Official Albums Chart on 24/5/2015

look at how low the sales are. Carey may have sold a few thousand, Weller under 30k. I think, there is nobody out there buying albums, except me, an 53 year old boring , the people my age ate buying the albums, nobody else.

Berni

All Time Longest Runners in Top 40

Ed Sheerhan's + more weeks in Top 40 than Rumours!

1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 347

2. Soundtrack - South Pacific 313 Weeks (all in Top 20)

3. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 279

4. Meatloaf - Bat out of 249

5. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 221

6. Abba - Gold - 216

7. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 214

8. Soundtrack - The King & I 201 (all in Top 20)

9. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells 183

10. Soundtrack - West Side Story 175 (all in Top 20)

11. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 168 (all in Top 20)

12. Queen's Greatest Hits 157

13. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 156 (all in Top 20)

14. The Buddy Holly Story 155 (all in Top 20)

15 Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 154 (138+16)

16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 145

17. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142 (all in Top 20)

18. Lady Gaga - The fame 131

19. Best of the Beach Boys 127

20. David Gray - White Ladder 123

+21.Ed Sheerhan - + 121

22=.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 120

22=. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 120

24=. Abba's Greatest Hits 114

24=. Corrs - Talk on corners 114

26. Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive 113

27. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 112

28=. Emile Sande - Our version of events 111

28=. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 111 (83 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)

28=. Led Zeppelin II 111

31= Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 110

31= Michael Jackson - Bad 110

31= Beatles -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 110

34 Jeff Wayne - War of the worlds 109

35= Kings of Leon - Only by the night 108

35= Andy Williams Greatest Hits 108

35= REM - Automatic for the people 108

38= David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust 107

38= Adele - 19 107

40 Mumford & Sons - Sigh no more 104

41= Ellie Golding - Halcyon 103

41= Adele - 21 103

43= Michael Buble - Crazy love 102

43= Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the run 102

45 Beatles 1967-70 100

Total Weeks in Top 10 - Another Week for Sam Smith

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. Emile Sande - Our version of events 67 weeks

15. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 66 weeks

16. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 64 weeks

17. Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks

18. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks

19. Abba - Gold 58 weeks

20=. Corrs - Talk on corners 56 weeks

20=.Dido - No Angle 56 weeks

22. Best of the Beach Boys 55 weeks

23. Led Zeppelin II 54 weeks

+24. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 52 weeks

25=.Oasis - What's the story (morning glory) 51 weeks

25=.Ed Sheerhan - + 51 weeks

25=. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks

25=.Simply Red - Stars (includes collectors edition) 51 weeks

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10

Sam Smith catches West Side Story's second run. Next target is Tubular Bells. Ed Sheerhan's X has 48 consecutive weeks in the Top Ten.

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. Emile Sande - Our version of events 66 weeks

10 Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks

11. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 60 weeks

12. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 55 weeks

13=. Soundtrack - West Side Story 52 weeks (separate run)

+13=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 52 weeks

15. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks

16. Soundtrack - South Pacific 49 weeks (separate run)

MARIAH CAREY #8 ...so glad !!!!!

Roisin Murphy dropping that low and fast!!!

congratulations Mariah Carey (Number One To Infinity) #8...can't take that away from you!!!!!

After 121 weeks on the chart Whitney Houston's Ultimate Collection is RIGHT BELOW Madonna's new album Rebel Heart. I wonder where Whitney will rank on the year-end chart AGAIN with this album. It's been on the chart the entire year.