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So 'The Essential' and 'No.1s' combined to give our man 8 weeks at No.1.
Unfortunately 2 hot new entries (from Tinchy Stryder and Calvin Harris) will storm past MJ in this week's album chart, with the possibility that Beyonce's album will do the same.
It was an amazing achievement and great while it lasted but unless some major MJ news or some new promo from Sony happens this week, this is the end I'm afraid.
This is an extract from Musicweek:
"The Essential Michael Jackson’s sales take a double digit dip for the fifth straight week but the set is number one again on the artist album chart.
The Essential has now topped the chart for seven weeks in a row, and pulls level with Robbie Williams’ Swing When You’re Winning (2001/2) and Leona Lewis’ Spirit (2007/8) in third place in the table of albums with most consecutive weeks at number one this century.
Ahead of it lie only James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam (eight weeks in 2005) and The Beatles 1 (nine weeks, 2000/1). However, The Essential sold just 25,970 copies last week – the lowest tally for a number one album since May 18 2002, when Doves’ Last Broadcast topped the chart with a sale of 22,437.
Meanwhile, after five straight weeks as runner-up to The Essential, Florence & The Machine’s Lungs has its run punctured. The album dips to number six on sales of 17,158, taking its career tally to 186,326 sales. The last album to spend five weeks in a row at number two was Blue’s One Love, which spent the last five weeks of 2002 in the slot, behind Robbie Williams’ Escapology.
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Unfortunately 2 hot new entries (from Tinchy Stryder and Calvin Harris) will storm past MJ in this week's album chart, with the possibility that Beyonce's album will do the same.
It was an amazing achievement and great while it lasted but unless some major MJ news or some new promo from Sony happens this week, this is the end I'm afraid.
This is an extract from Musicweek:
"The Essential Michael Jackson’s sales take a double digit dip for the fifth straight week but the set is number one again on the artist album chart.
The Essential has now topped the chart for seven weeks in a row, and pulls level with Robbie Williams’ Swing When You’re Winning (2001/2) and Leona Lewis’ Spirit (2007/8) in third place in the table of albums with most consecutive weeks at number one this century.
Ahead of it lie only James Blunt’s Back To Bedlam (eight weeks in 2005) and The Beatles 1 (nine weeks, 2000/1). However, The Essential sold just 25,970 copies last week – the lowest tally for a number one album since May 18 2002, when Doves’ Last Broadcast topped the chart with a sale of 22,437.
Meanwhile, after five straight weeks as runner-up to The Essential, Florence & The Machine’s Lungs has its run punctured. The album dips to number six on sales of 17,158, taking its career tally to 186,326 sales. The last album to spend five weeks in a row at number two was Blue’s One Love, which spent the last five weeks of 2002 in the slot, behind Robbie Williams’ Escapology.
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