Official Albums Chart on 24/2/2017

To OCC, my post re longest runners for Top 40 and Top 75 have once again disappeared. Could you please fix it, thanks.

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

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

+1. Abba - Gold - 775
+2. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 761
+2=. Queen's Greatest Hits – 761
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 669
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 521
+6. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 485
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15. MIKE OLDFIELD - TUBULAR BELLS - 286
15=. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER - 286 (includes 27 weeks for 25th anniversary edition)
+17. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 281
18. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 276 (275+1)
+19=. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 273 (250 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
+19=. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 273
+21. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 271
+22.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 268
23=. GUNS 'N' ROSES GREATEST HITS – 265
23=. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 265
25. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 264
+26. ED SHEERAN – + – 257
27. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 252
28. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 247
+29. ADELE – 21 – 246
30. REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – 245
31. FRANK SINATRA – MY WAY BEST OF – 244
+32.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 241

+51. OASIS - TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 181
52=. TINA TURNER – PRIVATE DANCER –180
52=. TINA TURNER – SIMPLY THE BEST – 180
52=. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD - 180
52=. MICHAEL BUBLÉ – CRAZY LOVE –180
+52=. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM - 180
57=. PAOLO NUTINI – THESE STREETS – 177
57=. RIHANNA - GOOD GIRL GONE BAD – 177
57=PHIL COLLINS - NO JACKET REQUIRED - 177
+57=WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 177

To OCC: Please note that Damned Damned Damned is not a new entry but a re-entry.

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

Bob Marley now only 2 weeks from Abba Gold.

What's The Story (Morning Gory) catches Definitely Maybe

1. ABBA - GOLD - 520
+2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 518
+3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 499
+4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 475
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
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13. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - 242
+14. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 238 (208 + 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 – + – 217
18. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND - 205
19. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER - 203
+20. ADELE – 21 – 202
21. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
22. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN - 197
23=. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 192
+23=. OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 192
25. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 192
+26. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 189
27. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 184 (183+1)
27=. REM - OUT OF TIME - 184
+27=. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 184
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42. RADIOHEAD - THE BENDS - 160
42=. DAVID BOWIE - RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST – 160
44. QUEEN - GREATEST HITS 1 II & III (THE PLATINUM COLLECTION) - 157
44=. MICHAEL BUBLÉ – CRAZY LOVE –157
+44=. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM 157
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56. THE BEATLES - BEATLES 1967 - 1970 - 147
+57. EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 146
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63. TINA TURNER – SIMPLY THE BEST – 141
+64.Ed Sheerhan - X 140 CONSEC
65=. BARRY MANILOW - MANILOW MAGIC –138
65=. SHANIA TWAIN – COME ON OVER – 138
65=. BRUNO MARS - DOO-WOPS AND HOOLIGANS – 138
+65=. WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 138

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

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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17. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 145
+18. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 144
19. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142 (all in Top 20)
+20.Ed Sheerhan - + 141
21. Adele - 21 134
22. Lady Gaga - The fame 132
+22=.Ed Sheerhan - X 132

Total weeks in Top 20. + means is in this week's Top 20. Updated week ending week ending 2nd Mar
Ed Sheerhan's + overtakes Rumours!

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
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12. Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 118
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 116
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22. Abba's Greatest Hits 83
+23.Ed Sheerhan - + 82

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

+ 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 83 weeks

Is it me .. or are the charts boring nowadays .. anyone else notice that about a third of the entries have been in the chart for at least a year including 6 in the top 20 ..