THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST. THE #1
HITS OF ALL TIME IN VARIOUS COUNTDOWNS AND CATEGORIES as presented on a
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RECORDS."
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Heaven." #1 ALBUMS WILL KEEP GOING UNTIL AT LEAST MARCH 8/2010.
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UK Top 40 of All Time based on
weekly
chart position from 1955-93
The biggest selling pop single from
1955-96
The song that is considered to have
launched the rock era when it reached #1 on July 9, 1955
#1 ROCK AROUND THE
CLOCK BILL HALEY & THE COMETS
US Top 40 of All Time based on
weekly
chart position from 1955-93
Only song in the rock era to hit #1
on two separate chart runs
According to Billboard Magazine, "The
Twist" held the honor of being the number-one song on its "Hot 100 50th
Anniversary" list of "The
Billboard: All-Time
Hot 100 Top Songs" in the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart
.
#1 THE
TWIST
CHUBBY CHECKER
CFUN SOUNDATHON #3: Dec. 1961
#1
RUNAWAY DEL SHANNON/1961
CFUN SOUNDATHON #5: Dec. 1962
MOST
PLAYED ON JUKE BOXES UNTIL 1990
BILLBOARD'S
MOST WEEKS AT #1 1955-91
THE ONLY SONG THAT #1 THE SAME WEEK ON
THE POP, COUNTRY & R&B CHARTS.
#1 DON'T BE CRUEL/HOUND DOG
ELVIS PRESLEY/1956
Pop:
11
weeks: Country: 10 weeks R&B: 6 weeks
OTHER
SONGS THAT WERE #1 ON ALL 3 CHARTS:
POP, COUNTRY & R&B:
JAILHOUSE ROCK/TREAT ME NICE ELVIS
PRESLEY
Pop: 7 weeks
Country: 1 week R&B: 5 weeks
ALL SHOOK
UP
ELVIS PRESLEY
Pop:
9 weeks Country: 1
week R&B: 4 weeks
(LET ME BE YOUR) TEDDY BEAR/LOVIN'
YOU ELVIS PRESLEY
Pop:
7 weeks Country: 1
week R&B: 1 week
WAKE UP LITTLE
SUZIE
EVERLY BROTHERS
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS
DREAM
EVERLY BROTHERS
CFUN SOUNDATHON #7: Dec. 1963
#1
LANA
ROY ORBISON/1961
CFUN SOUNDATHON #9: Dec. 1964
#1 SHE LOVES
YOU THE BEATLES/1964
CFUN SOUNDATHON #11: Nov. 1965
CISL TOP 650:
Feb. 4,5,6, 1989
CISL TOP
300: 1992
#1 PRETTY
WOMAN ROY ORBISON/1964
CFUN
SOUNDATHON #13: Jan. 1967
*#1 MONDAY
MONDAY MAMAS &
PAPAS/1966
CFUN
SOUNDATHON #14: July, 1967
CFUN
FINAL TOP 40 FEATURING SONGS FROM
MARCH 1960-APRIL 1967.
#1
YELLOW SUBMARINE/ELEANOR
RIGBY THE
BEATLES/1966
CISL
TOP 650: Dec. 29-31, 1990
MIX 96.1 OLYMPIA
BEST SOFT ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME
#1 UNCHAINED
MELODY RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS/1965 &
1990
CISL
TOP 650 NOV. 1995
#1 TWIST AND
SHOUT THE
BEATLES/1964
CISL
BIG 500 from 2006
#1 CAN'T HELP FALLING
IN LOVE ELVIS
PRESLEY/1962
KOL SEATTLE SOUNDATHON 1967
CFMI VANCOUVER 500 1992
VH1 GREATEST ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME
ROLLING STONE-THE BEST 100 BEST
SINGLES OF THE LAST 25 YEARS-July 1989
issue
#1
SATISFACTION
ROLLING STONES/1965
CHQM
FM TOP 100 HITS PLAYED NEW
YEAR'S DAY 2000
CHQM
FM TOP 100 HITS PLAYED NEW
YEAR'S DAY 2005
#1
CANDLE IN THE WIND
ELTON JOHN/1973
SUN
FM Kelowna TOP 500 OF ALL TIME PLAYED
IN THE SUMMER OF 2004
#1
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE THE
POLICE/1983
SUN FM Kelowna TOP 500 OF ALL TIME
PLAYED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008
#1
LIKE A
PRAYER
MADONNA
MAGIC
108 Seattle TOP 108 OF ALL TIME
PLAYED NEW YEAR'S EVE 1986
#1 I HEARD IT THROUGH THE
GRAPEVINE MARVIN
GAYE/1968
MIX 96.1
OLYMPIA BEST SUMMER SONGS
#1
KOKOMO
BEACH
BOYS/1988
TOP 100 HITS FROM
1956-94 PLAYED NEW YEAR'S DAY 1995 ON CKLG 730
U.K. CHART MOST WEEKS AT #1 (16 weeks)
*#1 EVERYTHING I DO (I DO IT FOR YOU) BRYAN
ADAMS/1991
CBC Radio's 50 Tracks from the 20th
Century as broadcast on Labour Day Weekend, 2004
OZ NET TOP 40 ALL TIME SONGS THAT
RECEIVED
AIRPLAY
#1 IMAGINE by JOHN LENNON1971
CBC Radio's 50 Tracks: The Canadian
Edition from the 20th Century broadcast on Easter Weekend, 2005.
