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THE OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS CHART 1 N


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


(PRODUCER)


CHRISBROWN Fortune RCA 88691960552 (ARV) (Various)


2 2 2 MAROON5 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 1 2


LINKINPARK LivingThingsWarner Brothers 9362495007 (ARV) (Rubin/Shinoda)


4 3 43 EDSHEERAN +Asylum5249864652 (ARV) 4 (Gosling/Hugall/Sheeran/No I.D)


5 5 21 EMELI SANDE OurVersion Of Events Virgin CDV3094 (E) 1 (Spencer/Haynie/Naughty Boy/Mojam/Herman/Millard/Harrison/Craze/Hoax/Keys/Sand?)


6 45 6 PAUL SIMON Graceland Sony 88691914712 (ARV) (Simon/Halee)


7 12 37 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 0875531 (E) 4 (Dravs/Green/Simpson)


8 9 33 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 15 76 ADELE 21 XL XLCD520 (PIAS) 16 (FT Smith/Rubin/Epworth/Abbiss/Wilson/Adkins)


10 7 33 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)


11 10 6


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


12 14 41 BEEGEES Number Ones Reprise 8122798857 (ARV)  (Bee Gees/Stigwood/Mardin/Richardson/Galuten/Tench)


13 17 23 LANADELREY BornTo Die Polydor/Stranger 2787091 (ARV) (Haynie/Parker/Berger/Robopop/Bhasker/Daly/Sneddon/Bauer-Mein/Nowels/Braide/Shux/Skarbek/Howe)


14 43 JUSTINBIEBER Believe. Def Jam3701673 (ARV) (Various)


15 11 4


AMYMACDONALD Life In A Beautiful Light Vertigo 3704138 (ARV) (Wilkinson)


16 63 CHERYL AMillion Lights Polydor 3704302 (ARV) (Alex Da Kid/Harris/Pantha/will I am/Agent X/HyGrade/iSHi/Dada Life/Cruz/Wollo/Kid Gloves/JimBeanz)


17 13 34 BENHOWARD Every KingdomIsland 2771686 (ARV)  (Bond)


18 25 12 TRAIN California 37 Columbia 88691987822 (ARV) (Walker/Sinclair/Espionage/Wattenberg/Parq/Hodges)


19 19 71 JESSIE J WhoYou Are Island/Lava 2758627 (ARV) 3 (Dr. Luke/Brissett/Cornish/Martin K/OakThe InvisibleMen/Parker & James/Thomas/Gad/Gordon)


20 21 5


22 8 2 23 28 7


THE STONEROSES TheVery Best Of Silvertone 82876536422 (ARV) (Leckie/Dawson/Schroeder/Hook)


21 26 25 KELLY CLARKSON Stronger RCA 88697961802 (ARV) (Kennedy/Dean/Jones/Kurstin/Abraham/Oligee/Gad/Roberts/Miley/Halbert/Jerkins/Lindal/DeStefano/Benson)


FLO-RIDA Wild Ones Atlantic 7567883340 (ARV) (DJ Frank E/Glass/SoFly/Nuis/Axwell/Caren/Dr. Luke/Cirkut/Gough/Feenixpawl/Love/Medor/Earl & E/The Futuristics/Baumer/Hoogstraten/Goonrock/RedFoo)


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


24 23 33 ONEDIRECTION Up All Night Syco 88697843642 (ARV) (Mac/Falk/Yacoub/Rawling/Meehan/Squire/Solomon/Meredith/Stannard/Howes/Gad/Robson/RedOne/BeatGeek/JimmyJoker/Rawling/Meehan/Gaudino/Rooney)


25 20 14 NICKIMINAJ Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded CashMoney/Island 2796668 (ARV)  (Various)


26 N 28 16 4 30 18 6


MARY CHAPINCARPENTER Ashes And Roses Rounder 4311502 (ARV) (tbc)


27 34 97 KATY PERRY Teenage DreamVirgin CDV3084 (E) 3 (Dr. Luke/Blanco/Martin/StarGate/Stewart/Harrell/Ammo/Wells)


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


29 31 32 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)


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


31 35 14 LABRINTH Electronic Earth Syco 88691932932 (ARV) (Labrinth/Da Digglar/Ghenea/McKenzie/Williams)


32 39 45 DAVIDGUETTA Nothing But The Beat Positiva/Virgin 0838951 (E)  (Guetta/Vee/Caren/Tuinfort/Riesterer/Black Raw/Afrojack/Luttrell/Avicii)


33 22 38 NOELGALLAGHER’SHIGHFLYINGBIRDS Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds SourMash JDNCCD10 (E) 2 (Gallagher/Sardy)


34 24 4 35 40 9


FLEETWOODMAC 25Years - The Chain Rhino 8122797302 (ARV) (Birch/Buckingham/Caillat/Chess/Dashut/FleetwoodMac/Hughes/Ladanyi/ Leonard/Mays/Olsen/Spencer/Vernon)


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


36 33 36 RIZZLE KICKS StereoTypical Island 2780337 (ARV)  (Whiting/The Rural/Spencer/Future Cut/Dodds/Barratt/fat boy slim/Chiarelli/Caruana)


37 37 22 MAVERICK SABRE Lonely AreThe Brave Mercury 2770559 (ARV) (Utters/Prime/Sabre/Hogarth/FT Smith/EgWhite)


38 42 36 FLORENCE+THEMACHINE Ceremonials Island 2782808 (ARV)  (Epworth)


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


(PRODUCER) 39 32 6


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


40 49 11 JACKWHITE Blunderbuss XL XLCD566 (PIAS)  (White)


41 50 34 DRAKE Take Care CashMoney/Island 2783262 (ARV)  (Shebib/Boi 1da/Montagnese/TheWeeknd/xx Smith/T-Minus/Just Blaze/Graham/Cashe/McKinney)


42 52 18 THE STONEROSES Stone Roses Silvertone 82876539712 (ARV)  (Leckie)


43 N


THE KINGBLUES Long LiveThe Struggle Transmission TRANSCD009H (PIAS) (Feldmann)


44 41 69 BOBMARLEY&THEWAILERS Legend Tuff Gong 0073145867142 (ARV) (Marley/Various)


45 44 77 BRUNOMARS Doo-Wops&Hooligans Elektra 7567883304 (ARV) 4 (The Smeezingtons/Needlz/The Supa Dups)


46 47 31 THEBLACK KEYS El Camino Nonesuch 7559796225 (ARV)  (DangerMouse/The Black Keys)


47 55 2


FRANKIEVALLI/THE FOURSEASONS WorkingMyWay Back ToYou Rhino 5249837702 (ARV)  (Crewe/tbc)


48 30 17 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Wrecking Ball Columbia 88691942541 (ARV) (Aniello/Springsteen)


49 56 91 PLANB The Defamation Of Strickland Banks 679/Atlantic 5186584712 (ARV) 42 (Ballance-Drew/Epworth/Appapoulay/McEwan)


50 70 42 LMFAO Sorry For Party Rocking Interscope 2774463 (ARV) (Party Rock/Afuni/Harris/RedFoo/LMFAO)


51 58 21 GOTYE MakingMirrors Island 2792285 (ARV)  (De Backer)


52 R


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


53 61 13 ALABAMA SHAKES Boys&Girls Rough Trade 0880882178727 (PIAS)  (Alabama Shakes)


54 54 105 MICHAEL JACKSON Number Ones Epic (ARV) 6 (Jones/Jackson/Various)


55 48 75 STEREOPHONICS A Decade InThe Sun - Best Of V2/Mercury 1780699 (romarv) 2 (Jones/Lowe)


56 R


LADY ANTEBELLUM NeedYou NowCapitol/Parlophone 6336412 (E)  (Worley/Shaw)


57 62 146 ADELE 19 XL XLCD313 (PIAS) 6 (Abbiss/White/Ronson)


58 59 77 NICKIMINAJ Pink Friday CashMoney/Island 2754184 (ARV)  (Kane/Swizz Beatz/Crawford/Money/Rotem/Wansel/Oak/T-Minus/will.i.am/DrewMoney)


