ABBA in the UK Charts, regular updates, etc.

In the UK Album Chart of W/E 21st February 2015 ABBA Gold fell from No.72 to No.109

In the UK Album Chart of W/E 28th February I'm not sure, (yet), where ABBA Gold is. It is not back in the Top 100.

But, as all 5 of the other 6 'Most Charted' UK Albums are still in the Top 100, I will up-date their Chart Weeks below.

NOTE - 'Gold' has 1058 UK Top 200 Weeks. It is the 3rd most ever. 'Greatest Hits' by Queen has over 1200,

& 'Legend' by Bob Marley & The Wailers, (1984),  has 1125. The UK Charts Company gives 'Gold' 987 Top 200

Weeks. That's because they start counting from February 1994, when they first began to compile the UK Charts.

 'Gold' had already been in the Charts for 71 Weeks by then. 987 + 71 = 1058 Top 200 Weeks.

'Greatest Hits' (One), (1981), by Queen, has over 1,200 Top 200 Weeks.

 So, I thought I would show where this places it in the UK's All Time Top 6 Albums - based on Top 75 & Top 100 Chart Weeks.

'The Dark Side Of The Moon' by Pink Floyd is a 1973 Album. It has never been higher than No.2 in the UK.
'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac is a 1977 Album. It managed 1 Week at No.1 in January 1978 - only for ABBA to
knock it off the top with 'The Album'! But, the ABBA Album has not been in the UK Charts since 1979, &

'Rumours' is still Charting to this very day. 'Bat Out Of Hell' never managed higher than No.9 in the
Charts. It is a 1977 Album that first Charted in 1978. It reached a Peak of No.9 in 1981, & No.9 again
in 2013. 'Greatest Hits' by Queen, is a 1981 No.1 Album. It spent 4 Weeks at No.1, & 23 Weeks in the
Top 10. It has sold about 5,400,000 copies in the UK - making it the All Time Best Seller here. However,
it has also had around 600,000 Sales added in from a 1994 Double Album & 'The Platinum Collection' Triple
CD, from 2000. So, it is said to be the UK's only 6 Million selling Album. It isn't really, as 'only' 5,400,000

of its Sales are from the 1981 Album. 'Legend' by Bob Marley & The Wailers, was a 12 Week No.1 in 1984,

 & that carries on re-entering the UK Top 75 to this day. It recently reached as high as No.9 due to a special

 Sales offer on Amazon.uk.

(The UK Album Chart began on Week Ending 28th July 1956)


NOTE  --  All Lists- Except List D -  From Week Ending 28th July 1956 to Week Ending 28th February 2015


THE TOP 6 UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS


LIST A…..ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS

1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks
2)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 453 Weeks
3)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 443 Weeks
4)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 431 Weeks
5)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 418 Weeks
6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 367 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. Various Artists Albums & Film Soundtrack
Albums were allowed into the Top 100. This is how the ‘Most Top 75 Weeks’ List looks when we
remove those Albums from the Top 75, for that period. 5 of the Top 6 ‘Most 75 Weeks’ Albums gain
extra Top 75 Weeks. However, ‘ABBA Gold’ still outpaces the Top 75 Weeks of all 5 Albums….


LIST B…..UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 75 WEEKS - REVISED

1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks
2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 470 Weeks (It gains 27 ‘extra’ Top 75 Weeks)
3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 461 Weeks (It gains 8 ‘extra’ Top 75 Weeks)
4)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 460 Weeks (It gains 42 ‘extra’ Top 75 Weeks)
5)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 437 Weeks (It gains 6 ‘extra’ Top 75 Weeks)
6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 370 Weeks (It gains 3 ‘extra’ Top 75 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
Chart Books. You get the Totals by adding the Totals in List A to those in List D = List C.

LIST C…..UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS

1)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 530 Weeks
2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 505 Weeks
3)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 487 Weeks
4)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 476 Weeks
5)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 461 Weeks
6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 385 Weeks


THE TOP 6 UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS…..Continued

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 D…..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 E…..UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST TOP 100 WEEKS

1)... Gold - Greatest Hits - ABBA - 701 Weeks
2)... Greatest Hits - Queen - 688 Weeks
3)... Legend - Bob Marley & The Wailers - 680 Weeks
4)... Rumours - Fleetwood Mac - 591 Weeks
5)... Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf - 530 Weeks
6)... The Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - 461 Weeks

I've up-dated the Lists in my previous Post to reflect 'Gold' falling from No.74 to No.92 in the latest UK Top 100.

(The W/E 29th November 2014 Chart)

 As well as 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' & 'Rumours' also still being in the Top 100.