With "The Greatest Showman Soundtrack" spending its 17th week at Number 1 on the UK Album chart this week, it now becomes the third longest running Number 1 album this century. To mark this achievement I have listed below the Top 5 longest running Number 1 albums by decade in both the UK & US. (Based on total weeks spent at Number 1)
1950's
UK
1. South Pacific (Original Soundtrack) - 60 weeks (1 run) - 8th November 1958 to 26th December 1959)
2. The King & I (Original Soundtrack) - 48 weeks (11 runs) - 13th October to 20th October 1956 (2 weeks); 3rd November 1956 (1 week); 17th November 1956 to 23rd February 1957 (15 weeks); 9th March 1957 (1 week); 23rd March 1957 (1 week); 6th April to 20th April 1957 (3 weeks); 4th May to 8th June 1957 (6 weeks); 22nd June to 13th July 1957 (4 weeks); 10th August to 24th August 1957 (3 weeks); 16th November 1957 to 25th January 1958 (11 weeks); 22nd March 1958 (1 week)
3. My Fair Lady (Original Soundtrack) - 19 weeks (1 run) - 10th May to 13th September 1958
4. Pal Joey (Original Soundtrack) - 11 weeks (2 runs) - 1st February to 15th March 1958 (7 weeks); 29th March to 19th April 1958 (4 weeks)
5. A Swingin' Affair! (Frank Sinatra) - 7 weeks (1 run) - 21st September to 2nd November 1957
=. King Creole Soundtrack (Elvis Presley) - 7 weeks (1 run) - 20th September to 1st November 1958
US
No album chart
1960's
UK
1. The Sound Of Music (Original Soundtrack) - 70 weeks (12 runs) - 5th June to 7th August 1965 (10 weeks); 16th October to 18th December 1965 (10 weeks); 19th February to 23rd April 1966 (10 weeks); 25th June to 6th August 1966 (7 weeks); 1st October 1966 to 28th January 1967 (18 weeks); 25th March to 6th May 1967 (7 weeks); 20th May 1967 (1 week); 3rd June 1967 (1 week); 18th November 1967 (1 week); 2nd December to 16th December 1967 (3 weeks); 27th January 1968 (1 week); 23rd November 1968 (1 week)
2. South Pacific (Original Soundtrack) - 55 weeks (8 runs) - 2nd January to 5th March 1960 (continuation of 60 weeks in 1950's)(10 weeks); 19th March to 23rd July 1960 (19 weeks); 6th August to 3rd September 1960 (5 weeks); 15th October 1960 to 7th January 1961 (13 weeks); 4th March 1961 (1 week); 1st April 1961 (1 week); 1st July to 22nd July 1961 (4 weeks); 6th August 1961 (1 week); 9th September 1961 (1 week)
3. Please Please Me (The Beatles) - 30 weeks (1 run) - 11th May to 30th November 1963
4. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) - 27 weeks (4 runs) - 10th June to 11th November 1967 (23 weeks); 25th November 1967 (1 week); 3rd December to 30th December 1967 (2 weeks); d February 1968 (1 week)
5. GI Blues Soundtrack (Elvis Presley) - 22 weeks (3 runs) - 14th January to 25th February 1961 (7 weeks); 11th March to 25th March 1961 (3 weeks); 8th April to 24th June 1961 (12 weeks)
US
1. More Of The Monkees (The Monkees) - 18 weeks (1 run) - 11th February to 10th June 1967
2. Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles) - 15 weeks (1 run) - 1st July to 7th October 1967
3. A Hard Day's Night (The Beatles) - 14 weeks (1 run) - 25th July to 24th October 1964
=. Mary Poppins (Soundtrack) - 14 weeks (2 runs) - 13th March 1965 (1 week); 10th April to 3rd July 1965 (13 weeks)
5. The Monkees (The Monkees) - 13 weeks (1 run) - 12th November 1966 to 4th February 1967
