List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart

Queen were the first British group to have an album chart for more than 1000 weeks with their album Greatest Hits.
ABBA were the first act to have a singular album chart for more than 1000 weeks with their album ABBA Gold.
Taylor Swift is the only artist to have five albums chart for over 150 weeks, with 1989 (347 weeks), the longest charting studio album by an international female artist on the UK Charts, Lover (222 weeks), Folklore (191 weeks), Reputation (156 weeks) and Evermore (150 weeks).

The following is a list of all albums that have spent at least 150 weeks on the UK Albums Chart as published by the Official Charts Company (OCC). The chart comprises a top 100 from August 1981 to 1988 and since 1994, a top 75 before this (and from 1988 to 1994) from 1978 and various lengths before this from July 1956. Re-releases – such as remasters, re-issues, deluxe versions or anniversary editions – are treated together unless the re-released version differs significantly from the original (for example, it has been re-recorded or remixed). This list does not include compilation albums by various artists, which have been excluded from the UK Albums Chart since 1989. Soundtracks are still included if they are an original cast performance or if all tracks are performed by the same artist.

The top three are all compilation albums, headed by Queen's Greatest Hits which has spent 1401 weeks in the top 100, ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits, with 1148 weeks on the chart, followed by Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers with 1126 weeks. The most weeks for a studio album is 1037 for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac which charted every year from its release in 1977 until 1989 and in fifteen different years since then.

Amy Winehouse's 2006 album Back to Black has the most weeks for a post-2000 release, charting for 548 weeks to date, though this total includes 55 weeks for the deluxe edition and 1 week for the box set that includes Back to Black and Winehouse's debut album Frank. The original soundtrack of South Pacific has the most weeks at number 1, with 115. The most weeks by an album not reaching number 1 is 573 for Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and the most weeks by an album not reaching the top 10 is 338 for Singles by Maroon 5.

Six acts have multiple albums achieving 300 weeks on chart: Fleetwood Mac, Oasis, Ed Sheeran, Simon & Garfunkel, Arctic Monkeys and Adele. Of these, Oasis is the only act to have three albums pass the 300-week threshold, all of which subsequently passed the 400-week threshold, and the 500-week threshold, making them the first act with multiple studio albums achieving 500 weeks on the chart. They remain the only act with three albums having reached this milestone, and in 2023 became the first act to have multiple albums achieve 500 weeks. Sheeran would become the second act to have two studio albums achieve 400 weeks on the chart in 2022.

Taylor Swift is the only artist to have the most albums pass the 150-week threshold with five of her albums reaching this feat.

The numbers shown are up to the chart for the week ending 28 March 2024.

(*) indicates that the album is in the top 100 for the current week ending.

400 or more weeks

The late Amy Winehouse has the longest charting album by a female artist, as well as a studio album released in the 21st century with her 2006 album Back to Black (548 weeks).
Fleetwood Mac have the longest charting studio album with Rumours (1037 weeks). Additionally, their albums The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (2002) and 50 Years – Don't Stop (2018) have spent 364 weeks and 278 weeks on the chart, respectively.
Oasis have three albums which have charted for over 500 weeks on the UK charts: (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (637 weeks),Time Flies... 1994–2009 (550 weeks) and Definitely Maybe (533 weeks), respectively.
Ed Sheeran has four albums which have spent over 150 weeks on the UK charts. These being + (444 weeks), x (439 weeks) ÷ (368 weeks) and No. 6 Collaborations Project (159 weeks), respectively
Adele has charted for over 200 weeks with her albums 21 (410 weeks), 25 (335 weeks) and 19 (224 weeks), respectively.
Title Artist Year first
entered chart
Peak Weeks Ref
Greatest Hits Queen 1981 1 1401*
Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 1992 1 1148*
Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 1984 1 1126*
Rumours Fleetwood Mac 1977 1 1037*
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 1995 1 637*
Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 2005 1 610*
Number Ones Michael Jackson 2003 1 587
The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 1973 2 573
Time Flies... 1994–2009 Oasis 2010 1 550*
AM Arctic Monkeys 2013 1 549*
Back to Black Amy Winehouse 2006 1 548
Definitely Maybe Oasis 1994 1 533*
Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 1978 3 530
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys 2006 1 488*
Greatest Hits II Queen 1991 1 481
Greatest Hits Foo Fighters 2009 4 481
In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 2014 1 457
1 The Beatles 2000 1 444
+ Ed Sheeran 2011 1 444
Nevermind Nirvana 1991 5 442
x Ed Sheeran 2014 1 439
21 Adele 2011 1 410*
Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses 2004 1 406
Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 4 400*

