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 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits with 1273 weeks, followed by Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers with 1258 weeks and Queen's Greatest Hits which has spent 1226 weeks in the top 100. The most weeks for a studio album is 1169 for Rumours by Fleetwood Mac which charted every year from its release in 1977 until 1989 and in fifteen different years since then.

Eminem's 2005 compilation Curtain Call: The Hits has the most weeks for a 21st century release with 741 weeks. The studio album released this century with the most weeks is AM by Arctic Monkeys, with 680 weeks. 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 578 for Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd and the most weeks by an album not reaching the top 10 is 470 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 600-week threshold, making them the first act with multiple studio albums achieving 600 weeks on the chart. They remain the only act with three albums having reached this milestone, and in 2025 became the first act to have multiple albums achieve 600 weeks. Arctic Monkeys would become the second act to have two studio albums achieve 500 weeks on the chart in June 2024, and the first act to achieve this with two albums that were released in the 21st century.

The numbers shown are up to the chart for the week ending 8 October 2026.

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

400 or more weeks

Title Artist Year firstentered chart Peak Weeks Ref Greatest Hits Queen 1981 1 1590* Gold: Greatest Hits ABBA 1992 1 1279* Legend Bob Marley and the Wailers 1984 1 1258* Rumours Fleetwood Mac 1977 1 1169* (What's the Story) Morning Glory? Oasis 1995 1 769* Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem 2005 1 742* Time Flies... 1994–2009 Oasis 2010 1 682* AM Arctic Monkeys 2013 1 681* Definitely Maybe Oasis 1994 1 665* Back to Black Amy Winehouse 2006 1 626* Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not Arctic Monkeys 2006 1 604* Number Ones Michael Jackson 2003 1 599* The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 1973 2 578 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf 1978 3 530 Greatest Hits Red Hot Chili Peppers 2003 4 531* Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) David Bowie 2016 5 513* In the Lonely Hour Sam Smith 2014 1 512* ÷ Ed Sheeran 2017 1 500* Greatest Hits II Queen 1991 1 481 Greatest Hits Foo Fighters 2009 4 481 Twenty Five George Michael 2006 1 479* Singles Maroon 5 2015 28 470* 1 The Beatles 2000 1 467 Diamonds Elton John 2017 1 464* Dua Lipa Dua Lipa 2017 3 461* Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 2010 1 457* Teenage Dream Katy Perry 2010 1 452* Nevermind Nirvana 1991 5 451 + Ed Sheeran 2011 1 444 x Ed Sheeran 2014 1 443 21 Adele 2011 1 436 The FameLady Gaga 2009 1 417* Greatest Hits Guns N' Roses 2004 1 413 50 Years – Don't Stop Fleetwood Mac 2018 4 411*

200 to 399 weeks

Title Artist Year firstentered chart Peak Weeks Ref The Ultimate Collection Whitney Houston 2007 3 388 Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band Green Day 2017 22 386* 1989 Taylor Swift 2014 1 381 The Sound of Music Original Soundtrack 1965 1 376 Piano Man: The Very Best of Billy Joel Billy Joel 2004 7 376* Born to Die Lana Del Rey 2012 1 374* 25 Adele 2015 1 364 The Immaculate Collection Madonna 1990 1 363 The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac 2002 6 363 The Singles Phil Collins 2016 2 359* Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel 1972 2 354 ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits Elvis Presley 2002 1 353 Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna 2007 1 346* Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent Lewis Capaldi 2019 1 344 Direct Hits The Killers 2013 5 338 Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970 1 330 Lover Taylor Swift 2019 1 323 The Definitive Collection Stevie Wonder 2002 11 321* 1967–1970 The Beatles 1973 2 319* Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds Jeff Wayne 1978 5 319 The Platinum Collection Queen 2000 2 317 Thriller Michael Jackson 1982 1 316* South Pacific Original Soundtrack 1958 1 315 Folklore Taylor Swift 2020 1 307* Face Value Phil Collins 1981 1 300 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967 1 295 The Highlights The Weeknd 2021 2 295* Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman 1988 1 293 v Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield 1973 1 288 Appetite for Destruction Guns N' Roses 1987 5 286 1962–1966 The Beatles 1973 3 284 Sour Olivia Rodrigo 2021 1 280* The Essential Michael Jackson Michael Jackson 2005 1 278* I Cry When I Laugh Jess Glynne 2015 1 278 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! P!nk 2010 5 277 Best Of 50 Cent 2018 23 277* I Will Always Love You: The Best of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 2012 13 276* Brothers in Arms Dire Straits 1985 1 273 The Singles Collection Britney Spears 2009 38 270* When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish 2019 1 267 Get Rich or Die Tryin' 50 Cent 2003 2 262 Reputation Taylor Swift 2017 1 257 Hot Fuss The Killers 2004 1 256 Fine Line Harry Styles 2019 2 255 Graduation Kanye West 2007 1 254* Making Movies Dire Straits 1980 4 252 Don't Smile at Me Billie Eilish 2018 12 247 Automatic for the People R.E.M. 1992 1 245 My Way: The Best of Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra 1997 7 244 Greatest Hits Pitbull 2021 18 239* Off the Wall Michael Jackson 1979 3 236 Between Us Little Mix 2021 3 234 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa 2020 1 224 Jagged Little Pill Alanis Morissette 1995 1 223 19 Adele 2008 1 223 The Sound of The Smiths The Smiths 2008 21 223* Greatest Hits Bon Jovi 2010 2 220* Never Forget – The Ultimate Collection Take That 2005 2 218 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons 2009 2 218 Hybrid Theory Linkin Park 2001 4 216* Curtain Call 2 Eminem 2022 3 216* The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 1989 5 215 Out of Time R.E.M. 1991 1 214 The Bends Radiohead 1995 4 213 Bad Michael Jackson 1987 1 210* No Jacket Required Phil Collins 1985 1 208 All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra 2005 1 208 Under a Blood Red Sky U2 1983 2 204 The King and I Original Soundtrack 1956 1 203 Nirvana Nirvana 2002 3 202 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie 1972 5 202 Hozier Hozier 2014 3 201 The Joshua Tree U2 1987 1 201 Love over Gold Dire Straits 1982 1 200

