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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)


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OLLY MURS Right Place Right Time Epic/Syco 88725416352 (ARV) (Future Cut/Robson/Harmony/Kelly/Eliot/TMS/Fitzmaurice/Bunetta/Ryan/Secon/The Fearless/Frampton/Kipner/Argyle/Brammer/Prime)


2 23 ONE DIRECTION Take Me Home Syco 88725439642 (ARV) (Rami/Falk/Gosling/Bunetta/Ryan/Fogelmark/Nedler/Shellback/Dr. Luke/KoOoLkOjAk/Cirkut/Robson)


3 12 RIHANNA Unapologetic Def Jam 3722074 (ARV) (Various)


4 5 12 MICHAEL BUBLE Christmas Reprise 9362494697 (ARV) 62 (Foster/Rock/Gatica)


5 63 ROD STEWART Merry Christmas, Baby Verve 3710368 (ARV) (Foster/Stewart/Savigar)


6 10 4


8 N 9 N


ROBBIE WILLIAMS Take The Crown Island 3716804 (ARV) (Jacknife Lee)


7 8 42 EMELI SANDE Our Version Of Events Virgin CDV3094 (E) 3 (Spencer/Haynie/Naughty Boy/Mojam/Herman/Millard/Harrison/Craze/Hoax/Keys/Sande/Slater/Aikins)


NEIL DIAMOND The Very Best Of Neil Diamond: The Original Studio Recordings Columbia 88765405872 (ARV) (Diamond/Gaudio/Robertson/Catalano/Cogbill/Barry/Greenwich/Moman/Rubin)


GIRLS ALOUD Ten Polydor 3717303 (ARV) (Higgins/Xenomania/Wheatley/The Committee/Eliot)


10 94 ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS ORCHESTRA Magic Of The Movies Decca 3715423 (ARV) (A.Rieu/JP Rieu/Jacobs/Vermeulen)


11 32 LITTLE MIX DNA Syco 88691938472 (ARV) (Mac/TMS/Stannard/Powell/Howes/DAPO/Dean/Higgins/Xenomania/Future Cut/Levine/Ball/Pegasus)


12 11 3 13 N


14 15 3 15 N


16 12 5 17 N


18 7 2


THE ROLLING STONES Grrr! Polydor 3710816 (ARV) (Various)


JEFF WAYNE The War Of The Worlds - The New Generation (Special Collector’s Edition) Sony 88691922572 (ARV) (Wayne)


ALFIE BOE Storyteller Decca 3710614 (ARV) (Hedges)


ALICIA KEYS Girl On Fire RCA 88697941822 (ARV) (Keys/J.Smith/Jerkins/Swizz Beatz/Bhasker/salaamremi.com/PopWansel/Oakwud/Edmonds/Dixon/Ho)


CALVIN HARRIS 18 Months Columbia/Fly Eye 88697859231 (ARV) (Harris/Romero/Reynolds/Knight/Francis)


IL DIVO The Greatest Hits Syco 88725476022 (ARV) (Mac/Stannard/Quintero/Quiz & Larossi/Magnusson/Kreuger)


SUSAN BOYLE Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs From The Stage Syco 88725435722 (ARV) (Stannard)


19 30 12 THE SCRIPT 3 Epic/Phonogenic 88725415472 (ARV) (O’Donoghue/Sheehan/Frampton/Barry/Kipner)


20 42 LED ZEPPELIN Celebration Day Atlantic/Rhino/Swansong 8122796881 (ARV) 1 (Carruthers/Parsons)


21 N


MCFLY The Memory Lane (The Best Of) Island/Super 3722050 (ARV) (Jones/Cruz/Nglish/Austin/Perry/Emery/Padgham/Hardy)


22 16 10 MUMFORD & SONS Babel Gentlemen Of The Road/Island 0892038002626 (ARV) (Dravs)


23 18 64 ED SHEERAN + Asylum 5249864652 (ARV) 51 (Gosling/Hugall/Sheeran/No I.D)


24 N 26 N 27 17 4


KELLY CLARKSON Greatest Hits - Chapter 1 RCA 88765424242 (ARV) (Various)


25 19 28 FUN. Some Nights Atlantic/Fueled By Ramen 7567882628 (ARV) 1 (Bhasker/Haynie/JakeOne)


KATHERINE JENKINS This Is ChristmasWarner Music Entertainment 5310550922 (ARV) 1 (Hedges/Leo Z)


MILITARY WIVES Stronger Together Decca 3710695 (ARV) (Cohen)


28 23 11 PINK The Truth About Love RCA 88725452422 (ARV) (Kurstin/Bhasker/Walker/Hill/Haynie/Martin/Shellback/Mann/Schuler/Dj Khalil/Chin Injeti/Tracklacers/Wilson/tbc)


29 24 27 PALOMA FAITH Fall To Grace RCA 88691955512 (ARV) 1 (Hooper/Gosling/Al Shux/Arnold)