200 to 399 weeks

The late Whitney Houston has the longest charting greatest hits album by a female artist on the UK charts with The Ultimate Collection (388 weeks).
Madonna features twice on this list with The Immaculate Collection (363 weeks) and Like a Virgin (154 weeks), respectively.
The late Michael Jackson has four albums that have charted for over 150 weeks: Number Ones (587 weeks), Thriller (287 weeks), Off the Wall (225 weeks) and Bad (187 weeks)
Lady Gaga charted for 288 weeks with her debut album The Fame.
Lana Del Rey has charted for 242 weeks with her album Born to Die.
Title Artist Year first
entered chart
Peak Weeks Ref
The Ultimate Collection Whitney Houston 2007 3 388
Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) David Bowie 2016 5 383*
The Sound of Music Original Soundtrack 1965 1 376
÷ Ed Sheeran 2017 1 368*
The Immaculate Collection Madonna 1990 1 363
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 2002 6 363
Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel 1972 2 354
Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 2017 3 348*
Twenty Five George Michael 2006 1 347*
1989 Taylor Swift 2014 1 347*
Singles Maroon 5 2015 30 338*
Direct Hits The Killers 2013 5 336
25 Adele 2015 1 335*
Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 2010 1 333*
Diamonds Elton John 2017 2 332*
Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970 1 330
Teenage Dream Katy Perry 2010 1 321*
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne 1978 5 319
The Platinum Collection Queen 2000 2 317
South Pacific Original Soundtrack 1958 1 315
Face Value Phil Collins 1981 1 300
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967 1 295
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 1988 1 292
Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield 1973 1 288
The Fame Lady Gaga 2009 1 288*
Thriller Michael Jackson 1982 1 287
Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 1987 5 286
The Definitive Collection Stevie Wonder 2002 11 280*
50 Years - Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 2018 5 279*
I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne 2015 1 278
Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 1985 1 271
Greatest Hits... So Far!!! P!nk 2010 5 267*
Hot Fuss The Killers 2004 1 256
Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band Green Day 2017 22 254*
Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 2019 1 253*
Making Movies Dire Straits 1980 4 252
Automatic for the People R.E.M. 1992 1 245
My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra 1997 7 244
Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel Billy Joel 2004 7 244*
Born to Die Lana Del Rey 2012 1 242*
The Singles Phil Collins 2016 2 239*
Don't Smile at Me Billie Eilish 2018 12 236
ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 2002 1 233*
1962–1966 The Beatles 1973 3 225*
Off the Wall Michael Jackson 1979 3 225
19 Adele 2008 1 223
Fine Line Harry Styles 2019 2 223*
Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1995 1 222
Lover Taylor Swift 2019 1 222*
Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection Take That 2005 2 218
Sigh No More Mumford & Sons 2009 2 218
Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna 2007 1 215*
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989 5 215
Out of Time R.E.M. 1991 1 214
1967-1970 The Beatles 1973 2 214*
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 2019 1 212
No Jacket Required Phil Collins 1985 1 208
Greatest Hits Bon Jovi 2010 2 207
All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra 2005 1 206
Under a Blood Red Sky U2 1983 2 204
The Bends Radiohead 1995 4 204
The King and I Original Soundtrack 1956 1 203
The Joshua Tree U2 1987 1 201
Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 2020 1 201*
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie 1972 5 201
Love over Gold Dire Straits 1982 1 200

