Official Albums Chart on 13/5/2016

Ignoring the delightful fact Travis dropped, that Radiohead album had so much overanticipation... guess its topping aint surprising then

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 19th May.

1. Abba - Gold - 736
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 722
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 720
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 629
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 519
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20. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 262
+21. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 261
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27. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 240
+28. ED SHEERAN – + – 235
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35. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 211
36 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 210
+36=. ADELE – 21 – 210
38. TAKE THAT - NEVER FORGET: ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 209
39. U2 - LIVE UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - 204
40. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS - 203
+40=.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 203

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 19th May.
Bob Marley now only one week behind Queen.
1. ABBA - GOLD - 500
2. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 478
+3. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 477
4. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 449
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18. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER - 203
19. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
20. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN - 197
+20=. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 197 (167 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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30. ADELE - 19 - 176
31=. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 175
31=. WEST SIDE STORY - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 175
31=. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 175
+34. ADELE – 21 – 174
+35. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 171

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending 19th May

Ed's X album overtakes David Gray. Next target Tubular Bells.

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.Ed Sheerhan - X 99

Consecutive weeks in Top 20 Updated week ending 19th May

After 98 week's Ed's run comes to an end.

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 98

at night alone by mike posner debut's at 79 ouch strange performance after the success of his huge smash single I took a pill in Ibiza it should rise though

bit of a shockingly low entry for Mike Posner.