The Adele album ‘21’ has departed the Australian Top 10 for the first time in 15 months.
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Australian-Charts.com founder Gavin Ryan reports that ‘21’ re-entered the ARIA Top 10 albums in April 2011. (It has been in the top 10 for a few weeks but dropped by to 11, then 12 for two weeks before coming back in).
In total ‘21’ by Adele has spent 72 weeks inside the Australian Top 10 ranking it the 6th longest Top 10 album of all-time in Australia.
Yesterday, Adele announced she as pregnant.
For the very first time Gavin has also compiled a chart of the longest Top 10 albums dating back to 1965.
The 1965 soundtrack to ‘The Sound Of Music’ is no. 1.
Here is the list published for the first time ever by Australian-charts.com:
1. “Sound of Music” – Soundtrack (1965) just under 200 weeks
2. “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band” – The Beatles (1967/87) – 98 weeks
3. “Going Places” – Herb Alpert (1966) 95 weeks
4. “Hot August Night” – Neil Diamond (1972) 91 weeks
5. “Come on Over” – Shania Twain (1997) 78 weeks
6. “21” – Adele (2010) 72 weeks
7. “I’m Not Dead” – P!nk (2006) – 70 weeks
8. “Thriller” – Michael Jackson (1983/2009) – 63 weeks
9. “Rumours” – Fleetwood Mac (1977/2012) – 62 weeks
10. “Brothers in Arms” – Dire Straits (1986) – 61 weeks