150 to 199 weeks

The late Tina Turner appears twice on this list with Simply the Best (183 weeks) and Private Dancer (150 weeks).
Little Mix have the longest charting album by a girl group with Glory Days (173 weeks).
Title Artist Year first
entered chart
Peak Weeks Ref
Lungs Florence and the Machine 2009 1 196
? XXXTentacion 2018 3 196
Parachutes Coldplay 2000 1 193
The Best of UB40 – Volume One UB40 1987 3 192
Folklore Taylor Swift 2020 1 191*
Staying at Tamara's George Ezra 2018 1 189
Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 2003 2 188*
Simply the Best Tina Turner 1991 2 183
Bad Michael Jackson 1987 1 180
Crazy Love Michael Bublé 2009 1 180
Wanted on Voyage George Ezra 2014 1 180
The 1975 The 1975 2013 1 179*
The Very Best of the Eagles Eagles 1994 3 179
These Streets Paolo Nutini 2006 3 177
White Ladder David Gray 2000 1 176
Hello, I Must Be Going! Phil Collins 1982 2 176
West Side Story Original Soundtrack 1962 1 175
Ocean Drive Lighthouse Family 1995 3 175
The Best of Van Morrison Van Morrison 1990 4 174
Glory Days Little Mix 2016 1 173
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999 5 169
Stoney Post Malone 2016 10 169
Oklahoma! Original Soundtrack 1956 1 168
Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics Stereophonics 2008 2 168
Only by the Night Kings of Leon 2008 1 165
Talk on Corners The Corrs 1997 1 164
Psychodrama Dave 2019 1 164
Alchemy – Dire Straits Live Dire Straits 1984 3 164
Graceland Paul Simon 1986 1 163
The Highlights The Weeknd 2021 2 163*
Urban Hymns The Verve 1997 1 162
Come On Over Shania Twain 1998 1 162
Best of Bowie David Bowie 2002 1 162
Starboy The Weeknd 2016 5 162*
Word Gets Around Stereophonics 1997 6 162
Goodbye & Good Riddance Juice WRLD 2018 23 162
Stars Simply Red 1991 1 161
No.6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran 2019 1 159
Reputation Taylor Swift 2017 1 157*
My Fair Lady Original Broadway Cast 1958 1 156
Songbird Eva Cassidy 1998 1 156
Cross Road – The Best of Bon Jovi Bon Jovi 1994 1 155
The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly 1959 2 155
Can't Slow Down Lionel Richie 1983 1 154
Like a Virgin Madonna 1984 1 154
Hunky Dory David Bowie 1971 3 154
Come Away with Me Norah Jones 2002 1 152
Eyes Open Snow Patrol 2006 1 151
Best of The Beach Boys The Beach Boys 1966 2 151
Manilow Magic Barry Manilow 1979 3 151
The Balcony Catfish and the Bottlemen 2014 10 151
Get to Know Becky Hill 2019 20 151
A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 2002 1 150
Evermore Taylor Swift 2020 1 150*
Private Dancer Tina Turner 1984 2 150
The 50 Greatest Hits Elvis Presley 2000 2 150
Call Me Irresponsible Michael Bublé 2007 2 150

Artists with the most entries

The following artists have 2 or more albums charting on the UK Album Charts for more than 150 weeks

Artist Number ones Albums
Taylor Swift 5
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David Bowie 4
Dire Straits
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Ed Sheeran
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Michael Jackson
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Phil Collins
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The Beatles
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Adele 3
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    1. 21 (410 weeks)
    2. 25 (335 weeks)
    3. 19 (223 weeks)
Fleetwood Mac
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Oasis
Queen
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Arctic Monkeys 2
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Billie Eilish
Bon Jovi
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Coldplay
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Dua Lipa
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Elvis Presley
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George Ezra
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Guns 'N Roses
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Madonna
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Michael Bublé
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R.E.M
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Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Stereophonics
Simon & Garfunkel
The Killers
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The Weeknd
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Tina Turner
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U2
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See also


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