=. Hair (Original Cast) - 13 weeks (1 week) - 26th April to 19th July 1969
1970's
UK
1. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel) - 33 weeks (8 runs) - 21st February to 16th May 1970 (13 weeks); 13th June to 4th July 1970 (4 weeks); 18th July to 15th August 1970 (5 weeks); 3rd October 1970 (1 week); 17th October 1970 (1 week); 16th January to 30th January 1971 (3 weeks); 3rd July to 31st July 1971 (5 weeks); 11th September 1971 (1 week)
2. Saturday Night Fever (Original Soundtrack) - 18 weeks (1 week) - 6th May to 2nd September 1978
3. The Singles 1969-1973 (The Carpenters) - 17 weeks (4 runs) - 2nd February to 23rd February 1974 (4 weeks); 9th March to 18th May 1974 (11 weeks); 1st June 1974 (1 week); 6th July 1974 (1 week)
4. Grease (Original Soundtrack) - 13 weeks (1 run) - 7th October to 30th December 1978
5. Elton John's Greatest Hits (Elton John) - 11 weeks (1 run) - 23rd November 1974 to 1st February 1975
=. All Time Hits Of The 50's (Various Artists) - 11 weeks (2 runs) - 7th October to 25th November 1972 (8 weeks); 23rd December 1972 to 6th January 1973 (3 weeks)
=. Greatest Hits (Abba) - 11 weeks (2 runs) - 8th May to 3rd July 1976 (9 weeks); 16th October to 23rd October 1976 (2 weeks)
US
1. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac) - 31 weeks (4 runs) - 2nd April to 9th April 1977 (2 weeks); 21st May to 9th July 1977 (8 weeks); 23rd July to 26th November 1977 (19 weeks); 7th January to 14th January 1978 (2 weeks)
2. Saturday Night Fever (Original Soundtrack) - 24 weeks (1 run) - 21st January to 1st July 1978 (24 weeks)
3. Tapestry (Carole King) - 15 weeks (1 run) - 19th June to 25th September 1971
4. Songs In The Key Of Life (Stevie Wonder) - 14 weeks (2 runs) - 16th October 1976 to 8th January 1977 (13 weeks); 29th January 1977 (1 week)
5. Grease (Original Soundtrack) - 12 weeks (3 runs) - 29th July to 9th September 1978 (7 weeks); 23rd September to 30th September 1978 (2 weeks); 14th October to 28th October 1978 (3 weeks)
1980's
UK
1. Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits) - 14 weeks (3 runs) - 25th May to 1st June 1985 (2 weeks); 3rd August to 10th August 1985 (2 weeks); 18th January to 22nd March 1986 (10 weeks)
2. Legend (Bob Marley & the Wailers) - 12 weeks (1 run) - 19th May to 4th August 1984
=. Kings Of The Wild Frontier (Adam & the Ants) - 12 weeks (2 runs) - 24th January to 31st January 1981 (2 weeks); 14th March to 16th May 1981 (10 weeks)
=. The Kids From "Fame" (The Kids From "Fame") - 12 weeks (2 runs) - 7th August to 25th September 1982 (8 weeks); 30th October to 20th November 1982 (4 weeks)
5. Super Trouper (Abba) - 9 weeks (1 run) - 22nd November 1980 to 17th January 1981
=. Introducing The Hardline According To... (Terence Trent D'Arby) - 9 weeks (2 runs) - 25th July 1987 (1 week); 30th January to 19th March 1988 (8 weeks)
=. Love Songs (Barbra Streisand) - 9 weeks (2 runs) - 30th January to 13th March 1982 (7 weeks); 27th March t0 3rd April 1982 (2 weeks)
US
1. Thriller (Michael Jackson) - 37 weeks (4 runs) - 26th February to 18th June 1983 (17 weeks); 9th July to 16th July 1983 (2 weeks); 10th September 1983 (1 week); 24th December 1983 to 14th April 1984 (17 weeks)
2. Purple Rain Soundtrack (Prince & the Revolution) - 24 weeks (1 run) - 4th August 1984 to 12th January 1985
