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UK Albums Chart

Index UK Albums Chart

The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. [1]

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A Bigger Bang

A Bigger Bang is the 22nd British and 24th American studio album by the Rolling Stones, released on Virgin Records in September 2005.

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ABBA

ABBA are a Swedish pop group, formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

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Adele

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born 5 May 1988) is an English singer and songwriter.

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Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.

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BBC Online

BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 15 million weekly listeners. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is adult contemporary or AOR, although the station also broadcasts other specialist musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2MHz from studios in Wogan House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. Programmes are relayed on digital radio via DAB, Sky, Cable TV, IPTV, Freeview, Freesat and the Internet.

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Beerbongs & Bentleys

Beerbongs & Bentleys (stylized in lowercase letters) is the second studio album by American rapper Post Malone, released by Republic Records on April 27, 2018.

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Blossoms (album)

Blossoms is the self-titled debut studio album by English rock band Blossoms.

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Blue Hawaii (Elvis Presley album)

Blue Hawaii is the fourteenth album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor Records in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2426, on October 20, 1961.

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Born to Do It

Born to Do It is the debut studio album by English singer Craig David, released in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2000 by Wildstar Records and in the United States later in 2001 by Atlantic Records.

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Bridge over Troubled Water

Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 on Columbia Records.

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Bruno Brookes

Bruno Brookes (born Trevor Neil Brookes in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire 24 April 1959) is an English radio presenter who became prominent on British radio in the 1980s.

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Cliff Richard

Sir Cliff Richard, (born Harry Rodger Webb, 14 October 1940) is a British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist.

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Craig David

Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an English singer, songwriter and rapper and record producer who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer-songwriter and actor.

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.

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Emeli Sandé

Adele Emily Sandé, (born 10 March 1987), known professionally as Emeli Sandé, is a British singer and songwriter.

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Evita (soundtrack)

Evita is the third soundtrack album by American singer Madonna.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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G.I. Blues (album)

G.I. Blues is the eleventh album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released by RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2256, in October 1960.

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Gary Davies

Gary Davies (born 13 December 1957, Manchester, England) is an English broadcaster.

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Gold: Greatest Hits

Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA.

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Greatest Hits (Queen album)

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released worldwide on 26 October 1981. The album consisted of Queen's best-selling singles since their first chart appearance in 1974 with "Seven Seas of Rhye", up to their 1980 hit "Flash" (though in some countries "Under Pressure", the band's 1981 chart-topper with David Bowie, was included). There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful. Queen's Greatest Hits was an instant success, peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart for four weeks. It has spent 800 weeks in the UK Charts, and is the best-selling album of all time in the UK, selling over six million copies. BBC Retrieved 23 January 2011 It is certified eight times platinum in the United States, and is Queen's most commercially successful album worldwide with over 25 million copies sold, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Radiohead guitarist Ed O'Brien hailed the UK edition of Greatest Hits as "impeccable" and "absolutely genius", while British journalist Brian Viner called it the greatest album of all time.

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I Dreamed a Dream (album)

I Dreamed a Dream is the debut studio album by Scottish singer Susan Boyle.

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Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, lead guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman.

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In the Lonely Hour

In the Lonely Hour is the debut studio album by British singer Sam Smith.

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Kate Bush

Catherine "Kate" Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, dancer and record producer.

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian-British singer and actress.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart

The following is a list of all albums that have spent at least 100 weeks on the UK Albums Chart as published by the Official Charts Company (OCC).

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List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Friday to Thursday in the United Kingdom (the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday until 2015).

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List of artists who have spent the most weeks on the UK music charts

This is a list of artists who have spent more than 1,000 weeks on the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart combined.

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List of best-selling albums by year in the United Kingdom

This is a list of the best-selling albums in the United Kingdom each year.

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List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart

The following is a list of songs that have charted for 50 weeks or more in total on the UK Singles Chart according to the Official Charts Company (OCC).

