www.musicweek.com CHARTSUKALBUMS WEEK 26 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)


LINKIN PARK Living Things Warner Brothers 9362495007 (ARV) (Rubin/Shinoda)


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MAROON 5 Overexposed A&M/Octone 3704278 (ARV) (Martin/Shellback/Blanco/Robopop/Levine/MdL/Tedder/Zancanella/Passovoy/West/Valentine/Farrar/Rotem/Kang/Spiegel/Supreme Cuts/Maroon 5)


3 7 42 ED SHEERAN + Asylum 5249864652 (ARV) 4 (Gosling/Hugall/Sheeran/No I.D)


4 12 JUSTIN BIEBER Believe. Def Jam 3701673 (ARV) (Various)


5 4 20 EMELI SANDE Our Version Of Events Virgin CDV3094 (E)  (Spencer/Haynie/Naughty Boy/Mojam/Herman/Millard/Harrison/Craze/Hoax/Keys/Sande)


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CHERYL A Million Lights Polydor 3704302 (ARV) (Alex Da Kid/Harris/Pantha/will I am/Agent X/HyGrade/iSHi/Dada Life/Cruz/Wollo/Kid Gloves/Jim Beanz)


7 20 32 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)


FLO-RIDA Wild Ones Atlantic 7567883340 (ARV) (tbc)


9 13 32 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)


10 35 PALOMA FAITH Fall To Grace RCA 88691955512 (ARV) (Hooper/Gosling/Al Shux/Arnold)


11 5 3


AMY MACDONALD Life In A Beautiful Light Vertigo 3704138 (ARV) (Wilkinson)


12 9 36 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 0875531 (E) 4 (Dravs/Green/Simpson)


13 22 33 BEN HOWARD Every Kingdom Island 2771686 (ARV)  (Bond)


14 10 40 BEE GEES Number Ones Reprise 8122798857 (ARV)  (Bee Gees/Stigwood/Mardin/Richardson/Galuten/Tench)


15 14 75 ADELE 21 XL XLCD520 (PIAS) 16 (FT Smith/Rubin/Epworth/Abbiss/Wilson/Adkins)


16 83 USHER Looking 4 Myself RCA 88691971772 (ARV) (Various)


17 15 22 LANA DEL REY Born To Die Polydor/Stranger 2787091 (ARV) (Haynie/Parker/Berger/Robopop/Bhasker/Daly/Sneddon/Bauer-Mein/Nowels/Braide/Shux/Skarbek/Howe)


18 6 5


GARY BARLOW & THE COMMONWEALTH BAND Sing Decca 3702358 (ARV) (Barlow/Kennedy/Carline/Power/Baker/Cohen)


19 18 70 JESSIE J Who You Are Island/Lava 2758627 (ARV) 3 (Dr. Luke/Brissett/Cornish/Martin K/OakThe Invisible Men/Parker & James/Thomas/Gad/Gordon)


20 28 13 NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded Cash Money/Island 2796668 (ARV)  (Various)


21 38 4 THE STONE ROSES The Very Best Of Silvertone 82876536422 (ARV) (Leckie/Dawson/Schroeder/Hook)


22 24 37 NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds Sour Mash JDNCCD10 (E) 2 (Gallagher/Sardy)


23 26 32 ONE DIRECTION Up All Night Syco 88697843642 (ARV) (Various)


24 17 3


FLEETWOOD MAC 25 Years - The Chain Rhino 8122797302 (ARV) (Birch/Buckingham/Caillat/Chess/Dashut/Fleetwood Mac/Hughes/Ladanyi/ Leonard/Mays/Olsen/Spencer/Vernon)


25 32 11 TRAIN California 37 Columbia 88691987822 (ARV) (Walker/Sinclair/Espionage/Wattenberg/Parq/Hodges)


26 25 24 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger RCA 88697961802 (ARV) (Kennedy/Dean/Jones/Kurstin/Abraham/Oligee/Gad/Roberts/Miley/Halbert/Jerkins/Lindal/DeStefano/Benson)


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GINGER WILDHEART 100% Round GWCD100 (Townsend/Arvato) (Dowling/tbc)


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


NETSKY 2 Hospital 5060208842777 (SRD) (Daenen)


30 23 16 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Wrecking Ball Columbia 88691942541 (ARV) (Aniello/Springsteen)


31 35 31 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)


32 27 5


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


33 43 35 RIZZLE KICKS Stereo Typical Island 2780337 (ARV)  (Whiting/The Rural/Spencer/Future Cut/Dodds/Barratt/fat boy slim/Chiarelli/Caruana)


34 40 96 KATY PERRY Teenage Dream Virgin CDV3084 (E) 3 (Dr. Luke/Blanco/Martin/StarGate/Stewart/Harrell/Ammo/Wells)


35 42 13 LABRINTH Electronic Earth Syco 88691932932 (ARV) (Labrinth/Da Digglar/Ghenea/McKenzie/Williams)


36 N 38 11 2


THE LEVELLERS Static On The Airwaves On The Fiddle OTFCD006 (rom arv) (Lakeman)


37 33 21 MAVERICK SABRE Lonely Are The Brave Mercury 2770559 (ARV) (Utters/Prime/Sabre/Hogarth/FT Smith/Eg White)


CARRIE UNDERWOOD Blown Away Arista 88725412262 (ARV) (Bright)


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


WK CHRT (PRODUCER)


39 31 44 DAVID GUETTA Nothing But The Beat Positiva/Virgin PV0838942 (E)  (Guetta/Vee/Caren/Tuinfort/Riesterer/Black Raw/Afrojack/Luttrell/Avicii)