59 46 5 61 65 4


SLASHFEAT.MYLES KENNEDY ANDTHE CONSPIRATORS Apocalyptic Love Roadrunner CG54214LP (ADA Arv) (Valentine)


60 57 84 RIHANNA Loud Def Jam2752365 (ARV) 62 (StarGate/Vee/Harrell/Bozeman/The Runners/Riddick/PolowDaDon/Sham/Mel&Mus/Stewart/Dean/Soundz/Alex Da Kid)


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


62 64 95 THE SCRIPT The Script Phonogenic 88697361942 (ARV) 2 (The Script)


63 69 38 BONJOVI Greatest Hits Mercury 2752339 (ARV) 2 (Fairbairn/Bon Jovi/Ebbin/Sambora/Shanks/Rock/Collins/Benson)


64 73 136 FLORENCE+THEMACHINE Lungs Island 1797940 (ARV) 5 (Epworth/Ford/Mackie/Hugall/White)


65 R


66 38 3 67 R


69 N 70 R 71 R


ABBA 18 Hits Polar 9831452 (ARV)  (Andersson/Ulvaeus)


CARRIEUNDERWOOD Blown Away Arista 88697980942 (ARV) (Bright)


ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits Polydor (ARV) 13 (Andersson/Ulvaeus)


68 60 25 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Greatest Hits Columbia 4785552 (ARV) 2 (Springsteen/Cretecos/Landau/Plotkin/Appel/Ludwig/V)


ASIA XXX Frontiers FRCD560 (E) (Paxman)


JAY-Z The Hits CollectionVol. 1 Def Jam0602527388113 (ARV)  (Just Blaze/West/No-ID/The Neptunes/Sparks/Rubin/Shux/Sewell-Ulepic/Hunte/Timbaland/DJMark/Diddy)


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


72 71 52 THEVACCINES What DidYou Expect FromTheVaccines? Columbia 88697841451 (ARV) (Grech-Marguerat)


73 68 69 CHASE&STATUS NoMore Idols Mercury 2745135 (ARV)  (Kennard/Milton/Nowels/Sub Focus/Plan B)


74 29 2


NETSKY 2 Hospital 5060208842777 (SRD) (Daenen)


75 74 9 MARINA ANDTHEDIAMONDS Electra Heart 679/Atlantic 5310521552 (ARV) (Nowels/Reid/Dr Luke/Cirkut/Diplo/Kurstin/Karaoglu/Howe)


Official Charts Company 2012.


Abba 65, 67 Adele 9, 57 Alabama Shakes 53 Alt-J 61 Asia 69 Barlow, Gary 30 Bee Gees 12 Bieber, Justin 14 Black Keys, The 46 Bon Jovi 63 Brown, Chris 1 Chapin Carpenter, Mary 26


Chase & Status 73 Clarkson, Kelly 21 Coldplay 7 Cole, Cheryl 16 Drake 41 Fleetwood Mac 34 Flo-Rida 22 Florence + The Machine 38, 64 Frankie Valli/The Four Seasons 47 Fun. 23 Gotye 51


Guetta, David 32 Howard, Ben 17 Jackson, Michael 54 Jay-Z 70 Jay-Z & Kanye West 10 Jessie J 19 Keane 35 King Blues, The 43 Labrinth 31 Lady Antebellum 56 Linkin Park 3 LMFAO 50 Macdonald, Amy 15


Marina And The Diamonds 75 Marley, Bob & The Wailers 44 Maroon 5 2 Mars, Bruno 45 Maverick Sabre 37 Minaj, Nicki 25, 58 Murs, Olly 29 Netsky 74 Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds 33 One Direction 24


Paloma Faith 11 Paul Simon 6 Perry, Katy 27 Plan B 49 Rey, Lana Del 13 Rihanna 8, 60 Rizzle Kicks 36 Rumer 39 Sande, Emeli 5 Scissor Sisters 71 Script, The 62 Sheeran, Ed 4 Slash Feat. Myles


Kennedy And The Conspirators 59 Springsteen, Bruce 48, 68 Stereophonics 55 Stone Roses, The 20, 42 Train 18 Underwood, Carrie 66 Usher 28 Vaccines, The 72 White, Jack 40 Will Young 52


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


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