Coldplay - 'Ghost Stories'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Ghost Stories": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 16 May 2014
  • Chart debut: #2 (03 Mar 2014)
  • Highest Position: #1 (18 May 2014)
  • Most recent chart position: #40 (18 Mar 2025)
  • Days on UK Albums Chart: 487

'Ghost Stories' has charted in the following countries:
United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Australia and Brazil.

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Ghost Stories: Chart Progress Graph

Chart performance: 17 Mar 2014 to 09 Aug 2014.

Chart progress graph for Ghost Stories

Detailed Chart Progress for "Ghost Stories" (Coldplay)

UK Albums chart performance history for Ghost Stories

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2014 Jul 3 Thu 7 up Ed Sheeran
x
4 Fri 8 down
5 Sat 7 up
6 Sun 7 no-move
7 Mon 12 down
8 Tue 11 up
9 Wed 11 no-move
10 Thu 9 up
11 Fri 7 up
12 Sat 6 up
13 Sun 7 down
14 Mon 11 down
15 Tue 10 up
16 Wed 9 up
17 Thu 10 down
18 Fri 11 down
19 Sat 10 up
20 Sun 9 up
21 Mon 11 down Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music! 88
22 Tue 13 down
23 Wed 13 no-move
24 Thu 8 up
25 Fri 24 down
26 Sat 13 up
27 Sun 12 up
28 Mon 18 down
29 Tue 18 no-move
30 Wed 17 up
31 Thu 15 up
2014 Aug 1 Fri 27 down
2 Sat 20 up
3 Sun 18 up
4 Mon 22 down
5 Tue 19 up
6 Wed 12 up
7 Thu 10 up
8 Fri 5 up
9 Sat 5 no-move
10 Sun 5 no-move
11 Mon 7 down
12 Tue 18 down
13 Wed 21 down
14 Thu 21 no-move
15 Fri 29 down Troye Sivan
Trxye - EP
16 Sat 24 up
17 Sun 25 down Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music! 88
18 Mon 32 down Collabro
Stars
19 Tue 32 no-move Taylor Swift
1989
20 Wed 34 down Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music! 88
21 Thu 33 up
22 Fri 29 up
23 Sat 31 down
24 Sun 29 up
25 Mon 27 up Royal Blood
Royal Blood
26 Tue 30 down
27 Wed 34 down
28 Thu 27 up
29 Fri 29 down
30 Sat 25 up
31 Sun 26 down
2014 Sep 1 Mon 28 down
2 Tue 28 no-move
3 Wed 32 down
4 Thu 35 down
5 Fri 30 up
6 Sat 27 up
7 Sun 31 down 5 Seconds of Summer
Amnesia - EP
8 Mon 45 down One Direction
FOUR
9 Tue 50 down
10 Wed 36 up
11 Thu 38 down Sam Smith
In the Lonely Hour
12 Fri 34 up Various Artists
Keep Calm & Chillout
13 Sat 31 up Sam Smith
In the Lonely Hour
14 Sun 30 up Various Artists
Keep Calm & Chillout
15 Mon 40 down Chris Brown
X
16 Tue 43 down
17 Wed 40 up
18 Thu 43 down
19 Fri 35 up
20 Sat 35 no-move The Script
No Sound Without Silence
21 Sun 40 down
23 Tue 47 down Alt-J
This Is All Yours
25 Thu 47 no-move
26 Fri 49 down
27 Sat 49 no-move George Ezra
Wanted On Voyage
28 Sun 56 down
29 Mon 67 down Jamie T
Carry On the Grudge
30 Tue 54 up
2014 Oct 1 Wed 58 down
2 Thu 51 up
3 Fri 41 up George Ezra
Wanted On Voyage
4 Sat 40 up
5 Sun 48 down
6 Mon 74 down Hozier
Hozier
7 Tue 74 no-move Ed Sheeran
x
8 Wed 82 down
9 Thu 73 up
10 Fri 69 up 5 Seconds of Summer
Good Girls
11 Sat 62 up George Ezra
Wanted On Voyage
12 Sun 58 up
13 Mon 58 no-move Ella Henderson
Chapter One
14 Tue 61 down
15 Wed 70 down
16 Thu 62 up
17 Fri 70 down
18 Sat 73 down Ed Sheeran
x
19 Sun 67 up
20 Mon 62 up Ben Howard
I Forget Where We Were
21 Tue 55 up
22 Wed 69 down
23 Thu 73 down
24 Fri 62 up Various Artists
Annie Mac Presents 2014
25 Sat 54 up
26 Sun 54 no-move
27 Mon 68 down Taylor Swift
1989
28 Tue 65 up
29 Wed 58 up
30 Thu 53 up
31 Fri 73 down Various Artists
BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014
2014 Nov 1 Sat 56 up
2 Sun 64 down
3 Mon 62 up Calvin Harris
Motion
4 Tue 56 up
5 Wed 63 down
6 Thu 64 down
7 Fri 51 up
8 Sat 48 up
9 Sun 54 down
10 Mon 67 down Foo Fighters
Sonic Highways
11 Tue 51 up
12 Wed 53 down
13 Thu 67 down
14 Fri 56 up
15 Sat 60 down
16 Sun 54 up 5 Seconds of Summer
Good Girls
17 Mon 70 down One Direction
FOUR
18 Tue 62 up
19 Wed 56 up
20 Thu 56 no-move
21 Fri 58 down
22 Sat 52 up
23 Sun 49 up James Bay
Hold Back the River - EP
24 Mon 60 down Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music 89
25 Tue 59 up
26 Wed 47 up Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music! 89
27 Thu 47 no-move Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music 89
28 Fri 62 down
29 Sat 54 up
30 Sun 61 down
2014 Dec 1 Mon 61 no-move Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call Christmas
2 Tue 64 down
3 Wed 66 down
4 Thu 59 up
5 Fri 53 up
6 Sat 54 down
7 Sun 54 no-move
8 Mon 34 up
9 Tue 8 up J. Cole
2014 Forest Hills Drive
10 Wed 7 up Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call Christmas
11 Thu 11 down
12 Fri 23 down
13 Sat 28 down
14 Sun 35 down
15 Mon 42 down
16 Tue 52 down
17 Wed 64 down
18 Thu 65 down
19 Fri 59 up
20 Sat 55 up
21 Sun 46 up
22 Mon 42 up
23 Tue 32 up
24 Wed 35 down
25 Thu 43 down Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music 89
26 Fri 45 down
27 Sat 42 up
28 Sun 36 up
29 Mon 31 up
30 Tue 34 down
31 Wed 38 down
2015 Jan 1 Thu 35 up
2 Fri 36 down
3 Sat 34 up
4 Sun 34 no-move
5 Mon 38 down
6 Tue 49 down
7 Wed 59 down
8 Thu 73 down
9 Fri 72 up
10 Sat 49 up
11 Sun 41 up
12 Mon 36 up
13 Tue 41 down
14 Wed 51 down Various Artists
The Weekender - Ministry of Sound
15 Thu 55 down
16 Fri 60 down
17 Sat 55 up
18 Sun 53 up
19 Mon 63 down Mark Ronson
Uptown Special
20 Tue 63 no-move Fall Out Boy
American Beauty / American Psycho
21 Wed 70 down Björk
Vulnicura
22 Thu 73 down
23 Fri 72 up Fall Out Boy
American Beauty / American Psycho
24 Sat 68 up Mark Ronson
Uptown Special
25 Sun 73 down
27 Tue 93 re-entry Meghan Trainor
Title
28 Wed 92 up
29 Thu 87 up Various Artists
The Weekender - Ministry of Sound
30 Fri 100 down
31 Sat 79 up First Aid Kit
Stay Gold
2015 Feb 1 Sun 91 down
2 Mon 93 down Various Artists
The Weekender - Ministry of Sound
3 Tue 91 up Kid Ink
Full Speed
7 Sat 90 re-entry Various Artists
VIP - Ministry of Sound
8 Sun 87 up
9 Mon 81 up Various Artists
Fifty Shades of Grey
10 Tue 89 down
13 Fri 99 re-entry
14 Sat 84 up Drake
If You're Reading This It's Too Late
15 Sun 78 up
16 Mon 98 down Various Artists
Fifty Shades of Grey
21 Sat 95 re-entry
22 Sun 92 up
2015 Nov 6 Fri 68 re-entry Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams
7 Sat 63 up Elvis Presley
If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley with the Royal Philh
8 Sun 77 down
9 Mon 77 no-move Various Artists
The Annual 2016 - Ministry of Sound
11 Wed 85 re-entry
27 Fri 87 re-entry ADELE
25
28 Sat 89 down
30 Mon 83 re-entry
2015 Dec 1 Tue 90 down
4 Fri 90 re-entry Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams
5 Sat 93 down
7 Mon 93 re-entry
2016 Feb 4 Thu 73 re-entry Rihanna
ANTI
5 Fri 82 down Various Artists
Acoustic Café
6 Sat 67 up Various Artists
Throwback Slowjamz - Ministry of Sound
7 Sun 67 no-move Coldplay
A Head Full of Dreams
8 Mon 45 up
9 Tue 49 down ADELE
25
10 Wed 45 up
11 Thu 49 down
12 Fri 84 down Various Artists
Acoustic
2016 May 24 Tue 99 re-entry Beyoncé
Lemonade
30 Mon 51 re-entry Catfish and the Bottlemen
The Ride
31 Tue 69 down
2016 Jun 2 Thu 89 re-entry Beyoncé
Lemonade
5 Sun 85 re-entry Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music! 93
6 Mon 64 up Beyoncé
Lemonade
7 Tue 59 up
8 Wed 43 up
9 Thu 74 down
13 Mon 100 re-entry Various Artists
Throwback Summer Jamz - Ministry of Sound
14 Tue 70 up
15 Wed 73 down
16 Thu 72 up
17 Fri 72 no-move Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Getaway
18 Sat 60 up Christine and the Queens
Chaleur Humaine
19 Sun 43 up
20 Mon 47 down Various Artists
Throwback Summer Jamz - Ministry of Sound
21 Tue 56 down
22 Wed 72 down Christine and the Queens
Chaleur Humaine
