Official Albums Chart on 29/1/2016

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 3rd Feb.

1. Abba - Gold - 736
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 707
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 705
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23. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 247
+24. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 246
25. REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – 245
26. FRANK SINATRA – MY WAY BEST OF – 244
+27. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 235 or 191
28. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 231
29. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 224
30. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 221
+31. ED SHEERAN – + – 220
+32. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 217 (194 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
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43. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –198
+44. ADELE – 21 – 195
+45=. ADELE - 19 - 191
46. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 190
+47.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 188
+48. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 186

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 3rd Feb.

1. ABBA - GOLD - 500
2. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 475
3. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 465
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23=. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 183
23=. REM - OUT OF TIME - 183
+25. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 182 (152 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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32. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 174
33=. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 168
33=. OKLAHOMA! - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 168
+33=. ADELE - 19 - 168
36. LADY GAGA - THE FAME - 166
37. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 166 or 140
38. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 163
39. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS - 160
+40. ADELE – 21 – 159
41. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 157
42=. MICHAEL BUBLÉ – CRAZY LOVE –156
42=. MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY STAGE CAST SOUNDTRACK - 156
+42=. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 156
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51. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD - 151
+52=. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 150

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated 3rd Feb

Sam chasing Emile. Ed's X album catches Dido

1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 269
2. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 234
3. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 191
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19. Emile Sande - Our version of events 92
+20. Sam Smith - in the lonely hour 88
21. Simply Red - Stars 87
22. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 86
23. Dido - No Angel 84
+23=.Ed Sheerhan - X 84

Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated 3rd Feb

Ed continue his run.

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 85
+12. Ed Sheerhan - X 84

Interesting to see that amongst all the Bowie albums that Stage isn"t there. It's a live album from 78 and my particular favourite

Bowie breaks some more records: 11 albums in the Top 32; 12 in the top 36; 13 in the top 42, 14 in the top 43, 15 in the top 52, 17 in the top 66, 18 in the top 79.

Number in Top 10: Michael Jackson 6, Bowie 5, Beatles 4.

Number in Top 20: MJ 9, Bowie 6, Elvis 6

Number in Top 30: Elvis 10, MJ 9, Bowie 9

Number in Top 40: Bowie 12, Elvis 12, Beatles 11

Number in Top 50: Bowie 14, Beatles 12, Kate Bush 11, Beatles 11

Number in Top 75: Bowie 17, Beatles 12, Kate Bush 11, Beatles 11

Number in Top 100: Bowie 19, Beatles 12, Kate Bush 11, Beatles 11

Who the is still buying Adele? Misery pop! Enough of it!

5 albums in top 10.somekind of record?

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