Official Albums Chart on 4/11/2016

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 10th Nov

+1. Abba - Gold - 759
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 747
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 745
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 654
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 519
+6. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 475
7. THE SOUND OF MUSIC - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - 374
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21=. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 264
21=. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 264
+23. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 258
+24. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 257 (234 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
25. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 252
26. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 247
+26=. ED SHEERAN – + – 247
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30. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 234
30=. ADELE – 21 – 234
+32.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 228
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46. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –192 or 198?
46=. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 198
+48.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 194

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 10th Nov.

1. ABBA - GOLD - 513
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 502
3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 489
4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 466
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15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+16. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 222 (192 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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46=. BUDDY HOLLY – THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY – 155
46=. TAKE THAT - NEVER FORGET: ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 155
48=. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY - OCEAN DRIVE - 154
48= FLORENCE & MACHINE - LUNGS 154
+48=. OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 154
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54. KINGS OF LEON – ONLY BY THE NIGHT –148
55. THE BEATLES - BEATLES 1967 - 1970 - 147
+55=. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM 147
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66. MADONNA – LIKE A VIRGIN – 137
67=. NORAH JONES – COMES AWAY WITH ME – 136
67=. SIMPLY RED – STARS – 136 (including collector's edition)
67=. CARPENTERS - THE SINGLES 1969-1973 – 136
67=. WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 136
+67=. EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 136

Total weeks in Top 40. + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending week ending 10th Nov

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
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18. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142 (all in Top 20)
+19. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 139
20=.Ed Sheerhan - + 134
20=. Adele - 21 134
22. Lady Gaga - The fame 131
23. Best of the Beach Boys 127
23=.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 127
+25.Ed Sheerhan - X 124

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending 10th Nov.

Ed is hanging on at 39, enough to overtake Brothers In Arms

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.Ed Sheerhan - X 124
9. Dire Straits - Brother in Arms 123
10. Best of the Beach Boys 118

Oh My God - yet further proof that the charts of the 2000s mean nothing to me - and most other people I'm sure. Quasimodo is back in at number one?!!!! How many albums did he have to sell to get there this time? 500?? The last few months we have seen endless top ten entries which have all steamed in at numbers 1-8..... I've lost count of how many times 8 of the top 10 have been new entries at any given week. Just the other week Radiohead stormed back up the chart from 85 to number 5 and then the following week fell back down to 70 - making both the biggest jump and the biggest drop in their entire album career in the process. What caused that to happen??

Maybe they should just put all the greatest hits and cover albums in the compilations chart, its part of the reason most artists avoid releasing anything around Christmas.

Two Orbison albums in the Top 100!!! Fab!!!

Congrats to Madness & Anglo Hannah on their 3rd top ten album in 7 years.