Official Albums Chart on 25/9/2015

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 1st October)

1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 276 weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound of Music 233 weeks
3=. Soundtrack - The King & I 153 weeks
3=. Soundtrack - West Side Story 153 weeks
5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 135 weeks
6. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 122 weeks
7. George Mitchell Singers - Black & White Minstrel show 120 weeks
8. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 112 weeks

There may be some missing from the 50-100 section, but those I've got are:

9. Michael Jackson - Thriller (including Thriller 25) 88 weeks
10. Adele - 21 76 weeks
11. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 74 weeks
12. Lady Gaga - The fame 72 weeks
13. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 71 weeks (standard + deluxe - 1 week when both versions were in the top 10 simultaneously.
14. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 69 weeks
15. Emile Sande - Our version of events 67 weeks
16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 66 weeks
+16=. Ed Sheerhan - X 66 weeks
18. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 64 weeks
19. Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
20. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 1st October)

Sam's consecutive run comes to an end. Ed catches Emile Sande

1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound of Music 172 weeks
3. George Mitchell Singers - Black & White Minstrel show 120 weeks
4. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 101 weeks
5. Soundtrack - The King & I 94 weeks
6. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 92 weeks
7. Soundtrack - West Side Story 89 weeks
8. Adele - 21 71 weeks
9. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 69 weeks
10. Emile Sande - Our version of events 66 weeks
+10=. Ed Sheerhan - X 66 weeks

I'm shocked how "shinedown" passed "prince" in peak positions

In The Lonely Hour not in the top 10 for the first time.

Shocking 2nd week sales collapse for Duran Duran and Leona Lewis.