www.musicweek.com CHARTSUKALBUMS WEEK 19 incorporating seven-inch, 12-inch, CDs, LPs, digital bundles, download sales and cassettes. © Official Charts Company 2012.


THE OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS CHART 1 N


THIS LAST WKS ON ARTIST / TITLE LABEL/CATALOGUE NUMBER (DISTRIBUTOR) WK


WK CHRT (PRODUCER)


KEANE Strangeland Island 2794838 (ARV) (Grech-Marguerat)


2 8 13 EMELI SANDE Our Version Of Events Virgin CDV3094 (E)  (Spencer/Haynie/Naughty Boy/Mojam/Herman/Millard/Harrison/Craze/Hoax/Keys/Sande)


3 N


RICHARD HAWLEY Standing At The Sky’s Edge Parlophone P4636981 (E) (Hawley/Elliot)


4 5 68 ADELE 21 XL 88697446991 (PIAS) 15 (FT Smith/Rubin/Epworth/Abbiss/Wilson/Adkins)


5 2 15 LANA DEL REY Born To Die Polydor/Stranger 2787091 (ARV) (Haynie/Parker/Berger/Robopop/Bhasker/Daly/Sneddon/Bauer-Mein/Nowels/Braide/Shux/Skarbek/Howe)


6 13 23 REBECCA FERGUSON Heaven RCA 88697888022 (ARV)  (Eg White/Smith/Taylor/Higgins/Xenomania/Lattimer/Christie/Booker/FT Smith)


7 6 24 OLLY MURS In Case You Didn’t Know Epic/Syco 88697940942 (ARV) 2 (The Fearless/Argyle/Brammer/Robson/Future Cut/Frampton/Jordan-Patrikios/Smith/Fitzmaurice/Heelis/Prime/Metrophonic)


8 15 13 GOTYE Making Mirrors Island 2792285 (ARV)  (De Backer)


9 N


THE CRIBS In The Belly Of The Brazen Bull Wichita WEBB335CD (PIAS) (Fridmann/The Cribs)


10 33 JACK WHITE Blunderbuss XL XLCD566 (PIAS) (White)


11 11 35 ED SHEERAN + Asylum 5249864652 (ARV) 3 (Gosling/Hugall/Sheeran/No I.D)


12 7 63 JESSIE J Who You Are Island/Lava 2758627 (ARV) 3 (Dr. Luke/Brissett/Cornish/Martin K/OakThe Invisible Men/Parker & James/Thomas/Gad/Gordon)


13 12 MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Electra Heart 679/Atlantic 5310521552 (ARV) (Nowels/Reid/Dr Luke/Cirkut/Diplo/Kurstin/Karaoglu/Howe)


14 N 15 25 4


COVER DRIVE Bajan Style Global Talent/Polydor 2783229 (ARV) (Mac/Future Cut/Quiz & Larrosi/Rotem/Aliby/Orange Factory/Rigo/Chin-Quee/Boi-1da)


TRAIN California 37 Columbia 88691987822 (ARV) (Walker/Sinclair/Espionage/Wattenberg/Parq/Hodges)


16 22 28 RIZZLE KICKS Stereo Typical Island 2780337 (ARV)  (Whiting/The Rural/Spencer/Future Cut/Dodds/Barratt/fat boy slim/Chiarelli/Caruana)


17 19 25 RIHANNA Talk That Talk Def Jam 2787842 (ARV) 3 (Dr. Luke/Cirkut/Harrell/Harris/StarGate/Crawford/Da Internz/The-Dream/NO-ID/Swire/McGrillen/Hit-Boy/Alex Da Kid/Chase N Status/Dean)


18 10 6


NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded Cash Money/Island 2796668 (ARV)  (Various)


19 23 29 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 0875531 (E) 3 (Dravs/Green/Simpson)


20 16 87 THE SCRIPT The Script Phonogenic 88697361942 (ARV) 2 (The Script)


21 28 26 BEN HOWARD Every Kingdom Island 2771686 (ARV)  (Bond)


22 17 5


ALEX CLARE The Lateness Of The Hour Island 2770437 (ARV) (Diplo/Switch/Rechtshaid/tbc)


23 18 14 MAVERICK SABRE Lonely Are The Brave Mercury 2770559 (ARV) (Utters/Prime/Sabre/Hogarth/FT Smith/Eg White)


24 34 34 LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking Interscope 2774463 (ARV) (Party Rock/Afuni/Harris/RedFoo/LMFAO)


25 95 ALABAMA SHAKES Boys & Girls Rough Trade 0880882178727 (PIAS)  (Alabama Shakes)


26 42 NORAH JONES Little Broken Hearts Blue Note/Parlophone P7315481 (E) (Danger Mouse)


27 12 37 DAVID GUETTA Nothing But The Beat Positiva/Virgin PV0838942 (E)  (Guetta/Vee/Caren/Tuinfort/Riesterer/Black Raw/Afrojack/Luttrell/Avicii)


