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CHARTSUKALBUMS WEEK 23 incorporating seven-inch, 12-inch, CDs, LPs, digital bundles, download sales and cassettes.©Official Charts Company 2012. THE OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS CHART


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


(PRODUCER) 1 1 2 3 2 2


GARYBARLOW&THE COMMONWEALTHBAND Sing Decca 3702358 (ARV) (Barlow/Kennedy/Carline/Power/Baker/Cohen)


2 13 39 EDSHEERAN +Asylum5249864652 (ARV) 4 (Gosling/Hugall/Sheeran/No I.D)


PALOMA FAITH Fall To Grace RCA 88691955512 (ARV) (Hooper/Gosling/Al Shux/Arnold)


4 7 37 BEEGEES Number Ones Reprise 8122798857 (ARV)  (Bee Gees/Stigwood/Mardin/Richardson/Galuten/Tench)


5 11 33 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 0875531 (E) 3 (Dravs/Green/Simpson)


6 6 17 EMELI SANDE OurVersion Of Events Virgin CDV3094 (E)  (Spencer/Haynie/Naughty Boy/Mojam/Herman/Millard/Harrison/Craze/Hoax/Keys/Sandé)


7 20 67 JESSIE J WhoYou Are Island/Lava 2758627 (ARV) 3 (Dr. Luke/Brissett/Cornish/Martin K/OakThe InvisibleMen/Parker & James/Thomas/Gad/Gordon)


8 9 29 RIHANNA Talk That Talk Def Jam2787842 (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)


9 3 2 10 R


11 N 13 N


15 N 16 N


18 N 19 N


20 12 5


RUMER Boys Don’t Cry Atlantic 5310523071 (ARV) (Brown/Rumer/Muskett/Foster)


PAUL SIMON Graceland Sony 88691914712 (ARV) (Simon/Halee)


KYLIEMINOGUE The Best Of KylieMinogue Parlophone 6357792 (E) (Various)


12 10 72 ADELE 21 XL XLCD520 (PIAS) 16 (FT Smith/Rubin/Epworth/Abbiss/Wilson/Adkins)


DEXYS One Day I’mGoingTo Soar BMG Rights 538002002 (Absolute Arvato) (Schwier/Talbot/Rowland)


14 52 RUSSELLWATSON Anthems Sony 88691991672 (ARV) (Patrick)


BEACHBOYS That’sWhy GodMadeThe Radio Capitol 6028242 (E) (Wilson/Fauerso)


NEIL YOUNG&CRAZYHORSE Americana Reprise 9362495085 (ARV) (Young /Hanlon/Humphreys)


17 17 19 LANADELREY BornTo Die Polydor/Stranger 2787091 (ARV) (Haynie/Parker/Berger/Robopop/Bhasker/Daly/Sneddon/Bauer-Mein/Nowels/Braide/Shux/Skarbek/Howe)


ALEXANDRABURKE Heartbreak On Hold RCA 88691999002 (ARV) (Gamson/Reynolds/Sympho Nympho/Spencer/Cutfather/Gill/Davidsen/iSHi/Reynolds/Woods/Secon/Smash/Falke/Lisinski/Wilkinson/Red Triangle/Adams)


KAISERCHIEFS Souvenir : The Singles 2004 -2012 Polydor/B Unique BUN167CD (ARV) (Street/Ronson/James/Hodgson/Wilkinson/Visconti/Harris/Broudie/O’Hagan/Johns)


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


21 15 17 GOTYE MakingMirrors Island 2792285 (ARV)  (De Backer)


22 14 30 BENHOWARD Every KingdomIsland 2771686 (ARV)  (Bond)


23 22 32 RIZZLE KICKS StereoTypical Island 2780337 (ARV)  (Whiting/The Rural/Spencer/Future Cut/Dodds/Barratt/fat boy slim/Chiarelli/Caruana)


24 36 91 THE SCRIPT The Script Phonogenic 88697361942 (ARV) 2 (The Script)


25 42 SCISSORSISTERS Magic Hour Polydor 3700441 (ARV) (Scissor Sisters/Ridha/Pharrell/The Neptunes/Harris/Price)


26 R


ALFIEBOE Bring HimHome Decca 2759210 (ARV) (Morgan/Pochin)


27 43 21 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger RCA 88697961802 (ARV) (Kennedy/Dean/Jones/Kurstin/Abraham/Oligee/Gad/Roberts/Miley/Halbert/Jerkins/Lindal/DeStefano/Benson)


