UK Top 200 Album Chart Analysis

[Wolf]

This is how the Beatles, Elvis, Madonna and a guy called Michael Jackson performed in the UK Top 200 album chart from January 1995 to December 1999:

THE BEATLES 1995 to 1999 UK ALBUM STATS

07/01/95 #63 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band (19 wks)
04/11/95 #88 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band (31 wks)
11/11/95 #68 The Beatles 1967-1970 (28 wks)
18/11/95 #62 The Beatles 1962-1966 (22 wks)
02/12/95 #2 Anthology 1 (17 wks)
09/12/95 #101 Revolver (16 wks)
16/12/95 #80 Abbey Road (13 wks)
23/12/95 #106 Rubber Soul (8 wks)
06/01/96 #135 Magical Mystery Tour (8 wks)
30/03/96 #1 Anthology 2 (29 wks)
02/11/96 #52 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band (43 wks)
09/11/96 #4 Anthology 3 (17 wks)
09/11/96 #71 The Beatles 1967-1970 (18 wks)
09/11/96 #126 Anthology 2 (8 wks)
07/12/96 #82 The Beatles 1962-1966 (29 wks)
04/01/97 #73 Rubber Soul (15 wks)
04/01/97 #76 Magical Mystery Tour (8 wks)
04/01/97 #42 Abbey Road (24 wks)
08/03/97 #145 Please Please Me (2 wks)
08/03/97 #72 With The Beatles (5 wks)
08/03/97 #121 A Hard Day`s Night (6wks)
08/03/97 #136 Beatles For Sale (2 wks)
08/03/97 #123 Help! (7 wks)
08/03/97 #64 Revolver (19 wks)
08/03/97 #103 Yellow Submarine (3 wks)
08/03/97 #114 Let It Be (5 wks)
21/06/97 #30 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band (51 wks)
02/08/97 #103 The Beatles (3 wks)
02/08/97 #186 Past Masters, Vol. 2 (2 wks)
23/08/97 #187 Live At The BBC (1 wk)
17/01/98 #46 Revolver (35 wks)
28/02/98 #143 Please Please Me (10 wks)
21/03/98 #84 Magical Mystery Tour (15 wks)
21/03/98 #48 Abbey Road (20 wks)
28/02/98 #156 With The Beatles (6 wks)
28/03/98 #119 Help! (11 wks)
28/02/98 #123 Let It Be (10 wks)
11/04/98 #134 A Hard Day`s Night (9 wks)
11/04/98 #62 Rubber Soul (13 wks)
11/04/98 #138 Past Masters, Volume 2 (4 wks)
18/04/98 #171 Beatles For Sale (3 wks)
25/04/98 #194 Past Masters, Volume 1 (1 wk)
11/07/98 #59 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band (44 wks)
11/07/98 #104 The Beatles 1967-1970 (11 wks)
10/10/98 #106 The Beatles (8 wks)
31/10/98 #118 Revolver (28 wks)
05/12/98 #97 The Beatles (4 wks)
26/12/98 #133 The Beatles 1962-1966 (15 wks)
02/01/99 #117 The Beatles 1967-1970 (16 wks)
06/03/99 #189 Please Please Me (3 wks)
06/03/99 #124 Abbey Road (23 wks)
06/03/99 #187 Let It Be (1 wk)
13/03/99 #198 With The Beatles (1 wk)
27/03/99 #169 Rubber Soul (2 wks)
25/09/99 #8 Yellow Submarine Songtrack (16 wks)

MICHAEL JACKSON UK TOP 200 ALBUM CHART 1995 TO 1999

24/06/95 #1 History (81 wks)
24/06/95 #143 Thriller (1 wk)
16/09/95 #60 Off The Wall (4 wks)
02/03/96 #142 Off The Wall (1 wk)
05/10/96 #20 History (30 wks)
24/05/97 #1 Blood On The Dance Floor (20 weeks)
12/07/97 #94 Off The Wall (5 wks)
19/07/97 #96 Thriller (3 wks)
19/07/97 #91 Bad (4 wks)
19/07/97 #104 Dangerous (3 wks)
19/07/97 #5 The Best Of Michael Jackson And The Jackson 5 (13 wks)
14/02/98 #170 The Best Of Michael Jackson And The Jackson 5 (2 wks)
12/09/98 #170 History (1 wk)
17/07/99 #121 Off The Wall (3 wks)