*#1 FOUR STRONG WINDS by IAN & SYLVIA/1963
VH-1's
GREATEST DANCE SONGS
#1 I WILL SURVIVE by GLORIA GAYNOR/1977
1920-1955 (pre-rock era):
#1 NEAR YOU by FRANCIS CRAIG
& HIS ORCHESTRA/1947 (17 weeks)
Billboard's first weekly #1 hit.
The chart was launched July 20,
1940. The song remained at #1 for 13
weeks. The song was written by
Ruth Lowe in 1939 who is a Canadian.
*I'LL NEVER SMILE
AGAIN by TOMMY DORSEY
TOP 40 COUNTRY HITS OF ALL TIME
*#1 I'M MOVIN ON by HANK SNOW/1950 (21 weeks)
First
#1 song on the "Most Played Juke Box Folk Records" chart which became
the nationwide current country music singles chart. This was on
Jan. 8, 1944
PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA
by BING CROSBY
& THE ANDREWS SISTERS
TOP 40 R&B/SOUL HITS OF ALL TIME
#1 THE HONEYDRIPPER by JOE LIGGINS & THE HONEYDRIPPERS/1945
(18 weeks)
The
first #1
Billboard R&B
single from Oct. 24, 1942. It was #1 for 1 week
TAKE
IT AND
GIT by ANDY KIRK & HIS CLOUDS OF JOY
The first #1 single on
the Australian charts from Jan. 7, 1956.
It stayed on top for 5 weeks.
YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS by MITCH
MILLER
U.K.'s first No. 1
hit. The chart was launched
on
Nov. 14, 1952. The song remained at #1 for 9 weeks
HERE IN MY
HEART by
AL MARTINO
Adult Contemporary Chart (Billboard):
#1 YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART by PHIL
COLLINS (19 weeks) (tied with)
*BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME by CELINE DION
NORWAY GREATEST HITS:
#1 LOVE HURTS by NAZARETH (#1 for 18 weeks tied with . . .)
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT/JOHN TRAVOLTA & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
SAILING by ROD STEWART
Norway's first #1 hit. The
chart debuted Oct. 21, 1958
SAIL ON SILVERY MOON by BILLY VAUGHN
First #1 on Billboard's Adult
Contemporary Chart in July, 1961
BOLL WEEVIL SONG by BROOK BENTON
The first #1 song on the Irish
singles chart on Oct. 5, 1962
SHE'S NOT YOU by ELVIS PRESLEY
The first #1 single on the Dutch
chart from Jan. 2, 1965
I FEEL FINE by the BEATLES
The first #1 single on the Swiss
music chart from Jan. 2, 1968
MONYA by ROLAND W
Canada's first #1 charted adult
contemporary single
THUNDERBALL by TOM JONES
CFUN 1410 Vancouver First Top 10 weekly
chart March 10, 1960
#1 WILD ONE by BOBBY RYDELL
CFUN 1410 Vancouver Last Top 10 weekly chart
Sept. 16, 1967
#1 THE LETTER by the BOX TOPS
CKVN 1410 Vancouver Return to Top 40
Music 1st chart April, 1970
*#1 AMERICAN WOMAN/NO SUGAR TONIGHT by the GUESS WHO
CFUN 1410 Vancouver Last weekly countdown
Sept. 23, 1984
#1 SEA OF LOVE by the HONEYDRIPPERS
First #1 song on France's weekly
music chart Oct. 5, 1955
LAS LAVADNIERES DU PORTUGAL by JACQUELINE FRANCOIS
First #1 song on Germany's weekly
music chart Dec. 1, 1953
ES HANGT EIN PFERDEHALFTER AN DER WAND by KILIMA HAWAIIANS
(A Hawaiian music group from Belgium)
SWEDEN GREATEST HITS
BELGIUM GREATEST HITS
#1 THE KETCHUP SONG by LAS KETCHUP (#1 for 17 weeks in Sweden /12 weeks
in Belgium)
AXEL F by CRAZY FROG (tied in Belgium with a record of 12 weeks at #1)
FRANCE GREATEST HITS
#1 MAMBO #5 by LOU BEGA (#1 for 20 weeks)
FRANCE's BIGGEST HIT from the golden
era of the "chanson."