30 28 5 31 20 6


EVA CASSIDY The Best Of Eva Cassidy Blix Street G210206 (ADA Arv) (Biondo/Cassidy/Williams)


TAYLOR SWIFT Red Mercury/Big Machine 3717314 (ARV) (Chapman/Swift/Huff/Wilson/Martin/Shellback/Jacknife Lee/Bhasker)


32 21 44 LANA DEL REY Born To Die Polydor/Stranger 2787091 (ARV) 1 (Haynie/Parker/Berger/Robopop/Bhasker/Daly/Sneddon/Bauer-Mein/Nowels/Braide/Shux/Skarbek/Howe)


33 22 14 RITA ORA Ora Columbia/Roc Nation 88725458362 (ARV) (Switch/Diplo/Nash/The Runners/The Monarch/Chase & Status/Stargate/Kurstin/FT Smith/Loco/De Martino/Taylor/will.i.am/M.Linney/B.Linney/DJ Fresh)


34 14 2 35 27 7 36 25 5 37 26 4 38 13 2


AC/DC Live At River Plate Columbia 0887654123824 (ARV) (Oldham)


THE LUMINEERS The Lumineers Decca 3712589 (ARV) (Hadlock)


KYLIE MINOGUE The Abbey Road Sessions Parlophone P0150222 (E) 1 (Anderson/Elliot)


JLS Evolution RCA 88725469482 (ARV) (Crawford/Dem Jointz/Reynolds/MNEK/The Runners/Anderson/Anderson II/Jerkins/Dawson/TMS/Buelna/Guinto/Reyes/Rogers/The MIDI Mafia)


EXAMPLE The Evolution Of Man MoS MOSART6 (ARV) (Benga/Smith/Feed Me/TommyTrash/Alesso/Dirty South/Sheldrake/Lowe/Skream/Harris/Dada Life/Francis/AN21/Vangeli/Laidback Luke/Flux Pavilion/MOAM/Joker/Dyro)


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


39 32 54 ONE DIRECTION Up All Night Syco 88697843642 (ARV) (Various)


40 31 4 41 N


43 37 7 44 36 9


46 29 2


ANDREA BOCELLI Opera Decca 4784376 (ARV) (Barry/Cornall/Mottley/McLauchlan/Engel)


MICHAEL CRAWFORD The Ultimate Collection Union Square USMTVCD003 (SDU) (Jarratt/Reedman/Mardin)


42 38 23 MAROON 5 Overexposed A&M/Octone/Polydor 3704278 (ARV) (Martin/Shellback/Blanco/Robopop/Levine/MdL/Tedder/Zancanella/Passovoy/West/Valentine/Farrar/Rotem/Kang/Spiegel/Supreme Cuts/Maroon 5)


JAKE BUGG Jake Bugg Mercury 3707053 (ARV) (Archer/Crossey/Prime/Hart/Hunt)


MUSE The 2nd LawHelium 3 2564656876 (ARV) 1 (Muse)


45 35 11 THE KILLERS Battle Born Vertigo 3711875 (ARV) (The Killers/Lillywhite/Taylor/O’Brien/Price/Lanois)


WHITNEY HOUSTON I Will Always Love You - The Best Of Whitney Houston Arista 88765413932 (ARV) (Various)


47 33 10 JONATHAN & CHARLOTTE Together Syco 88725443632 (ARV) 1 (Stack/Furmidge)


48 42 97 ADELE 21 XL XLCD520 (PIAS) 1610 (FT Smith/Rubin/Epworth/Abbiss/Wilson/Adkins)


49 39 25 ALT-J An Awesome Wave Infectious INFECT134CD (PIAS) 1 (Andrew)


50 N 52 40 8 54 34 3


THE BRYAN FERRY ORCHESTRA The Jazz Age BMG Rights 538007592 (Absolute Arvato) (Ferry/Davies)


51 45 53 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)


ELLIE GOULDING Halcyon Polydor 3714241 (ARV) (Eliot/Goulding/MONSTA/Spencer/Billboard/Fortis/Parker/Starsmith/Harris)


53 415 MICK HUCKNALL American Soul ATCO 2564655789 (ARV) 1 (Wright)


GREEN DAY Dos! Reprise 9362494621 (ARV) 1 (Green Day/Cavallo)


55 47 147 MUMFORD & SONS Sigh No More Gentlemen Of The Road/Island 2722538 (ARV) 41 (Dravs)


56 46 30 LABRINTH Electronic Earth Syco 88691932932 (ARV) (Labrinth/Da Digglar/Ghenea/McKenzie/Williams)


57 48 14 OF MONSTERS AND MEN My Head Is An Animal Universal Republic/Island 2798018 (ARV) (Of Monsters and Men/Arnarsson/King)


58 R


59 49 6 60 51 9


62 50 6 63 43 3


BRUNO MARS Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra 7567882721 (ARV) 42 (The Smeezingtons/Needlz/The Supa Dups)


