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Official Albums Chart on 26/8/2016

26 August 2016 - 1 September 2016

The UK's Top 100 biggest artist albums of the week, compiled by the Official Charts Company based on sales of CDs, downloads, vinyl, audio streams and video streams. View the biggest albums of 2024.

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ozzmosiz

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Why is Oasis "Whats the Story" showing as only peak of 7 and only 19 weeks in chart?

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David Sutton

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Number of weeks in Top 100. ++ means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 1st Sept

++1. Abba - Gold - 751
++2. Queen's Greatest Hits – 737
++3. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend - 735
++4. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 644
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17. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 276 (275+1)
++18. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 274
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20. BEATLES - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND - 264
20=. GUNS N’ ROSES - APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION - 264
++22. GUNS 'N' ROSES GREATEST HITS – 260
23. DIRE STRAITS - MAKIN' MOVIES - 252
++24. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 248
25. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 247
++25=. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 247 (224 + 55 deluxe - 32 overlap)
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30. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 231
31. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 225
++31=. ADELE – 21 – 225
33. ALANIS MORISSETTE - JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 221
34. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 218
++34=.EMINEM - CURTAIN CALL - THE GREATEST HITS 218
++36. FOO FIGHTERS GREATEST HITS 214
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49.FLORENCE & MACHINE - LUNGS 185
++50.OASIS - (WHAT’S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? - 184

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David Sutton

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Total weeks in Top 75 . ++ means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 1st Sept.

++1. ABBA - GOLD - 511
++2. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 492
++3. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 485
++4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 460
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15. DIRE STRAITS - BROTHERS IN ARMS - 227
++16. AMY WINEHOUSE - BACK TO BLACK - 212 (182 + 53 deluxe - 23 overlap)
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22=. OASIS - DEFINITELY MAYBE - 192
22=. MUMFORD & SONGS – SIGH NO MORE – 192
++24. ADELE – 21 – 189
25. PHIL COLLINS - FACE VALUE - 184 (183+1)
26. REM - OUT OF TIME - 183
++26=. MICHAEL JACKSON - NUMBER ONES – 183
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33=. KILLERS – HOT FUSS – 175
33=. WEST SIDE STORY - FILM SOUNDTRACK - 175
33=. MICHAEL JACKSON - OFF THE WALL - 175
++36. FLEETWOOD MAC - THE VERY BEST OF – 172

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David Sutton

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Total weeks in Top 40. + means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending week ending 1st Sept

1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 347
2. Soundtrack - South Pacific 313 Weeks (all in Top 20)
3. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 279
4. Meatloaf - Bat out of 249
++5. Abba - Gold - 224
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11. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 168 (all in Top 20)
++12. Queen's Greatest Hits 163
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16. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 145
++17. Amy Winehouse - Back to black 144 (116 + 45 deluxe - 17 overlap)
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21. Lady Gaga - The fame 131
++22. Bob Marley & Wailers - Legend 129
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27. David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust 115
28=. Abba's Greatest Hits 114
28=. Corrs - Talk on corners 114
28= Adele - 19 114
++28=Ed Sheerhan - X 114
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42. Mumford & Sons - Sigh no more 104
43 Ellie Golding - Halcyon 103
++43= Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 103

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David Sutton

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Consecutive weeks in Top 40 ++ means is in this week's Top 40. Updated week ending 1st Sept

1. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 269
2. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 234
3. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 191
4. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 Weeks (all in Top 5!)
5. Soundtrack - West Side Story 163 (all in Top 20!)
6. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 134 (all in Top 20!)
7. George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 125 (all in Top 20!)
8. Dire Straits - Brother in Arms 123
9. Best of the Beach Boys 118
++10.Ed Sheerhan - X 114

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David Sutton

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Total weeks in Top 20. ++ means is in this week's Top 20. Updated week ending week ending 1st Sept

1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 313 Weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound Of Music 281
3. Soundtrack - The King & I 201
4. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 195
5. Soundtrack - West Side Story 175
6. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 168
7. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 156
8. The Buddy Holly Story 155
9. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 149
10.George Mitchell Minstrels - Black & White Minstrel Show 142
11. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon 123
12. Michael Jackson - Thriller (+ Thriller 25) 118
13. Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells 108
++14. Ed Sheerhan - X 106
++15. Abba - Gold - 102

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addickted2hcharlton

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Wot appened to the latest from Beverley Knight?