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This list is untrue! The Beatles' debut album alone spent 74 weeks on the chart! Where are the 'facts' coming from for this nonsense list?
The List is pointless. It uses the Top 200 for the ABBA Album, but the Top 75 for everything else.
It is best to use only the Top 75, for the List - for all Albums.
NOTE - All of my Lists, (below), go up to the UK Album Chart of the Week Ending 31st December 2011 - inclusive.
Here are the Albums based on Top 75 Weeks:,
Several of the Albums have No.76 to No.100 Positions included,because from W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 14th January 1989,
the entire Top 100 of the UK Album Chart was counted. For example, 'Gold', by ABBA, is the only Album in the Top 5, to show Top 75 Weeks, only. The Queen Album spent 414 Weeks in the Top 75, the other 62 Weeks, are from when the entire Top 100 was counted.
UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS
If an Album did not Peak at No.1, I show where it did Peak - in Brackets
THE TOP 5 ALBUMS - WITH ONLY TOP 75 WEEKS SHOWN
Here I show - in Brackets - how many Weeks, an Album has added from the entire Top 100, for the August 1981 to January 1989 period:,
THE TOP 5 ALBUMS TOP 100 WEEKS
If we use the Top 100 for all of the Top 5 Albums, (since they first Charted), then the Albums with the most Top 100 Weeks are:,
82.22.125.117 ( talk) 11:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
It is a simple matter - the Chart Archive Site is missing a great many UK Album Charts. That is why it has/had too low a Weeks On Chart Total for many Albums - ABBA Gold & Greatest Hits by Queen included. The person who ran that Site told me this on more than one occasion. So it is pointless for anyone to use the Chart Archive Site as a gauge of Chart Weeks under those circumstances. Also, it is wrong to add the Chart Weeks of Greatest Hits I, II, & III by Queen to those of Greatest Hits - as you have done. In the past I know of only 1 UK Chart Book that also did that. The Guinness & Virgin Chart Books certainly did not - and nor does The OCC on its Web Site. Only the stand-a-lone Chart Weeks of Greatest Hits (One) by Queen count towards that Album. 82.6.134.233 ( talk) 19:11, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to be rude but surely this is the most pointless/innacurate/completely false article in all of Wikipedia - and that's quite a feat!To be honest I'm completely mystified and it needs deleting in its entirety. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.127.57 ( talk) 21:03, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
There are still serious flaws with this list, one year on from the plea to give us more time to get it finished. As an example, Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield spent 278 weeks on the United Kingdom Album Chart according to the Official Charts Company and Chart Archive(Link redirected to OCC website), which would place it third on the list, and yet it fails to appear in the top 85 places.
Either this list needs some serious work to knock it into shape, or it should be scrapped completely. If it is a work in progress, it should really be moved to somebody's sandbox, where work can continue (by a group of editors, if necessary) until it is in a fit state to be transferred to the article pages. Skinsmoke ( talk) 23:37, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
The singles list uses 40 as the minimum for entry on that list, how about making it 50 for this one just to round the numbers?. Also, we could have two combined lists from all singles or albums released, in which 100 weeks are needed for the albums and 80 for the singles?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myevergreen ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
the idea that it's a work in progress is no longer valid (if it ever was!)as it'd been up ages and you've still got complete rubbish like a Beyonce album in the top numbers of weeks of all time - beating 'Bat Out Of Hell' for goodness sake! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.180.108 ( talk) 21:07, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
It is clear when comparing weeks on chart you have to factor in size of charts eg Top 100 1981-1989 and Top 75 thereafter - but that the former included multi-artist compilations while the latter doesn't.( Coachtripfan ( talk) 10:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC))
Thought I'd take this list in hand, seeing as no-one else seemed to be bothering, plus I have an interest in such things and some time on my hands. Starting to run out of ideas of albums I might be missing, though, although I've still a few more to add.
Having added a large number of albums to the list, I'm starting to wonder if 52 is too low a starting point. I understand the significance of 1 year on chart, I guess it is a pretty good achievement, but it has made for a very long list! Maybe 52-74 and 75-99 should become 52-59, 60-69, 70-79 etc. to break it up a bit.