#1 BAMBINO by DALIDA (#1 for 39 weeks). The first #1 song by a non-French artist
was in 1962 by Elvis Presley.
AUSTRIA GREATEST HITS
CANADIAN GREATEST HITS
#1 CANDLE IN THE WIND
1997/SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/ELTON JOHN (#1 for 45
weeks in
Canada/18 weeks in Austria)
NEW ZEALAND GREATEST HITS
#1 RIVERS OF BABYLON by BONEY M (#1 for 14 weeks)
SOUTH AFRICA GREATEST HITS
#1 I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW by JOHNNY NASH (#1 for 13 weeks)
SWITZERLAND GREATEST HITS
#1
WHEREVER WHENEVER by SHAKIRA (17 weeks)
INDONESIA GREATEST HITS
*#1 MY HEART WILL GO ON by CELINE DION (#1 for 14 weeks tie)
INDONESIA GREATEST HITS
CASHBOX MAGAZINE MUSIC CHART
(1942-1996)
ARC TOP
40
(U.S.)
#1 I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU by WHITNEY HOUSTON (#1 for 14 weeks tie in
Indonesia; #1 for 13 weeks in Cashbox; ARC Top 40 U.S. #1 for 11
weeks--all
records for those charts)
INDONESIA GREATEST HITS
ROMANIA GREATEST HITS
#1 HUNG UP by MADONNA (#1 for a
record 14 weeks in Indonesia--a tie and #1 for a record 12 weeks in
Romania--also a tie)
ROMANIA GREATEST HITS
LITHUANIA GREATEST HITS
*#1 SAY IT RIGHT by NELLY FURTADO (#1
for a record 12 weeks in Romania--a tie and #1 for a record 10 weeks in
Lithuania)
*#2 ALL GOOD THINGS (COME TO AN END) by NELLY FURTADO (#1 for 9 weeks
in Lithania)
LATVIA GREATEST HITS
#1 IT'S NO GOOD by DEPECHE MODE #1
for a record 10 weeks tied with . . .)
BLUE (da ba dee) by
EIFFEL 65
Billboard Top 100 (rock era):
ARC TOP 40:
#1 ONE SWEET DAY by BOYZ II MEN &
MARIAH CAREY (#1 records for 16 weeks on Billboard Top 100/11 weeks on
ARC Top 40)
FINLAND GREATEST HITS:
#1
TEIT MEISTA KAUNIIN by APULANTA (#1
for a record 19 weeks)
HOT LATIN AMERICAN TRACKS
(Billboard):
#1 LA TORTURA by SHAKIRA feat.
ALEJANDRO SANZ (#1 for a record 25 weeks)
IRELAND'S GREATEST HITS:
#1
RIVERDANCE
BILL WHELAN (#1 for a record 18 weeks)
JAPAN'S GREATEST HITS:
#1
TSUNAMI
SOUTHERN ALL STARS (#1 for a record 10 weeks)
MEXICO'S GREATEST HITS:
#1 TAL
VEZ
RICKY MARTIN (#1 for a record 14 weeks)
NETHERLAND'S GREATEST
HITS:
#1
ROOD
MARCO BORSATO (#1 for a record 20 weeks)
UNITED WORLD CHART:
#1
MACARENA
LOS DEL RIO (#1 for a record 17 weeks)
BILLBOARD'S
HOT ADULT CONTEMPORARY CHART
#1 SMOOTH SANTANA feat. ROB
THOMAS (#1 for a record 25
weeks)
BILLBOARD'S
HOT RAP TRACKS:
#1
HOT BOYZ
MISSY ELLIOTT (#1 for a record 16 weeks)
ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE's TOP 500 HITS
as published Dec. 9, 2004.
