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Where. total
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Interpreter |
title
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Additional Information
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(Period, weeks in first place, artist, title , additional information)
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December 14, 2014 - January 3, 2015 3 weeks (total of 13)
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13
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Ed Sheeran
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×
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The best-selling album of 2014 survived into the new year.
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January 4, 2015 - January 10, 2015 1 week (4 in total)
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4th
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George Ezra
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Wanted on Voyage
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Ezra's album was third in the 2014 annual evaluation and was able to add two number one weeks at the beginning of 2015.
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January 11, 2015 - January 17, 2015 1 week (8 in total)
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8th
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Sam Smith
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In the lonely hour
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With Sam Smith, last year's top 3 are complete. In the absence of prominent new releases, the best of last year has been bought.
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January 18, 2015 - January 24, 2015 1 week (4 in total)
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4th
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George Ezra
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Wanted on Voyage
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-
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January 25, 2015 - January 31, 2015 1 week
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1
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Mark Ronson
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Uptown special
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The breakthrough for Ronson came in 2007 with the number two album version and two number two singles. The first number one album now came along with the number one hit Uptown Funk .
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February 1, 2015 - February 7, 2015 1 week
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1
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Meghan Trainor
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Title
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The song All About That Bass had been one of the biggest hits of the past year. The US singer's debut album followed the single at number one.
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February 8, 2015 - February 14, 2015 1 week
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1
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Bob Dylan
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Shadows in the Night
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A frequently covered musician has his eighth British number one album with a cover album of Frank Sinatra classics. There are more than 50 years between the first chart topper The Freewheelin 'Bob Dylan and Shadows in the Night .
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February 15, 2015 - February 21, 2015 1 week (8 in total)
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8th
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Sam Smith
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In the lonely hour
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-
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February 22, 2015 - February 28, 2015 1 week
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1
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Imagine Dragons
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Smoke + Mirrors
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With the debut album Night Visions , which had reached number two, and the single Radioactive , the US band had been in the charts for more than two years from 2012. The successor made it straight to the top of the chart.
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March 1, 2015 - March 7, 2015 1 week (8 in total)
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8th
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Sam Smith
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In the lonely hour
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-
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March 8, 2015 - March 14, 2015 1 week
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1
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
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Chasing Yesterday
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Gallagher's Oasis follow-up project seamlessly builds on the successes with the band with the second number one album.
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March 15, 2015 - March 21, 2015 1 week (8 in total)
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8th
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Sam Smith
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In the lonely hour
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-
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March 22, 2015 - March 28, 2015 1 week
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1
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Kendrick Lamar
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To Pimp a Butterfly
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Until then, the US rapper had only appeared in the UK with one top 20 album and one top 20 single. Then To Pimp a Butterfly was not only released a week earlier than expected, but also set a new worldwide streaming record with 9.6 million views on the first day and then rose to number one.
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March 29, 2015 - April 4, 2015 1 week
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1
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James Bay
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Chaos and the Calm
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The singer has been under contract since 2012 and the breakthrough was predicted by Sound of 2015 . His song Hold Back the River was already released at the end of 2014 , after the election it became an international hit and came in second. The debut album reached number one in England and Switzerland and the top 10 in many other countries.
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April 5, 2015 - April 11, 2015 1 week
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1
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The Prodigy
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The Day Is My Enemy
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The techno band releases their studio albums at large intervals of five to seven years. Most recently, she was number one in 2009 with Invaders Must Die .
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April 12, 2015 - April 18, 2015 1 week
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1
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All time low
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Future Hearts
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The American pop-punk band was in the UK charts three times and rose to number one.
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April 19, 2015 - April 25, 2015 1 week
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1
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Paul Simon
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The Ultimate Collection
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25 years after The Rhythm of the Saints and 50 years after his debut album, the US musician topped the British album charts for the fourth time with the best-of album. At the same time he toured Great Britain with Sting at the age of 74 .
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April 26, 2015 - May 2, 2015 1 week
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1
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Josh Groban
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Stages
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In eight attempts, the American did not get past number 8 in England, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's country he made it to the top of the chart with this album of musicals.
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May 3, 2015 - May 9, 2015 1 week
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1
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Blur
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The Magic Whip
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The former Britpop band broke up in 2004 after five number one albums. Later they performed together again and again, but only twelve years after the last album did they go back to the studio for album recordings.
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May 10, 2015 - May 23, 2015 2 weeks
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2
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Mumford & Sons
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Wilder Mind
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For the first two albums, the folk rock band had received 13 platinum awards in England and the USA alone.
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May 24, 2015 - May 30, 2015 1 week
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1
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Brandon Flowers
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The Desired Effect
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The American was already extremely successful with the Killers in Great Britain, even more than in his home country. His second solo album in five years was also the band's second UK number one album.
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May 31, 2015 - June 6, 2015 1 week
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1
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Will Young
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85% proof
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As the winner of Pop Idol , Will Young helped trigger the casting show boom 13 years ago, the success of the sixth studio album was unbroken and for the fourth time it was at the top of the charts. For the first time, however, no single song could be placed in the single charts.
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June 7, 2015 - June 13, 2015 1 week (total 2)
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2
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Florence + the Machine
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
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The singer's third studio album also reached number one in her home country and for the first time she also achieved this in the USA and Switzerland, among others.