28 55 65 BOBMARLEY&THEWAILERS Legend Tuff Gong 0073145867142 (ARV) (Marley/Various)


29 23 29 JAY-Z&KANYEWEST WatchTheThrone 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)


30 N 31 16 3


BOBSEGER Ultimate Hits - Rock And Roll Never Capitol 9461512 (E) (Seger/The Silver Bullet/Muscle Shoals/Punch/Richardson/Cole/Faltermeyer/Forsey/Iovine)


FUN. Some Nights Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen FUEL5280482 (ARV) (Bhasker/tbc)


32 29 29 ONEDIRECTION Up All Night Syco 88697843642 (ARV) ( Various)


33 25 10 NICKIMINAJ Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded CashMoney/Island 2796668 (ARV)  (Various)


34 N 36 N 37 26 3


BLACK SABBATH IronMan - The Best Of Sanctuary 3706150 (ARV) (Black Sabbath/Bain/tbc)


35 37 18 MAVERICK SABRE Lonely AreThe Brave Mercury 2770559 (ARV) (Utters/Prime/Sabre/Hogarth/FT Smith/EgWhite)


LADYHAWKE Anxiety Modular/Island 2793358 (ARV) (Brown/Gabriel)


TOMJONES Spirit InThe RoomIsland 3701820 (ARV) (Johns)


38 27 38 LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking Interscope 2774463 (ARV) (Party Rock/Afuni/Harris/RedFoo/LMFAO)


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


(PRODUCER)


39 41 9 40 R


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


DAVIDBOWIE The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust EMI DBZS40 (E)  (Bowie/Scott)


41 32 28 OLLYMURS In CaseYou Didn’t KnowEpic/Syco 88697940942 (ARV) 2 (The Fearless/Argyle/Brammer/Robson/Future Cut/Frampton/Jordan-Patrikios/Smith/Fitzmaurice/Heelis/Prime/Metrophonic)


42 34 41 DAVIDGUETTA Nothing But The Beat Positiva/Virgin PV0838942 (E)  (Guetta/Vee/Caren/Tuinfort/Riesterer/Black Raw/Afrojack/Luttrell/Avicii)


43 R 44 40 7


ALFIEBOE Alfie Decca 2777376 (ARV) (Morgan/Pochin)


JACKWHITE Blunderbuss XL XLCD566 (PIAS)  (White)


45 54 57 THE SCRIPT Science&Faith Phonogenic 88697754492 (ARV)  (Sheehan/O’Donoghue/Frampton/Kipner)


46 31 10 LABRINTH Electronic Earth Syco 88691932932 (ARV) (Labrinth/Da Digglar/Ghenea/McKenzie/Williams)


47 N


PATTI SMITH Banga Columbia 88697222172 (ARV) (Smith/Shanahan/Daugherty/Kaye)


48 82 SIGURROS Valtari Parlophone P6235551 (E) (Birgisson/Sveinsson/Holm/Dyrason)


49 39 27 THEBLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch 7559796331 (ARV)  (DangerMouse/The Black Keys)


50 47 30 DRAKE Take Care CashMoney/Island 2783262 (ARV)  (Shebib/Boi 1da/Montagnese/TheWeeknd/xx Smith/T-Minus/Just Blaze/Graham/Cashe/McKinney)


51 28 9 52 R


53 51 8


ALEX CLARE The Lateness Of The Hour Island 2770437 (ARV) (Diplo/Switch/Rechtshaid/Spencer/The Shining/EgWhite)


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


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


54 56 93 KATY PERRY Teenage DreamVirgin CDV3084 (E) 3 (Dr. Luke/Blanco/Martin/StarGate/Stewart/Harrell/Ammo/Wells)


55 45 142 ADELE 19 XL XLCD313 (PIAS) 6 (Abbiss/White/Ronson)


56 R


MILITARYWIVES InMy Dreams Decca 2796665 (ARV) (Cohen)


57 67 19 PROFESSORGREEN. AtYour Inconvenience Virgin CDV3092 (E)  (16bit/Hayes/The Young Boyz/Scharff/iSHi/TMS/Craze)


58 62 11 BEEGEES The Ultimate Bee Gees Reprise/Rhino 8122798477 (ARV)  (Various)


