Official Albums Chart on 27/1/2017

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 2nd Feb

Queen's Greatest Hits continues its battle with Bob Marley, as do Amy and Best of Fleetwood MAc

+1. Abba - Gold - 771
+2. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 757
+2=. Queen's Greatest Hits – 757
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 665
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 521
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19. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 270
+20=. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 269 (246 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
+20=. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 269
22. GUNS 'N' ROSES GREATEST HITS – 265
22=. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 265
24. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 264
+24=.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 264
+26. ED SHEERAN – + – 253
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30. FRANK SINATRA – MY WAY BEST OF – 244
+31. ADELE – 21 – 242
+32.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 237
+33. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 235
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39. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 211
+40. ADELE - 19 - 210

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 2nd Feb

1. ABBA - GOLD - 519
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 514
+3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 495
+4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 471
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
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13. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - 242
+14. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 234 (204 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
15. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER - 231 (includes 25 weeks for 25th anniversary edition)
16. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+17. ED SHEERAN – + – 213
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20. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
+21. ADELE – 21 – 198
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49=. LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY - OCEAN DRIVE - 154
49= FLORENCE & MACHINE - LUNGS 154
51=. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 153
51=. DAVID GRAY - WHITE LADDER - 153
+51=. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM 153
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57. PAOLO NUTINI – THESE STREETS – 144
58=. BEACH BOYS – BEST OF – 142
58=. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –142
58=. CORRS – TALK ON CORNERS –142
58=. GEORGE MITCHELL SINGERS – BLACK & WHITE MINISTRAL SHOW – 142
+58=. EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 142
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67. MADONNA – LIKE A VIRGIN – 137
68=. NORAH JONES – COME AWAY WITH ME – 136
68=. SIMPLY RED – STARS – 136 (including collector's edition)
68=. CARPENTERS - THE SINGLES 1969-1973 – 136
68=. WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 136
+68=.Ed Sheerhan - X 136 CONSEC

Total weeks in Top 40. + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending week ending 2nd Feb

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 - 225
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15 Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 154 (138+16)
+16. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 146 (117 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
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19. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 140
+20.Ed Sheerhan - + 137
21. Adele - 21 134
22. Lady Gaga - The fame 131
+23.Ed Sheerhan - X 128

Total weeks in Top 20. + means is in this week's Top 20. Updated week ending week ending 2nd Feb

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. Ed Sheerhan - X 112

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 2nd Feb)

+ means is in this week's Top 10.

1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 276 weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound of Music 233 weeks
3=. Soundtrack - The King & I 153 weeks
3=. Soundtrack - West Side Story 153 weeks
5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 135 weeks
6. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 122 weeks
7. George Mitchell Singers - Black & White Minstrel show 120 weeks
8. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 112 weeks
There may be some missing from the 50-100 section, but those I've got are:
9. Michael Jackson - Thriller (including Thriller 25) 88 weeks
+10. Ed Sheerhan - X 79 weeks

So let me get this right. The number 1 and 2 albums aren't original albums at all, just compilations done by various people. Number 3 hasn't sold enough to get higher than number 8 in the sales chart, so basically Mike Oldfield's been done out of a number one by mis-classification and streaming. What a crock.