Official Albums Chart on 7/8/2015
7 August 2015 - 13 August 2015
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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- LW:New
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:1
- LW:New
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:1
- LW:2,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:4
- LW:3,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:59
- LW:4,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:63
- LW:5,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:20
- LW:6,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:41
HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL
FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
- LW:12,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:10
- LW:New
- Peak:9,
- Weeks:1
- LW:RE
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:15
BORN IN THE ECHOES
CHEMICAL BROTHERS
- LW:1,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:2
NewIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR
LED ZEPPELIN
- LW:New
- Peak:12,
- Weeks:1
NewWATER FOR YOUR SOUL
JOSS STONE
- LW:New
- Peak:13,
- Weeks:1
- LW:RE
- Peak:14,
- Weeks:11
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
LIONEL RICHIE & THE COMMODORES
- LW:9,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:60
- LW:15,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:14
- LW:17,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:28
- LW:16,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:58
- LW:13,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:3
- LW:RE
- Peak:21,
- Weeks:12
- LW:41,
- Peak:4,
- Weeks:189
- LW:18,
- Peak:6,
- Weeks:211


- LW:25,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:11
- LW:21,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:169
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
FALL OUT BOY
- LW:29,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:29
- LW:26,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:40
- LW:28,
- Peak:5,
- Weeks:44


LEGEND
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
- LW:42,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:682
- LW:20,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:10
- LW:23,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:195
- LW:35,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:138
THE BALCONY
CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
- LW:27,
- Peak:10,
- Weeks:47
- LW:58,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:682
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
PAUL SIMON
- LW:30,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:17
- LW:34,
- Peak:9,
- Weeks:73
IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE
DRAKE
- LW:45,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:26
CHASING YESTERDAY
NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
- LW:33,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:23
- LW:7,
- Peak:7,
- Weeks:2
A PERFECT CONTRADICTION
PALOMA FAITH
- LW:38,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:74
- LW:37,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:37
- LW:36,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:50
- LW:46,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:221
- LW:8,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:2
- LW:RE
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:180
NewTHE MAGICAL WORLD OF THE STRANDS
MICHAEL HEAD
- LW:New
- Peak:48,
- Weeks:1
- LW:39,
- Peak:4,
- Weeks:18
- LW:56,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:39
- LW:50,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:100
- LW:31,
- Peak:6,
- Weeks:65
RERING OF FIRE - THE LEGEND OF
JOHNNY CASH
- LW:RE
- Peak:11,
- Weeks:53
- LW:11,
- Peak:11,
- Weeks:2
- LW:68,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:716
- LW:70,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:609


SMOKE & MIRRORS
IMAGINE DRAGONS
- LW:60,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:25
RENIGHT VISIONS
IMAGINE DRAGONS
- LW:RE
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:110
THE LONG WAY HOME
KREPT & KONAN
- LW:43,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:5
- LW:71,
- Peak:47,
- Weeks:10
- LW:69,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:43
THE DESIRED EFFECT
BRANDON FLOWERS
- LW:53,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:12
- LW:75,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:17
REGREATEST HITS I II & III
QUEEN
- LW:RE
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:211
WRITTEN IN SCARS
JACK SAVORETTI
- LW:44,
- Peak:12,
- Weeks:15
- LW:RE
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:92
- LW:84,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:10
- LW:76,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:165
- LW:55,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:86
- LW:52,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:7
ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS
NEIL DIAMOND
- LW:49,
- Peak:25,
- Weeks:35
- LW:10,
- Peak:10,
- Weeks:2