LAWSON Chapman Square Global Talent/Polydor 3716402 (ARV) (Shanks/Fitzgerald/Wheatley/Blackwell/Dalton/Falk/Rami)


THE OVERTONES Higher Warner Music Entertainment 2564655048 (ARV) 1 (Horn/Future Cut/Afanasieff/Robson/Archer/Hinton)


61 54 55 BEN HOWARD Every KingdomIsland 2780336 (ARV) 1 (Bond)


DANIEL O’DONNELL Songs From The Movies ..And More DMG TV DMGTV048 (SDU) (Ryan)


FOSTER & ALLEN The Ultimate Collection DMG TV DMGTV050 (SDU) (Cullinane/Allen/Foster/Fraser)


64 62 133 MICHAEL BUBLE Crazy Love Reprise 9362496277 (ARV) 84 (Foster/Rock/Gatica/Chang)


65 57 57 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE Ceremonials Island 2782808 (ARV) 1 (Epworth)


66 58 58 COLDPLAY Mylo Xyloto Parlophone 0875531 (E) 42 (Dravs/Green/Simpson)


67 53 19 PLAN B Ill Manors 679/Atlantic 5310522172 (ARV) 1 (Drew/Al Shux/Plan B/16 Bit/Appapoulay/Labrinth/Milton/McEwan/Fox/The Krauts)


68 44 34 NICKI MINAJ Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded Cash Money/Island 2796668 (ARV) 1 (Various)


69 52 35 REBECCA FERGUSON Heaven RCA 88691952562 (ARV) 2 (Eg White/Smith/Taylor/Higgins/Xenomania/Lattimer/Christie/Booker/FT Smith)


70 60 13 THE VACCINES The Vaccines Come Of Age Columbia 88725444242 (ARV) (Johns)


71 59 7 72 55 4


73 N 74 R


LEONA LEWIS Glassheart Syco 88697963782 (ARV) (FT Smith/Naughty Boy/Loco/Tucker/Abraham/Oligee/Ammo/DeLuxe/Dodds/Jerkins/Tedder/Zancanella/DJ Frank E/Shkreli/Kutzle)


NE-YO R.E.D. Def Jam 3713426 (ARV) (Taylor/StarGate/Reeva & Black/Phatboiz/H-Money/Laird/Wilson/R.Smith/Kiriakou/Goldstein)


ABBA Gol Polydor 2752259 (ARV) 13 (Andersson/Ulvaeus)


THE WEEKND Trilogy Universal Republic/Island 3719793 (ARV) (The Weeknd/Dream Machine/Rose/McKinney/Illangelo/Rainer/Clams Casino)


75 74 12 THE XX Coexist Young Turks YT080CD (PIAS) 1 (Smith)


Official Charts Company 2012.


Abba 73 AC/DC 34 Adele 48 Alt-J 49 Bocelli, Andrea 40 Boe, Alfie 14 Boyle, Susan 18 Bryan Ferry Orchestra, The 50 Buble, Michael 4 Buble, Michael 64 Bugg, Jake 43 Cassidy, Eva 30


Clarkson, Kelly 24 Coldplay 66 Crawford, Michael 41 Daniel O’donnell 62 Diamond, Neil 8 Divo,Il 17 Example 38 Ferguson, Rebecca 69 Florence + The Machine 65


Foster & Allen 63 Fun. 25 Girls Aloud 9


Goulding, Ellie 52 Green Day 54 Harris, Calvin 16 Houston, Whitney 46 Howard, Ben 61 Hucknall, Mick 53 Jenkins, Katherine 26 JLS 37


Jonathan & Charlotte 47 Keys, Alicia 15 Killers, The 45 Labrinth 56 Lawson 59


Led Zeppelin 20 Lewis, Leona 71 Little Mix 11 Lumineers, The 35 Maroon 5 42 Mars, Bruno 58 McFly 21 Military Wives 27 Minaj, Nicki 68 Minogue, Kylie 36 Mumford & Sons 22 Mumford & Sons 55 Murs, Olly 1


Murs, Olly 51 Muse 44 Ne-Yo 72 Of Monsters And Men 57 One Direction 2 One Direction 39 Ora, Rita 33 Overtones, The 60 Paloma Faith 29 Pink 28 Plan B 67 Rey, Lana Del 32 Rieu, Andre, & Johann


Strauss Orchestra 10 Rihanna 3 Rolling Stones, The 12 Sande, Emeli 7 Script, The 19 Sheeran, Ed 23 Stewart, Rod 5 Swift, Taylor 31 Vaccines, The 70 Wayne, Jeff 13 Weeknd, The 74 Williams, Robbie 6 xx, The 75


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


BPI Awards Albums


The Overtones: Higher (silver); Green Day: Dos! (silver); Katherine Jenkins: This Is Christmas (silver); REM: Part Lies, Part Heart... (gold); Paloma Faith: Fall To Grace (platinum)


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