#1 LIKE A ROLLING STONE BOB
DYLAN/1965
BMI
Songs most played on
the radio 1940-1990 heard on STAR FM Fraser Valley, 1992
MTV/Rolling Stone Magazine
Top Songs since 1963 as published Dec. 7, 2000 and aired on MTV in
November, 2000
#1
YESTERDAY
THE BEATLES/1965
CKLG
ALL TIME TOP 300 AS PLAYED ON
LABOUR DAY, 1970
CKLG
TOP 500 1955-73 AS HEARD IN THE
SUMMER OF 1973
CKLG
CELEBRATES 10 YEARS ON TOP WITH
THE TOP 500 FROM 1964-74
CKVN
TOP 300 AS PLAYED IN THE SUMMER OF 1971
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST 4 PM JUNE 30-6
PM JULY 3, 1982
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST 6 PM AUG. 31-9
PM SEPT. 3, 1984
CJVI 900 BROADCAST THANKSGIVING WEEKEND,
1988
OZNET TOP 40 OF ALL TIME FROM AUSTRALIA #1
for a record 15 weeks
#1
HEY
JUDE
THE BEATLES/1968
CFMI
FIRST B.C. 500 BROADCAST 3 PM FRI.
JUNE 29-7 PM JULY 2, 1979
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST 6 PM AUG. 30-9
PM SEPT. 2, 1985
#1
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED
WATER SIMON & GARFUNKLE/1970
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST 6 PM SEPT. 2-9
PM SEPT. 5, 1983
KOL SEATTLE SOUNDATHON 1968
#1 LIGHT
MY
FIRE
THE DOORS/1967
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST LABOUR DAY
WEEKEND, 2007
Bill Drake's HISTORY
OF ROCK & ROLL c. 1970 BEST ROCK SONG 1950-69
#1
SGT. PEPPER/A DAY IN THE LIFE
THE BEATLES/1967
CFMI
CLASSIC 1001 BROADCAST DEC.
28-31, 2005
#1 SYMPATHY FOR THE
DEVIL ROLLING STONES/1968
CFMI
CLASSIC 1001 BROADCAST
DEC. 28, 2006-JAN. 1, 2007
CFMI B.C. 500 from 1998
#1 COMFORTABLY
NUMB
PINK FLOYD
KISW FM ALL TIME TOP 1000 AS
BROADCAST IN 1994
#1 PURPLE
HAZE
JIMI HENDRIX/1967
CHRX Classic 600 Dec. 1993
#1
LAYLA
DEREK & THE DOMINOES/1972
CFMI
B.C. 500 from 1999
#1 ERUPTION/YOU
REALLY GOT ME VAN HALEN
CFMI TOP 101 BEER DRINKING SONGS OF ALL
TIME:
#1 BACK IN
BLACK
AC/DC
OTHER #1 SONGS ON THE CFMI ROCK 101
B.C. 500
#1
DANCING IN THE DARK
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
#1
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT ROLLING STONES
#1
HONKY TONK WOMAN
ROLLING STONES
#1
MONEY
PINK FLOYD
#1
SWEET
EMOTION
AEROSMITH
#1
LA
GRANGE
Z.Z. TOP
CFOX Top
40 Ways to Rock played in
late 2008
#1 ENTER
SANDMAN
METALLICA
KKND TOP 107 SONGS OF
THE
MILLENIUM PLAYED
DEC. 2006
#1. SEVEN NATION
ARMY THE WHITE STRIPES
KKND TOP 107 RESURRECTION SONGS
PLAYED DEC.
2006
#1
LONDON CALLING
THE CLASH
BILLBOARD'S MAINSTREAM ROCK
TRACKS
#1
LOSER
3 DOORS DOWN
ROLLING
STONE TOP
300 MODERN ROCK SONGS
#1
ALIVE
PEARL JAM
BILLBOARD MAGAZINE's TOP
MODERN ROCK HITS
#1 SCAR TISSUE by RED HOT
CHILI PEPPERS (#1 for a record 16 weeks tied with . . .)