( Satyrist ( talk) 11:43, 17 December 2014 (UTC))
@ Satyrist: The new revamped OCC archives have lists of weeks on top 75 and top 100 and a quick check of the top few albums in the list shows that neither of these match this page. What is defined as the chart here? Plus all the reference to OCC pages need updating. Btljs ( talk) 19:02, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
@ Richard3120: @ A Thousand Doors: @ Satyrist: Does anyone know when these were excluded from the albums chart? If we are including them from when they were in the normal chart we should give an explanation with some dates I think. Btljs ( talk) 18:59, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
OK so this page has been tagged for only citing OCC and not other sources. A couple of points: 1. OCC is not a primary source because this is historical information which was publicly available from various chart compilers over the years. 2. To establish notability, a range of sources is generally required and this holds. I will try to add some news articles about certain key facts e.g. an album passing a threshold BUT it is not reasonable to expect a list like this to get precise numbers from any other than the main source. Btljs ( talk) 18:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Btljs: I confess I've been saving this one up! Take a look at the following webpage, which I did very quickly this morning: http://www.darkwarrior.org.uk/satyrist/AWb2b.htm in conjunction with the relevant OCC page ( http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/812/AMY-WINEHOUSE/). It shows the chart weeks of Back to Black from its first week on chart until after the last week that the deluxe version of the album charted. You will note that for some reason both albums were listed as being on the chart in 32 of the deluxe version's 55 weeks on chart. So, should Back to Black be credited with 217 weeks on chart (as currently, allowing that it managed to chart twice in the same week 32 times), 185 weeks on chart (removing the double-counting weeks) or 162 weeks on chart (treating the two versions as different albums)? What do you reckon?! (N.B. I'm nearly done for all 100+ week albums and will be moving them to the main list soon) Satyrist ( talk) 12:29, 31 March 2015 (UTC+01:00)
@ Btljs: You said back in January that the cut-off for this list should be 100 weeks and now that OCC have changed their listings many more albums than before are credited with 52+ weeks on chart. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons this week became the 236th album (assuming I haven't missed any) to reach 100 weeks on chart and several more are rapidly approaching (for a start, Bad Blood by Bastille and Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis are on 98 and 97 weeks respectively and, crucially, are in this week's chart). I think I therefore agree with your January comment - do you still agree? As to the rest of the list below, one wonders whether keeping them here as an aid to updating the article in the future would be acceptable? I have no idea about these things, I'm afraid. Personally, I am happy to continue updating and adding to the list below in spare moments. Would be grateful for your thoughts and thanks once again for all your help! Satyrist ( talk) 19:13, 07 April 2015 (UTC+01:00)
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help page).It is a simple matter - the Chart Archive Site is missing a great many UK Album Charts. That is why it has/had too low a Weeks On Chart Total for many Albums - ABBA Gold & Greatest Hits by Queen included. The person who ran that Site told me this on more than one occasion. So it is pointless for anyone to use the Chart Archive Site as a gauge of Chart Weeks under those circumstances. Also, it is wrong to add the Chart Weeks of The Platinum Collection, (AKA Greatest Hits I, II, & III) by Queen to those of Greatest Hits - as you have done. In the past I know of only 1 UK Chart Book that also did that. The Guinness & Virgin Chart Books certainly did not - and nor does The OCC on its Web Site. Only the stand-a-lone Chart Weeks of Greatest Hits (One) by Queen count towards that Album. 82.6.134.233 ( talk) 19:11, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm talking about the Chart Archive Site that The OCC got to close down a few Year's ago. Until that point several Wikipedia Pages used to use that Site for the UK Weeks On Chart of Album's such as ABBA Gold & Greatest Hits (One) by Queen. Totally oblivious to the fact that the Site owner was missing a great many UK Charts. So the ABBA 'Gold' Album was 144 Chart Weeks too low & the Queen Album was 139 Weeks too low. As you use The OCC Site, you will notice that they certainly do not combine the Chart Weeks of any of the 3 Queen 'Greatest Hits' Albums with those of the Triple Set 'The Platinum Collection'. They count all 4 Queen releases as separate Albums. Which is also what most UK Chart Books used to do. It is an anomaly to give 'Greatest Hits' (One) & 'Greatest Hits II' the UK Chart Weeks of the Triple CD. ('The Platinum Collection' currently has 157 Top 75 Weeks & 211 Top 100 Weeks). ABBA 'Gold' is the stand-a-lone Album with the most UK Top 75 Weeks & Top 100 Weeks. It has 488 Top 75 Weeks & 722 Top 100 Weeks - to W/E Thursday 10th September 2015. (The OCC say that it has 720 Top 100 Weeks, but they miss out 2 No.77 Positions - 1 from May 1993 & 1 from February 1994). 82.6.134.233 ( talk) 01:31, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Shouldn't the weeks for albums in box sets be divided between the respective albums instead of giving all the albums in the box the total weeks the box charted? Now Queen's Greatest Hits I as well as II are getting 211 weeks for the weeks The Platinum Collection charted, but I would say it's fair to give one of them 211 weeks, or one 105 and the other 106, or, because Greatest hits III is also a part of this box, 70, 70 and 71. Has anyone a better suggestion? I don't know why this system would be better (apart for Queen and their fans of course). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freak of nature-music ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 27 August 2018 (UTC)
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This list is untrue! The Beatles' debut album alone spent 74 weeks on the chart! Where are the 'facts' coming from for this nonsense list?