MADONNA UK TOP 200 ALBUM CHART 1995 to 1999

07/01/95 #42 The Immaculate Collection (33 wks)
18/02/95 #39 True Blue (10 wks)
18/02/95 #32 Like A Prayer (6 wks)
04/03/95 #79 Madonna (4 wks)
04/03/95 #60 You Can Dance (4 wks)
23/03/96 #138 Like A Prayer (1 wk)
18/11/95 #3 Something To Remember (44 wks)
04/01/97 #69 The Immaculate Collection (30 wks)
25/01/97 #102 Erotica (6 wks)
01/03/97 #148 Like A Virgin (1 wk)
01/03/97 #126 True Blue (2 wks)
01/03/97 #113 Like A Prayer (2 wks)
05/04/97 #94 Something To Remember (9 wks)
10/01/98 #55 The Immaculate Collection (45 wks)
28/02/98 #27 Bedtime Stories (6 wks)
14/03/98 #133 Something To Remember (8 wks)
14/03/98 #2 Ray Of Light (96 wks)
07/11/98 #58 The Immaculate Collection (49 wks)
28/08/98 #160 Something To Remember (2 wks)
09/10/99 #114 Like A Virgin (3 wks)

ELVIS PRESLEY

11/05/96 #42 Elvis 56 (6 wks)
10/08/96 #120 A Hundred Years From Now (1 wk)
14/09/96 #138 The Essential Collection (2 wks)
09/11/96 #32 The All Time Greatest Hits (26 wks)
09/11/96 #127 Great Country Songs (3 wks)
01/03/97 #167 The Collection, Volume 4 (1 wk)
05/04/97 #114 An Afternoon In The Garden (2 wks)
07/06/97 #3 Always On My Mind (59 wks)
26/07/97 #86 Platinum (A Life In Music) (2 wks)
30/08/97 #176 Elvis` Golden Records (1 wk)
27/09/97 #198 The Collection, Volume 1 (1 wk)
28/02/98 #39 Blue Suede Shoes (9 wks)
06/02/99 #160 The Concert (1 wk)
27/02/99 #110 The All Time Greatest Hits (5 wks)
20/03/99 #179 The Home Recordings (1 wk)
24/04/99 #146 Suspicious Minds (1 wk)
03/07/99 #111 The Collection, Volume 4 (4 wks)
24/07/99 #89 Artist Of The Century (3 wks)
28/08/99 #131 Elvis Ballads (2 wks)

Analysis:

Weeks on chart (January 1995 to December 1999)

1) The Beatles - 768 weeks
2) Madonna - 361 wks
3) Michael Jackson - 171 wks
4) Elvis Presley - 133 wks

Most Top 200 entries

1) The Beatles - 54
2) Madonna - 20
3) Elvis Presley - 19
4) Michael Jackson - 14

Most Top 100 entries

1) The Beatles - 24
2) Madonna - 12
3) Michael Jackson - 8
4) Elvis Presley - 6

Most Top 40 entries

1) The Beatles - 5
1) Madonna - 5
3) Michael Jackson - 4
4) Elvis Presley - 3

Most Top 10 entries:

1) The Beatles - 4
2) Michael Jackson - 3
3) Madonna - 2
4) Elvis Presley - 1

Note:

In December 1994, the Beatles had a UK #1 album with "Live At The BBC", and another one in November 2000 with "1". The Beatles had two additional top 10 albums in 1993 ("1962-66" #3, and "1967-70", #4)

Elvis Presley had a Top 10 album in 1994 ("The Essential Collection", #6) and another one in December 2000 ("50 Greatest Hits", #8).

Madonna had a #2 album in December 1994 ("Bedtime Stories"), and a #1 album in 2000 ("Music")

[bearkat77]

Impressive list, wolf. Just goes to show everyone that the Beatles were, and always will be a mainstay in the music world. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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There's music (arguably). Then there's the Beatles. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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[mindgames]

Beautiful list.

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The Beatles' greatest hits album, 1, has dropped off of the USA album charts.

[Wolf]

My next project will be a Beatles vs. Rolling Stones comparison!

[bearkat77]

I guess we all know who will have the better stats in this comparison. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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Or any comparison for that matter. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif

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[mindgames]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Tahoma, Arial, Sans-Serif">Quote:</font><HR>Originally Posted By Wolf:
My next project will be a Beatles vs. Rolling Stones comparison!

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Wolf, have you ever thought of making your own website with all of this great info on it? It would be great. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cool2.gif



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The Beatles' greatest hits album, 1, has dropped off of the USA album charts.

[darkhorse]

Good advice. I will be the first one signing your guestbook. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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[bearkat77]

A novel idea. I'm sure a lot of people would visit it to compare.

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[Wolf]

I plan to start working on my own website of Beatles/Elvis/Stones chart comparisons in October/November this year!

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Excellent, we will all look forward to that.

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[mindgames]

Great news. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thumbsup.gif

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[bearkat77]

Let us all know as soon as you have the site up and running. We'll definitely come and visit. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/grin.gif

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[FPSHOT]

Wolf, really fascinating stuff, also the others you have posted about Beatles vs Stones.

I bet that the website will be often visited for comparisons and whatever other info you will put on it.

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