 Hits, at the same time, in 5 Charts that Year, & 4 Top 10 Hits in 3 other Charts. With 3 Top 5 Hits in 4 of those 8 Charts. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ G)... Justin Bieber is the only living Act to have as many as 8 Top 40 Hits in the same Chart. ELVIS PRESLEY IN 1957 He had 7 Top 30 Hits in the Charts of W/E 2nd November & 9th November 1957. The Chart was only a Top 30 at that time. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ H)... Justin's current 18 Top 100 Hits & 15 Top 75 Hits are both UK All Time Chart Records - for a living Act. Michael Jackson beat it in 2009, but he had died. The previous Record Holders were The Jam in 1983. They had 16 Top 100 Hits - 13 of them Top 75. THE JAM IN 1983 Week Ending 5th February 1983 They were at -- 21-30-41-42-43-47-53-54-57-59-60-62-73-82-83-87 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

An Original Cast Recording is allowed into the main, (Artist), Album Chart. But a Film Soundtrack is not - unless it is credited to an Artist. Or an Artist & Various Artists. If it is just credited to Various Artists then it has to go into the Soundtrack Chart. (They used to be put into the Compilation Chart). This can be best illustrated by Mamma Mia! The 1999 Original Cast Recording was allowed into the Artist Chart. It eventually Peaked at No.12, in 2008. However, the 2008 Mamma Mia! Film Soundtrack was only allowed into the Compilation Chart. It was No.1, in that Chart, for 11 non-consecutive Weeks. Evita is usually credited to Madonna & Various Artists - which is why it was allowed into the Artist Chart, & why several UK Chart Books regard it as one of Madonna's No.1 Albums - giving her 12 UK No.1 Albums. The Bodyguard is regarded as a Film Soundtrack by Various Artists & it was only allowed into the Compilation Chart. It is not regarded as a Whitney Houston No.1 in the UK. But, in the USA it is credited to Whitney Houston & Various Artists, & it is regarded as a Whitney No.1 there. Saturday Night Fever is counted as a Bee Gees No.1 Album in the USA, as it is credited to the Bee Gees & Various Artists. In the UK it is counted only as a Film Soundtrack, by Various Artists, & the Bee Gees do not have it counted as a UK No.1 for them. It was allowed into the main UK Album Chart in 1978, because there was no Compilation Chart at that time. The same for the Grease Soundtrack, which was also No.1 in 1978.

THE EVITA FILM SOUNDTRACK -- (1996 - No.1 in 1997) Sometimes The OCC does not count Evita as a Madonna No.1 Album & sometimes they do. In the Madonna Section, on their Site, they do not List Evita in her Albums. They credit her with 11 No.1 Albums & 29 Weeks at No.1. So, it is up to 'the individual' if you regard it as a Madonna No.1. If you don't, then the Top 4 UK No.1 Album Acts would look like this:, 1)...THE BEATLES - 15 (174W) 2)...ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (64W) 3)=ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 3)=MADONNA - 11 (29W)

As Elvis Presley has his 12th UK No.1 Album I thought that I'd add these 2 Lists here. NOTE -- Whilst the UK is the biggest Record Market in Europe, the biggest on the Continent of Europe is Germany. It is interesting to note that Elvis Presley only had 1 No.1 Single in Germany. That was In The Ghetto, in 1969. Ironically that was not a UK No.1 Hit, (No.2). He only had 1 No.1 Album there - The King, in 2007. The 3 non-German Acts with the most German No.1 Albums are Madonna - 12, (33 Weeks at No.1), & The Beatles & Robbie Williams each have 11 No.1 Albums there, with 119 Weeks & 46 Weeks at No.1 respectively..... @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK CHART ACTS - 8 OR MORE NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 12th November 2015) 01)...BEATLES - 15 (174W) 02)=ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (64W) 02)=MADONNA - 12 (Includes 1 No.1, (1 Week) with the Evita OST - credited to Madonna & Various Artists) (30W) 04)...ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 05)=ROLLING STONES - 10 (45W) 05)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 05)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 05)=U2 - 10 (15W) 09)=ABBA - 9 (57W) 09)=DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 09)=QUEEN - 9 (21W) 12)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 12)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 12)=OASIS - 8 (21W) 12)=LED ZEPPELIN - 8 (14W) 12)=REM - 8 (13W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ MALE SOLO ACTS - 6 OR MORE UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS (Weeks at No.1 in Brackets) (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 12th November 2015) 01)...ELVIS PRESLEY - 12 (64W) 02)...ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 11 (34W) 03)=MICHAEL JACKSON - 10 (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks) (31W) 03)=BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 10 (16W) 05)...DAVID BOWIE - 9 (23W) 06)=ROD STEWART - 8 (28W) 06)=BOB DYLAN - 8 (25W) 08)=CLIFF RICHARD - 7 (30W) 08)=ELTON JOHN - 7 (Includes 1 with Pnau - 1 No.1 Week) (29W) 08)=EMINEM - 7 (24W) 08)=GEORGE MICHAEL - 7 (16W) 12)...PHIL COLLINS - 6 (26W) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

It looks like Sam Smith's Album will soon have a new burst of life. He is re-issuing it as the 'Drowning Sorrows Edition' on Friday 6th November. It's had a 2nd CD added to it, with 9 Tracks. The Tracks include Duets with John Legend & Mary J Blige. One of the added tracks is his cover of Whitney's How Will I Know, & another is his cover of Amy Winehouse's Love Is A Losing Game. The OCC will combine its Sales with those of the original version.

