UK Albums Top Entries - Thursday, 18th December 2014

Winners & Losers

Highest new entry

#93 JAY Z - The Hits Collection, Vol. 1
Biggest climber (up 47 places)

#41 Various Artists - Keep Calm & Chillout
Biggest faller (down 38 places)

#69 5 Seconds of Summer - LIVESOS

British Album Genres

We have 8 genre charts for United Kingdom.

1 new entry
44 climbers
40 fallers
7 non-movers
8 re-entries

1 Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Christmas
Non-Mover. 147 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £11.99
2 Various Artists - Now That's What I Call Music 89
Non-Mover. 35 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £13.99
3 Ed Sheeran - x (Deluxe Edition)
Non-Mover. 250 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £10.99
4 Michael Bublé - Christmas (Deluxe Special Edition)
Up 1 place. 127 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £8.99
5 Various Artists - 100 Christmas Hits & Xmas Classics - The Greatest Holiday Songs & Carols Collection (Deluxe Version)
Up 2 places. 34 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £5.99
6 Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour (Deluxe Edition)
Up 2 places. 239 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £10.99
7 Nicki Minaj - The Pinkprint (Deluxe)
Down 3 places. 10 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £11.99
8 Various Artists - BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge 2014
Up 1 place. 59 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £8.99
9 Oasis - Time Flies... 1994-2009
Up 1 place. 276 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
10 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage (Deluxe Version)
Up 6 places from #16

buy from iTunes £6.99

11 D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah
Down 5 places from #6

buy from iTunes £8.99
12 J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Down 1 place. 15 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £6.99
13 Taylor Swift - 1989 (Deluxe)
Non-Mover. 112 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £9.99
14 One Direction - FOUR (Deluxe Version)
Up 9 places from #23

buy from iTunes £6.99
15 Simon & Garfunkel - Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Up 4 places. 106 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
16 Calvin Harris - Motion
Up 20 places from #36

buy from iTunes £4.99
17 Ed Sheeran - x
Down 2 places. 182 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £8.99
18 Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
Up 3 places. 204 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £6.99
19 Olly Murs - Never Been Better (Deluxe Edition)
Up 15 places from #34

buy from iTunes £6.99
20 Ben Haenow - The Ben Haenow Collection
Down 8 places from #12

buy from iTunes £4.99

21 Guns N' Roses - Greatest Hits
Up 3 places. 24 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
22 Various Artists - White Christmas (New Edition)
Down 5 places from #17

buy from iTunes £6.99
23 Various Artists - Christmas - The Collection (50 of the Greatest Original Xmas Hits)
Down 5 places from #18

buy from iTunes £4.99
24 Michael Jackson - Number Ones
Up 1 place. 164 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
25 Various Artists - House Party 2015 - Ministry of Sound
Up 4 places. 5 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £13.99
26 Catfish and the Bottlemen - The Balcony
Down 6 places from #20

buy from iTunes £5.99
27 2Pac - 2Pac Greatest Hits
Up 8 places from #35

buy from iTunes £3.99
28 Ella Henderson - Chapter One (Deluxe Version)
Up 10 places from #38

buy from iTunes £6.99
29 Taylor Swift - 1989
Down 1 place. 58 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £6.99
30 George Ezra - Wanted On Voyage
Non-Mover. 170 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
31 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty / American Psycho
Down 17 places from #14

buy from iTunes £8.99
32 AC/DC - Rock or Bust
Down 10 places from #22

buy from iTunes £8.99
33 Elvis Presley - Elvis: 30 #1 Hits
Down 1 place. 99 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
34 Various Artists - Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Up 6 places from #40

buy from iTunes £3.99
35 Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were
Up 12 places from #47

buy from iTunes £5.99
36 Royal Blood - Royal Blood
Up 1 place. 170 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £6.99
37 Various Artists - Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Up 13 places from #50

buy from iTunes £4.99
38 ABBA - ABBA Gold
Up 3 places. 281 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
39 Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love
Up 4 places. 291 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
40 Various Artists - 100 Kids Xmas Hits - Childrens Favourite Christmas Songs & Carols (Deluxe Party Version)
Up 9 places from #49

buy from iTunes £4.99
41 Various Artists - Keep Calm & Chillout
Up 47 places from #88

buy from iTunes £6.99
42 Nirvana - Nirvana
Up 6 places from #48

buy from iTunes £3.99
43 Take That - III (Deluxe)
Down 4 places. 43 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £10.99
44 Pentatonix - That's Christmas To Me
Down 2 places. 32 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
45 INXS - The Very Best
Up 17 places from #62

buy from iTunes £3.99
46 Eminem - Curtain Call
Up 10 places from #56

buy from iTunes £4.99
47 Queen - Greatest Hits
Down 3 places. 18 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £6.99
48 The Notorious B.I.G. - The Notorious B.I.G.: Greatest Hits
Up 9 places from #57

