Official Albums Chart on 12/8/2016

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 18th Aug.

+1. ABBA - GOLD - 509
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 490
+3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 483
+4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 458
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
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15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+16. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 210 (180 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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22=. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 192
22=. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 192
+24. ADELE – 21 – 187
25. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 184 (183+1)
26. REM - OUT OF TIME - 183
27. ADELE - 19 - 182
+28. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 181
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33=. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 175
33=. WEST SIDE STORY - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 175
33=. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 175
36. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 170
+36=. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 170

Total weeks in Top 40. + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending week ending 18th Aug

Abba Gold overtakes Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits

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
4. Meatloaf - Bat out of 249
+5. Abba - Gold - 222
6. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 221
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16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 145
+17. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 143 (115 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
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31. Lighthouse Family - Ocean Drive 113
32. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 112
+32=Ed Sheerhan - X 112
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44= Michael Buble - Crazy love 102
44= Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the run 102
46. The Seekers - The best of the Seekers 101
+46= Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 101
48. Beatles 1967-70 100

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated week ending 18th Aug

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.Ed Sheerhan - X 112

Total weeks in Top 20. + means is in this week's Top 20. Updated week ending week ending 18th Aug

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. Ed Sheerhan - X 104