59 50 11 MADONNA MDNA Interscope 2796815 (ARV) (Madonna/Benassi/Benassi/Demolition Crew/Orbit/Solveig/Ahlund/Malih/Indiigo/Free School)


60 49 4 61 R


TENACIOUSD Rize Of The Fenix Columbia 88691952322 (ARV) (Kimbrough/King)


MAROON5 Hands All Over A&M/Octone 2749822 (ARV) (Lange)


62 48 73 BRUNOMARS Doo-Wops&Hooligans Elektra 7567883304 (ARV) 4 (The Smeezingtons/Needlz/The Supa Dups)


63 66 34 NOELGALLAGHER?SHIGHFLYINGBIRDS Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds SourMash JDNCCD10 (E) 2 (Gallagher/Sardy)


64 38 27 REBECCA FERGUSON Heaven RCA 88691952562 (ARV)  (EgWhite/Smith/Taylor/Higgins/Xenomania/Lattimer/Christie/Booker/FT Smith)


65 46 71 STEREOPHONICS A Decade InThe Sun - Best Of V2/Mercury 1780699 (romarv) 2 (Jones/Lowe)


66 19 2 67 33 3


ALT-J An AwesomeWave Infectious INFECT134CD (PIAS) (Andrew)


JOEBONAMASSA DrivingTowards The Daylight Provogue PRD73691 (ADA Arv) (Shirley)


68 73 32 FLORENCE+THEMACHINE Ceremonials Island 2782808 (ARV)  (Epworth)


69 53 6 MARINA ANDTHEDIAMONDS Electra Heart 679/Atlantic 5310521552 (ARV) (Nowels/Reid/Dr Luke/Cirkut/Diplo/Kurstin/Karaoglu/Howe)


70 60 45 RUMER Seasons OfMy Soul Atlantic 5052498455225 (ARV)  (Brown)


71 N 72 R


74 R 75 N


THEHIVES Lex Hives Columbia Deutschland 88697630092 (ARV) (The Hives)


MADNESS TotalMadness Union Square 0698458901484 (SDU) (Langer/Winstanley)


73 68 74 NICKIMINAJ Pink Friday CashMoney/Island 2754184 (ARV)  (Kane/Swizz Beatz/Crawford/Money/Rotem/Wansel/Oak/T-Minus/will.i.am/DrewMoney)


MADNESS CompleteMadness Union Square USMCD016 (SDU) (Various)


DELAIN We AreThe Others Roadrunner RR76492 (ADA Arv) (tbc)


Official Charts Company 2012.


Adele 12, 55 Alabama Shakes 39 Alt-J 66 Barlow, Gary & The Commonwealth Band 1 Bee Gees 4 Bee Gees 58 Black Keys, The 49 Black Sabbath 34 Boe, Alfie 26, 43 Bonamassa, Joe 67 Bowie, David 40 Boys, Beach 15


Burke, Alexandra 18 Clare, Alex 51 Clarkson, Kelly 27 Coldplay 5 Delain 75 Dexys 13 Drake 50 Ferguson, Rebecca 64 Florence + The Machine 68 Fun. 31 Gotye 21 Guetta, David 42


Hives, The 71 Howard, Ben 22 Jay-Z & Kanye West 29 Jessie J 7 Jones, Tom 37 Kaiser Chiefs 19 Keane 20 Labrinth 46 Ladyhawke 36 LMFAO 38 Madness 72 Madness 74 Madonna 59


Marina And The Diamonds 69 Marley, Bob & The Wailers 28 Maroon 5 61 Mars, Bruno 62 Maverick Sabre 35 Military Wives 56 Minaj, Nicki 33 Minaj, Nicki 73 Minogue, Kylie 11 Murs, Olly 41 Noel Gallagher’s High


Flying Birds 63 One Direction 32 Paloma Faith 3 Perry, Katy 54 Professor Green 57 Rey, Lana Del 17 Rihanna 8 Rizzle Kicks 23 Rumer 9 Rumer 70 Sande, Emeli 6 Scissor Sisters 25 Script, The 24, 45


Seger, Bob 30 Sheeran, Ed 2 Sigur Ros 48 Simon, Paul 10 Smith, Patti 47 Springsteen, Bruce 52 Stereophonics 65 Tenacious D 60 Train 53 Watson, Russell 14 White, Jack 44 Young, Neil & Crazy Horse 16


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


BPI Awards Albums


Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun (gold)


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