ALBUMS THAT HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 10 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS AT NUMBER 1 IN THE UK

With the "Greatest Showman" soundtrack making it 11 weeks at Number One on the UK Album chart last week, it becomes just the fifth album (and third soundtrack) to spend more than 10 consecutive weeks at the top in the last 40 years, and just the 21st album ever to reach this figure (of which 11 are soundtrack albums)

So listed below is a complete list of all those albums that have spent more than 10 consecutive weeks at Number 1, in chronological order,  since the first published album chart back in 1956. (All dates are week ending dates)

15 weeks (17th November 1956 to 23rd February 1957) - The King & I - Original Soundtrack 

11 weeks (16th November 1957 to 25th January 1958) - The King & I - Original Soundtrack (48 weeks at Number 1 in total in 11 runs)

19 weeks (10th May to 13th September 1958) - My Fair Lady - Original Soundtrack

70 weeks (8th November 1958 to 5th March 1960) - South Pacific - Original Soundtrack

19 weeks (19th March to 23rd July 1960) - South Pacific - Original Soundtrack

13 weeks (15th October 1960 to 7th January 1961) - South Pacific - Original Soundtrack (115 weeks at Number 1 in total in 9 runs)

12 weeks (8th April to 24th June 1961) - GI Blues (Original Soundtrack) - Elvis Presley (22 weeks at Number 1 in total in 3 runs)

17 weeks (24th February to 16th June 1962) - Blue Hawaii (Original Soundtrack) - Elvis Presley (18 weeks in total at Number 1 in 2 runs)

14 weeks (2nd February to 4th May 1963) - Summer Holiday (Original Soundtrack - Cliff Richard & the Shadows

30 weeks (11th May to 30th November 1963) - Please Please Me - The Beatles

21 weeks (7th December to 25th April 1964) - With The Beatles - The Beatles

12 weeks (2nd May to 18th July 1964) -The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

21 weeks (25th July to 12th December 1964) - A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles

18 weeks (1st October 1966 to 28th January 1967) - The Sound Of Music - Original Soundtrack (70 weeks at Number 1 in total  in 12 runs)

23 weeks (10th June to 11th November 1967) - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (28 weeks at Number 1 in total in 5 runs)

11 weeks (4th October to 13th December 1969) - Abbey Road - The Beatles (17 weeks at Number 1 in total in 2 runs)

13 weeks (21st February to 16th May 1970) - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (33 weeks at Number 1 in total in 8 runs)

11 weeks (9th March to 18th May 1974) - The Singles: 1969-1973 - The Carpenters (17 weeks at Number 1 in total in 4 runs)

11 weeks (23rd November 1974 to 1st February 1975) - Greatest Hits - Elton John

18 weeks (6th May to 2nd September 1978) - Saturday Night Fever - Original Soundtrack

13 weeks (7th October to 30th December 1978) - Grease - Original Soundtrack

12 weeks (19th May to 4th August 1984) - Legend - Bob Marley & the Wailers

11 weeks (5th February to 16th April 2011) - 21 - Adele

11 weeks (20th January to 31st March 2018) - The Greatest Showman - Motion Picture Cast Recording

(Between Legend in 1984 and 21 in 2011, the longest run at Number 1 was 9 weeks, jointly held by Immaculate Collection - Madonna in 1990; Greatest Hits - Eurythmics in 1991 & 1 - The Beatles in 2000)

So here is a track from the album with the longest consecutive run at Number 1 with 70 weeks - South Pacific.  This is "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame".