David Bowie matches Elvis Presley's Official Albums Chart record
The impact of David Bowie continues at pace this week as the Starman dominates the Official Albums Chart and matches the chart record of another late, great music legend.
Following his death earlier this month, Bowie's final album Blackstar spends a third week at Number 1, and heads up five Bowie releases make the Top 10 simultaneously: Best of Bowie (3), Nothing Has Changed (5), Hunky Dory (9) and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (10). This feat means Bowie is the first act to score five albums in the Top 10 since Michael Jackson managed six in 2009 after his passing.
But that's not all. The Bowie influence continues farther down the Official Albums Chart, with the rock legend landing seven more Top 40 entries, bringing his total to 12. This brings Bowie level with Elvis Presley's chart record for simultaneous Top 40 entries, which the King achieved following his death in 1977.
MORE: See this week's Top 100 Official Albums Chart in full
Aside from Bowie's Top 5 domination, Adele's 25 stays firm at Number 2 this week, while Justin Bieber's Purpose climbs a spot to 4.
New entries and high climbers
Highest new entry this week goes to Suede, who return to the Official Albums Chart after almost six years with Night Thoughts, their seventh Top 10 album, at Number 6.
It's an 11th Top 40 for Megadeth, as Dystopia goes straight in at Number 11, while Elle King's performance on Graham Norton sees her album Love Stuff rocket 40 places to land at Number 18. King’s debut record also tops our first ever Official Americana Albums Chart, which was launched this week.
Prog artist Steven Wilson lands a fourth Top 40 with 4½, at Number 21, and London rockers Savages debut at Number 26 with second album Adore Life.
David Bowie sees four albums break back into the Top 40 this week: Heroes (28), Diamond Dogs (30), Station to Station (32) and Scary Monsters (36) all make a triumphant return.
Americana star Lucinda Williams is new at 33 with The Ghosts Of Highway 20 and Rachel Platten’s Wildfire rebounds back into the Top 40 at 35.
Bristol band Coasts are brand new at Number 38 with their self-titled debut, and Rudimental’s We The Generation pops up again this week, back at 39.
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jcjcjjc
Sueds new album is their best since comiong up and highest charting since head music. For some reason BBC radio hasnt really been playing the singles from it though.
Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello
The only BIG difference between the record set by Elvis Presley in September of 1977 and the one David Bowie has just tied in January of 2016, as far as the UK Top 40 album chart is concerned, is the non surprising fact that one (Bowie) was not able to achieve it without the "presence" (in the UK TOP 40) of the other (Presley) as the latter's "If I can dream" album sits nicely in the #12 position, while there were no Bowie albums anywhere near the Top 40 in September of 1977. In fact, when "If i'I can dream" topped the UK album chart 12 weeks ago it stretched the span from an artist's first #1 to his most recent, to a staggering 59 years....
heavyrockdavidwalters
But this is a reworked Elvis release ie.a new release with Orchestra. A new release is bound to sell now. The number of Bowie cds in the full chart is remarkable and unprecedented. In 1977, Bowie had little history in number of years, back then.
Paul Knight
Thank David for dying when Elvis had a record out then... As a matter of fact Bowie only released the two albums in 1977 - Low, in January, which reached No.2 and Heroes, in October, which reached No. 3... Elvis was such a party pooper, choosing to die somewhere between the two just to win your competition...
Guillermo F. Perez-Argüello
Do you know how many times has Presley hit the Top 40 album chart since HE passed away? ALMOST 30 TIMES, so what you should be implying is that David should be thanked for passing away not only on January 10, 2016, AS WAS THE CASE, but on at least another 29 times since August 16, 1977. That's 29 different times he could have passed away with Elvis inside the Top 40, AFTER Presley DIED. TWENTY NINE TIMES.
AG
Andrea Grasso
Suede return after three years, not six!
Amy-Leigh Hickman
Where did the writer even get six from though?