The List is pointless. It uses the Top 200 for the ABBA Album, but the Top 75 for everything else.
It is best to use only the Top 75, for the List - for all Albums.
NOTE - All of my Lists, (below), go up to the UK Album Chart of the Week Ending 31st December 2011 - inclusive.
Here are the Albums based on Top 75 Weeks:,
Several of the Albums have No.76 to No.100 Positions included,because from W/E 8th August 1981 to W/E 14th January 1989,
the entire Top 100 of the UK Album Chart was counted. For example, 'Gold', by ABBA, is the only Album in the Top 5, to show Top 75 Weeks, only. The Queen Album spent 414 Weeks in the Top 75, the other 62 Weeks, are from when the entire Top 100 was counted.
UK ALBUMS WITH THE MOST CHART WEEKS
If an Album did not Peak at No.1, I show where it did Peak - in Brackets
THE TOP 5 ALBUMS - WITH ONLY TOP 75 WEEKS SHOWN
Here I show - in Brackets - how many Weeks, an Album has added from the entire Top 100, for the August 1981 to January 1989 period:,
THE TOP 5 ALBUMS TOP 100 WEEKS
If we use the Top 100 for all of the Top 5 Albums, (since they first Charted), then the Albums with the most Top 100 Weeks are:,
82.22.125.117 ( talk) 11:47, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
It is a simple matter - the Chart Archive Site is missing a great many UK Album Charts. That is why it has/had too low a Weeks On Chart Total for many Albums - ABBA Gold & Greatest Hits by Queen included. The person who ran that Site told me this on more than one occasion. So it is pointless for anyone to use the Chart Archive Site as a gauge of Chart Weeks under those circumstances. Also, it is wrong to add the Chart Weeks of Greatest Hits I, II, & III by Queen to those of Greatest Hits - as you have done. In the past I know of only 1 UK Chart Book that also did that. The Guinness & Virgin Chart Books certainly did not - and nor does The OCC on its Web Site. Only the stand-a-lone Chart Weeks of Greatest Hits (One) by Queen count towards that Album. 82.6.134.233 ( talk) 19:11, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I don't want to be rude but surely this is the most pointless/innacurate/completely false article in all of Wikipedia - and that's quite a feat!To be honest I'm completely mystified and it needs deleting in its entirety. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.127.57 ( talk) 21:03, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
There are still serious flaws with this list, one year on from the plea to give us more time to get it finished. As an example, Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield spent 278 weeks on the United Kingdom Album Chart according to the Official Charts Company and Chart Archive(Link redirected to OCC website), which would place it third on the list, and yet it fails to appear in the top 85 places.
Either this list needs some serious work to knock it into shape, or it should be scrapped completely. If it is a work in progress, it should really be moved to somebody's sandbox, where work can continue (by a group of editors, if necessary) until it is in a fit state to be transferred to the article pages. Skinsmoke ( talk) 23:37, 26 September 2012 (UTC)
The singles list uses 40 as the minimum for entry on that list, how about making it 50 for this one just to round the numbers?. Also, we could have two combined lists from all singles or albums released, in which 100 weeks are needed for the albums and 80 for the singles?. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Myevergreen ( talk • contribs) 23:30, 3 March 2013 (UTC)
the idea that it's a work in progress is no longer valid (if it ever was!)as it'd been up ages and you've still got complete rubbish like a Beyonce album in the top numbers of weeks of all time - beating 'Bat Out Of Hell' for goodness sake! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.157.180.108 ( talk) 21:07, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
It is clear when comparing weeks on chart you have to factor in size of charts eg Top 100 1981-1989 and Top 75 thereafter - but that the former included multi-artist compilations while the latter doesn't.( Coachtripfan ( talk) 10:02, 6 August 2013 (UTC))
Thought I'd take this list in hand, seeing as no-one else seemed to be bothering, plus I have an interest in such things and some time on my hands. Starting to run out of ideas of albums I might be missing, though, although I've still a few more to add.
Having added a large number of albums to the list, I'm starting to wonder if 52 is too low a starting point. I understand the significance of 1 year on chart, I guess it is a pretty good achievement, but it has made for a very long list! Maybe 52-74 and 75-99 should become 52-59, 60-69, 70-79 etc. to break it up a bit.