40 29 8


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


41 30 68 BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS Legend Tuff Gong 0073145867142 (ARV) (Marley/Various)


42 41 35 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Ceremonials Island 2782808 (ARV)  (Epworth)


43 N


45 21 5 46 12 4


THE OFFSPRING Days Go By Columbia 88697647632 (ARV) (Rock)


44 36 76 BRUNO MARS Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra 7567883304 (ARV) 4 (The Smeezingtons/Needlz/The Supa Dups)


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


SLASH FEAT. MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS Apocalyptic Love Roadrunner CG54214LP (ADA Arv) (Valentine)


47 54 30 THE BLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch 7559796331 (ARV)  (Danger Mouse/The Black Keys)


48 37 74 STEREOPHONICS A Decade In The Sun - Best Of V2/Mercury 1780699 (rom arv) 2 (Jones/Lowe)


49 45 10 JACK WHITE Blunderbuss XL XLCD566 (PIAS)  (White)


50 39 33 DRAKE Take Care Cash Money/Island 2783262 (ARV)  (Shebib/Boi 1da/Montagnese/The Weeknd/xx Smith/T-Minus/Just Blaze/Graham/Cashe/McKinney)


51 N 52 R


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55 N 56 R


METRIC Synthetica MMI MET80112 (PIAS) (Metric)


THE STONE ROSES Stone Roses Silvertone 11842J (ARV)  (Leckie)


GOJIRA L’enfant Sauvage Roadrunner RR76512 (ADA Arv) (tbc)


MICHAEL JACKSON Number Ones Epic (ARV) 6 (Jones/Jackson/Various)


FRANKIE VALLI/THE FOUR SEASONS Working My Way Back To You Rhino 5249837702 (ARV)  (Crewe/tbc)


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


57 72 83 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)


58 57 20 GOTYE Making Mirrors Island 2792285 (ARV)  (De Backer)


59 74 76 NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday Cash Money/Island 2754184 (ARV)  (Kane/Swizz Beatz/Crawford/Money/Rotem/Wansel/Oak/T-Minus/will.i.am/Drew Money)


60 62 24 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Greatest Hits Columbia 4785552 (ARV) 2 (Springsteen/Cretecos/Landau/Plotkin/Appel/Ludwig/V)


61 59 12 ALABAMA SHAKES Boys & Girls Rough Trade 0880882178727 (PIAS)  (Alabama Shakes)


62 52 145 ADELE 19 XL XLCD313 (PIAS) 6 (Abbiss/White/Ronson)


63 N 65 R


67 34 3 68 R


JEDWARD Young Love Universal Ireland 3707442 (ARV) (Priddy/Deekay/Duck and Paddy/DBH/Lundberg/Haggstam/Gustafson/Reflection)


64 48 94 THE SCRIPT The Script Phonogenic 88697361942 (ARV) 2 (The Script)


ALT-J An Awesome Wave Infectious INFECT134CD (PIAS) (Andrew)


66 58 128 MUMFORD & SONS Sigh No More Gentlemen Of The Road/Island (ARV) 4 (Dravs)


HOT CHIP In Our Heads Domino WIGCD293 (PIAS) (Hot Chip/Ralph)


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


69 67 37 BON JOVI Greatest Hits Mercury 2752339 (ARV) 2 (Fairbairn/Bon Jovi/Ebbin/Sambora/Shanks/Rock/Collins/Benson)


70 51 41 LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking Interscope 2774463 (ARV) (Party Rock/Afuni/Harris/RedFoo/LMFAO)


71 R 72 R 73 R


75 19 2


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


DAVID BOWIE The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust EMI (E)  (Bowie/Scott)


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


74 69 8 MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS Electra Heart 679/Atlantic 5310521552 (ARV) (Nowels/Reid/Dr Luke/Cirkut/Diplo/Kurstin/Karaoglu/Howe)


SMASHING PUMPKINS Oceania Martha’s Music MM001 (E) (Corgan/Thorsrud)


Official Charts Company 2012.


Adele 15, 62 Alabama Shakes 61 Alt-J 65 Barlow, Gary & The Commonwealth Band 18 Bee Gees 14 Bieber, Justin 4 Black Keys, The 47 Bon Jovi 69 Bowie, David 72 Chase & Status 68 Clarkson, Kelly 26 Coldplay 12


Cole, Cheryl 6 Drake 50 Fleetwood Mac 24 Flo-Rida 8 Florence + The Machine 42, 73 Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons 55 Fun. 28 Gojira 53 Gotye 58 Guetta, David 39 Hot Chip 67


Howard, Ben 13 Jackson, Michael 54 Jay-Z & Kanye West 7 Jedward 63 Jessie J 19 Keane 40 Labrinth 35 Levellers, The 36 Linkin Park 1 LMFAO 70 Macdonald, Amy 11 Marina And The Diamonds 74


Marley, Bob & The Wailers 41 Maroon 5 2 Mars, Bruno 44 Maverick Sabre 37 Metric 51 Minaj, Nicki 20, 59 Mumford & Sons 66 Murs, Olly 31 Netsky 29 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 22 Offspring, The 43


One Direction 23 Paloma Faith 10 Paul Simon 45 Perry, Katy 34 Plan B 56 Rey, Lana Del 17 Rihanna 9, 57 Rizzle Kicks 33 Rumer 32 Sande, Emeli 5 Script, The 64 Sheeran, Ed 3 Slash Feat. Myles


Kennedy And The Conspirators 46 Smashing Pumpkins 75 Springsteen, Bruce 30, 60 Stereophonics 48 Stone Roses, The 21, 52 Train 25 Underwood, Carrie 38 Usher 16 Vaccines, The 71 White, Jack 49 Wildheart, Ginger 27


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


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