Official Albums Chart on 19/2/2016

Well 1Direction is holding on still I hope they come back soon I miss hearing new music from them

Eliot Sumner's 'Information' album should be at least in the top 20! Every track is as good as the last! When your dad is Sting. some of that talent has to rub off, and it sure has.

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 24th Feb.

1. Abba - Gold - 736
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 710
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 708
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 617
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17. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 276 (275+1)
+18. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 269
19. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 263
+20. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 262
21. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 252
22. GUNS 'N' ROSES GREATEST HITS – 249
+22=. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 249
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26. FRANK SINATRA – MY WAY BEST OF – 244
+27. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 238
28. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 231
29. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 224
+30. ED SHEERAN – + – 223
31. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 221
+32. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 220 (197 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
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42. DIRE STRAITS - LOVE OVER GOLD - 200
43. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –198
+43=. ADELE – 21 – 198
+45. ADELE - 19 - 194
+46.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 191
47. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 190
+48. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 189

As usual my Top 75 post gets the "hold on message". OCC still haven't told me why.

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 24th Feb.

200 weeks for Ed Sheerhan's + album

1. ABBA - GOLD - 500
+2. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 476
+3. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 467
4. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 454
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 438
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18. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
+19. ED SHEERAN – + – 200
20. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN - 197
21=. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 192
21=. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 192
+23. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 185 (155 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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32. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 174
+33. ADELE - 19 - 169
34=. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 168
34=. OKLAHOMA! - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 168
+36. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 167
37. LADY GAGA - THE FAME - 166
38. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 163
+39. ADELE – 21 – 162
40. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS - 160
+41. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 159
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47=. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY - OCEAN DRIVE - 154
47= FLORENCE & MACHINE - LUNGS 154
49=. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 153
49=. DAVID GRAY - WHITE LADDER - 153
+49=. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 153

Total weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending week ending 24 Feb
Four active albums
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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19. Lady Gaga - The fame 131
20. Best of the Beach Boys 127
+20=. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 127 (99 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
22. David Gray - White Ladder 123
+23.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 121
24. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 120
+25. Adele - 21 119
26. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 115
27=. Abba's Greatest Hits 114
27=. Corrs - Talk on corners 114
+27=. David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust 114

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending 24th Feb

Sam chasing Emile. Ed's X album catches Simply Red

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 91
21. Simply Red - Stars 87
+21=.Ed Sheerhan - X 87

Total weeks in Top 20 Updated 2nd March

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
14=. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 100 (77 + 27 deluxe - 4 overlap)
16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 95
16= Best of the Beach Boys 95
18. Adele - 21 93
19. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 91
+ 20=. Ed Sheerhan - X 87

Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated week ending 2nd March

Ed catches Adele's 21. Only 9 albums have ever done better.

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
+10=. Ed Sheerhan - X 87

Bowie.that's all.

Just glad Bowie is still hanging around.

Please, please, please can you change the cover on P!nk's Greatest Hits... So Far to the correct one i.e. not Pink Floyd Hits. It's really beginning to bug me!. Cheers!

Total sales of Elvis album are now said to be 995,856 copies sold. So next week it will probably be a million seller.

U.K. Sales 995.856

Dear charts guys. Can u give us an update on total sales for the Elvis album please. It's Gotta be close to the million now? Thank u