Official Albums Chart on 31/7/2015

So sad our Cilla died, ere she was one of a kind n I muss buy er greatest its CD. I miss Donna Summer n all.

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 6th August.

For some reason Dark side's 4 weeks in the Top 75 in 1994 are not in the main run. I've included them.

Bat out of caught by Bob Marley and under threat from Queen

+1. ABBA - GOLD - 483
2. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 454
+2=. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 454
+4. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 453
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 431

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 6th August)

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
+17=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 62 weeks
19. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks
20. Abba - Gold 58 weeks
+20=. Ed Sheerhan - X 58 weeks

Updated list of albums in Top 75 to 100 weeks or more. + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 6th August.

For some reason Dark side's 4 weeks in the Top 75 in 1994 are not in the main run. I've included them.

Bat out of caught by Bob Marley and under threat from Queen
+1. ABBA - GOLD - 483
2. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 454
2=. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 454
+4. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 453
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 431

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 6th August)

Sam Smith equals the Beatles! . Ed Sheerhan's X aiming for Dire Straits.

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
+10=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 62 weeks
12. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 60 weeks
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 58 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)