Official Albums Chart on 21/8/2015

Ah, thanks OCC.

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 27th August.

Bob Marley & Queen still deadlocked!

For some reason Dark side's 11 weeks in 1994 are not in the main run. I've included them.

+1. Abba - Gold - 718
+2=. Queen's Greatest Hits – 684
+2=. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 684
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 611
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 517
+6. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 468

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 27th 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.

+1. ABBA - GOLD - 486
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 457
+3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 456
4. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 454
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 434
6. THE SOUND OF MUSIC - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - 373
+7. PINK FLOYD - THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 370
8. SOUTH PACIFIC - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - 313
9. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - 311
10. SIMON & GARFUNKEL - GREATEST HITS - 299
11. MIKE OLDFIELD - TUBULAR BELLS - 274
12. JEFF WAYNE - WAR OF THE WORLDS - 247
13. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - 242
14. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER - 229 (includes 25 weeks for 25th anniversary edition)
15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
16. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND - 204
17. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER - 203
18. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
19. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN - 197
20. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 192
21. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 191
22=. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 183
22=. REM - OUT OF TIME - 183
+22=. ED SHEERAN – + – 183
25=. REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – 180
25=. THE BEATLES - BEATLES 1962 - 1966 – 180
27. U2 - LIVE UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - 179
28. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 178
29=. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 175
29=. WEST SIDE STORY - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 175
31. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 174
32=. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 168
32=. OKLAHOMA! - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 168
34. LADY GAGA - THE FAME - 166
35. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 163
36. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS - 160
+37. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 159 (129 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)

I keep trying to add lists for the longest number of weeks in the top 40, 75 and 100 but every time I get the message "Hold on, this is waiting to be approved by Official charts" - and it never is. Could someone at OCC please say why?

Total weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending 27th August

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 - 217
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 158
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.Ed Sheerhan - + 132
19. Lady Gaga - The fame 131
20. Best of the Beach Boys 127
21. David Gray - White Ladder 123
22=.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 120
22=. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 120
+24. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 118 (90 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
+25. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 115

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 27th 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. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 65 weeks
17. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 64 weeks
18. Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
+19. Ed Sheerhan - X 61 weeks
20. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 27th August)

Sam and Ed continue their runs. Sam is one short of "Our version of events", Ed is one short of Please Please Me.

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. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 65 weeks
11 Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
+12. Ed Sheerhan - X 61 weeks
13. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 60 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)

Yea I spotted that too!

2 Michael's albums in the top 100 again!

where is the Macbusted LP. Why did it not stay in the top 40 very long?

Why is Guilty back in the charts, BS+ BG at number 64. I love the LP , but why are the great British public buying it this week.

wait... compton was #1 last week. this is new, seriously?