- LW:73,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:113
- LW:78,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:36
- LW:82,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:11
- LW:62,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:44
- LW:74,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:241
- LW:66,
- Peak:14,
- Weeks:7
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
WHITNEY HOUSTON
- LW:87,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:128
- LW:47,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:7
- LW:65,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:59
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
KENDRICK LAMAR
- LW:90,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:20
- LW:64,
- Peak:49,
- Weeks:4
EMPIRE - SEASON 1 - OST
EMPIRE CAST
- LW:67,
- Peak:18,
- Weeks:11
- LW:96,
- Peak:89,
- Weeks:2
- LW:RE
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:64
- LW:40,
- Peak:14,
- Weeks:3
PEACE IS THE MISSION
MAJOR LAZER
- LW:88,
- Peak:25,
- Weeks:9
RE5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER
- LW:RE
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:38
WILDFIRE - LIVE WORSHIP FROM NEW WINE
NEW WINE WORSHIP
- LW:79,
- Peak:79,
- Weeks:2
REBEST OF - DECADE IN THE SUN
STEREOPHONICS
- LW:RE
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:131
- LW:RE
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:28
REGET TO HEAVEN
EVERYTHING EVERYTHING
- LW:RE
- Peak:7,
- Weeks:6


WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY
OASIS
- LW:100,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:235
NewBORN TO PLAY GUITAR
BUDDY GUY
- LW:New
- Peak:100,
- Weeks:1
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David Sutton
Updated list of albums in Top 100 to 200 weeks or more. + means is in this week's Top 100. Updated Week ending 13th August.
Bob Marley & Queen deadlocked!
For some reason Dark side's 11 weeks in 1994 are not in the main run. I've included them.
+1. ABBA - GOLD - 716
+2=. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 682
+2=. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 682
+4. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 609
5. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 517
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David Sutton
Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 13th August)
1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 276 weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound of Music 233 weeks
3=. Soundtrack - The King & I 153 weeks
3=. Soundtrack - West Side Story 153 weeks
5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 135 weeks
6. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 122 weeks
7. George Mitchell Singers - Black & White Minstrel show 120 weeks
8. Soundtrack - Oklahoma 112 weeks
There may be some missing from the 50-100 section, but those I've got are:
9. Michael Jackson - Thriller (including Thriller 25) 88 weeks
10. Adele - 21 76 weeks
11. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 74 weeks
12. Lady Gaga - The fame 72 weeks
13. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black 71 weeks (standard + deluxe - 1 week when both versions were in the top 10 simultaneously.
14. Emile Sande - Our version of events 67 weeks
15. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 66 weeks
16. Carpenters - The singles 1969-1973 64 weeks
+17. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 63 weeks
18. Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
19. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks
+19=. Ed Sheerhan - X 59 weeks
21. Abba - Gold 58 weeks
22=. Corrs - Talk on corners 56 weeks
22=.Dido - No Angel 56 weeks
24. Best of the Beach Boys 55 weeks
25. Led Zeppelin II 54 weeks
+26.Ed Sheerhan - + 52 weeks
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David Sutton
Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 13th August)
Sam Smith overtakes the Beatles! . Ed Sheerhan's X aiming for Dire Straits.
1. Soundtrack - South Pacific 180 weeks
2. Soundtrack - The Sound of Music 172 weeks
3. George Mitchell Singers - Black & White Minstrel show 120 weeks
4. Original Broadway Cast - My Fair Lady 101 weeks
5. Soundtrack - The King & I 94 weeks
6. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 92 weeks
7. Soundtrack - West Side Story 89 weeks
8. Adele - 21 71 weeks
9. Emile Sande - Our version of events 66 weeks
+10. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 63 weeks
11 Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
12. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 60 weeks
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 59 weeks
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addickted2hcharlton
Aint our Cilla doin well at 14, less ope she goes even igher next week on ere.
Martin The Smoggie UTB!
I can't believe ABBA's Gold is STILL in the chart!!!
Well done to them.
Craig Hills
get surprisingly cilla album in the charts
Martin Rutherford
Why is Cilla Black listed as a new entry at 14, when it is a re-entry and previous chart weeks not added like other artistes?
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Anonymous
I checked on the artist archive and this looks like the first week it has appeared on the Rhino re-issue label. Perhaps the chart compilers don't aggregate weeks when they are on different labels.
