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The Longest non-consecutive Album (UK Album Chart top 100) ever?
http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/
ABBA's Greatest Hits has currently spent 985 weeks in the album chart. Is this the longest time a non-consecutive album has spent in the album chart? |
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it Could be. The Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the top sellers and has been 741 weeks on chart. Queens Greatest Hits has spent 510 weeks on chart.
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The page you linked to says 985 weeks but the actual entry for Greatest Hits says something like only 475, so which is correct?
Interesting to see Bob Marley's 'Legend' is so high up, if you're ever on 'Pointless' and this category comes up, it'd be worth a punt... |
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Is this about Gold?
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1)... The Official Chart Company's 985 Top 200 Chart Weeks for ABBA Gold is too low.
2)... They only start counting from when they took over the UK Charts in February 1994. But ABBA Gold, (1992), had been in the Top 200 for 71 Weeks before then 3)... It has really spent 1056 Weeks in the Top 200 -- (985 + 71 = 1056) 4)... Its 1056 Top 200 Weeks are not the most by any Album. It is beaten by 2 other Albums. Greatest Hits by Queen, (1981), has over 1200 Top 200 Weeks, & Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers, (1984), has 1123 Top 200 Weeks 5)... The UK Charts Company give ABBA Gold 476 Chart Weeks in its ABBA Section because they only count Top 75 Weeks in each Act's Hit Albums List. (Except for the period of W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989 when the entire Top 100 was counted) BELOW -- I've compiled several Lists to show the 6 Albums that have spent the longest in the UK Album Chart. As you can see, ABBA Gold has more Top 75 Weeks, and more Top 100 Weeks than any other Album. LIST A…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 75 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks 2)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 452 Weeks 3)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 441 Weeks 4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 429 Weeks 5)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 417 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 366 Weeks THE LIST BELOW - From the W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989, the entire Top 100 of the Album Chart was used for UK Chart Statistics. This is the List that they use in UK Album Chart Books. LIST B….. ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CHART WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 529 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 503 Weeks 3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 486 Weeks 4)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks 5)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 459 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 384 Weeks THE LIST BELOW - Here are how many Weeks 5 of these 6 Albums ‘gain‘, from the period when the Entire Top 100 was used. (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989). ‘Gold’ by ABBA has no Chart Positions added in, from that period, as it was not released until September 1992. LIST C…..CHART WEEKS ‘GAINED’ FROM No.76 to No.100 POSITIONS (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989) 1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 112 ‘extra’ Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 62 ‘extra’ Weeks 3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 34 ‘extra’ Weeks 4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 30 ‘extra’ Weeks 5)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 18 ‘extra’ Weeks LIST D…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 100 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 701 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 686 Weeks 3)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 678 Weeks 4)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 590 Weeks 5)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 529 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 459 Weeks |
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Quote:
1)... The Official Chart Company's 985 Top 200 Chart Weeks for ABBA Gold is too low.
2)... They only start counting from when they took over the UK Charts in February 1994. But ABBA Gold, (1992), had been in the Top 200 for 71 Weeks before then 3)... It has really spent 1056 Weeks in the Top 200 -- (985 + 71 = 1056) 4)... Its 1056 Top 200 Weeks are not the most by any Album. It is beaten by 2 other Albums. Greatest Hits by Queen, (1981), has over 1200 Top 200 Weeks, & Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers, (1984), has 1123 Top 200 Weeks 5)... The UK Charts Company give ABBA Gold 476 Chart Weeks in its ABBA Section because they only count Top 75 Weeks in each Act's Hit Albums List. (Except for the period of W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989 when the entire Top 100 was counted) BELOW -- I've compiled several Lists to show the 6 Albums that have spent the longest in the UK Album Chart. As you can see, ABBA Gold has more Top 75 Weeks, and more Top 100 Weeks than any other Album. LIST A…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 75 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks 2)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 452 Weeks 3)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 441 Weeks 4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 429 Weeks 5)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 417 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 366 Weeks THE LIST BELOW - From the W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989, the entire Top 100 of the Album Chart was used for UK Chart Statistics. This is the List that they use in UK Album Chart Books. LIST B….. ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CHART WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 529 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 503 Weeks 3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 486 Weeks 4)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks 5)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 459 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 384 Weeks THE LIST BELOW - Here are how many Weeks 5 of these 6 Albums ‘gain‘, from the period when the Entire Top 100 was used. (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989). ‘Gold’ by ABBA has no Chart Positions added in, from that period, as it was not released until September 1992. LIST C…..CHART WEEKS ‘GAINED’ FROM No.76 to No.100 POSITIONS (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989) 1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 112 ‘extra’ Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 62 ‘extra’ Weeks 3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 34 ‘extra’ Weeks 4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 30 ‘extra’ Weeks 5)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 18 ‘extra’ Weeks LIST D…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 100 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 701 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 686 Weeks 3)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 678 Weeks 4)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 590 Weeks 5)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 529 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 459 Weeks |
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Quote:
1)... The Official Chart Company's 985 Top 200 Chart Weeks for ABBA Gold is too low.
2)... They only start counting from when they took over the UK Charts in February 1994. But ABBA Gold, (1992), had been in the Top 200 for 71 Weeks before then 3)... It has really spent 1056 Weeks in the Top 200 -- (985 + 71 = 1056) 4)... Its 1056 Top 200 Weeks are not the most by any Album. It is beaten by 2 other Albums. Greatest Hits by Queen, (1981), has over 1200 Top 200 Weeks, & Legend by Bob Marley & The Wailers, (1984), has 1123 Top 200 Weeks 5)... The UK Charts Company give ABBA Gold 476 Chart Weeks in its ABBA Section because they only count Top 75 Weeks in each Act's Hit Albums List. (Except for the period of W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989 when the entire Top 100 was counted) BELOW -- I've compiled several Lists to show the 6 Albums that have spent the longest in the UK Album Chart. As you can see, ABBA Gold has more Top 75 Weeks, and more Top 100 Weeks than any other Album. LIST A…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 75 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks 2)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 452 Weeks 3)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 441 Weeks 4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 429 Weeks 5)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 417 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 366 Weeks THE LIST BELOW - From the W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989, the entire Top 100 of the Album Chart was used for UK Chart Statistics. This is the List that they use in UK Album Chart Books. LIST B….. ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK CHART WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 529 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 503 Weeks 3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 486 Weeks 4)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks 5)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 459 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 384 Weeks THE LIST BELOW - Here are how many Weeks 5 of these 6 Albums ‘gain‘, from the period when the Entire Top 100 was used. (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989). ‘Gold’ by ABBA has no Chart Positions added in, from that period, as it was not released until September 1992. LIST C…..CHART WEEKS ‘GAINED’ FROM No.76 to No.100 POSITIONS (W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 7th January 1989) 1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 112 ‘extra’ Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 62 ‘extra’ Weeks 3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 34 ‘extra’ Weeks 4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 30 ‘extra’ Weeks 5)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 18 ‘extra’ Weeks LIST D…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST UK TOP 100 WEEKS (W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 14th February 2015) 1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 701 Weeks 2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 686 Weeks 3)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 678 Weeks 4)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 590 Weeks 5)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 529 Weeks 6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 459 Weeks |
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