JLS, Jake Bugg and Robbie Williams will all be battling it out to take the 1,000th number one album in the UK charts.
Lady Gaga’s Artpop secured the 999th number one album meaning that a new number one will be the 1,000th.
The JLS greatest hits Goodbye, Jake Bugg’s second album Shangri-La and Swing both Ways, the latest album by Robbie Williams, are all released today (18 November) and are expected to be in the running for the top spot this weekend.
Frank Sinatra’s classic record Songs For Swingin’ Lovers from 1956 was the very first number one album. Since then, almost 3,000 album charts have been published.
Martin Talbot, Official Charts Company chief executive, said: ‘This is a hugely significant landmark in the history of the music industry. While the Official Singles Chart is the fast-moving, barometer of pop music tastes, the Official Albums Chart reflects the broader tastes of British music fans and their attachment to outstanding song collections.
‘The list of albums which have topped the albums chart over the years underlines just how important it is, including iconic titles such as The Beatles' Sgt Pepper and Revolver, The Stones' Exile On Main Street, David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane, Led Zepplin IV, Queen’s A Night At The Opera, Michael Jackson’s Thriller - right up to Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black, Adele’s 21 and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.’
Further statistics from the OCC showed that the 1,000th number one of all time will be the 114th of this decade.
Top 10 artists by weeks at number one is below:
Beatles - 174 weeks
Elvis Presley – 63
ABBA - 57
Rolling Stones - 45
Simon & Garfunkel - 40
Cliff Richard - 30 (includes Cliff Richard & The Shadows - 22 weeks)
Madonna - 30 (includes Madonna & Various Artists’ Evita OST - one week)
Michael Jackson - 30 (includes Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - three weeks)
Robbie Williams - 30
Elton John - 29 (includes Elton John vs Pnau - 1 week)
Top 10 artists by number one albums
Beatles - 15 number one albums
Madonna - 12 (includes Madonna & Various Artists’ Evita OST, 1)
Elvis Presley - 11
Robbie Williams - 10
Rolling Stones - 10
U2 - 10
Michael Jackson - nine (includes Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - one)
ABBA - nine
Bruce Springsteen - nine
David Bowie - nine
Lady Gaga’s Artpop secured the 999th number one album meaning that a new number one will be the 1,000th.
The JLS greatest hits Goodbye, Jake Bugg’s second album Shangri-La and Swing both Ways, the latest album by Robbie Williams, are all released today (18 November) and are expected to be in the running for the top spot this weekend.
Frank Sinatra’s classic record Songs For Swingin’ Lovers from 1956 was the very first number one album. Since then, almost 3,000 album charts have been published.
Martin Talbot, Official Charts Company chief executive, said: ‘This is a hugely significant landmark in the history of the music industry. While the Official Singles Chart is the fast-moving, barometer of pop music tastes, the Official Albums Chart reflects the broader tastes of British music fans and their attachment to outstanding song collections.
‘The list of albums which have topped the albums chart over the years underlines just how important it is, including iconic titles such as The Beatles' Sgt Pepper and Revolver, The Stones' Exile On Main Street, David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane, Led Zepplin IV, Queen’s A Night At The Opera, Michael Jackson’s Thriller - right up to Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black, Adele’s 21 and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.’
Further statistics from the OCC showed that the 1,000th number one of all time will be the 114th of this decade.
Top 10 artists by weeks at number one is below:
Beatles - 174 weeks
Elvis Presley – 63
ABBA - 57
Rolling Stones - 45
Simon & Garfunkel - 40
Cliff Richard - 30 (includes Cliff Richard & The Shadows - 22 weeks)
Madonna - 30 (includes Madonna & Various Artists’ Evita OST - one week)
Michael Jackson - 30 (includes Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - three weeks)
Robbie Williams - 30
Elton John - 29 (includes Elton John vs Pnau - 1 week)
Top 10 artists by number one albums
Beatles - 15 number one albums
Madonna - 12 (includes Madonna & Various Artists’ Evita OST, 1)
Elvis Presley - 11
Robbie Williams - 10
Rolling Stones - 10
U2 - 10
Michael Jackson - nine (includes Michael Jackson Plus The Jackson Five - one)
ABBA - nine
Bruce Springsteen - nine
David Bowie - nine
