The London West End opening of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical has sent her seminal 1971 album Tapestry back onto the British Albums chart.
Tapestry leaps in at 21, its 137th week on the U.K. chart overall. The original run of the album saw it peak at number 4 while subsequent entries in 1998 and 2009, for the Legacy Edition, saw peaks at 24 and 12 respectively.
Overall, 20 of this week’s top 100 that have been on the chart for more than one hundred weeks:
Gold: Greatest Hits – ABBA (982 weeks)
Legend – Bob Marley & the Wailers (891 weeks)
Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (695 weeks)
Greatest Hits – Queen (614 weeks)
Greatest Hits – Guns N’ Roses (472 weeks)
Number Ones – Michael Jackson (401 weeks)
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac (378 weeks)
Curtain Call: The Hits – Eminem (336 weeks)
Rumours – Fleetwood Mac (333 weeks)
Greatest Hits – Foo Fighters (264 weeks)
Greatest Hits – Bon Jovi (209 weeks)
Time Flies: 1994 – 2009 – Oasis (197 weeks)
Bat Out of Hell – Meat Loaf (193 weeks)
The Whole Story – Kate Bush (192 weeks)
+ – Ed Sheeran (175 weeks)
Every Kingdom – Ben Howard (172 weeks)
Tapestry – Carole King (137 weeks)
Jake Bugg – Jake Bugg (118 weeks)
18 Months – Calvin Harris (112 weeks)
The Definitive Collection – Lionel Richie & the Commodores (102 weeks)
The top album by a veteran artist in the U.K. remains III by Take That which moves 13 to 14.
There were no debuts from veterans and only two this week from modern artists (Panda Bear and Sylosis).
The top five albums for the week in the U.K.:
Wanted on Voyage – George Ezra
X – Ed Sheeran
In the Lonely Hour – Sam Smith
1989 – Taylor Swift
Hozier – Hozier
The top five singles:
Uptown Funk! – Mark Ronson Featuring Bruno Mars
Wish You Were Mine – Philip George
Take Me to the Church – Hozier
Up – Olly Murs Featuring Demi Lovato
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
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