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.