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Longest charting albums

9/4/2022

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Listen to albums that dominated the charts
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Music is art. But its success is measured in very commercial terms - how many records were sold. Sales figures translate to top 40 chart position.

There are other measures of a song's success. How fast it went up - and down - the charts. And we also consider how long a song or album stayed on the charts.

There are some epic results, especially on the album charts. A Johnny Mathis best of in 1958 stayed on the album charts for 490 weeks. Dark Side of the Moon did 15 years, and still gets back on the charts every now and then. And Rumours, by Fleetwood Mac, has 926 weeks on the UK album charts.
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Dave Hartung
9/4/2022 05:56:15 pm

'Nother Goode One Wantok...
Learned a lot.. Tenk Yu... /s/ GWH..

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Chris Ottewell
10/4/2022 08:37:26 pm

Another excellent production! Thanks. Just one suggestion, when referring to "the charts" it might be worthwhile to know which one(s)? Top 20, top 30, top 50 etc! Anyway, keep it up, I'm looking forwards to the next one.

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    Richard is also a keen observer of life in Australia's tropical north - a place full of beauty and an enervating life force.

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