Official Albums Chart on 31/7/2015
31 July 2015 - 6 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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NewBORN IN THE ECHOES
CHEMICAL BROTHERS
- LW:New
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:1
- LW:1,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:3
- LW:2,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:58
- LW:5,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:62
- LW:4,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:19
- LW:6,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:40
- LW:New
- Peak:7,
- Weeks:1
- LW:New
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:1
THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION
LIONEL RICHIE & THE COMMODORES
- LW:7,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:59
NewAMUSED TO DEATH
ROGER WATERS
- LW:New
- Peak:10,
- Weeks:1
- LW:New
- Peak:11,
- Weeks:1
HOW BIG HOW BLUE HOW BEAUTIFUL
FLORENCE & THE MACHINE
- LW:8,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:9
- LW:3,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:2
- LW:15,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:13
- LW:10,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:57
- LW:12,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:27
- LW:13,
- Peak:6,
- Weeks:210
- LW:RE
- Peak:12,
- Weeks:50
- LW:21,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:9
- LW:20,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:168
NewSHOCKWAVE SUPERNOVA
JOE SATRIANI
- LW:New
- Peak:22,
- Weeks:1
- LW:11,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:194
- LW:25,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:10
- LW:22,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:39
THE BALCONY
CATFISH & THE BOTTLEMEN
- LW:19,
- Peak:10,
- Weeks:46
- LW:29,
- Peak:5,
- Weeks:43
AMERICAN BEAUTY/AMERICAN PSYCHO
FALL OUT BOY
- LW:28,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:28
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
PAUL SIMON
- LW:31,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:16
- LW:23,
- Peak:6,
- Weeks:64
CHASING YESTERDAY
NOEL GALLAGHER'S HIGH FLYING
- LW:34,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:22
- LW:40,
- Peak:9,
- Weeks:72
- LW:30,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:137
- LW:37,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:49
- LW:33,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:36
A PERFECT CONTRADICTION
PALOMA FAITH
- LW:35,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:73
- LW:46,
- Peak:4,
- Weeks:17
- LW:14,
- Peak:14,
- Weeks:2
- LW:32,
- Peak:4,
- Weeks:188
LEGEND
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
- LW:24,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:681
THE LONG WAY HOME
KREPT & KONAN
- LW:36,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:4
WRITTEN IN SCARS
JACK SAVORETTI
- LW:27,
- Peak:12,
- Weeks:14
IF YOU'RE READING THIS IT'S TOO LATE
DRAKE
- LW:49,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:25
- LW:51,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:220
- LW:38,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:6
ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS
NEIL DIAMOND
- LW:26,
- Peak:25,
- Weeks:34
- LW:58,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:99
- LW:47,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:6
THE DESIRED EFFECT
BRANDON FLOWERS
- LW:39,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:11
- LW:New
- Peak:54,
- Weeks:1
- LW:44,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:85
- LW:52,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:38
- LW:61,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:681
- LW:RE
- Peak:59,
- Weeks:2
SMOKE & MIRRORS
IMAGINE DRAGONS
- LW:64,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:24
- LW:60,
- Peak:11,
- Weeks:16
- LW:62,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:43
DREAMS WORTH MORE THAN MONEY
MEEK MILL
- LW:66,
- Peak:13,
- Weeks:5
- LW:RE
- Peak:49,
- Weeks:3
- LW:50,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:58
- LW:82,
- Peak:14,
- Weeks:6
EMPIRE - SEASON 1 - OST
EMPIRE CAST
- LW:42,
- Peak:18,
- Weeks:10
- LW:53,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:715
- LW:81,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:42
- LW:74,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:608
- LW:63,
- Peak:47,
- Weeks:9
- LW:69,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:112
- LW:43,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:240
- LW:59,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:16
- LW:57,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:164
- LW:89,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:99
- LW:70,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:35
NewWILDFIRE - LIVE WORSHIP FROM NEW WINE
NEW WINE WORSHIP
- LW:New
- Peak:79,
- Weeks:1
- LW:New
- Peak:80,
- Weeks:1
REBENEATH THE SKIN
OF MONSTERS & MEN
- LW:RE
- Peak:10,
- Weeks:6
- LW:65,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:10
- LW:80,
- Peak:4,
- Weeks:9
- LW:93,
- Peak:8,
- Weeks:9
NOTHING HAS CHANGED - THE VERY BEST OF
DAVID BOWIE
- LW:55,
- Peak:9,
- Weeks:25
RECRAIG OGDEN AND FRIENDS
CRAIG OGDEN
- LW:RE
- Peak:70,
- Weeks:4
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION
WHITNEY HOUSTON
- LW:79,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:127
PEACE IS THE MISSION
MAJOR LAZER
- LW:99,
- Peak:25,
- Weeks:8
- LW:91,
- Peak:6,
- Weeks:15
TO PIMP A BUTTERFLY
KENDRICK LAMAR
- LW:86,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:19
- LW:87,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:36
- LW:84,
- Peak:4,
- Weeks:24
- LW:77,
- Peak:16,
- Weeks:9
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
PINK FLOYD
- LW:95,
- Peak:2,
- Weeks:466
- LW:New
- Peak:96,
- Weeks:1
I FORGET WHERE WE WERE
BEN HOWARD
- LW:68,
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:36
- LW:72,
- Peak:18,
- Weeks:3
- LW:78,
- Peak:3,
- Weeks:142
REWHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY
OASIS
- LW:RE
- Peak:1,
- Weeks:234
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addickted2hcharlton
So sad our Cilla died, ere she was one of a kind n I muss buy er greatest its CD. I miss Donna Summer n all.
DS
David Sutton
Total weeks in Top 75 . + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 6th August.
For some reason Dark side's 4 weeks in the Top 75 in 1994 are not in the main run. I've included them.
Bat out of caught by Bob Marley and under threat from Queen
+1. ABBA - GOLD - 483
2. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 454
+2=. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 454
+4. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 453
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 431
Neil Morgenstern
It would still be the longest album in chart weeks that isn't a greatest hits compilation, with Rumours in 2nd place.
DS
David Sutton
Total Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 6th 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. Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
+17=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 62 weeks
19. Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits 59 weeks
20. Abba - Gold 58 weeks
+20=. Ed Sheerhan - X 58 weeks
DS
David Sutton
Updated list of albums in Top 75 to 100 weeks or more. + means is in this week's Top 75. Updated Week ending 6th August.
For some reason Dark side's 4 weeks in the Top 75 in 1994 are not in the main run. I've included them.
Bat out of caught by Bob Marley and under threat from Queen
+1. ABBA - GOLD - 483
2. MEATLOAF - BAT OUT OF - 454
2=. BOB MARLEY & WAILERS - LEGEND - 454
+4. QUEEN'S GREATEST HITS – 453
+5. FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS - 431
DS
David Sutton
Consecutive Weeks in Top 10 (updated week ending 6th August)
Sam Smith equals 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 Beatles - Please Please Me 62 weeks
+10=. Sam Smith - In the lonely hour 62 weeks
12. Dire Straits - Brothers in arms 60 weeks
+13. Ed Sheerhan - X 58 weeks
14. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 55 weeks
15. Soundtrack - West Side Story 52 weeks (separate run)
16. Shania Twain - Come on over 51 weeks
17. Soundtrack - South Pacific 49 weeks (separate run)
