Official Albums Chart on 15/4/2016

The monotony of the charts worries me. Good to see Deftones at #5 though. Shame they dropped off after topping the

Whitney and Rihanna are hanging in there! Yaaaaay! I think Ultimate WHitney may make the year-end best-selling albums list for many years to come. It made it last year (sold more than new albums by major pop artists) and I have no doubt it'll be 7 x platinum by the end of 2017 and 6 x platinum by the end of 2016.

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 21st April.

1. Abba - Gold - 736
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 718
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 716
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 625
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20. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 262
+21. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 257
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27. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 240
28. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 231
+28=. ED SHEERAN – + – 231
+30. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 228 (205 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
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35. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 211
36. TAKE THAT - NEVER FORGET: ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 209
+36= FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 209
+38. ADELE – 21 – 206
39. U2 - LIVE UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - 204
40. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS - 203
+41. ADELE - 19 - 202
42=. THE BEATLES - BEATLES 1962 - 1966 – 201
42=. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
44. DIRE STRAITS - LOVE OVER GOLD - 200
+45.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 199
46. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –198
+47. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 197

Total weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending week ending 21st April

Amy chases Black & White Minstrels. Rumours and 21 both back in the top 40!

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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17. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142 (all in Top 20)
+18. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 135 (107 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
19.Ed Sheerhan - + 134
20. Lady Gaga - The fame 131
21. Best of the Beach Boys 127
+21=. Adele - 21 127
+23.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 124

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending 21st April

Ed's X album catches Adele's 21. Taylor Swift catches The Lighthouse Family.

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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15. Sam Smith - in the lonely hour 97
16. Adele - 21 95
+16=.Ed Sheerhan - X 95
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26. Corrs - Talk on corners 79
26=. The Seekers - The best of the Seekers 79
28=. Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the night 78
28=.Robbie Williams - Life thru a lens 78
30=. Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive 77
+30= Taylor Swift -1989 77

Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated week ending 21st April

Ed begins the 30 week trek towards the Black & White Minstrel Show.

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. Ed Sheerhan - X 95

Who do you people think that who´s album will be the first to reach 1000 weeks on the albums chart? My guess is that it´ll be QUEEN´s Greatest Hits, eventually!