Records
The original soundtrack of South Pacific holds the record for the most weeks at Number 1, with a cumulative total of 115 weeks, including one stretch of 70 consecutive weeks. A fairly distant second place is held by the The Sound of Music soundtrack with a cumulative total of 70 weeks. Third is the King and I soundtrack with a cumulative total of 48 weeks. Fourth is the highest non soundtrack Bridge over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel with a cumulative total of 33 weeks.
The second longest consecutive streak is held by The Beatles first album Please Please Me which spent 30 weeks at the top before being knocked off by the band's second album, With the Beatles, which was itself at the summit for 21 weeks. This means The Beatles were at number one for 51 consecutive weeks in all - a total not bettered by any other artist.
The biggest fall from number one was Christina Aguilera's 2010 album Bionic, which fell from number one to number 29.
Read more about this topic: List Of UK Albums Chart Number Ones
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