charts discussion Women with most weeks at #1 in the UK album chart (00-20)

[Orsay]

I had no idea Electra Heart went number one in the UK. Queen deserved

[alfonso12]

11 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

@alfonso12 Anastacia has 3 weeks

 

 

Oh I missed her. Added, thanks. 

[alfonso12]

5 minutes ago, Orsay said:

I had no idea Electra Heart went number one in the UK. Queen deserved

Primadonna was almost top 10 in the UK (peaked at #11).

[Rusty]

WHEW GAGA  

[swissman]

40 minutes ago, StrangerInTheDark said:

No. Album debuted at #5 and later peaked at #2.

1 Robbie Williams 126,168
2 One Direction 120,894
3 Gary Barlow 105,344
4 Olly Murs 83,266
5 Beyonce 67,858

Thanks! It seems like it would have come close though!

[UnusualBoy]

Adele will hold this record forever, I mean her next album will sell tons too.

[StrangerInTheDark]

5 minutes ago, swissman said:

Thanks! It seems like it would have come close though!

No, not really. First few days are always the most frontloaded ones. With full week it could've been at #4 tops. Still 15k away with only 3 days... And looking at midweek sales, highly unlikely. 

[rihannabiggestfan]

20 minutes ago, alfonso12 said:

Oh I missed her. Added, thanks. 

Thank you, and Duffy 5 weeks, Kelly Rowland 1 week, and Lily Allen 2 weeks

[swissman]

16 minutes ago, StrangerInTheDark said:

No, not really. First few days are always the most frontloaded ones. With full week it could've been at #4 tops. Still 15k away with only 3 days... And looking at midweek sales, highly unlikely. 

I misspoke earlier though. BEYONCÉ's first week sales were from only two days of tracking in the UK.

 

It does seem entirely possible that if she could sell 67,858 in just two days, even with a drop in sales throughout the week ... she could have easily gotten to at least #3 with 5 more days of sales.

 

Anyway, none of this really matters, I just found it surprising that 4 got to #1 but this didn't, though 4 had an actual promotional campaign.

Edited June 12, 2020 by swissman

[StrangerInTheDark]

4 minutes ago, swissman said:

I misspoke earlier though. BEYONCÉ's first week sales were from only two days of tracking in the UK.

 

It does seem entirely possible that if she could sell 67,858 in just two days, even with a drop in sales throughout the week ... she could have easily gotten to at least #3 with 5 more days of sales.

 

Anyway, none of this really matters, I just found it surprising that 4 got to #1 but this didn't, though 4 had an actual promotional campaign.

Oh yeah it was actually released on Friday, sorry. Sure she would've debuted higher but top 2 was out of question...

 

4 was released after IASF, had Glastonbury hype that gave life to 2nd single and was also slow time of the year. Not surprising it did better initially than ST. Thanks to ST 4 had new life and actually sold a lot to become 2xP.

 

In case you were wondering, this is the week ST peaked at  #2

1 Ellie Goulding 26,456
2 Beyoncé 21,771
3 Gary Barlow 17,069
4 John Newman 15,321
5 Bastille 14,441

 

 

[Link16]

Gaga 

where is the Spice Girls?

[swissman]

2 minutes ago, StrangerInTheDark said:

Oh yeah it was actually released on Friday, sorry. Sure she would've debuted higher but top 2 was out of question...

 

4 was released after IASF, had Glastonbury hype that gave life to 2nd single and was also slow time of the year. Not surprising it did better initially than ST. Thanks to ST 4 had new life and actually sold a lot to become 2xP.

 

In case you were wondering, this is the week ST peaked at  #2

1 Ellie Goulding 26,456
2 Beyoncé 21,771
3 Gary Barlow 17,069
4 John Newman 15,321
5 Bastille 14,441

 

 

Oh wow, quite a low week for sales!

[rihannabiggestfan]

2 minutes ago, Link16 said:

Gaga 

where is the Spice Girls?

Only solo acts

and most people think Florence + the Machine is a solo act so them lol

[Brando]

21 kinda puting Adele at #1 on its own lol 

[gotportugal]

Dua 4 weeks with FN only!!!

 

[alfonso12]

1 hour ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

Thank you, and Duffy 5 weeks, Kelly Rowland 1 week, and Lily Allen 2 weeks

Lily is already there but I'll add those other two. 

[rihannabiggestfan]

14 minutes ago, alfonso12 said:

Lily is already there but I'll add those other two. 

Ah you're right, my search didn't find it cuz you misspelled Lily's name

[alfonso12]

10 minutes ago, rihannabiggestfan said:

Ah you're right, my search didn't find it cuz you misspelled Lily's name

omg fixed as well.

 

 

[Cockney Cupcake]

2 hours ago, UnusualBoy said:

Adele will hold this record forever, I mean her next album will sell tons too.

Yeah she’ll only be extending her record with every release. 

Hopefully she can snatch Elvis and his 66 weeks,  the most for a solo artist. 

[Rino]

Adelegend indeed 

 

and GlobalGa's 15 weeks whew  even if we take away her TF + TFM's weeks at #1, she would still be tied with Beyonce, Madonna and Amy 

not bad for a fad, huh? 

[Mariano]

16 hours ago, UnusualBoy said:

Adele will hold this record forever, I mean her next album will sell tons too.

in fact her sales power is hurting her longevity, cuz 25 sold so much so fast that it could've spent more weeks if it was selling less for longer  

 

OT: Adele and Gaga   whew! 

Edited June 13, 2020 by Mariano

[Mariano]

13 hours ago, Cockney Cupcake said:

Yeah she’ll only be extending her record with every release. 

Hopefully she can snatch Elvis and his 66 weeks,  the most for a solo artist. 

Didn't know Elvis was that big in the UK  

[Cockney Cupcake]

4 hours ago, Mariano said:

Didn't know Elvis was that big in the UK  

Women were creaming their panties over him...  

The Beatles being overall #1 with 174 weeks tho

[CaptainMusic]

14 minutes ago, Cockney Cupcake said:

Women were creaming their panties over him...  

The Beatles being overall #1 with 174 weeks tho

OMG

 

Adele will probably never match Elvis because she takes big breaks, I’d say her peak was bigger than his though.

[WildHeart]

43 minutes ago, Cockney Cupcake said:

The Beatles being overall #1 with 174 weeks tho