28 43 6 LABRINTH Electronic Earth Syco 88691932932 (ARV) (Labrinth/Da Digglar/Ghenea/McKenzie/Williams)


29 20 25 ONE DIRECTION Up All Night Syco 88697843642 (ARV) (Mac/Falk/Yacoub/Rawling/Meehan/Squire/Solomon/Meredith/Stannard/Howes/Gad/Robson/RedOne/BeatGeek/Jimmy Joker/Rawling/Meehan/Gaudino/Rooney)


30 N 31 N


33 N


B.O.B Strange Clouds Atlantic 7567882649 (ARV) (B.o.B/Jones/Dr Luke/Cirkut/Tedder/Zancanella/Khan/Billboard/Frequency/Mynority/Mike Will Made It/P Nasty)


THE PROCLAIMERS Like Comedy Cooking Vinyl COOKCD560 (Essential/GEM) (Evans)


32 35 69 BRUNO MARS Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra 7567883304 (ARV) 4 (The Smeezingtons/Needlz/The Supa Dups)


MY BLOODY VALENTINE EPs 1988 - 1991 Sony 88691941692 (ARV) (Shields/My Bloody Valentine)


34 29 138 ADELE 19 XL XLCD313 (PIAS) 6 (Abbiss/White/Ronson)


35 27 53 THE SCRIPT Science & Faith Phonogenic 88697754492 (ARV)  (Sheehan/O’Donoghue/Frampton/Kipner)


36 N


KING CHARLES Loveblood Island 2795822 (ARV) (Wilder/Amachi/Barker/King Charles)


37 24 67 STEREOPHONICS A Decade In The Sun - Best Of V2 1780699 (rom arv) 2 (Jones/Lowe)


38 30 33 BEE GEES Number Ones Reprise 8122798857 (ARV)  (Bee Gees/Stigwood/Mardin/Richardson/Galuten/Tench)


THIS LAST WKS ON ARTIST / TITLE LABEL/CATALOGUE NUMBER (DISTRIBUTOR) WK


WK CHRT (PRODUCER)


39 38 7 MADONNA MDNA Interscope 2796815 (ARV) (Madonna/Benassi/Benassi/Demolition Crew/Orbit/Solveig/Ahlund/Malih/Indiigo/Free School)


40 21 4 42 N


JASON MRAZ Love Is A Four Letter Word Atlantic 7567876331 (ARV) (Chiccarelli)


41 33 23 THE BLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch 7559796225 (ARV)  (Danger Mouse/The Black Keys)


DAMON ALBARN Dr Dee Parlophone P9538931 (E) (Albarn)


43 26 10 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Wrecking Ball Columbia 88691942541 (ARV) (Aniello/Springsteen)


44 36 6 MOSHI MONSTERS Music Rox Moshi Monsters 88691974062 (ARV) (Sen/Cleverley)


45 N


STORM CORROSION Storm Corrosion Roadrunner RR76451 (ADA Arv) (Akerfeldt/Wilson/tbc)


46 37 26 DRAKE Take Care Cash Money/Island 2783262 (ARV)  (Shebib/Boi 1da/Montagnese/The Weeknd/xx Smith/T-Minus/Just Blaze/Graham/Cashe/McKinney)


47 62 9 MICHAEL KIWANUKA Home Again Polydor 2785405 (ARV) (Butler)


48 50 88 PLAN B The Defamation Of Strickland Banks 679/Atlantic 5186584712 (ARV) 42 (Ballance-Drew/Epworth/Appapoulay/McEwan)


49 46 15 FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours Rhino 7599273132 (ARV) 11 (Fleetwood Mac/Dashut/Caillat)


50 N


MY BLOODY VALENTINE Loveless Sony 88697312112 (ARV) (Shields/O’Ciosoig)


51 42 70 NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday Cash Money/Island 2754184 (ARV)  (Kane/Swizz Beatz/Crawford/Money/Rotem/Wansel/Oak/T-Minus/will.i.am/Drew Money)


52 41 89 KATY PERRY Teenage Dream Virgin CDV3084 (E) 3 (Dr. Luke/Blanco/Martin/StarGate/Stewart/Harrell/Ammo/Wells)


53 48 25 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST Watch The Throne Roc-a-fella/Mercury 2765057 (ARV) (West/Dean/Keith/Q-Tip/Pharrell/Don Jazzy/Hit-Boy/Kilhoffer/The Neptunes/RZA/Lewis/Bhasker/Swizz Beatz/Joseph/S1)


54 44 131 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Lungs Island 1797940 (ARV) 5 (Epworth/Ford/Mackie/Hugall/White)


55 49 28 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Ceremonials Island 2782808 (ARV)  (Epworth)


56 57 37 WILL YOUNG Echoes RCA 88697940092 (ARV)  (Richard X/Eliot/Hofmann)


57 47 10 JUSTIN FLETCHER Hands Up - The Album Little Demon LTDMG024 (SDU)  (Graham/Lew/Thomson)


