CW125 is now available online

Issue 125 of Chartwatch is now available via http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/backnum_new.html.

The contents of the new issue are:

Decade 2010-2019

How Big Is A Big Win?

The Best Albums of the 2010s

France Singles Chart Analysis 2019

Music Video 2019

Compilations Chart 2019

Collectacharts Morris Stoloff-Strawbs

Year by Year 1949

Oldest Song to Chart Again

Top of the Flops

UK 1st Quarter 2020

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)