Official Albums Chart on 16/10/2015

GO WHITNEY! Still on the charts with Ultimate collection and RISING!! If this album keeps up this pace she will definitely climb the ladder of best-selling females in the UK.

Squeeze n arf doin well nt they, shame our Cill as gawn though, less get er back in on ere.

Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated 22nd October

1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 221
2. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 Weeks
3. Soundtrack - West Side Story 163
4. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 147
5. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 134
6. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 125
7. Soundtrack - The King & I 94
8. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells 92
9. Michael Jackson - Thriller 90
10. Adele - 21 87
11. Dire Straits - Brother in Arms 76
12. Corrs - Talk on corners 73
+12=.Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 73

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 22nd October)
Sam Smith now more weeks in the Top 10 than Amy's Back To Black and equals Lady Gaga's "The Fame"

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
+12=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 72 weeks
14. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 71 weeks (standard + deluxe - 1 week when both versions were in the top 10 simultaneously.
+15. Ed Sheerhan - X 69 weeks

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 22nd October)

Ed has equalled Sam's feat of 69 consecutive weeks in the top 10. Next target Adele.

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. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 69 weeks
+9=. Ed Sheerhan - X 69 weeks

Big drop for Janet 'flop' Jackson. Happy to see selena flopped.