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This is a list of the #1 albums of all time according to the UK album charts. It includes all albums logging eight weeks or more at the top. For albums logging the same number of weeks at #1, they are listed in order of highest ranking according to Dave’s Music Database. This list was originally posted on Facebook on 4/19/11. and updated on 5/23/15.
- South Pacific (soundtrack, 1958)
70 weeks: - The Sound of Music (soundtrack, 1965)
48 weeks: - The King and I (soundtrack, 1956)
33 weeks: - Simon & Garfunkel…Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
30 weeks: - The Beatles…Please Please Me (1963)
27 weeks: - The Beatles…Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
23 weeks: - Adele…21 (2011)
22 weeks: - Elvis Presley…G.I. Blues (1960)
21 weeks: - The Beatles…A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- The Beatles…With the Beatles (1963)
19 weeks: - My Fair Lady (cast album, 1956)
18 weeks: - Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
- Elvis Presley…Blue Hawaii (soundtrack, 1961)
17 weeks: - The Beatles…Abbey Road (1969)
- Carpenters…The Singles 1969-1973 (1973)
15 weeks: - Spice Girls…Spice (1996)
- Phil Collins……But Seriously (1989)
14 weeks: - Dire Straits…Brothers in Arms (1985)
- Cliff Richard & the Shadows…Summer Holiday (1963)
13 weeks: - Grease (soundtrack, 1978)
- West Side Story (soundtrack, 1961)
- Bob Dylan…John Wesley Harding (1967)
12 weeks: - Bob Marley & the Wailers…Legend (1984)
- The Verve…Urban Hymns (1997)
- The Rolling Stones…The Rolling Stones, aka England’s Newest Hitmakers, 1964)
- Simply Red…Stars (1991)
- Adam & the Ants…Kings of the Wild Frontier (1981)
- Ed Sheeran…X (2014)
- Kids from Fame…Kids from Fame (1982)
11 weeks: - Alanis Morissette…Jagged Little Pill (1995)
- Shania Twain…Come on Over (1997)
- Whitney Houston et al…The Bodyguard (soundtrack, 1992)
- Elton John…Greatest Hits (1974)
- The Beatles…Beatles for Sale (1964)
- Meat Loaf…Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell (1993)
- Abba…Greatest Hits (1976)
- Pal Joey (soundtrack, 1957)
- various artists…20 All-Time Hits of the ‘50s (1999)
10 weeks: - Oasis…What's the Story Morning Glory (1995)
- Abba…Arrival (1976)
- James Blunt…Back to Bedlam (2004)
- Dido…Life for Rent (2003)
- Eurythmics…Greatest Hits (1991)
- The Rolling Stones…No. 2 (aka ‘Now!’) (1965)
- The Corrs…Talk on Corners (1997)
- Emeli Sandé…Our Version of Events (2012)
- The Beach Boys…20 Golden Greats (1976)
9 weeks: - Madonna…The Immaculate Collection (1990)
- The Beatles…1 (2000)
- The Beatles…Help! (1965)
- Terence Trent D’Arby…Introducing the Hardline According to… (1987)
- Travis…The Man Who (1999)
- Abba…Super Trouper (1980)
- Barbra Streisand…Love Songs (1982)
- Boyzone…By Request (1999)
- Stylistics…Best of (1975)
- George Mitchell Minstrels…Black and White Minstrel Show (1961)
8 weeks: - Michael Jackson…Thriller (1982)
- The Beatles…The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
- The Beatles…Rubber Soul (1965)
- Paul Simon…Graceland (1986)
- George Harrison…All Things Must Pass (1970)
- Abba...Gold – Greatest Hits (1992)
- The Rolling Stones…Aftermath (1966)
- T-Rex…Electric Warrior (1971)
- George Michael…Ladies and Gentlemen: Best of (1998)
- Sam Smith…In the Lonely Hour (2014)
- Leona Lewis…Spirit (2007)
- Take That…Beautiful World (2006)
- Various Artists…Now That’s What I Call Music 3 (1984)
- George Mitchell Minstrels…Another Black and White Minstrel Show (1961)
- Various Artists…20 Dynamic Hits (1972)