Official Albums Chart on 20/11/2015

Where is lifes not out to get you??)):

Good to see genuine music legends in the Charts like Elvis.. Elvis has the second fastest selling album of 2015...fed up of shxt like beiber getting in the charts .. not what i would call music on any level

The albums charts are the only real music charts now. The download single chart is a complete joke now.

Eva Cassidy back in the top 20 with her 415th posthumous CD...YAWNNNNNN

No doubt ADELEs 3 albums will be in the top 3 next week..yaaawwwnnnnn...Can we please shut her up for a few decades please?????

Happy to see 1D beat Justin. Lesser of two evils i suppose.

143 weeks for Whitney and counting! Up almost 20 places!

And how unexpected to see ELO/Jeff Lynne back in the top 10 with a new record, as well as back in the 30 with his band's classic hits collectio!!! ELO have aways been one of my guilty pleasures.....their singles were brilliant between the 1970s and the mid 1980s.....and it's great that two of my other favourite acts, Grandaddy and Super Furry Animals, also owe a huge debt to them by way of their influence!

Wow - New Order's Music Complete manages the almost unthinkable: it actually goes FOUR PLACES BACK UP the top 100 after almost dropping out at 96 last week - and this makes it their longest charting LP since (8 weeks) Republic over 20 years ago managed 19 weeks.......usually their albums always drop prodigiously and plummet out after 4 or 5 weeks - their last three did anyway, and yet this newie seems to have defied all expectations and bucked the trend by actually going back up again!!! Normally I don't give a stuff about charts these days (unlike the heydays of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s, the 2000s charts have always been a bit inconsequential only cos most new chart acts are and worthless!) but this is a most unexpected surprise......

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated 26th November

Sam overtakes Robbie and Fleetwood Mac's Tango in the night, Ed catches Oasis, Shania Twain and Snow Patrol

1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 269
2. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 234
3. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 191
4. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 Weeks (all in Top 5!)
5. Soundtrack - West Side Story 163 (all in Top 20!)
6. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 134 (all in Top 20!)
7. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 125 (all in Top 20!)
8. Dire Straits - Brother in Arms 123
9. Best of the Beach Boys 118
10. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 107
11. Michael Jackson - Thriller 106
11=. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 106
13. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells 100
14. David Gray - White ladder 98
15. Adele - 21 95
16. Soundtrack - The King & I 94 (all in Top 5!)
17. Amy Winehouse - Back to black (includes deluxe version) 93
18. Ellie Golding - Halcyon 93
19. Emile Sande - Our version of events 92
20. Simply Red - Stars 87
21. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 86
22. Dido - No Angel 84
23. Ed Sheerhan + 80
24. Corrs - Talk on corners 79
25=. Fleetwood MAc - Tango in the night 78
25=.Robbie Williams - Life thru a lens 78
+25= Sam Smith - in the lonely hour 78
27. Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive 77
29. Abba - Arrival 76
29= Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down 76
31.Abba's Greatest Hits 75
31= Norah Jones - Come away with me 75
31= Whitney Houston - Whitney 75
34. Oasis-What's the story (morning glory) 74
34= Shania Twain - Come on over 74
34= Snow Patrol - Eyes open 74
+34=Ed Sheerhan - X 74

Total weeks in Top 20 Updated 26th November

Sam catches Ed's + album. , Ed's X album overtakes Dido

1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 313 Weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound OF Music 281
3. Soundtrack - The King & I 201
4. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 195
5. Soundtrack - West Side Story 175
6. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 168
7. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 156
8. The Buddy Holly Story 155
9. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 149
10.George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142
11. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 123
12. Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 118
13. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells 108
14. Abba - Gold - 100
15. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 99 (76 + 27 deluxe - 4 overlap)
16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 95
16= Best of the Beach Boys 95
18. Adele - 21 92
19. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 91
20. Abba's Greatest Hits 83
21. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 81
22. Corrs - Talk on corners 80
23. Led Zeppelin II 79
24.Ed Sheerhan - + 78
+24= Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 78
26. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 76
27. David Gray - White Ladder 75
+ 28. Ed Sheerhan - X 74
29. Dido - No Angel 73
30. Adele - 19 72

Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated 26th November

Ed overtakes the Corrs

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=.Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 78
12. Dire Straits - Brother in Arms 76
+ 13=. Ed Sheerhan - X 74
13. Corrs - Talk on corners 73

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 26th November)

Ed catches Tubular Bells.

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
10=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 76 weeks
12. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 74 weeks
+12=. Ed Sheerhan - X 74 weeks
14. Lady Gaga - The fame 72 weeks
15. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 71 weeks (standard + deluxe - 1 week when both versions were in the top 10 simultaneously.

Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 26th November)

Sam's run continues.

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. Ed Sheerhan - X 74 weeks
9. Adele - 21 71 weeks
10. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 69 weeks

ELO cementing a super chart position

Jeff Lynne's ELO should be #1 with the new album and should be staying on the chart for 3 years. Jeff Lynne is here to save the music. That is being said by a german citizen.

Loving Kylie's new Christmas Album :-)

Wow! Jeff Lynne's ELO at No. 4! First Top 5 album for ELO since 1994. Or, if you count regular albums only, since 1983.

Happy for Kylie.It will be a classic christmas album