3. Dirty Dancing (Original Soundtrack) - 18 weeks (2 runs) - 14th November 1987 to 9th January 1988 (9 weeks); 12th March to 7th May 1988 (9 weeks)
4. Synchronicity (The Police) - 17 weeks (2 runs) - 23rd July to 3rd September 1983 (7 weeks); 17th September to 19th November 1983 (10 weeks)
5. The Wall (Pink Floyd) - 15 weeks (1 run) - 19th January to 27th April 1980
=. Business As Usual (Men At Work) - 15 weeks (1 run) - 13th November 1982 to 19th February 1983
=. Hi Infidelity (REO Speedwagon) - 15 weeks (3 runs) - 21st February to 28th March 1981 (6 weeks); 18th April to 2nd May 1981 (3 weeks); 16th May to 20th June 1981 (6 weeks)
1990's
UK
1. Spice (The Spice Girls) - 15 weeks (5 runs) - 16th November 1996 (1 week); 7th December 1996 to 25th January 1997 (8 weeks); 8th March 1997 (1 week); 22nd March to 12th April 1997 (4 weeks); 17th May 1997 (1 week)
2. Stars (Simply Red) - 12 weeks (5 runs) - 12th October to 19th October 1991 (2 weeks); 2nd November 1991 (1 week); 4th January to 1st February 1992 (5 weeks); 22nd February to 7th March 1992 (3 weeks); 9th May 1992 (1 week)
=. Urban Hymns (The Verve) - 12 weeks (3 runs) - 11th October to 8th November 1997 (5 weeks); 3rd January to 7th February 1998 (6 weeks); 21st February 1998 (1 week)
4. Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell (Meat Loaf) - 11 weeks (5 runs) - 18th September 1993 (1 week); 2nd October 1993 (1 week); 16th October 1993 (1 week); 30th October to 13th November 1993 (3 weeks); 27th November to 25th December 1993 (5 weeks)
=. Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette) - 11 weeks (3 runs) - 4th May to 11th May 1996 (2 weeks); 9th June 1996 (1 week); 20th July to 7th September 1996 (8 weeks)
US
1. Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'em (MC Hammer) - 21 weeks (2 runs) - 9th June to 23rd June 1990 (3 weeks); 7th July to 3rd November 1990 (18 weeks)
2. The Bodyguard Soundtrack (Whitney Houston) - 20 weeks (4 runs) - 12th December 1992 to 6th March 1993 (13 weeks); 3rd April 1993 (1 week); 17th April to 1st May 1993 (3 weeks); 15th May to 29th May 1993 (3 weeks)
3. Ropin' The Wind (Garth Brooks) - 18 weeks (4 runs) - 28th September 1991 (1 week); 19th October to 30th November 1991 (7 weeks); 18th January to 25th January 1992 (2 weeks); 8th February to 28th March 1992 (8 weeks)
4. Some Gave All (Billy Ray Cyrus) - 17 weeks (1 run) - 13th June to 3rd October 1992
5. To The Extreme (Vanilla Ice) - 16 weeks (1 run) - 10th November 1990 t0 23rd February 1991
=. Titanic: Music From The Motion Picture (James Horner/Soundtrack) - 16 weeks (1 run) - 24th January to 9th May 1998
2000's
UK
1. Back To Bedlam (James Blunt) - 10 weeks (3 runs) - 16th July to 3rd September 2005 (8 weeks); 17th September 2005 (1 week); 21st January 2006 (1 week)
=. Life For Rent (Dido) - 10 weeks (4 runs) - 11th October to 1st November 2003 (4 weeks); 22nd November 2003 (1 week); 20th December 2003 to 3rd January 2004 (3 weeks); 17th January to 24th January 2004 (2 weeks)
3. 1 (The Beatles) - 9 weeks (1 run) - 25th November 2000 to 20th January 2001
4. Beautiful World (Take That!) - 8 weeks (2 runs) - 9th December 2006 to 13th January 2007 (6 weeks); 31st March to 7th April 2007 (2 weeks)
