Official Albums Chart on 17/7/2015

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 23rd July)

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. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 60 weeks
19. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks
20. Abba - Gold 58 weeks
21=. Corrs - Talk on corners 56 weeks
21=.Dido - No Angel 56 weeks
23. Best of the Beach Boys 55 weeks
+23=. Ed Sheerhan - X 55 weeks
25. Led Zeppelin II 54 weeks
26=.Oasis - What's the story (morning glory) 51 weeks
26=.Ed Sheerhan - + 51 weeks
26=. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks
26=.Simply Red - Stars (includes collectors edition) 51 weeks

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 23rd July)

Sam Smith catches Dire Straits. Ed Sheerhan's X overtakes Tubular Bells.
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
+11=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 60 weeks
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 56 weeks
14. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 55 weeks
15. Soundtrack - West Side Story 52 weeks (separate run)
16. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks
17. Soundtrack - South Pacific 49 weeks (separate run)

37 albums that have reached numbers one in current top 100. 9 of top 10 have got to number one. Little Boots peaking at 68. Charts are a joke!

where are the bay city rollers ?

James Taylor has the looks of Kim Wilde and nickelback is a karaoke act.