23 Thu 90 down Various Artists
Throwback Summer Jamz - Ministry of Sound
27 Mon 27 re-entry ADELE
25
28 Tue 38 down
29 Wed 42 down Beyoncé
Lemonade
30 Thu 42 no-move
2016 Jul 1 Fri 47 down Blink-182
California
2 Sat 35 up Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Summer Hits
3 Sun 38 down Beyoncé
Lemonade
4 Mon 54 down
5 Tue 74 down
6 Wed 73 up Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Summer Hits
7 Thu 83 down
17 Sun 83 re-entry
18 Mon 82 up
19 Tue 80 up
20 Wed 88 down
27 Wed 88 re-entry Various Artists
Now That's What I Call Music! 94
28 Thu 99 down
31 Sun 86 re-entry
2016 Aug 1 Mon 77 up
3 Wed 92 re-entry
2016 Oct 2 Sun 82 re-entry Craig David
Following My Intuition
3 Mon 80 up Bon Iver
22, A Million
4 Tue 89 down Craig David
Following My Intuition
5 Wed 99 down Annie Mac
Annie Mac Presents 2016
6 Thu 78 up
7 Fri 80 down Green Day
Revolution Radio
8 Sat 62 up
9 Sun 60 up
10 Mon 59 up
11 Tue 60 down
2024 May 20 Mon 73 no-move Billie Eilish
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT
21 Tue 46 up
22 Wed 96 no-move
27 Mon 76 no-move Bring Me the Horizon
POST HUMAN: NeX GEn
29 Wed 46 no-move
2024 Jun 26 Wed 100 re-entry Taylor Swift
THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY
30 Sun 11 re-entry Coldplay
Parachutes
2024 Jul 1 Mon 14 no-move Shania Twain
Greatest Hits
2 Tue 20 no-move Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call A Summer Party
3 Wed 20 no-move
4 Thu 18 up Jorge Rivera-Herrans
EPIC: The Thunder Saga - EP
5 Fri 26 down Kasabian
Happenings
6 Sat 27 down
7 Sun 42 no-move Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call A Summer Party
8 Mon 37 no-move Kasabian
Happenings
9 Tue 33 up
10 Wed 48 no-move DREAMCATCHER
- EP
11 Thu 75 no-move Kasabian
Happenings
13 Sat 77 no-move Eminem
The Death of Slim Shady
14 Sun 75 up
15 Mon 47 up
16 Tue 60 down
18 Thu 81 re-entry
19 Fri 50 up Jimin
MUSE
20 Sat 45 up Eminem
The Death of Slim Shady
21 Sun 59 down
22 Mon 81 down
23 Tue 67 no-move
24 Wed 63 no-move
29 Mon 91 re-entry Sam Tompkins
hi, my name is insecure.
2024 Aug 4 Sun 57 no-move Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call Music! 118
10 Sat 98 re-entry Will Young
Light It Up
11 Sun 58 no-move
19 Mon 88 no-move Post Malone
F-1 Trillion
21 Wed 80 re-entry Pet Shop Boys
Feel - EP
22 Thu 53 no-move The Script
Satellites
24 Sat 89 re-entry Sabrina Carpenter
Short n' Sweet
28 Wed 83 no-move Oasis
Time Flies…
29 Thu 64 no-move
2024 Sep 1 Sun 61 re-entry
2 Mon 63 no-move
3 Tue 68 down
4 Wed 60 up
11 Wed 98 re-entry David Gilmour
Luck and Strange
18 Wed 81 no-move Snow Patrol
The Forest Is The Path
19 Thu 36 no-move
20 Fri 84 down Blossoms
Gary
21 Sat 59 up Snow Patrol
The Forest Is The Path
25 Wed 65 no-move Tom Walker
I AM
26 Thu 58 up
27 Fri 44 no-move Lady GaGa
Harlequin
28 Sat 72 no-move Alexis Ffrench
Classical Soul, Vol. 1
29 Sun 42 no-move
30 Mon 52 down Ezra Collective
Dance, No One's Watching
2024 Oct 1 Tue 92 no-move
7 Mon 53 re-entry Coldplay
Moon Music
12 Sat 87 no-move
2024 Nov 28 Thu 64 re-entry Wicked Movie Cast, Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande
Wicked: The Soundtrack
29 Fri 100 down
2024 Dec 8 Sun 65 re-entry Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call Christmas
11 Wed 96 no-move
16 Mon 90 re-entry
17 Tue 87 up
30 Mon 97 re-entry Teddy Swims
I've Tried Everything But Therapy
31 Tue 51 no-move Various Artists
NOW That's What I Call Music! 119
2025 Jan 1 Wed 77 no-move Jungle
Jungle
9 Thu 48 no-move Elton John
Diamonds
12 Sun 73 re-entry Myles Smith
A Minute... - EP
21 Tue 79 re-entry David Gray
Dear Life
22 Wed 93 no-move Teddy Swims
I've Tried Everything But Therapy
2025 Mar 18 Tue 40 no-move Lady GaGa
MAYHEM

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