IT'S
BEEN AWHILE by STAIND
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN
DREAMS
by
GREEN DAY
TOP
500 HEAVY METAL SONGS
#1
PARANOID
BLACK SABBATH
VH-1 40 GREATEST
METAL SONGS
EVER
#1 IRON
MAN
BLACK SABBATH
http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/the_greatest/103446/episode_this_list.jhtml
VH-1 100
GREATEST HARD
ROCKSONGS
#1 WELCOME TO
THE JUNGLE GUNS N ROSES
http://stereogum.com/archives/vh1s-100-greatest-hard-rock-songs_043591.html
KKND ORIGINAL ALTERNATIVE 500
PLAYED
MAY 2004
KKND FM 107.7 SEATTLE
TOP 1077 OF ALL
TIME (IN THE ALTERNATIVE ROCK FORMAT) BROADCAST DEC. 1999
#1 SMELLS LIKE TEEN
SPIRIT
NIRVANA
CKKQ FM
Victoria TOP 500 PLAYED
THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, 2005
#1 WHOLE LOTTA
LOVE
LED ZEPPELIN/1970
Prince George's Top
40 PLAYED IN THE SUMMER OF 2008
#1 ROCK
AND
ROLL
LED ZEPPELIN/1972
CRANBROOK
TOP 300 BROADCAST LABOUR
DAY WEEKEND, 2005
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST 9 PM JUNE 28-11
PM JULY 1, 1980
CFMI B.C. 500 BROADCAST LABOUR DAY
WEEKEND, 1988
CFMI
B.C. 1000 BROADCAST LABOUR DAY
WEEKEND, 1989
CFMI
B.C. 1000 BROADCAST LABOUR DAY
WEEKEND, 2002
CFMI
B.C. 500 BROADCAST LABOUR DAY
WEEKEND, 2006
CFMI
TOP 500 CLASSIC ROCK SONGS BROADCAST DEC. 27, 2007-JAN. 1, 2008
CHRX
CLASSIC 600 BROADCAST LABOUR DAY
WEEKEND, 1989
CHRX CLASSIC 600 BROADCAST IN 1992
KZOK
FM 102.5 SEATTLE TOP 102 OF ALL TIME
BROADCAST JAN. 1, 1983 NOON
KZOK
FM TOP 1000 CLASSIC ROCK HITS PLAYED
IN 2005
KZOK
FM TOP 1000 SONGS AS PLAYED IN
LATE 2006
KZOK
FM TOP 1000 SONGS AS PLAYED
IN LATE 2007
KZOK FM
TOP
1000 SONGS AS PLAYED IN LATE 2008
KISW
FM 99.9 SEATTLE TOP 200 OF THE 70s
KISW
FM ALL TIME TOP 100 FROM 1983 & 1981 (same countdown)
KISW
FM ALL TIME TOP 1000 AS
BROADCAST IN 1995
KISW
FM ALL TIME TOP 1000 AS
BROADCAST IN 1996
KISW
FM ALL TIME TOP 1000 AS
BROADCAST IN 1998
KISW FM ALL TIME
TOP 10 OF THE MILLENIUM BROADCAST IN 2000
KISW FM ALL TIME TOP
999 AS BROADCAST DEC. 27, 2008-JAN. 3, 2009
#1 STAIRWAY TO
HEAVEN LED ZEPPELIN/1972 (22
different countdowns)
MOST RECORDED SONG TITLE ON CHARTED
BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS RELEASED BETWEEN SEPT. 1954 AND DEC. 1984
#1 SILENT NIGHT (94 versions)
MOST CHARTED RECORD OF ALL TIME
#1 WHITE
CHRISTMAS
BING CROSBY
Billboard Pop
Charts: 1
(11 wks)/42,
6/43, 5/44, 1 (2 wk)/45, 1 (1
wk)/46,
3/47, 6/48, 5/49, 13/50, 3/51, 21/53, 21/54, 7/55,
34/58,
26/60, 12/61, 38/62
Adult Contemporary: 3/61,
10/62, 26/97
UK charts:
5/77
R&B 1
(3)/42 (yes, the
R&B charts), 9/43
Norway: 6/59
Sweden: 17/96
ALBUMS:
Top
album in the first edition of Colin Larkin's Top 1000 Albums of All Time
CBC Radio's listeners of the Top 10
Albums of All Time as broadcast in the fall of 1980 on "90 Minutes with
a Bullet."
