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Official Albums Chart on 20/5/2016

20 May 2016 - 26 May 2016

The UK's Top 100 biggest artist albums of the week, compiled by the Official Charts Company based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. View the biggest albums of 2024.

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addickted2hcharlton

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She's been ahrt of the limelight for a while but iss good to see one of our omegrown CBR doin so well.

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Shaun

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Drake...your in Beyoncés spot... 😄

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David Sutton

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Oh dear, tried to put the longest runners for Top 75 and Top 100 but filter problems again. Could someone at OCC please check? Thanks

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David Sutton

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Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 26th May.

+1. Abba - Gold - 737
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 723
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 721
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 630
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 519
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19. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 264
20. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 262
+20=. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 262
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27. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 240
+28. ED SHEERAN – + – 236
+29. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 233 (210 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
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34. REM - OUT OF TIME - 212
35. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 211
+35=. ADELE – 21 – 211
37 FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 210
38. TAKE THAT - NEVER FORGET: ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 209
39. U2 - LIVE UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY - 204
+39=.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 204

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David Sutton

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Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 26th May.
Bob has caught Queen

+1. ABBA - GOLD - 501
2. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 478
+3. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 478
4. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 450
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15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+16. ED SHEERAN – + – 205
17. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND - 204
18. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER - 203
19. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
+20. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 198 (168 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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29. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 178
30. ADELE - 19 - 176
31=. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 175
31=. WEST SIDE STORY - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 175
31=. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 175
+31. ADELE – 21 – 175
+35. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 172

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corcyn

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where's Cyndi Lauper Detour album????? it's wonderful

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Ronnie

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GO WHITNEY- Ultimate Collection is still selling WELL. Definitely one of the top 100 albums of the year in the UK again. On its way to 6 x Platinum for sure.

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drew

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she has gone

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addickted2hcharlton

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Shockin when there's much better black soul singers ahrt there than wot she'll ever be who never get the exposure wot Ouston as ad.

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David Sutton

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Consecutive weeks in Top 40 Updated week ending 26th May

Ed's X album catches 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
+13=.Ed Sheerhan - X 100