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As Alan Jones, says, ('Music Week'), - Ed Sheeran's 'Divide' has now achieved its 52nd UK Top 10 Week. It is his 3rd Album to
reach a Year in the UK Top 10. 'Plus' managed 56 Weeks & 'Multiply' has tallied 98 Weeks. He becomes the 1st Act to achieve
3 UK Top 10 Albums, with a Year - or more - in the Top 10. No-one else has more than 2 - The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel.
'Divide' is also only the 22nd Artist Album to reach a Year, in the UK Top 10, & only the 32nd Album, of any Genre, to achieve it.
As you can see, ABBA are in 14th place with 'ABBA Gold' - 58 Top 10 Weeks. Their 2nd 'Most UK Top 10 Weeks' Album, is 'Greatest Hits',
(1976), which has 49. Both are way ahead of ABBA's 2 other biggest UK Compilations - 'Greatest Hits Vol.2' had 13 Top 10 Weeks and
'The Singles - The First Ten Years' had 9 Top 10 Weeks. ABBA's 2 Studio Albums, with the 'Most Top 10 Weeks', were 'Arrival', with 34,
and 'The Album', with 25. Although 'The Album' would certainly have reached at least 30 UK Top 10 Weeks, had 'Eagle' been released
as a 1978 Single, as it was in several other Countries.
LIST A -- UK ALBUMS -- WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS
(Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums)
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th March 2018)
01)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 - (1970)
02)... X - ED SHEERAN - 98 - (2014)
03)... THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 - (1982) - (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’)
04)... 21 – ADELE - 77 - (2011)
05)... IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH - 76 - (2014)
06) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 - (1973)
07)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 - (2006) - (Includes 12 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’)
07)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 - (2009) - (Includes the Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’)
09)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 67 - (2012)
10)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 66 - (1985)
11)... THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 - (1974)
12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 - (1963)
13)... GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 - (1972) - (Peaked at No.2)
14)... GOLD - ABBA - 58 - (1992)
15)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 - (1997)
15)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 - (2000)
15)=+ - ED SHEERAN - 56 - (2011)
18)... BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 - (1966) - (Peaked at No.2)
19)... LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 - (1970)
20)=SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - 52 - (1967) - ###
20)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 52 - (1995)
20)=÷ - ED SHEERAN – 52 - (2017)
### = The Official Charts Company, have 'Sergeant Pepper' on 49 Top 10 Weeks, as they do not count its 3 Top
10 Weeks in 1987. They were W/E 13th June 1987 - No.3 - No.6 - No.7. But, they should be added in, as the 1987
Album was the same as the 1967 Album. They do add in its Re-Issued Top 10 Weeks for 1992 - No.6, 2009 - No.5,
and 2017 - No.1. So its 3 Top Ten Weeks in 1987 really should also be added in.
LIST B -- UK ALBUMS -- WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS
(Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums)
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th March 2018)
01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 276 - (1958)
02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 233 - (1965)
03)=THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 153 - (1956)
03)=WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 153 - (1961)
05)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 - (1970)
06)... MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 122 - (1958)
07)... THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 - (1960)
08)... OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 113 - (1956)
09)... X - ED SHEERAN - 98 - (2014)
10)... THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 - (1982) - (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’)
11)... GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 79 - (1959) - (Peaked at No.2)
12)... 21 – ADELE - 77 - (2011)
13)... IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH - 76 - (2014)
14)... TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 - (1973)
15)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 - (2006) - (Includes 12 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’)
15)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 - (2009) - (Includes the Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’)
17)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 67 - (2012)
18)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 66 - (1985)
19)... THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 - (1974)
20)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 - (1963)
21)... GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 - (1972) - (Peaked at No.2)
22)... GOLD - ABBA - 58 - (1992)
23)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 - (1997)
23)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 - (2000)
23)=+ - ED SHEERAN - 56 - (2011)
26)=OLIVER! (ORIGINAL LONDON CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 55 - (1960) - (Peaked at No.4)
26)=MARY POPPINS (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 55 - (1964) - (Peaked at No.2)
26)=BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 - (1966) - (Peaked at No.2)
29)... LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 - (1970)
30)=SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - 52 - (1967)
30)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 52 - (1995)
30)=÷ - ED SHEERAN – 52 - (2017)
reach a Year in the UK Top 10. 'Plus' managed 56 Weeks & 'Multiply' has tallied 98 Weeks. He becomes the 1st Act to achieve
3 UK Top 10 Albums, with a Year - or more - in the Top 10. No-one else has more than 2 - The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel.
'Divide' is also only the 22nd Artist Album to reach a Year, in the UK Top 10, & only the 32nd Album, of any Genre, to achieve it.