58 32 17 STEPS The Ultimate Collection Sony RCA 88691957842 (ARV) (Topham/Twigg/Waterman/Frampton/Kreuger/Elofssen/Romdhane/Larossi/Stack/Taylor/Kennedy/Jayawardena)


59 61 33 BON JOVI Greatest Hits Mercury 2752339 (ARV) 2 (Fairbairn/Bon Jovi/Ebbin/Sambora/Shanks/Rock/Collins/Benson)


60 58 30 NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Sour Mash JDNCCD10 (E) 2 (Gallagher/Sardy)


61 N


MY BLOODY VALENTINE Isn’t Anything Sony 88697312082 (ARV) (My Bloody Valentine)


62 60 17 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger RCA 88697961802 (ARV) (Kennedy/Dean/Jones/Kurstin/Abraham/Oligee/Gad/Roberts/Miley/Halbert/Jerkins/Lindal/DeStefano/Benson)


63 63 61 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Legend Tuff Gong 0073145867142 (ARV) (Marley/Various)


64 53 78 RIHANNA Loud Def Jam 2752365 (ARV) 62 (StarGate/Vee/Harrell/Bozeman/The Runners/Riddick/PolowDaDon/Sham/Mel&Mus/Stewart/Dean/Soundz/Alex Da Kid)


65 R


SKRILLEX Bangarang Asylum 0075679963352 (ARV) (Skrillex/Gartner/12th Planet/Kill The Noise)


66 54 67 CHASE & STATUS No More Idols Mercury 2745135 (ARV)  (Kennard/Milton/Nowels/Sub Focus/Plan B)


67 52 10 MILITARY WIVES In My Dreams Decca 2796665 (ARV) (Cohen)


68 14 2 MARILYN MANSON Born Villain Cooking Vinyl COOKCD554 (Essential/GEM) (Manson/Vrenna)


69 64 55 SNOW PATROL Up To Now Fiction 2720709 (ARV) 2 (Jacknife Lee/McClelland/Lightbody/Doogan/Brennan/Watson)


70 31 3 72 N


73 39 3 74 45 4


75 R


RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Out Of The Game Polydor 2795428 (ARV) (Ronson)


71 65 50 THE VACCINES What Did You Expect From The Vaccines? Columbia 88697841451 (ARV) (Grech-Marguerat)


JD MCPHERSON Signs & Signifiers Rounder 6187212 (ARV) (tbc)


CHIEFTAINS Voice Of Ages Concord 7233437 (ARV) (T-Bone Burnett)


TWIN ATLANTIC Free Red Bull 5099909771055 (E) (Norton)


BEYONCE 4 Columbia/Parkwood Ent. 88697908242 (ARV) (Knowles/Nash/Stewart/Bhasker/Taylor/Babyface/Dixon/S1/West/Switch/Diplo/Tedder/Kutzle)


Official Charts Company 2012.


Adele 4 Adele 34 Alabama Shakes 25 Albarn, Damon 42 B.O.B 30 Bee Gees 38 Beyonce 75 Black Keys, The 41 Bon Jovi 59 Chase & Status 66 Chieftains 73 Clare, Alex 22 Clarkson, Kelly 62


Coldplay 19 Cover Drive 14 Cribs, The 9 Drake 46 Ferguson, Rebecca 6 Fleetwood Mac 49 Florence + The Machine 54, 55 Gotye 8 Guetta, David 27 Hawley, Richard 3 Howard, Ben 21 Jay-Z & Kanye West 53


Jessie J 12 Jones, Norah 26 Justin Fletcher 57 Keane 1 King Charles 36 Kiwanuka, Michael 47 Labrinth 28 LMFAO 24 Madonna 39 Manson, Marilyn 68 Marina And The Diamonds 13 Marley, Bob & The


Wailers 63 Mars, Bruno 32 Maverick Sabre 23 McPherson, JD 72 Military Wives 67 Minaj, Nicki 18 Minaj, Nicki 51 Moshi Monsters 44 Mraz, Jason 40 Murs, Olly 7 My Bloody Valentine 33 My Bloody Valentine 50 My Bloody Valentine 61


Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 60 One Direction 29 Perry, Katy 52 Plan B 48 Proclaimers, The 31 Rey, Lana Del 5 Rihanna 17 Rihanna 64 Rizzle Kicks 16 Sande, Emeli 2 Script, The 20 Script, The 35


Sheeran, Ed 11 Skrillex 65 Snow Patrol 69 Springsteen, Bruce 43 Steps 58 Stereophonics 37 Storm Corrosion 45 Train 15 Twin Atlantic 74 Vaccines, The 71 Wainwright, Rufus 70 White, Jack 10 Young, Will 56


Key Platinum (300,000) Gold (100,000) Silver (60,000) 1m European sales


BPI Awards Singles


Professor Green feat. Emeli Sande: Read All About It (gold)


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