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June 14, 2015 - June 27, 2015 2 weeks
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2
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muse
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Drones
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Five studio albums in a row brought the southern English band to the top of the charts in twelve years.
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June 28, 2015 - July 4, 2015 1 week (total 2)
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2
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Florence + the Machine
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How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
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-
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July 5, 2015 - July 9, 2015 1 week
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1
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Lionel Richie & the Commodores
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The Definitive Collection
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After Lionel Richie's appearance at the Glastonbury Festival , sales of the 12-year-old best-of album skyrocketed, and in 2003 the album had reached number 10. The US singer had already been number one in the album charts in England twice before, most recently in 1993 with the sampler Back to Front .
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July 10, 2015 - July 16, 2015 1 week (total of 13)
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13
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Ed Sheeran
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×
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-
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July 17, 2015 - July 30, 2015 2 weeks
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2
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Years & Years
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Communion
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The London band was already considered the biggest new discovery at Sound of 2015 and proved this with their debut album. Before that, they had a number one and number two single in the same year.
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July 31, 2015 - August 6, 2015 1 week
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1
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Chemical Brothers
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Born in the Echoes
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The drum-and-bass duo had been successful for 20 years and, apart from the debut album, every studio album reached number one.
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August 7, 2015 - August 13, 2015 1 week
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1
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The Maccabees
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Marks to Prove It
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The indie rockers rose with each album and with their fourth album in eight years they made it to the top of the charts.
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August 14, 2015 - August 20, 2015 1 week
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1
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Dr. Dre
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Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre
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16 years earlier, one of the rapper's rare albums was released in 2001 , it reached number four, was in the charts for more than two years and was awarded triple platinum. The big name and the hype surrounding Compton , which was announced as the last album, brought Dre the first and thus probably only number one placement.
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August 21, 2015 - August 27, 2015 1 week
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1
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Cilla Black
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The very best of
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The singer who was successful in the 1960s (including two number one hits in 1964) died on August 1. The best-of album was released in 2013 for her 70th birthday.
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August 28, 2015 - September 3, 2015 1 week
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1
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Jess Glynne
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I Cry When I Laugh
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After five number one songs in just one and a half years, three of them as a guest singer, the debut album follows at number 1 on the album charts.
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September 4, 2015 - September 10, 2015 1 week
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1
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The Weeknd
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Beauty Behind the Madness
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Two years ago, the Canadian's debut album did not go beyond number 12, with the second album he was at the top, at least in English-speaking countries.
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September 11, 2015 - September 17, 2015 1 week
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1
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Iron Maiden
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The Book of Souls
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For the fifth time in total and for the second time in a row, the metal band is number one at home. In 35 years Iron Maiden, including all publications, has 40 chart positions.
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September 18, 2015 - September 24, 2015 1 week
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1
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Stereophonics
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Keep the Village Alive
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The Welsh have been successful in the UK for almost 20 years. After 2007, the streak broke from five number one albums, and with this album they returned to the top.
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September 25, 2015 - October 1, 2015 1 week
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1
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David Gilmour
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Rattle That Lock
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Gilmour had a number one placement as the head of Pink Floyd in 2006 with the solo album On an Island . Officially, this fourth solo studio album falls into the post-Pink Floyd era, as there are no more new releases by the band.
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October 2, 2015 - October 8, 2015 1 week
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1
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Disclosure
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Caracal
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-
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October 9, 2015 - October 15, 2015 1 week
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1
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Rudimental
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We the generation
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After the debut album two years earlier, the second album by the electro quartet from London also reached the top position.
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October 16, 2015 - October 22, 2015 1 week
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1
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Faithless
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Faithless 2.0
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In 2011 the band had already broken up, to return this year they released this best-of album with additional remixed versions of their hits by Avicii and Armin van Buuren, among others . For the third time they reached number one on the British album charts.
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October 23, 2015 - October 29, 2015 1 week
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1
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Jamie Lawson
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Jamie Lawson
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The singer from the south coast of England had his breakthrough in Ireland in 2011. As the first musician to sign Ed Sheeran's new label, great success also followed in his home country.
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October 30, 2015 - November 5, 2015 1 week
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1
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5 seconds of summer
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Sounds good, feels good
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-
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November 6, 2015 - November 19, 2015 2 weeks
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2
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Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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If I Can Dream
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Even 38 years after his death, the "King" was still setting records. With his 12th number one album, he became the most successful male artist in the British charts, only surpassed by the Beatles .
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November 20, 2015 - November 26, 2015 1 week
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1
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one direction
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Made in the AM
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In the favor of young fans, the boy band back home was just ahead of Canadian Justin Bieber , who had released his album at the same time. The boy band made their fourth number one album in as many years.
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November 27, 2015 - January 14, 2016 7 weeks (total of 13)
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13
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Adele
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25th
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With just over 800,000 copies sold in the first week of the chart, Adele set a new record. If you don't go to chart weeks but to the first seven days of sales, Oasis was still ahead with 813,000 copies of the album Be Here Now . However, that was 18 years ago. At that time the band got platinum for 600,000 copies, whereas Adele was already approaching triple platinum (3 × 300,000).
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