As you can see, ABBA are in 14th place with 'ABBA Gold' - 58 Top 10 Weeks. Their 2nd 'Most UK Top 10 Weeks' Album, is 'Greatest Hits',
(1976), which has 49. Both are way ahead of ABBA's 2 other biggest UK Compilations - 'Greatest Hits Vol.2' had 13 Top 10 Weeks and
'The Singles - The First Ten Years' had 9 Top 10 Weeks. ABBA's 2 Studio Albums, with the 'Most Top 10 Weeks', were 'Arrival', with 34,
and 'The Album', with 25. Although 'The Album' would certainly have reached at least 30 UK Top 10 Weeks, had 'Eagle' been released
as a 1978 Single, as it was in several other Countries.
LIST A -- UK ALBUMS -- WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS
(Excluding Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums)
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th March 2018)
01)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 - (1970)
02)... X - ED SHEERAN - 98 - (2014)
03)... THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 - (1982) - (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’)
04)... 21 – ADELE - 77 - (2011)
05)... IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH - 76 - (2014)
06) TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 - (1973)
07)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 - (2006) - (Includes 12 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’)
07)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 - (2009) - (Includes the Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’)
09)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 67 - (2012)
10)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 66 - (1985)
11)... THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 - (1974)
12)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 - (1963)
13)... GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 - (1972) - (Peaked at No.2)
14)... GOLD - ABBA - 58 - (1992)
15)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 - (1997)
15)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 - (2000)
15)=+ - ED SHEERAN - 56 - (2011)
18)... BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 - (1966) - (Peaked at No.2)
19)... LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 - (1970)
20)=SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - 52 - (1967) - ###
20)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 52 - (1995)
20)=÷ - ED SHEERAN – 52 - (2017)
### = The Official Charts Company, have 'Sergeant Pepper' on 49 Top 10 Weeks, as they do not count its 3 Top
10 Weeks in 1987. They were W/E 13th June 1987 - No.3 - No.6 - No.7. But, they should be added in, as the 1987
Album was the same as the 1967 Album. They do add in its Re-Issued Top 10 Weeks for 1992 - No.6, 2009 - No.5,
and 2017 - No.1. So its 3 Top Ten Weeks in 1987 really should also be added in.
LIST B -- UK ALBUMS -- WITH THE MOST TOP 10 WEEKS
(Including Film Soundtracks, Original Cast Albums, & TV Cast Albums)
(W/E 28th July 1956 to W/E 8th March 2018)
01)... SOUTH PACIFIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 276 - (1958)
02)... THE SOUND OF MUSIC (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 233 - (1965)
03)=THE KING & I (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 153 - (1956)
03)=WEST SIDE STORY (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 153 - (1961)
05)... BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 135 - (1970)
06)... MY FAIR LADY (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 122 - (1958)
07)... THE BLACK & WHITE MINSTREL SHOW - THE GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 120 - (1960)
08)... OKLAHOMA! (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 113 - (1956)
09)... X - ED SHEERAN - 98 - (2014)
10)... THRILLER - MICHAEL JACKSON - 88 - (1982) - (Includes 7 Top 10 Weeks with ‘Thriller 25’)
11)... GIGI (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 79 - (1959) - (Peaked at No.2)
12)... 21 – ADELE - 77 - (2011)
13)... IN THE LONELY HOUR – SAM SMITH - 76 - (2014)
14)... TUBULAR BELLS - MIKE OLDFIELD - 74 - (1973)
15)=BACK TO BLACK - AMY WINEHOUSE - 72 - (2006) - (Includes 12 Weeks with the ‘Deluxe Edition’)
15)=THE FAME - LADY GAGA - 72 - (2009) - (Includes the Sales of ‘The Fame Monster’)
17)... OUR VERSION OF EVENTS - EMELI SANDE - 67 - (2012)
18)... BROTHERS IN ARMS - DIRE STRAITS - 66 - (1985)
19)... THE SINGLES 1969 - 1973 - THE CARPENTERS - 64 - (1974)
20)... PLEASE PLEASE ME - THE BEATLES - 62 - (1963)
21)... GREATEST HITS - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 59 - (1972) - (Peaked at No.2)
22)... GOLD - ABBA - 58 - (1992)
23)=TALK ON CORNERS - THE CORRS - 56 - (1997)
23)=NO ANGEL - DIDO - 56 - (2000)
23)=+ - ED SHEERAN - 56 - (2011)
26)=OLIVER! (ORIGINAL LONDON CAST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 55 - (1960) - (Peaked at No.4)
26)=MARY POPPINS (OST) - VARIOUS ARTISTS - 55 - (1964) - (Peaked at No.2)
26)=BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS VOL.1 - THE BEACH BOYS - 55 - (1966) - (Peaked at No.2)
29)... LED ZEPPELIN II - LED ZEPPELIN - 54 - (1970)
30)=SGT PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - THE BEATLES - 52 - (1967)
30)=(WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - OASIS - 52 - (1995)
30)=÷ - ED SHEERAN – 52 - (2017)