=. Spirit (Leona Lewis) - 8 weeks (2 runs) - 24th November 2007 to 5th January 2008 (7 weeks); 29th November 2008 (1 week)
US
1. Fearless (Taylor Swift) - 11 weeks (3 runs) - 29th November 2008 (1 week); 27th December 2008 to 7th February 2009 (7 weeks); 28th February to 14th March 2009 (3 weeks)
2. Supernatural (Santana) - 9 weeks (2 runs) - 22nd January to 5th February 2000 (3 weeks); 26th February to 1st April 2000 (6 weeks)
=. Confessions (Usher) - 9 weeks (3 runs) - 10th April to 8th May 2004 (5 weeks); 22nd May to 5th June 2004 (3 weeks); 19th June 2004 (1 week)
4. No Strings Attached (N'SYNC) - 8 weeks (1 run) - 8th April to 27th May 2000
=. The Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem) - 8 weeks (1 run) - 10th June to 29th July 2000
=. Weathered (Creed) - 8 weeks (1 run) - 8th December 2001 to 26th January 2002
=. 1 (The Beatles) - 8 weeks (2 runs) - 2nd December 2000 (1 week); 23rd December 2000 to 3rd February 2001 (7 weeks)
2010's
UK
1. 21 (Adele) - 23 weeks (7 runs) - 5th February to 16th April 2011 (11 weeks); 30th April to 28th May 2011 (5 weeks); 23rd July to 30th July 2011 (2 weeks); 14th January 2012 (1 week); 28th January 2012 (1 week); 3rd March 2012 (1 week); 21st April to 28th April 2012 (2 weeks)
2. ÷ (Ed Sheeran) - 20 weeks (7 runs) - 18th March to 13th May 2017 (9 weeks); 3rd June 2017 (1 week); 17th June 2017 (1 week); 8th July to 22nd July 2017 (3 weeks); 19th August to 2nd September 2017 (3 weeks); 23rd December 2017 (1 week); 6th January to 13th January 2018 (2 weeks)
3. The Greatest Showman (Soundtrack) - 17 weeks (5 runs) - 20th January to 31st March 2018 (11 weeks); 14th April 2018 (1 week); 28th April to 5th May 2018 (2 weeks); 19th May 2018 (1 week); 2nd June to 9th June 2018 (2 weeks)
4. 25 (Adele) - 13 weeks (4 runs) - 5th December 2015 to 16th January 2016 (7 weeks); 27th February to 5th March 2016 (2 weeks); 19th March to 2nd April 2016 (3 weeks); 9th July 2016 (1 week)
=. x (Ed Sheeran) - 13 weeks (4 runs) - 5th July to 23rd August 2014 (8 weeks); 15th November 2014 (1 week); 20th December 2014 to 3rd January 2015 (3 weeks); 18th July 2015 (1 week)
US
1. 21 (Adele) - 24 weeks (10 runs) - 12th March to 19th March 2011 (2 weeks); 2nd April 2011 (1 week); 23rd April 2011 (1 week); 7th May to 4th June 2011 (5 weeks); 25th June 2011 (1 week); 6th August 2011 (1 week); 20th August 2011 (1 week); 5th November 2011 (1 week); 14th January to 17th March 2012 (10 weeks); 23rd June 2012 (1 week)
2. Frozen (Soundtrack) - 13 weeks (4 runs) - 18th January to 25th January 2014 (2 weeks); 8th February to 15th February 2014 (2 weeks); 8th March 2014 (1 week); 29th March to 17th May 2014 (8 weeks)
3. Views (Drake) - 13 weeks (3 runs) - 21st May to 16th July 2016 (9 weeks); 30th July to 13th August 2016 (3 weeks);8th October 2016 (1 week)
4. 1989 (Taylor Swift) - 11 weeks (4 runs) - 15th November to 29th November 2014 (3 weeks); 13th December to 20th December 2014 (2 weeks); 3rd January to 24th January 2015 (4 weeks); 14th February to 21st February 2015 (2 weeks)
5. 25 (Adele) - 10 weeks (3 runs) - 12th December 2015 to 23rd January 2016 (7 weeks); 13th February 2016 (1 week); 5th March to 12th March 2016 (2 weeks)
From "The Greatest Showman" Soundtrack, here is "This Is Me".
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