buy from iTunes £3.99
49 The Stone Roses - The Very Best of the Stone Roses (Remastered)
Up 3 places. 132 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
50 Various Artists - Legends - The Christmas Collection
Up 1 place. 81 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
51 Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi Greatest Hits
Up 10 places from #61

buy from iTunes £3.99
52 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas
Up 38 places from #90

buy from iTunes £3.99
53 OneRepublic - Native
Down 7 places from #46

buy from iTunes £4.99
54 Fleur East - The Fleur East Collection
Down 9 places from #45

buy from iTunes £4.99
55 Barbra Streisand - Partners (Deluxe Version)
Up 13 places from #68

buy from iTunes £5.99
56 Bette Midler - It's the Girls
Down 29 places from #27

buy from iTunes £8.99
57 Various Artists - NOW That's What I Call Disney
Down 3 places. 257 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £9.99
58 Hozier - Hozier
Up 9 places from #67

buy from iTunes £4.99
59 James Bay - Hold Back the River - EP
Up 6 places from #65

buy from iTunes £1.99
60 Starbomb - Player Select
Down 34 places from #26

buy from iTunes £7.99
61 Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (Remastered)
Up 12 places from #73

buy from iTunes £4.99
62 Jungle - Jungle
Down 9 places from #53

buy from iTunes £4.99
63 The Oxford Trinity Choir - Christmas Carols - The Very Best Traditional Xmas Carols & Hymns
Non-Mover. 15 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
64 Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors (Deluxe)
Down 31 places from #33

buy from iTunes £10.99
65 Coldplay - Ghost Stories
Down 1 place. 289 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
66 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend (Remastered)
Down 7 places from #59

buy from iTunes £6.99
67 Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
Up 16 places from #83

buy from iTunes £5.99
68 Various Artists - Now That's What I Call a Party
Down 10 places from #58

buy from iTunes £11.99
69 5 Seconds of Summer - LIVESOS
Down 38 places from #31

buy from iTunes £8.99
70 The Script - No Sound Without Silence
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £4.99
71 Choir Of King's College, Cambridge - Essential Carols - The Very Best of King's College, Cambridge
Down 11 places from #60

buy from iTunes £6.99
72 Ella Henderson - Chapter One
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £4.99
73 Idina Menzel - Christmas Wishes
Down 4 places. 18 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £5.99
74 Blink-182 - Blink-182: Greatest Hits
Up 8 places from #82

buy from iTunes £3.99
75 Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction Outsiders' Edition (Deluxe Version)
Up 12 places from #87

buy from iTunes £7.99
76 Various Artists - The Annual 2015 - Ministry of Sound
Down 4 places. 39 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £9.99
77 Arctic Monkeys - AM
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £3.99
78 Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
Down 23 places from #55

buy from iTunes £4.99
79 Gregory Porter - Liquid Spirit
Up 19 places from #98

buy from iTunes £5.99
80 Frank Sinatra - Sinatra: Best of the Best
Up 4 places. 7 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £4.99
81 Stereophonics - Best of Stereophonics - Decade In the Sun (EU Version)
Non-Mover. 233 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
82 Carpenters - Carpenters: Gold - Greatest Hits
Down 11 places from #71

buy from iTunes £4.99
83 The War On Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Up 11 places from #94

buy from iTunes £5.99
84 Alt-J - This Is All Yours
Down 10 places from #74

buy from iTunes £8.99
85 Luther Vandross - The Greatest Hits
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £3.99
86 R.E.M. - In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003
Down 1 place. 10 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £3.99
87 Various Artists - Silence Is Golden
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £9.99
88 Various Artists - BBC Radio 2: Sounds of the 80s
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £5.99
89 Paloma Faith - A Perfect Contradiction (Outsiders' Edition)
Down 23 places from #66

buy from iTunes £5.99
90 Erasure - Hits! The Very Best of Erasure
Down 20 places from #70

buy from iTunes £5.99
91 Various Artists - Annie Mac Presents 2014
Down 12 places from #79

buy from iTunes £9.99
92 John Rutter - The John Rutter Songbook
Down 1 place. 8 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £8.99
93 JAY Z - The Hits Collection, Vol. 1 (International Version)
New Entry!

buy from iTunes £3.99
94 Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits
Down 18 places from #76

buy from iTunes £5.99
95 The Beatles - 1
Up 1 place. 159 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £7.99
96 Dolly Parton - Blue Smoke - The Best Of
Up 3 places. 119 days on the chart

buy from iTunes £5.99
97 Various Artists - Christmas Classical Voices
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £9.99
98 Various Artists - SHADYXV
Down 12 places from #86

buy from iTunes £10.99
99 First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
Re-entry

buy from iTunes £3.99
100 Ed Sheeran - + (Deluxe Version)
Down 22 places from #78

buy from iTunes £8.99

UK Albums Top Entries - Thursday, 18th December 2014

Winners & Losers

Highest new entry

Biggest climber (up 47 places)

Biggest faller (down 38 places)

British Album Genres