Official Albums Chart on 7/10/2016

Still don't know why Oasis 'What's the Story...' is showing 25 weeks in the charts while 'Definitely Maybe' 1994 shows as 232 weeks. I have the original vinyl lps from the 1990's and remember both were in the charts for over a year then.

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 13th Oct

+1. Abba - Gold - 757
+2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 743
+3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 741
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 650
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 519
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11=. SOUTH PACIFIC - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - 313
11=. JEFF WAYNE - WAR OF THE WORLDS - 313
+13. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND - 305
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21=. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 264
21=. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 264
+23. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 254
+24. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 253 (230 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
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28. FRANK SINATRA – MY WAY BEST OF – 244
+29. ED SHEERAN – + – 243
+30. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 232
+31. ADELE – 21 – 231
32. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 225
+33.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 224
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46. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –198
46=. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 198
48. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 190
+48=.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 190

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 13th Oct.

1. ABBA - GOLD - 513
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 498
3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 489
+4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 465
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
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15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+16. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 218 (188 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
+17. ED SHEERAN – + – 209
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52. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD - 151
+53. OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 150
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56. PAOLO NUTINI – THESE STREETS – 144
+57. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM 143

Total weeks in Top 40. + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending week ending 13th Oct

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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15 Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 154 (138+16)
16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 145
+16=. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 145 (116 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
18. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142 (all in Top 20)
+19. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 135
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25. David Gray - White Ladder 123
26. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 120
+26=.Ed Sheerhan - X 120

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending 13th Oct.

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.Ed Sheerhan - X 120

Total weeks in Top 20. + means is in this week's Top 20. Updated week ending week ending 13th Oct

1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 313 Weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 281
3. Soundtrack - The King & I 201
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12. Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 118
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 109
14. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells 108

Yello! Not bad considering their last album was on import only here

That's some leap up the chart for Radiohead. Last week 85 this week 5!