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List of UK Albums Chart Christmas number ones

The UK Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on sales of albums in the United Kingdom; the term "Christmas number ones" refers to the records that are at the top of the chart on Christmas Day.

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Lists of fastest-selling albums

A fast-selling album is defined as one with high sales in its first chart week following release.

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Lists of UK Albums Chart number ones

This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart, from its inception in 1956 to the present.

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Lynn Parsons

Lynn Parsons is a British disc jockey.

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Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Melody Maker

Melody Maker was a British weekly music magazine, one of the world's earliest music weeklies, and—according to its publisher IPC Media—the earliest.

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Music Week

Music Week is a trade paper for the UK record industry.

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Neil Reid

Neil Reid (born 1959) is a Scottish former child singing star, winner of ITV's Opportunity Knocks, and the holder of the title youngest person to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.

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Neil Reid (album)

Neil Reid is the first album, for Scottish Opportunity Knocks winner, Neil Reid.

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Never for Ever

Never for Ever is the third studio album by English singer Kate Bush.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.

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Official Charts Company

The Official Charts Company, also referred to as Official Charts (previously known as the Chart Information Network (CIN) and The Official UK Charts Company) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the UK Singles Downloads Chart and the UK Album Downloads Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video charts.

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Peter Powell (DJ)

Peter James Barnard-Powell (born 24 March 1951) is a former English disc jockey, popular on BBC Radio 1 in the late 1970s and 1980s, who has a second career in talent management.

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Please Please Me

Please Please Me is the debut studio album by English rock band the Beatles.

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Post Malone

Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970.

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Ray Quinn

Raymond Arthur "Ray" Quinn (born 25 August 1988) is an English actor, singer, and dancer.

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Record Mirror

Record Mirror was a British weekly music newspaper between 1954 and 1991 for pop fans and record collectors.

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Record Retailer

Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry.

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Sam Smith (singer)

Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer-songwriter.

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel.

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Simon Mayo

Simon Andrew Hicks Mayo (born 21 September 1958) is an English radio presenter who has worked for BBC Radio since 1981. Mayo was the presenter of Simon Mayo Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 between 2010 and 2018 and with Mark Kermode, presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. Mayo currently presents a revamped drive time show on Radio 2 with Jo Whiley which began on 14 May 2018. In 2008, Mayo was recognised as the "Radio Broadcaster of the Year" at the 34th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and the "Speech Broadcaster of the Year" at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, receiving the latter for his "ability to paint colourful pictures of location and event and his ability to bring the very best out of his guests, encouraging conversation and interaction between them while skilfully nudging and controlling them" and for being "a master of light and shade, handling serious and lighter issues with aplomb." Mayo is the author of several books, including the acclaimed Itch trilogy of thrillers for younger readers. He is one of the highest paid BBC radio presenters.

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Smoke + Mirrors

Smoke + Mirrors is the second studio album by American rock band Imagine Dragons.

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Songs for Swingin' Lovers!

Songs for Swingin' Lovers! is the tenth album by American singer Frank Sinatra and his fourth for Capitol Records.

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South Pacific (1958 film)

South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn based on James A. Michener's short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific.

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Streaming media

Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a provider.

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Susan Boyle

Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Misérables.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Official Chart

The Official Chart is a long-running United Kingdom music chart programme, airing each Friday afternoon on BBC Radio 1.

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The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London, England, in 1962.

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The X Factor

The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.

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UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart (currently entitled Official Singles Chart) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.

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Vera Lynn

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (born 20 March 1917), widely known as "the Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer of traditional pop, songwriter and actress, whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War.

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Vera Lynn 100

Vera Lynn 100 is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn.

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We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn

We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn.

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is the debut studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on 23 January 2006 by Domino Recording Company.

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21 (Adele album)

21 is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Adele.

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25 (Adele album)

25 is the third studio album by English singer Adele, released on 20 November 2015 by XL Recordings and Columbia Records.

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_Albums_Chart

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