Official Albums Chart on 18/11/2016

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 24th Nov

Legend has finally caught Queen's Greatest Hits!

+1. Abba - Gold - 761
2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 747
+2=. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 747
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 656
+5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 521
+6. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 477
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18. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 276 (275+1)
+19. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 270
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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 – 260
+24. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 259 (236 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
25. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 252
+26. ED SHEERAN – + – 249
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31. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 234
+32.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 230
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46. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –192 or 198?
46=. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 198
+48.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 196
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51=. TINA TURNER – PRIVATE DANCER –180
51=. TINA TURNER – SIMPLY THE BEST – 180
51=. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD - 180
+54. MICHAEL BUBLÉ – CRAZY LOVE –179
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63 = LADY GAGA - THE FAME - 174
63= STONE ROSES - STONE ROSES – 174
+65. OASIS - TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 171
66. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – CALIFORNICATION – 169
67. OKLAHOMA! - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 168
+68 ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM - 167 CONSECUTIVE

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 24th Nov.

Dark Side only one week away from catching The Sound of Music

1. ABBA - GOLD - 514
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 504
3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 489
4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 466
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
6. THE SOUND OF MUSIC - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - 373
+7. PINK FLOYD - THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON 372
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15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+16. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 224 (194 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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43. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 157
43=. MICHAEL BUBLÉ – CRAZY LOVE –157
45. MY FAIR LADY - ORIGINAL BROADWAY STAGE CAST SOUNDTRACK - 156
+45=. OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 156
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62. TINA TURNER – SIMPLY THE BEST – 141
63=. BARRY MANILOW - MANILOW MAGIC –138
63=. SHANIA TWAIN – COME ON OVER – 138
63=. BRUNO MARS - DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS – 138
+63=. EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 138
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81. RIHANNA - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD – 128
81=. SAM SMITH - IN THE LONELY HOUR 128 CONSECUTIVE
83. ORIGINAL CAST - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – 127
84. FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS - 126
84=.ELLIE GOULDING - HALCYON – 126
84=. BON JOVI'S GREATEST HITS 126
*84=.Ed Sheerhan - X 126 CONSEC

Consecutive weeks in Top 40 * means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending 24th Nov.

Ed's run comes to an end. Only 6 albums have done better, though the run of George Mitchell Minstrels was at the time when there was only a Top 20.

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!)
7=.Ed Sheerhan - X 125

The best album in the UK top 100, is Barry Gibb`s "In The Now", and especially the Deluxe version.
A Masterpiece, and triumphant return for Bee Gee Barry.
All Bee Gees fans should buy it, as it captures the classic Bee Gees sound, whilst remaining
a Solo Album, by Barry. I hope he records another album, and another after that.
I cannot stop playing "In The Now", in my car, sheer brilliance!!! Thanks Barry.