A)... Here are 3 UK Chart Lists. Two of them show how Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour now holds the Chart Record for the most Top 5 Weeks for a Male Soloist Album - 58. It over-took Thriller by Michael Jackson, a few Weeks ago. It has the 3rd most Top 5 Weeks for an Artist Album, & the 11th most for any Album. Ed Sheeran's X is not far behind - that's equal with Thriller's 55 Top 5 Weeks... B)... In The Lonely Hour has its 67th consecutive Top 10 Week. It has yet to leave the Top 10. It's now over-taken Emeli Sande's Our Version Of Events, (66 consecutive Top 10 Weeks), to become the debut Album with the most consecutive Top 10 Weeks. Only 2 other Artist Albums have had more consecutive Top 10 Weeks, & only 8 Albums over-all. Again Ed Sheeran's X Album is not far behind. That has its 63rd consecutive Top 10 Week in the latest Chart.... All 3 Lists go from W/E July 28th 1956 to W/E 10th September 2015. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CONSECUTIVE TOP 10 WEEKS (Total Top 10 Weeks In Brackets) 01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1958) - 180 WEEKS - (276) 02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1965) - 172 WEEKS - (233) 03)... BLACK AND WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS (BBC TV) - (1960) - 120 W - (120) 04)... MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST - (1958) - 101 WEEKS - (122) 05)... THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1956) - 94 WEEKS - (153) 06)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - (1970) - 92 WEEKS - (135) 07)... WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1960) - 89 WEEKS - (153) 08)... 21 - ADELE - (2011) - 71 WEEKS - (76) 09)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 67 WEEKS - (67) 10)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - (2012) - 66 WEEKS - (67) 11)... X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 63 WEEKS - (63) 12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - BEATLES - (1963) - 62 WEEKS - (62) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE 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)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 58 04)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - (1963) - 56 05)= THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with Thriller 25) 05)= X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 55 07)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - (1985) - 50 08)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - (2012) - 47 09)... TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - (1997) - 45 10)... G.I. BLUES (OST) - ELVIS PRESLEY - (1960) - 44 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ UK ALBUMS WITH THE 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)... BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - 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 - 61 - (2011) 11)... IN THE LONELY HOUR - SAM SMITH - (2014) - 58 12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 56 - (1963) 13)= THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - (1982) - 55 (Includes 1 Top 5 Week with Thriller 25) 13)= X - ED SHEERAN - (2014) - 55 15)... MARY POPPINS (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - (1964) - 52 - (Peaked at No.2) @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

They are obviously not counting the UK Sales of 'Hits' Albums, when they show each Act's best selling 21st Century Album. 'All Over The World - The Very Best Of' is - by far - E.L.O.'s biggest selling UK Album of this Century. It was released in 2005, when it peaked at No.6. From June 2005 to April 2015 it has spent 52 Weeks in the Top 75 & 87 Weeks in the Top 100. The BPI have given it 2 Platinum Awards. As a contrast, the 2007 re-issue of Out Of The Blue was a No.18 Hit & it spent 4 Weeks in the Top 75//Top 100.

On Monday 31st August the UK's BBC Radio 2 will be playing The Top 50 UK Best Selling Singles by Elvis Presley & The Beatles. (From 6.30 am until 7 pm). LINK:, http://goo.gl/3M4kn1 The Beatles Top 10 will have more UK Sales in it than Elvis's Top 10. This is because they had 6 UK Million Selling Singles & Elvis 'only' had one - It's Now Or Never.

The Hit Parade - Twist And Shout by The Beatles is excellent. It was originally by the Top Notes, in 1961. The Isley Brothers covered it in 1962, & reached No.17 in the USA & No.42 in the UK. The Beatles did not release it as a UK Single. They released it as a 4 Track EP here, & was No.1 in the UK EP Chart, for 21 Weeks, from 1963 to 1964. It was a No.2 Single in the USA Billboard Charts, & No.1 in the USA Cashbox Charts. The Tremeloes had a UK No.4 Single with it in 1963. The Beatles version was not a UK Hit Single until 2010, when it reached No.48 as a Download. THE BEATLES - TWIST AND SHOUT -- (1963) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ypq6_5bsg