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8.43am
2 September 2020
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Hi all. I’m new to the site but needed to find some possible answers to something that has admittedly enraged me! I just accessed the Top selling albums in the UK ever and was shocked to find that The Fabs only have two albums in there: Peppers and ‘1’. It absolutely astonishes me that somebody such as James Blunt or David Gray (Who?) have albums in there whilst Abbey Road and Revolver aren’t. I mean Please Please Me spent – as far as I know – 30 weeks at No.1 in Britain. That’s more than 7 months. Similarly, when I access the top 50 UK albums of British artists, they only have these two I cited above. Again beating the greatest albums the world has ever seen are mediocre crap by The Verve and …………..wait for it………….Travis. Has anybody got an explanation for this strange chart? It just baffles me.
Thanks. Jeeves
1.14am
24 June 2019
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Hi all. I’m new to the site but needed to find some possible answers to something that has admittedly enraged me! I just accessed the Top selling albums in the UK ever and was shocked to find that The Fabs only have two albums in there: Peppers and ‘1’. It absolutely astonishes me that somebody such as James Blunt or David Gray (Who?) have albums in there whilst Abbey Road and Revolver aren’t. I mean Please Please Me spent – as far as I know – 30 weeks at No.1 in Britain. That’s more than 7 months. Similarly, when I access the top 50 UK albums of British artists, they only have these two I cited above. Again beating the greatest albums the world has ever seen are mediocre crap by The Verve and …………..wait for it………….Travis. Has anybody got an explanation for this strange chart? It just baffles me.Thanks. Jeeves
Hi Jeeves, welcome aboard.
If it is based on total sales, the song buying public has greatly increased in numbers since the 60’s, meaning a current, but lesser hit or hitmaker can outsell a major star from an earlier era.
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7.56am
11 September 2018
Offline I’m afraid the artists you mentioned with disdain are all there because I was one of those people who bought their album(s). I didn’t want my friends and family to think I was just a Beatles fan.
Also the Beatles just weren’t very popular; what with their drugs and moustaches and being Northern types. Bleurgh! We’ll have none of that psychedelic peace and love racket in our house.
5.37pm
28 April 2020
Offline Just googled the chart and it is nice to know that Sgt. Pepper is No.3 and the highest ranked ‘non greatest hits’ album! I thought ‘Abbey Road ‘ would have made the Top 50 though!
There are a lot of Greatest Hits albums on the list.
5.42pm
26 January 2017
Offline Very surprised that Abbey Road didn’t make the top 50. Maybe it’s just more popular outside the the UK than within it.
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12.36pm
14 December 2009
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I would assume the more contemporary artists on the list (which I’ve not seen), have a higher percentage of downloads, as compared to sales of actual physical copies. For what that’s worth.
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8.39pm
10 October 2020
Offline The figures are not updated. Very similar situation in the USA with the RIIA. However, the RIIA put The Beatles at the top with 6 diamonds albums.
I´ve noticed that in the UK, Oasis and Elvis are much admired. The NME magazine tends to disparage The Beatles.
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