The Greatest Showman album beats Adele's record for the most weeks at UK Number 1 for an album this century

The film's cast recording caps off a phenomenally successful year by setting a new record.
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The Greatest Showman caps off a phenomenally successful year by keeping its place at Number 1 for the final Official Albums Chart of 2018.

Scoring a 24th non-consecutive week at the top spot, the cast recording now claims the most weeks at Number 1 for an album this century, overtaking Adele’s 21, which racked up 23 weeks in pole position between February 2011 and April 2012.

The album – which hasn’t left the Top 5 all year – enjoys another strong week of sales and streams, with 61,000 combined sales accrued over the last seven days.

Meanwhile, George Ezra’s Staying At Tamara’s lifts from 3 to 2, Roy Orbison’s Unchained Melodies with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra climbs a place to new peak at 3, and Michael Buble occupies slots 4 and 5 with his latest album Love and 2011 collection Christmas.

New entries and high climbers

Elsewhere in this week’s Top 40, Olly Murs’ You Know I Know lifts three spots to Number 7, the A Star Is Born cast recording returns to the Top 10, up three to Number 8, as does Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, up three spots to 9.

Ariana Grande’s Sweetener vaults ten places to 21, US rapper 21 Savage lands this week’s highest new entry at 33 with his second album I Am I Was, and Dua Lipa’s self-titled debut climbs seven places to return to the Top 40 at Number 40.

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Neil Kelly

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What a rubbish piece on TGS. Where does it feature on most weeks at number one? Only The Beatles, South Pacific and The Sound of music number one for longer I think??

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Marcothedonjuan

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Flawless run...the original version of the album is currently number one on the US iTunes and it was released last December. Talk about a real run! lol

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Brian Quinn

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Overall Adele has 37 weeks at No.1 for albums and Motion Picture Cast Recording has 36.

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David Eve

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of course this is comparing apples to oranges. If you took sales only, as was available for '21', then the greatest showman is still a few weeks away from 24 weeks at no.1.

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Neil Kelly

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Not really as many more stream nowadays

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David Eve

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yes, really. Streaming as an entirely different metric to sales and is not really compatable - especially when you are talking about albums.

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Piran

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'The Greatest Showman' has spent almost half the year occupying the #1 spot... incredible, but also so good to see! :)
Happy for 'A Star Is Born' & 'Bohemian Rhapsody' re-entering the Top 10 too.