( Satyrist ( talk) 11:43, 17 December 2014 (UTC))
@ Satyrist: The new revamped OCC archives have lists of weeks on top 75 and top 100 and a quick check of the top few albums in the list shows that neither of these match this page. What is defined as the chart here? Plus all the reference to OCC pages need updating. Btljs ( talk) 19:02, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
@ Richard3120: @ A Thousand Doors: @ Satyrist: Does anyone know when these were excluded from the albums chart? If we are including them from when they were in the normal chart we should give an explanation with some dates I think. Btljs ( talk) 18:59, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
OK so this page has been tagged for only citing OCC and not other sources. A couple of points: 1. OCC is not a primary source because this is historical information which was publicly available from various chart compilers over the years. 2. To establish notability, a range of sources is generally required and this holds. I will try to add some news articles about certain key facts e.g. an album passing a threshold BUT it is not reasonable to expect a list like this to get precise numbers from any other than the main source. Btljs ( talk) 18:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)
@ Btljs: I confess I've been saving this one up! Take a look at the following webpage, which I did very quickly this morning: http://www.darkwarrior.org.uk/satyrist/AWb2b.htm in conjunction with the relevant OCC page ( http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/812/AMY-WINEHOUSE/). It shows the chart weeks of Back to Black from its first week on chart until after the last week that the deluxe version of the album charted. You will note that for some reason both albums were listed as being on the chart in 32 of the deluxe version's 55 weeks on chart. So, should Back to Black be credited with 217 weeks on chart (as currently, allowing that it managed to chart twice in the same week 32 times), 185 weeks on chart (removing the double-counting weeks) or 162 weeks on chart (treating the two versions as different albums)? What do you reckon?! (N.B. I'm nearly done for all 100+ week albums and will be moving them to the main list soon) Satyrist ( talk) 12:29, 31 March 2015 (UTC+01:00)
@ Btljs: You said back in January that the cut-off for this list should be 100 weeks and now that OCC have changed their listings many more albums than before are credited with 52+ weeks on chart. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons this week became the 236th album (assuming I haven't missed any) to reach 100 weeks on chart and several more are rapidly approaching (for a start, Bad Blood by Bastille and Time Flies... 1994–2009 by Oasis are on 98 and 97 weeks respectively and, crucially, are in this week's chart). I think I therefore agree with your January comment - do you still agree? As to the rest of the list below, one wonders whether keeping them here as an aid to updating the article in the future would be acceptable? I have no idea about these things, I'm afraid. Personally, I am happy to continue updating and adding to the list below in spare moments. Would be grateful for your thoughts and thanks once again for all your help! Satyrist ( talk) 19:13, 07 April 2015 (UTC+01:00)
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help page).It is a simple matter - the Chart Archive Site is missing a great many UK Album Charts. That is why it has/had too low a Weeks On Chart Total for many Albums - ABBA Gold & Greatest Hits by Queen included. The person who ran that Site told me this on more than one occasion. So it is pointless for anyone to use the Chart Archive Site as a gauge of Chart Weeks under those circumstances. Also, it is wrong to add the Chart Weeks of The Platinum Collection, (AKA Greatest Hits I, II, & III) by Queen to those of Greatest Hits - as you have done. In the past I know of only 1 UK Chart Book that also did that. The Guinness & Virgin Chart Books certainly did not - and nor does The OCC on its Web Site. Only the stand-a-lone Chart Weeks of Greatest Hits (One) by Queen count towards that Album. 82.6.134.233 ( talk) 19:11, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
I'm talking about the Chart Archive Site that The OCC got to close down a few Year's ago. Until that point several Wikipedia Pages used to use that Site for the UK Weeks On Chart of Album's such as ABBA Gold & Greatest Hits (One) by Queen. Totally oblivious to the fact that the Site owner was missing a great many UK Charts. So the ABBA 'Gold' Album was 144 Chart Weeks too low & the Queen Album was 139 Weeks too low. As you use The OCC Site, you will notice that they certainly do not combine the Chart Weeks of any of the 3 Queen 'Greatest Hits' Albums with those of the Triple Set 'The Platinum Collection'. They count all 4 Queen releases as separate Albums. Which is also what most UK Chart Books used to do. It is an anomaly to give 'Greatest Hits' (One) & 'Greatest Hits II' the UK Chart Weeks of the Triple CD. ('The Platinum Collection' currently has 157 Top 75 Weeks & 211 Top 100 Weeks). ABBA 'Gold' is the stand-a-lone Album with the most UK Top 75 Weeks & Top 100 Weeks. It has 488 Top 75 Weeks & 722 Top 100 Weeks - to W/E Thursday 10th September 2015. (The OCC say that it has 720 Top 100 Weeks, but they miss out 2 No.77 Positions - 1 from May 1993 & 1 from February 1994). 82.6.134.233 ( talk) 01:31, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Shouldn't the weeks for albums in box sets be divided between the respective albums instead of giving all the albums in the box the total weeks the box charted? Now Queen's Greatest Hits I as well as II are getting 211 weeks for the weeks The Platinum Collection charted, but I would say it's fair to give one of them 211 weeks, or one 105 and the other 106, or, because Greatest hits III is also a part of this box, 70, 70 and 71. Has anyone a better suggestion? I don't know why this system would be better (apart for Queen and their fans of course). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Freak of nature-music ( talk • contribs) 18:47, 27 August 2018 (UTC)