MUSIC
Charts - United Kingdom
Albums That Spent the Longest Time at Number One
This list features the albums that spent the longest time at number one in UK Chart history.
RANK | ALBUM | MUSICIAN | TIME SPENT AT NUMBER ONE | YEAR |
1 | South Pacific | Original Soundtrack | 115 weeks | 1958 |
2 | The Sound of Music | Original Soundtrack | 70 weeks | 1965 |
3 | The King and I | Original Soundtrack | 48 weeks | 1956 |
4 | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel | 33 weeks | 1970 |
5 | Please Please Me | Beatles | 30 weeks | 1963 |
6 | The Greatest Showman | Motion Picture Cast Recording | 28 weeks | 2017 |
7 | Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Beatles | 28 weeks | 1967 |
8 | 21 | Adele | 23 weeks | 2011 |
9 | G.I. Blues (OST) | Elvis Presley | 22 weeks | 1960 |
10 | With the Beatles | Beatles | 21 weeks | 1963 |
11 | A Hard Day's Night | Beatles | 21 weeks | 1964 |
12 | Divide | Ed Sheeran | 20 weeks | 2017 |
13 | My Fair Lady | Original Cast Recording | 19 weeks | 1956 |
14 | Saturday Night Fever | Original Soundtrack | 18 weeks | 1977 |
15 | Blue Hawaii (OST) | Elvis Presley | 18 weeks | 1961 |
16 | Abbey Road | Beatles | 18 weeks | 1969 |
17 | The Singles 1969-1973 | Carpenters | 17 weeks | 1974 |
18 | Spice | Spice Girls | 15 weeks | 1996 |
19 | …But Seriously | Phil Collins | 15 weeks | 1989 |
20 | Brothers in Arms | Dire Straits | 14 weeks | 1985 |
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