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Official Albums Chart on 17/7/2015

17 July 2015 - 23 July 2015

The UK's Top 100 biggest artist albums of the week, compiled by the Official Charts Company based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. View the biggest albums of 2023.

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David Sutton

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Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 23rd July)

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. Adele - 21 76 weeks
11. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 74 weeks
12. Lady Gaga - The fame 72 weeks
13. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 71 weeks (standard + deluxe - 1 week when both versions were in the top 10 simultaneously.
14. Emile Sande - Our version of events 67 weeks
15. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 66 weeks
16. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 64 weeks
17. Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
+18. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 60 weeks
19. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks
20. Abba - Gold 58 weeks
21=. Corrs - Talk on corners 56 weeks
21=.Dido - No Angel 56 weeks
23. Best of the Beach Boys 55 weeks
+23=. Ed Sheerhan - X 55 weeks
25. Led Zeppelin II 54 weeks
26=.Oasis - What's the story (morning glory) 51 weeks
26=.Ed Sheerhan - + 51 weeks
26=. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks
26=.Simply Red - Stars (includes collectors edition) 51 weeks

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David Sutton

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Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 23rd July)

Sam Smith catches Dire Straits. Ed Sheerhan's X overtakes Tubular Bells.
1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound of Music 172 weeks
3. George Mitchell Singers - Black & White Minstrel show 120 weeks
4. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 101 weeks
5. Soundtrack - The King & I 94 weeks
6. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 92 weeks
7. Soundtrack - West Side Story 89 weeks
8. Adele - 21 71 weeks
9. Emile Sande - Our version of events 66 weeks
10 Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
11. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 60 weeks
+11=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 60 weeks
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 56 weeks
14. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 55 weeks
15. Soundtrack - West Side Story 52 weeks (separate run)
16. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks
17. Soundtrack - South Pacific 49 weeks (separate run)

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Neil Kelly

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37 albums that have reached numbers one in current top 100. 9 of top 10 have got to number one. Little Boots peaking at 68. Charts are a joke!

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TheDoheneydrive

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where are the bay city rollers ?

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Spitfire

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hehe yeah why not...the charts has everyone else......

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edward

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James Taylor has the looks of Kim Wilde and nickelback is a karaoke act.