150 to 199 weeks

Title Artist Year firstentered chart Peak Weeks Ref Take Care Drake 2011 5 197* Lungs Florence and the Machine 2009 1 196 ? XXXTentacion 2018 3 196 SOS SZA 2022 2 196* Evermore Taylor Swift 2020 1 194 Parachutes Coldplay 2000 1 193 The Best of UB40 – Volume One UB40 1987 3 192 Starboy The Weeknd 2016 5 192 Staying at Tamara's George Ezra 2018 1 189 Simply the Best Tina Turner 1991 2 183 Decade in the Sun: Best of Stereophonics Stereophonics 2008 2 181 Crazy Love Michael Bublé 2009 1 180 Wanted on Voyage George Ezra 2014 1 180 The Diamond Collection Post Malone 2023 14 180* 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 Stick Season Noah Kahan 2023 1 173* Forty Licks The Rolling Stones 2002 2 170* Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999 5 169 Stoney Post Malone 2016 10 169 Oklahoma! Original Soundtrack 1956 1 168 Goodbye & Good Riddance Juice WRLD 2018 23 167 Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish 2021 1 167 Only by the Night Kings of Leon 2008 1 165 Psychodrama Dave 2019 1 165 Talk on Corners The Corrs 1997 1 164 Alchemy – Dire Straits Live Dire Straits 1984 3 164 Graceland Paul Simon 1986 1 163 Urban Hymns The Verve 1997 1 162 Come On Over Shania Twain 1998 1 162 Best of Bowie David Bowie 2002 1 162 Word Gets Around Stereophonics 1997 6 162 Stars Simply Red 1991 1 161 Guts Olivia Rodrigo 2023 1 160* My Love: Essential Collection Celine Dion 2008 5 160* The Eminem Show Eminem 2002 1 159 No.6 Collaborations Project Ed Sheeran 2019 1 159 Harry's House Harry Styles 2022 1 157 Midnights Taylor Swift 2022 1 157 Private Investigations Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler 2005 20 157 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 = Ed Sheeran 2021 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 The Balcony Catfish and the Bottlemen 2014 10 154 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 Get to Know Becky Hill 2019 20 151 A Rush of Blood to the Head Coldplay 2002 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

ArtistNumber of albumsAlbumsTaylor Swift6Michael Jackson5Ed SheeranDire StraitsDavid Bowie4Phil CollinsThe BeatlesAdele3Billie EilishEminemFleetwood MacOasisQueenArctic Monkeys2Bon JoviColdplayDua LipaElvis PresleyGeorge EzraGuns 'N RosesLittle MixMadonnaMichael BubléNirvanaOlivia RodrigoPost MaloneR.E.MRed Hot Chili PeppersStereophonicsSimon & GarfunkelThe KillersThe WeekndTina TurnerU2Whitney Houston50 Cent

See also List of songs which have spent the most weeks on the UK Singles Chart

Notes

Books British Albums Chart: All Time Top 1000 by Michael Churchill. Published by Lulu.com, 2013.

References