The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. In 1980, Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a number-one album in the UK with Never for Ever, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at number 1. Sales Data =THE OFFICIAL U.K. ALBUMS CHART. For eight weeks in February and March 1971 no Official Albums Chart was compiled due to a postal strike - for this period, the OCC uses the chart compiled by Melody Maker instead.[4]. Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is now in third-place after being supplanted by Queen and then by ABBA's Gold: Greatest Hits. The fastest selling album (first chart week sales) is 25 by Adele. As of February 2016, Queen albums have spent more time on the British album charts than any other musical act,[7] followed by The Beatles, Elvis Presley, U2 and ABBA. About Our Ads Polydor, The Rolling Stones, Promotone B.V. Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers, Sales Data = THE OFFICIAL U.K. ALBUMS CHART. WEEKS ON CHART The Universal … By most weeks at number one, The Beatles lead with a total of 174 weeks, and the most number one albums of all with 15. The first new number-one album of the year was by Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Album peaked in 1958, 1959, 1961 or 1962 but still in chart in 1963. In the 1970s the new album chart was revealed at 12:45 pm on Thursdays on BBC Radio 1, and then moved to 6:05 pm (later 6:30 pm) on Wednesday evenings during the Peter Powell and Bruno Brookes shows. [19], The Rolling Stones are the first act to have reached number one in the album chart during six different decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s and 2020s) though their number ones in the 2010s and 2020s were with reissues of their older albums. The album which has spent the most weeks on the charts is Queen's Greatest Hits, which has spent over 1000 weeks on the chart by January 2018. Non-Mover. Presley also holds the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist (13) and most top ten albums by any artist (53). Overall, three different albums peaked at number one in 1963, with The Beatles (2) having the most albums hit that position. Eminem holds the record for the most consecutive number one albums in Official Albums Chart history, with ten consecutive UK number one albums.[15].

[citation needed]. This calculation was designed to ensure that the chart rundown continues to reflect the popularity of the albums themselves, rather than just the performance of one or two smash hit singles. It had a consecutive run of 70 weeks from November 1958 to March 1960, and had further runs at the top in 1960 and 1961, making a non-consecutive total of 115 weeks. The longest number one by a male solo artist was Elvis Presley with G.I.

Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts Company (OCC) on Fridays (previously Sundays). The longest consecutive number one by a group was the Beatles' Please Please Me, which held the top spot for a straight 30 weeks. It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and published in Music Week magazine (top 75), and on the OCC website (top 100). [17] She is currently in fourth place for artists having the most simultaneous UK Top 40 albums, behind Elvis Presley and David Bowie who both tie for the most simultaneous Top 40 albums (twelve each, both immediately following their deaths in 1977 and 2016 respectively),[18] and The Beatles who had eleven in 2009 when remastered versions of their albums were released. Lynn also holds the record for the oldest living artist to have a chart album, with the 2017 release of Vera Lynn 100, released to mark her 100th birthday (though again, this only contains material she recorded decades earlier). Top Albums Full British Albums chart. The album peaked at number 3. The longest number one by a group is Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water which was number one for 33 weeks (13 of which were consecutive).

This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1963, as well as albums which peaked in 1962 and 1964 but were in the top 10 in 1963. See List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart for full details. It is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 (top 5) and published in Music Week magazine (top 75), and on the OCC website (top 100). [9] Madonna has the most number one albums (12) by a female artist in the UK, though this includes the Evita film soundtrack which was a cast recording and not strictly a Madonna album. Adele's album 21 has the most weeks at number one by a female solo artist (and by a solo artist of any gender) with 23 weeks, 11 of which were consecutive (which is also a record for a female artist). The Biz premium subscriber content has moved to Billboard.com/business. This page was last edited on 1 June 2020, at 17:29. The total of these streams is divided by 1000 and added to the pure sales of the album. The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming[1] in the United Kingdom. [14] The longest running number one album, both consecutively and non-consecutively, is the soundtrack of the film South Pacific. Terms of Use In October 1987 it moved to Monday lunchtimes, during the Gary Davies show, and from April to October 1993 it briefly had its show from 7:00–8:00 pm on Sunday evenings, introduced by Lynn Parsons. The date that the album first appeared in the chart. The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). 106.

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