#1 SGT PEPPER'S
LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND by THE BEATLES
Not records: #1 for 15 weeks on
Billboard Album chart.
#1 for 27
weeks on the UK Album chart.
UK chart
longevity of 175 weeks.
All time
sales of over 32 million
CFMI
CLASSIC 101 CDs played New Year's Day 2001
CFMI TOP
101 CLASSIC CDs from 1969-1994
Billboard
Top 200 Album chart of longevity of 741 weeks
#1
DARK SIDE OF THE
MOON by PINK FLOYD
Not
records: UK chart of longevity of 310 weeks.
Cashbox Top 40 Album
chart of longevity for 148 weeks.
#10 in sales all
time with over 34 million
#1 for a record 37
weeks on the Billboard Album chart since 1964
#1 for a
record 38 weeks on the Cashbox Album chart
UK chart longevity of
173 weeks
**All time sales of
over 110 million as the largest selling album of all time worldwide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States
#1 THRILLER
by MICHAEL JACKSON
The following albums were #1 in their particular categories based on
over 200,000 votes received by Colin Larkin from his book "Virgin's Top
1000 Albums of All Time."
Virgin Top 1000 2nd and 3rd book.
Virgin Top 10 Albums by genres.
Top Album
(2nd & 3rd book) & Top Beatles Album by votes
#1
album of all time according to VH-1
#1 album of all time according to a Rolling Stone Magazine poll issued
Oct. 17/2002.
#1 REVOLVER by the
BEATLES (2nd & 3rd book)
Top Blues Album:
KING OF THE DELTA
BLUES SINGERS by ROBERT JOHNSON
Top R&B/Soul
Album:
WHAT'S
GOING ON? by MARVIN GAYE
Top Country
Album:
GRIEVOUS
ANGEL by GRAM PARSONS
Top Folk Album:
LIEGE AND LIEF by
FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Top Heavy Metal
Album:
LED
ZEPPELIN IV by LED ZEPPELIN
Top Indie/Pop Album:
WHAT'S THE STORY
MORNING STORY? by OASIS
All-Time Jazz
Album:
KIND
OF BLUE by MILES DAVIS
Top Reggae Album:
LEGEND by BOB MARLEY
& THE WAILERS
Top Rolling Stones
Album:
EXILE
ON MAIN STREET
Top Frank Sinatra Album:
SONGS FOR SWINGING
LOVERS
Top Rap Album:
IT TAKES A NATION OF
MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK by PUBLIC ENEMY
MOST
WEEKS #1 ON BILLBOARD'S COUNTRY ALBUM CHARTS (43 WEEKS)/1987
#1 ALWAYS
AND FOREVER by RANDY TRAVIS
MOST WEEKS IN THE TOP 40 ON
BILLBOARD'S COUNTRY ALBUM CHARTS/1990 (223 WEEKS)
#1 NO
FENCES by GARTH BROOKS
The list above was published in 1997 and
since then only this album has spent over 37 weeks at #1 and has beaten
Randy Travis' 43 weeks at #1.
*#1
COME ON OVER by SHANIA TWAIN (50 weeks at #1) (1997: 1 wk; 1998: 19
weeks; 1999: 26 weeks; 2000: 4 weeks)
First #1 Album of Billboard's Country
Album chart Jan. 11, 1964:
*RING OF FIRE by JOHNNY CASH
BREAKFAST IN AMERICA by SUPERTRAMP (1978)
#1 for 26 weeks on the Canadian Album
chart.
SOME OF THESE ALBUMS DID NOT SET RECORDS
BUT WERE ON THE ALBUM CHARTS FOR YEARS.
SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK (1965)
#1 for 70 weeks on the UK Album chart
UK chart of longevity of 382 weeks
Billboard Top 40 Album chart of longevity of 161 weeks
Billboard Top 200 Album chart of longevity of 233 weeks
Cashbox Top 40 Album chart of longevity of 171 weeks
**Most weeks at #1 in
Australia (76 weeks)
SOUTH
PACIFIC SOUNDTRACK ( 1958)
#1 for 16 weeks on Billboard Album chart
Billboard Top 40 chart of longevity of 165 weeks
Billboard Top 200 chart of longevity of 262 weeks
First #1 on the UK Album chart where it stayed for 115 non-consecutive
weeks.
