Most Weeks at Number 1 - UK Albums Acts

MOST WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 - UK ALBUMS ACTS

by Colin Hughes

 

(Number 1 Albums In Brackets)

 

(W/E 28^th July 1956 to W/E 2^nd July 2020)

 

01)   BEATLES - 176  (15)   @@@

 

02)   ELVIS PRESLEY – 66   (13)

 

03)   ABBA - 57  (9)

 

04)   ROLLING STONES - 46  (12)

 

05)   ED SHEERAN - 41  (4)

 

06)   SIMON & GARFUNKEL - 40  (2)

 

07)   ADELE - 37  (3)

 

08)   ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 36  (13)

 

09)   ROD STEWART - 32  (10)

 

10)   MICHAEL JACKSON – 31   (Including 3 Weeks as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five)   (10)

 

11)= MADONNA - 30   (12)   (Includes 1 Week with the 'Evita' Soundtrack -1996)   (12)

11)= EMINEM - 30  (10)

11)= TAKE THAT - 30  (8)

11)= CLIFF RICHARD - 30  (7)

 

15)= THE CARPENTERS - 29  (3)

15)= ELTON JOHN - 29   (Includes 1 No.1 with PNAU)   (7) 

 

17)   DAVID BOWIE - 27  (11)

 

18)= BOB DYLAN – 26  (9)

18)= PHIL COLLINS - 26  (6)

18)= SIMPLY RED - 26  (5)

 

21)   DIRE STRAITS - 22  (4)

 

22)= THE SHADOWS – 21    (Excludes 21 Weeks with Cliff Richard)   (4)

22)= QUEEN - 21  (9)

22)= OASIS - 21  (8)

 

25)   BARBRA STREISAND - 20    (Includes 2 No.1 Weeks with the 'A Star Is Born' Soundtrack = 1977)   (7)

 

26)   GEORGE MITCHELL MINSTRELS - 19  (3)

 

27)= COLDPLAY - 18  (8)

27)= CELINE DION - 18  (5)

27)= SPICE GIRLS - 18  (2)

 

@@@   =   The Official UK Charts Company, give The Beatles 16 UK No.1 Albums, as they count one of their Re-issued No.1 Albums, as a ‘New’ No.1 for them. I’m not sure if they are counting ‘Sgt Pepper’s’ Return to No.1, (June 2017), as their 16^th No.1, or if it is ‘Abbey Road’s Return to No.1. (October 2019). I think that it is ‘Abbey Road’, that they counting, as 2 Beatles No.1 Albums.

Acts with the most UK Number 1 Albums

ACTS WITH THE MOST UK NUMBER 1 ALBUMS

by Colin Hughes

(Weeks at No.1 in Brackets)

(W/E 28^th July 1956 to W/E 2^nd July 2020)

01)    BEATLES - 15  (176W)

02)=  ELVIS PRESLEY - 13  (66W)

02)=  ROBBIE WILLIAMS - 13  (36W)

04)=  THE ROLLING STONES - 12  (46W)

04)=  MADONNA - 12  (30W)

06)=  DAVID BOWIE - 11  (27W)

06)=  BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - 11  (17W)

08)=  ROD STEWART - 10  (32W)

08)=  MICHAEL JACKSON - 10   (Includes 1 No.1, as Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - 3 No.1 Weeks)   (31W)

08)=  EMINEM - 10   (30W)

08)=  U2 - 10  (15W)

12)=  ABBA - 9  (57W)

12)=  BOB DYLAN - 9  (26W)

12)=  QUEEN - 9  (21W)

15)=  TAKE THAT  - 8  (30W)

15)=  OASIS - 8  (21W)

15)=  COLDPLAY - 8   (18W)

15)=  LED ZEPPELIN - 8  (14W)

15)=  REM - 8  (13W)

15)=  WESTLIFE - 8  (8W)

21)=  CLIFF RICHARD - 7  (30W)

21)=  ELTON JOHN - 7    (Includes 1 No.1 with Pnau)   (29W)

21)=  BARBRA STREISAND - 7  (20W)

21)=  PAUL McCARTNEY//WINGS - 7  (17W)

21)=  GEORGE MICHAEL - 7  (17W)

21)=  KYLIE MINOGUE - 7  (13W)

21)=  THE PRODIGY - 7  (12W)

21)=  STEREOPHONICS - 7  (11W)

29)=  PHIL COLLINS - 6  (26W)

29)=  POLICE - 6   (Includes 1 No.1, as Sting & The Police)   (17W)

29)=  ARCTIC MONKEYS -  6  (13W)

29)=  GENESIS - 6  (12W)

29)=  PINK FLOYD - 6  (11W)

29)=  RADIOHEAD - 6  (9W)

29)=  BLUR - 6  (8W)

29)=  MUSE – 6  (8W)

28)=  CHEMICAL BROTHERS - 6  (6W)

UK Number 1 Albums 2020

The OCC publishes the Official chart, which includes streaming data, the Downloads chart, which covers downloaded "digital bundles", and the Sales chart, which is based on sales only. Only the Downloads chart includes Various Artists albums.

This listing compares the No.1 on each of these charts through the year, starting with the chart dated 16th January which was the first chart based only on 2020 sales.

As with its sister list for singles, we pick out albums that make number one in all three charts in any week in bold. We will keep this list updated through the year.

