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- LW: 18,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 41
PURPLE RAIN - OST
PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
- LW: 55,
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 11
- LW: 6,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 13
- LW: New
- Peak: 7,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 5,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 24
- LW: 9,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 36
- LW: 3,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: 12,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 136
- LW: 8,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 25
- LW: RE
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 17
- LW: 11,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 21
- LW: New
- Peak: 15,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 7,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: 17,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 97
- LW: 15,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 42
- LW: 14,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 58
- LW: 28,
- Peak: 8,
- Weeks: 7
THE HOPE SIX DEMOLITION PROJECT
PJ HARVEY
- LW: 1,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 22,
- Peak: 14,
- Weeks: 34
EVERYTHING YOU'VE COME TO EXPECT
LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
- LW: 16,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 4
I LIKE IT WHEN YOU SLEEP FOR YOU ARE SO
1975
- LW: 26,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 9
- LW: 25,
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 5
BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS
WEEKND
- LW: 27,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 35
I'VE ALWAYS KEPT A UNICORN - ACOUSTIC
SANDY DENNY
- LW: New
- Peak: 31,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 19,
- Peak: 19,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 36,
- Peak: 5,
- Weeks: 76
- LW: 4,
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 2
- LW: 23,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 5
NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF
DAVID BOWIE
- LW: 34,
- Peak: 5,
- Weeks: 48
- LW: New
- Peak: 37,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 30,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 25
- LW: 37,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 207
- LW: 31,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 79
PARADE - OST
PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
- LW: New
- Peak: 41,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 53,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 259
THE BALCONY
CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
- LW: 39,
- Peak: 10,
- Weeks: 81
- LW: 62,
- Peak: 8,
- Weeks: 8
LEGEND
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
- LW: 33,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 718
- LW: 44,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 101
AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
PRINCE
- LW: New
- Peak: 47,
- Weeks: 1
HELTER SELTZER
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
- LW: New
- Peak: 48,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 32,
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 13
- LW: RE
- Peak: 50,
- Weeks: 3
- LW: RE
- Peak: 25,
- Weeks: 8
DEATH OF A BACHELOR
PANIC AT THE DISCO
- LW: 54,
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 15
- LW: 49,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 138
- LW: RE
- Peak: 55,
- Weeks: 5
- LW: 52,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 24
- LW: 70,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 143
- LW: 74,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 10
- LW: RE
- Peak: 9,
- Weeks: 84
- LW: 51,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 26
- LW: New
- Peak: 61,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 56,
- Peak: 12,
- Weeks: 21
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
WHITNEY HOUSTON
- LW: 59,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 166
- LW: 40,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 627
THAT'S THE SPIRIT
BRING ME THE HORIZON
- LW: 61,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 33
- LW: 71,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 201
ALWAYS STRIVE AND PROSPER
ASAP FERG
- LW: New
- Peak: 67,
- Weeks: 1
- LW: 24,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 3
BLUES OF DESPERATION
JOE BONAMASSA
- LW: 46,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 5
- LW: 64,
- Peak: 48,
- Weeks: 12
- LW: 63,
- Peak: 41,
- Weeks: 16
- LW: 45,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 16
- LW: RE
- Peak: 4,
- Weeks: 24
- LW: 68,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 52
- LW: 84,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 720
- LW: 93,
- Peak: 32,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: 47,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 251
IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE
DRAKE
- LW: 82,
- Peak: 3,
- Weeks: 57
STAR WARS - THE FORCE AWAKENS - OST
JOHN WILLIAMS
- LW: 65,
- Peak: 25,
- Weeks: 6
THE COMPLETE GREATEST HITS
EAGLES
- LW: 86,
- Peak: 9,
- Weeks: 72
THE VERY BEST OF
EVERLY BROTHERS
- LW: RE
- Peak: 28,
- Weeks: 6
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
FALL OUT BOY
- LW: 88,
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 64
WHATEVER PEOPLE SAY I AM THAT'S WHAT I'M
ARCTIC MONKEYS
- LW: 75,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 116
- LW: RE
- Peak: 24,
- Weeks: 53
- LW: RE
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 151
- LW: 83,
- Peak: 1,
- Weeks: 233
ALL OVER THE WORLD - THE VERY BEST OF
ELO
- LW: 98,
- Peak: 6,
- Weeks: 110
- LW: RE
- Peak: 81,
- Weeks: 3
- LW: RE
- Peak: 8,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: RE
- Peak: 2,
- Weeks: 29
- LW: New
- Peak: 98,
- Weeks: 1
THIS UNRULY MESS I'VE MADE
MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS
- LW: RE
- Peak: 16,
- Weeks: 4
- LW: 60,
- Peak: 5,
- Weeks: 46
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Brian Quinn
Of course one cannot really compare one era with another. In Elvis' day he did not have the advantage of downloading or streaming to boost his chart positions.
Lancashire Anglo-Saxon
But he did have the advantage of a twice as long career as The Beatles to make albums, far less quality control than Kate Bush or The Beatles - come to think of it even Elvis Presley fans wouldn't think his albums were that good or worth comparing with any of the others' albums.
Brian Quinn
Elvis' fans love his albums as I do. He is much more popular worldwide than The Beatles, especially in the UK where his last three albums have outsold The Beatles last three. Further, Elvis latest album 'If I Can Dream' has sold 1,037,422 units (approx.) in 6 months and was No.1 for 2 weeks. The last time The Beatles had a No.1 album was about 15 years ago. Elvis holds nearly all the UK chart records if you care yo do some research.
Dan Love
Ed Sheeran go away and Beyonce get away from number 1.
J
JW
All we are going to hear now on the radio is Beyonce everyday.. That horrible voice reminds me of a bag of cats on heat!
DS
David Sutton
With the Prince back catalogue selling in numbers, here is a comparison with the dominations by Bowie, Elvis and Michael Jackson after their deaths. I've also added the equivalents for the Beatles when their catalog was remastered and Kate Bush after the announcement of her tour dates.
Number in Top 10: Michael Jackson 6, Bowie 5, Beatles 4, Prince & Elvis 3, Kate 2
Number in Top 20: MJ 9, Bowie 6, Elvis 6, Prince 5, Beatles 4, Kate 3
Number in Top 30: Elvis 10, MJ 9, Bowie 9, Beatles 7, Prince 6, Kate 5
Number in Top 40: Bowie 12, Elvis 12, Beatles 11, MJ 9, Kate 8, Prince 6
Number in Top 50: Bowie 14, Elvis 12, Kate Bush 11, Beatles 11, MJ & Prince 9
Number in Top 75: Bowie 17, Elvis 12, Prince 12, Kate Bush 11, Beatles 11, MJ 9
Number in Top 100: Bowie 19, Prince 14, Elvis 12, Kate Bush 11, Beatles 11, MJ 9
DS
David Sutton
Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending 5th May
Ed's X album catches Sam Smith. Taylor Swift catches The Corrs Talk On Corners and Best Of The Seekers. She's hanging on at No 40 in this week's chart.
1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 269
2. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 234
3. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 191
...
14. David Gray - White ladder 98
15. Sam Smith - in the lonely hour 97
+15=.Ed Sheerhan - X 97
...
25. Ed Sheerhan + 80
26. Corrs - Talk on corners 79
26=. The Seekers - The best of the Seekers 79
+26= Taylor Swift -1989 79
DS
David Sutton
Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated week ending 5th May
1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 221
2. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 Weeks
3. Soundtrack - West Side Story 163
4. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 147
5. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 134
6. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 125
+7. Ed Sheerhan - X 97
Pekka Sahlberg
I have so hard tried to listen and to like Beyonce´s new album but it just does´t open to me. Only track that I feel that is Beyonce is "FORMATION". The other tracks are just like...uninteresting, not in any way danceable, making me wanna listen non stop like I did with "RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS)". I know that an artist and a musician has to grow and to go forward, experiment new things and to try to change the way to express themselves. But I just have to say, even though I have always loved Destiny´s Child and Beyonce and I still do but this new album just don´t cut it for me. I had so high expectations about this new album and when I first heard it I was like....what? Where is this artist that has given me / us so many great songs! I haven´t seen any of those videos and when / if I do the videos don´t change my mind! I´m so sorry to say all these things but that´s how I feel!
A
ANTHONY
what a pity a talentless bimbo has kept a real black musician off the top of the charts
Servemyego
Racist talentless bimbo at that
drew
why is colour so important to people?
A
ANTHONY
its not the colour thats important but the point remains prince was talented beyonce is not only racist but talentless
drew
i agree prince was talented and beyonce is not
Pekka Sahlberg
You just can´t compare Prince with Beyonce. They are so far apart musically. So different genres. Both are talented, both have great tracks and both have not so great tracks and I don´t mean this to say ill of the dead. They both have given us so many happy moments so there is no comparison. Don´t you agree?
Pekka Sahlberg
Not to me!
drew
beyonce has never given me a happy moment
Frank Woolrich
Prince was not only a singer but a musician in a completely different league than anyone especially Beyonce. He will be missed it is just a pity people didn't buy his music as much as they are doing know he has passed away.
EH
Edward Howard
Biggest surprise for me is that The Stone Roses have charted, albeit right at the bottom. Interesting. A posthumous congrats to Prince for dominating the Top 10, even if he didn't have a Number 1 this week. you Beyoncé! ;)
Piran
Congratulations to Beyoncé on entering the albums chart at #1 with 'Lemonade'. Pleased to see the incredible response Princes' fan have shown to the great icon; 6 re-entries in the Top 40 (and 3 in the Top 5). I really hope Drake's 'Views' can do well next week (and possibly give him a chart double if 'One Dance' stays at the top of the singles chart!). :)
Jimmy Chews
How many 'sales' are required to break into the top 100 albums. Queen's Greatest hits always in the bottom 75-100. While I thought the Platinum triple cd collection (vol 1-3) was selling better. .
I Holmes
Approx 1,000 - 1,250. For Example on 21 January David Bowie's Young Americans sold 1,261 to chart at 99.
Pekka Sahlberg
My favourite group of all times : QUEEN. You should be happy that QUEEN is STILL in the chart even though it´s been like a 1000 years since they have released any new material. I read somewhere that Freddie kept on singing until his passing. So there has to be tracks that are ready to be released. I´m very happy that QUEEN still keeps on going strong when it comes to albums chart. Over 700 weeks and counting. I think that QUEEN´s Greatest Hits will be the first album ever to pass the 1000 weeks on the chart. How do you feel about it?
Nick G
An appropriate week for 'You'll never walk alone' to be in the top 10 c/o Katherine Jenkins.
MOR
Why not show the earlier charting of some of Prince's albums e.g. Diamonds and Pearls and Sign o' The Times?
Carl Mefkintallica Foxall
PJ Harvey down 2 no. 23 from last wk's no. 1 Biggest drop from no. 1 ever
Tony Bianchi
No, Christina Aguilera's Bionic fell to 29 6 years ago. http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/20100620/7502/
A
addickted2hcharlton
Get ahrt Ousrton, less ave Beverley Knight in to take your place.
R
Ronnie
Hang in there Whitney & Rihanna! Updated certs coming soon!