UK chart of longevity of 382 weeks
MY FAIR LADY by the ORIGINAL CAST
(1956)
Cashbox Top 40 Album chart most weeks
charted by an album at 240 weeks
Billboard Top 40 Album chart most weeks charted by an album at 311 weeks
Billboard Top 200 Album chart 3rd most weeks charted by an album of 480
weeks
#1 for 15 weeks on the Billboard Album chart
**Launched the
German Album chart on July 3, 1962 and stayed at #1 for a record 96
weeks through all of 1962, 48 weeks of 1963 and most of 1964.
WEST SIDE STORY
SOUNDTRACK (1962)
#1 for 27 weeks on the Billboard Album
chart. Some sources say its 54 weeks, but that is 27 for mono and
27 for stereo charts which were added together.
Billboard Top 40 Album chart for longevity of 144 weeks.
Billboard Top 200 Album chart for longevity of 198 weeks.
UK chart of longevity of 175 weeks.
#1 for 27 weeks on the Cashbox Album chart.
Cashbox Top 40 Album chart of longevity of 162 weeks
THE KING
AND I SOUNDTRACK (1956)
#1 on the UK Album chart for 46
weeks
Billboard Top 200 Album chart for longevity of 277 weeks
Billboard Top 40 Album chart for longevity of 230 weeks
OKLAHOMA! SOUNTRACK (1956)
Billboard Top 200 chart of longevity of
283 weeks
SOUTH PACIFIC by the BROADWAY
CAST (1949)
#1 for a record of 69
weeks on the Billboard Album chart from May 1949-mid 1951.
JOHNNY'S GREATEST HITS by JOHNNY MATHIS
(1958)
Billboard Top 200 Album chart of
longevity of 490 weeks (2nd)
Billboard Top 40 Album chart of longevity of 236 weeks
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by
the ORIGINAL CAST
Billboard Top 200 Album chart of
longevity of 331 weeks
TAPESTRY by CAROLE KING (1971)
#1 for 15 weeks on the Billboard Album
chart
Billboard Top 200 Album chart of longevity of 302 weeks
Casbox Top 40 Album chart of longevity of 195 weeks
One of the best selling albums of all time at over 24 million
THE NAT KING
COLE TRIO by NAT KING COLE (1945)
First #1 album on the Billboard Album
chart on March 15, 1945.
Check additions above with
Thriller and add
#1 THE EAGLES 1971-75 by the
EAGLES (1976)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States
Up to date lists published
up to this date.
#1 WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY by OASIS (1995)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_United_Kingdom
Best selling album in the U.K. 14
x platinum (4.2 million)
#1 WHISPERING JACK by JOHN FARNHAM (1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_Australia
Best selling
album ever in Australia (24 x platinum) Notice 3 Canadian
albums in the Top 10
#1 FIRST LOVE by KIKARU UTADA (1999)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_Japan
Best selling
album ever in Japan
#1 SHINJUKU NO ONNA/ENKA NO HOSKI by KEIKI FUJI (1970)
Her debut
album's number-one record of 20 consecutive weeks remains the longest
consecutive number-one record in Japanese chart history
#1.
Músicas para Louvar o Senhor - Padre Marcelo Rossi - 1998
- 3.328.468 copies (3X Diamond)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_Brazil
I don't have a historical look at
these Billboard album charts but some albums have spent many weeks at
#1 in their particular genres:
#1 RIDING WITH THE KING by B.B. KING
& ERIC CLAPTON (38 weeks on Billboard's Blue Albums chart beginning
July 1, 2000)
*#1 WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR EYES by DIANA KRALL (70 weeks on Billboard's
Jazz Album chart beginning Sept. 18, 1999)
#1 SACRED ARIAS by ANDREA BOCELLI (39 weeks on Billboard's Classical
Albums chart beginning Nov. 27, 1999)
#1
VOICE OF AN ANGEL by CHARLOTTE CHURCH (53 weeks on Billboard's
Classical Crossover Albums beginning Jan. 29, 2000)
#1 AGE TO AGE by AMY
GRANT (85 weeks on Billboard's Christian Album chart
1982-1984)
2. MORNING LIKE THIS
by SANDI PATTI (68 weeks 1986-87)
3
STRAIGHT AHEAD by AMY
GRANT (61 weeks in 1984
& 1985)
