Official Albums Chart on 24/3/2017

Number of weeks in Top 100. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 30th Mar
Queen's Greatest Hits continues its battle with Bob Marley, as do Amy and Best of Fleetwood MAc

+1. Abba - Gold - 779
+2. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 765
+2=. Queen's Greatest Hits – 765
+4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 672
5. Meatloaf - Bat out of - 521
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11=. SOUTH PACIFIC - ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK - 313
11=. JEFF WAYNE - WAR OF THE WORLDS - 313
+13. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND - 310
14. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN - 292
15. MIKE OLDFIELD - TUBULAR BELLS - 286
15=. MICHAEL JACKSON - THRILLER - 286 (includes 27 weeks for 25th anniversary edition)
+17. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 285
+18=. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 277 (254 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
+18=. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 277
20. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 276 (275+1)
+21.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 272
22. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 271
+23. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 267
24. GUNS 'N' ROSES GREATEST HITS – 265
25. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 264
+26. ED SHEERAN – + – 261
27. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 252
+28. ADELE – 21 – 250
29. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 247
30. REM - AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – 245
+30=.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 245
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36. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 218
36=. FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 218
+38. TAKE THAT - NEVER FORGET: ULTIMATE COLLECTION - 214
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49. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 191
50. FLORENCE & MACHINE - LUNGS 185
+50=. OASIS - TIME FLIES - 1994-2009 185
+52. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM - 184 CONSECUTIVE 169
+53.WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 181

Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 30th Mar

+1. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 522
2. ABBA - GOLD - 520
+3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 503
+4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 478
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 455
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12. JEFF WAYNE - WAR OF THE WORLDS - 247
13. MADONNA - THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION - 242
*13=. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 242 (212 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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16. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
+17. ED SHEERAN – + – 221
+18. NIRVANA - NEVERMIND - 207
+19. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER - 205
+19=. ADELE – 21 – 205
21. THE KING & I - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 201
22. TRACY CHAPMAN - TRACY CHAPMAN - 197
+23. OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 196
+24. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 193
25. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 192
25=. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 192
+27. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 188
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41. U2 - THE JOSHUA TREE - 163
+42. ARCTIC MONKEYS - AM 161
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54. MICHAEL JACKSON - BAD - 151
+55. EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 150
56. KINGS OF LEON – ONLY BY THE NIGHT –148
57. THE BEATLES - BEATLES 1967 - 1970 - 147
58. PAOLO NUTINI – THESE STREETS – 144
+58=.Ed Sheerhan - X 144 CONSEC
60=. BEACH BOYS – BEST OF – 142
60=. COLDPLAY – PARACHUTES –142
60=. CORRS – TALK ON CORNERS –142
60=. GEORGE MITCHELL SINGERS – BLACK & WHITE MINISTRAL SHOW – 142 (All in Top 20)
+60=. WHITNEY HOUSTON - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 142

Total weeks in Top 40. + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending week ending 30th Mar. Rumours celebrates 200 weeks in the top 50

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. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 148
17. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 147 (118 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
18. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 145
+18=.Ed Sheerhan - + 145
20. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142 (all in Top 20)
+21.Ed Sheerhan - X 136
22. Adele - 21 134
23. Lady Gaga - The fame 132
+24.Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 130
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33. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 112
34=. Emile Sande - Our version of events 111
34=. Led Zeppelin II 111
+34= Beatles -Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 111

had to buy nevermind by nirvana to see what all the fuss was, paid 50p for it in a charity shop, am i the only person in the world that thinks it's a load of s--t.

Jeepers- someone doing something nice and people actually getting annoyed.

Total weeks in Top 20. + means is in this week's Top 20. Updated week ending week ending 30th Mar

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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11. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 123
+12. Ed Sheerhan - X 120
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20. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 91
+21.Ed Sheerhan - + 86

Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 30th 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 87 weeks