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The Greatest Showman soundtrack equals Adele’s massive UK chart record
The album from the hit musical movie achieves a rarely-seen feat on the Official Albums Chart.
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The Greatest Showman soundtrack matches an Official UK Chart record this week previously held only by Adele.
The cast recording of the hit musical film, released by Atlantic Records UK, scores an eleventh week at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart today; the joint-longest consecutive run at the top in 30 years, along with Adele’s 21 in 2011.
Other albums that have enjoyed long consecutive spells at the summit include Madonna’s Immaculate Collection (nine weeks in 1990), Eurythmics’ Greatest Hits (nine weeks in 1991) and The Beatles’ retrospective 1 (nine weeks in 2000). See a longer list from over the last 30 years below:
| YEAR | TITLE | ARTIST | CONSECUTIVE WKS AT NO.1 | |
| 2011 | 21 | ADELE | 11 | |
| 2018 | THE GREATEST SHOWMAN | MOTION PICTURE CAST RECORDING | 11 | |
| 1990 | THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION | MADONNA | 9 | |
| 1991 | GREATEST HITS | EURYTHMICS | 9 | |
| 2000 | 1 | BEATLES | 9 | |
| 2017 | DIVIDE | ED SHEERAN | 9 | |
| 1988 | INTRODUCING THE HARDLINE ACCORDING TO TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY | TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY | 8 | |
| 1989 | ... BUT SERIOUSLY | PHIL COLLINS | 8 | |
| 1996 | JAGGED LITTLE PILL | ALANIS MORISSETTE | 8 | |
| 1996 | SPICE | SPICE GIRLS | 8 | |
| 1998 | LADIES & GENTLEMEN - THE BEST OF GEORGE MICHAEL | GEORGE MICHAEL | 8 | |
| 2005 | BACK TO BEDLAM | JAMES BLUNT | 8 | |
| 2014 | X | ED SHEERAN | 8 |
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If the collection holds on to Number 1 for a twelfth week, it'll match Bob Marley's 12-week run at the top in 1984 with Legend.
The Greatest Showman and its accompanying album have been a runaway success this year across all formats, from supermarkets to streaming platforms, the soundtrack album has regularly been the most purchased (CD), downloaded and streamed album of the week since it first topped the Official Chart in January.
Now fast approaching the 500,000 combined sales landmark in the UK (465,000), its success has been powered by 42% physical purchases (197,000 copies), 23% digital downloads (107,000 copies) and 35% streaming.
New entries and high climbers
Meanwhile, two new albums make a Top 5 debut this week; rapper XXXTentacion at Number 3 with his second album ?, and The Fratellis, whose new record In Your Own Sweet Time becomes their first Top 10 in ten years. Look at The Fratellis' complete UK chart history here.
US indie rockers The Decemberists land their highest charting album yet with I'll Be Your Girl (8), indie pop band Fickle Friends enter at Number 9 with their debut collection You Are Someone Else, and Brighton newcomers The Magic Gang open at 12 with their self-titled debut.
Further down, Alexandra Burke’s first release in six years, The Truth Is, opens at Number 16, George Ezra’s 2014 debut Wanted On Voyage jumps 31 places to Number 18 in anticipation of his new album Staying At Tamara’s, and Kim Wilde celebrates her first Top 40 album in the UK for 25 years - Here Come The Aliens is new at Number 21.
View this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full here
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Marcothedonjuan
Congratulations to The Greatest Showman!!!! :)
Piran
I still listen to the entire soundtrack probably twice a week, but it's nowhere near on the same level as '21'.
Unless Anne-Marie's upcoming album can hit #1 at the end of next month, or George Ezra's which came out today, I honestly don't know what's going to stop 'The Greatest Showman'.
Marcothedonjuan
Hey Piran! Is Jack White big in the UK? He usually debuts at no. 1 in the USA with over 100K. His new album is out today. The Greatest Showman most likely will match Bob Marley next week. An impressive consecutive run!!!
TheInkAndThePaper
I hope that TGS can beat George Ezra next week. As for Adele, eh, she's a bit of a one trick pony. TGS is amazing.
Foxes
I don't know if I represent the majority of people in the UK, but I have never heard of Jack White before. He also only debuted at #9 on iTunes today, so I highly doubt he's going to #1.
Piran
Hey Marco! :)
I think Jack White will probably get his third #1 album in the US next week, but over here, his debut album, 'Blunderness', went to #1 & 'Lazaretto' peaked at #4, but 'Boarding House Reach' isn't even in the Top 10 on iTunes over here anymore unfortunately.
Marcothedonjuan
Thanks for the information Piran. :) See ya on the Hot 100. :)
Piran
You're welcome!
Yeah, see you later. :D