Updated to 2/7/20

Chart Date	Official	Downloads	Sales
16/1	Heavy Is The Head - Stormzy	Heavy Is The Head - Stormzy	Heavy Is The Head - Stormzy
23/1	Divinely Inspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi	Divinely Inspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi	Rare - Selena Gomez
30/1	Music To Be Murdered By - Eminem	Music To Be Murdered By - Eminem	More. Again. Forever - Courteeners
6/2	Big Conspiracy - J Hus	Music To Be Murdered By - Eminem (2)	Hotspot - Pet Shop Boys
13/2	Foolish Loving Spaces - Blossoms	Acoustic Sessions - Liam Gallagher	Foolish Loving Spaces - Blossoms
20/2	Father Of All Motherfuckers - Green Day	Father Of All Motherfuckers - Green Day	Father Of All Motherfuckers - Green Day
27/2	Changes - Justin Bieber	Changes - Justin Bieber	The Slow Rush - Tame Impala
5/3	Map Of The Soul-7 - BTS	Map Of The Soul-7 - BTS	Map Of The Soul-7 - BTS
12/3	Divinely Inspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi (2)	F8 - Five Finger Death Punch	F8 - Five Finger Death Punch
19/3	Manchester Calling - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott	Manchester Calling - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott	Manchester Calling - Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott
26/3	Heartbreak Weather - Niall Horan	Good Years - Shires	Good Years - Shires
2/4	After Hours - The Weeknd	After Hours - The Weeknd	I Am Not A Dog On A Chain - Morrissey
9/4	Calm - 5 Seconds Of Summer	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa	Calm - 5 Seconds Of Summer
16/4	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (2)	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa
23/4	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (2)	Song For Our Daughter - Laura Marling	The New Abnormal - The Strokes
30/4	The Bonny - Gerry Cinnamon	The Bonny - Gerry Cinnamon	The Bonny - Gerry Cinnamon
7/5	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (3)	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (3)	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (2)
14/5	Dark Lane Demo Tapes - Drake	100 Hits Wartime Memories - Various Artists	The New Abnormal - The Strokes (2)
21/5	Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (4)	Now That's What I Call Music 105 - Various Artists	I'll Remember You - D-Day Darlings
28/5	Divinely Inspired To A Hellish Extent - Lewis Capaldi (3)	Now That's What I Call Music 105 - Various Artists (2)	All That Glue - Sleaford Mods
4/6	Notes On A Conditional Form - The 1975	Dissimulation - KSI	Notes On A Conditional Form - The 1975
11/6	Chromatica - Lady Gaga	Chromatica - Lady Gaga	Chromatica - Lady Gaga
18/6	Chromatica - Lady Gaga (2)	Deep Down Happy - Sports Team	Deep Down Happy - Sports Team
25/6	MTV Unplugged - Liam Gallagher	MTV Unplugged - Liam Gallagher	MTV Unplugged - Liam Gallagher
2/7	Rough And Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan	Rough And Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan	Rough And Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

UK Number 1 Singles 2020

Here we present an ever-growing list of the No.1 singles in the UK during 2020. This includes not only the official No.1 but also the No.1 streamed track and the No.1 sales single for the same week, as we think this is an interesting comparison. We start the list from the charts released on 10th January and dated 16th January as this is the first one with sales wholly from 2020.

95% of "sales" included in the Official chart come from streaming. You might therefore expect the Official No.1 to generally reflect the Streaming No.1 but we can see that's not the case. It's also relatively rare for all three No.1s to be the same - we've marked these occasions in bold.

Data from OCC charts. Updated to 2/7/20.

Chart Date	Official	Streaming	Sales
16/1	Own It - Stormzy ft Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy	Dance Monkey - Tones & I	Dance Monkey - Tones & I
23/1	Own It - Stormzy ft Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy (2)	Dance Monkey - Tones & I (2)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
30/1	Godzilla - Eminem feat Juice Wrld	Godzilla - Eminem feat Juice Wrld	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (2)
6/2	Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi	Godzilla - Eminem feat Juice Wrld (2)	Before You Go - Lewis Capaldi
13/2	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd	The Box - Roddy Ricch	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (3)
20/2	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (2)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (4)
27/2	No Time To Die - Billie Eilish	No Time To Die - Billie Eilish	No Time To Die - Billie Eilish
5/3	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (3)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (2)	On - BTS
12/3	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (4)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (3)	Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
19/3	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (5)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (4)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (5)
26/3	Roses - Saint Jhn	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (5)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (6)
2/4	Roses - Saint Jhn (2)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (6)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (7)
9/4	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (6)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (7)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (8)
16/4	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (7)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (8)	Thank You Baked Potato - Matt Lucas
23/4	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (8)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (9)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (9)
30/4	You’ll Never Walk Alone - Michael Ball/Capt Tom Moore	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (10)	You’ll Never Walk Alone - Michael Ball/Capt Tom Moore
7/5	Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home) - Live Lounge Allstars	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (11)	Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home) - Live Lounge Allstars
14/5	Toosie Slide - Drake	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (12)	Times Like These (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home) - Live Lounge Allstars (2)
21/5	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (13)	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (10)
28/5	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (2)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch	Blinding Lights - The Weeknd (11)
4/6	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (2)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
11/6	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (3)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (3)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (2)
18/6	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (4)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (4)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (3)
25/6	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (5)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (5)	Rain On Me - Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande (4)
2/7	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (6)	Rockstar - Dababy ft Roddy Ricch (6)	Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat) - Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo