Discussion: All-Time Global Album Longevity

Kworb

You might remember my Global Album Longevity thread where I ranked solo artists according to the number of weeks they spent in album top 10s across the world.

I am going to do it again, but this time with all the data I could find, as far back as possible, and groups are included as well. I will add up their number of weeks in the top 20.

A total of 19 countries were analyzed in this study. To reduce Europe's importance, some countries were added together. Each column in the result table has the same weight.

US = United States
CA = Canada
UK = United Kingdom
AU = Australia (0.8) / New Zealand (0.2)
DE = Germany
FR = France
IT = Italy
ES = Spain (0.8) / Portugal (0.2)
NL = Netherlands (0.7) / Flanders (0.3)
CH = Switzerland (0.4) / Austria (0.4) / Wallonia (0.2)
SE = Sweden (0.3) / Norway (0.3) / Denmark (0.2) / Finland (0.2)
JP = Japan

For example, 10 weeks in the top 20 in Sweden is 10 x 0.3 = 3 points, which is the same as 3 weeks in the top 20 in the US.

Points in the table are rounded. A 0 means it is more than 0 but less than 0.5. An X means chart data was unavailable for that year in that country.

Local artists have been excluded: an artist needs to have charted in three or more territories.

Japan's charts have a few gaps, and all the data is in katakana so it was difficult to match it with the rest. Japanese data might be missing for lower ranking artists.

Still no Latin America, Africa, etc. Let me know if you find any good album chart archives for these countries.

Will Adele's massive 21 era be enough to top this chart as well? Who are the artists with the most global and enduring success and relevance? Find out here! 200 artists await.

List of all 200 artists

Did your fave make the top 200?

Aden

Gaga and Bey made it.

I'll be looking forward to the results.

GGD

Rainsford

My fave have the top 10 on lock

***Chu

Bookmarked.

Kworb

Let's get started with the first bunch of randoms.

200. Nena

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
83 Nena	X	X	-	-	33	X	X	X	21	6	3	X	63
84 ? (Fragezeichen)	X	X	-	-	18	X	X	X	8	12	2	X	40
85 Feuer Und Flamme	-	X	-	-	10	X	X	X	1	3	-	X	14
98 Nur Geträumt - Ih...	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	2	-	-	2
02 Nena Feat. Nena	-	-	-	-	43	-	-	X	-	24	-	-	67
03 20 Jahre Nena	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
03 Alles Gute - Die ...	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0
05 Willst Du Mit Mir...	-	-	-	-	19	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	30
07 Cover Me	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
09 Made In Germany	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	12
12 Du Bist Gut.	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	4
Total	-	-	-	-	134	-	-	-	32	66	4	-	237.1

199. Craig David

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
00 Born To Do It	1	4	35	44	8	28	20	X	21	12	14	-	187
02 Slicker Than Your...	-	-	6	2	-	2	2	X	3	3	-	-	18
05 The Story Goes...	-	-	3	1	1	4	6	4	3	3	1	-	26
07 Trust Me	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	3
08 Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3
10 Signed Sealed Del...	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2
Total	1	4	46	46	9	35	29	5	30	18	15	-	238.3

198. Björk

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
93 Debut	-	X	31	7	-	X	X	X	19	0	10	-	67
95 Post	-	X	10	18	8	X	X	X	10	9	8	-	63
97 Homogenic	-	-	2	2	3	13	X	X	2	5	4	-	30
01 Vespertine	1	2	1	2	3	5	6	X	2	4	3	-	28
02 Greatest Hits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	-	0	-	-	0
04 Medulla	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
04 Medúlla	-	-	-	1	1	5	4	1	3	3	3	-	20
07 Volta	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	3	3	3	-	20
11 Biophilia	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	8
Total	3	4	46	31	17	27	13	3	38	25	32	-	239.2

197. Westlife

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
99 Westlife	-	-	30	6	-	-	X	X	7	-	8	-	51
00 Coast To Coast	-	-	13	6	-	-	-	X	6	-	8	-	32
01 World Of Our Own	-	-	18	2	6	-	-	X	1	3	10	-	41
02 Unbreakable - The...	-	-	10	2	3	-	-	X	6	1	7	-	29
03 Turnaround	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	10
04 Allow Us To Be Frank	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	9
05 Face To Face	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	0	3	-	23
06 The Love Album	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	16
07 Back Home	-	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	1	-	12
09 Where We Are	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	5
10 Gravity	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
11 Greatest Hits	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Total	-	-	128	30	9	-	-	-	21	5	49	-	241.1

196. Manu Chao

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
99 Clandestino	-	-	-	-	1	82	1	X	-	6	-	-	90
01 ...Proxima Estaci...	-	-	-	-	12	21	14	X	13	16	11	-	87
01 Clandestino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	0	-	-	-	0
02 Radio Bemba Sound...	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	X	2	5	1	-	18
07 La Radiolina	-	1	-	-	2	12	5	6	4	8	2	-	39
09 Baionarena	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	0	1	-	-	7
Total	-	1	-	-	15	127	23	6	20	36	14	-	241.4

195. The Killers

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
04 Hot Fuss	22	14	37	16	-	4	-	-	-	-	0	-	93
06 Sam's Town	4	5	23	17	1	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	59
07 Sawdust	1	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
08 Day & Age	3	1	22	10	1	-	-	3	1	5	8	-	54
12 Battle Born	2	1	8	3	2	-	2	3	3	3	3	-	30
Total	32	22	92	48	4	4	2	6	6	11	15	-	241.8

194. Wet Wet Wet

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
88 Popped In Souled Out	-	X	37	3	-	X	X	X	9	-	1	-	50
88 The Memphis Sessions	-	X	4	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	4
89 Holding Back The ...	-	X	9	4	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	13
92 High On The Happy...	-	X	11	1	-	X	X	X	6	0	-	-	18
94 End Of Part One -...	-	X	30	13	16	X	X	X	18	12	8	-	97
93 Live At The Royal...	-	X	1	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	-	-	1
95 Picture This	-	X	28	1	8	X	X	X	7	5	1	-	51
97 10	-	-	6	-	-	-	X	X	-	-	-	-	6
04 The Greatest Hits	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Total	-	-	128	22	24	-	-	-	40	18	10	-	242.1

193. Gianna Nannini

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
84 Puzzle	X	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	6	-	X	6
85 Tutto Live	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	4	-	X	4
86 Profumo	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	8	-	X	8
88 Malafemmina	-	X	-	-	3	X	X	X	-	5	1	-	8
88 Maschi E Altri	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	2	-	-	2
88 The Best Of...	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	-	3	-	3
90 Scandalo	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	2	-	-	2
91 Giannissima	-	X	-	-	-	X	X	X	-	0	-	-	0
98 Cuore	-	-	-	-	-	-	X	X	-	1	-	-	1
02 Aria	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	X	-	-	-	-	2
04 Perle	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	12
06 Grazie	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	-	-	1	-	-	56
07 Gianna Best	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	37
07 Pia Come La Canto Io	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7
09 Giannadream - Sol...	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	37
11 Io E Te	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	-	-	2	-	-	42
13 Inno	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	0	-	-	12
Total	-	-	-	-	3	-	202	-	-	33	4	-	242.1

192. Kate Bush

Album Title	US	CA	UK	AU	DE	FR	IT	ES	NL	CH	SE	JP	Total
78 Lionheart	X	X	13	1	-	X	X	X	4	-	5	X	22
78 The Kick Inside	X	X	23	4	-	X	X	X	15	-	10	X	52
80 Never For Ever	X	X	9	-	8	X	X	X	10	-	4	X	31
82 The Dreaming	X	X	4	-	-	X	X	X	2	-	1	X	7
85 Hounds Of Love	-	X	16	0	17	X	X	X	13	6	3	X	55
87 The Whole Story	-	X	17	2	1	X	X	X	-	-	-	X	20
89 The Sensual World	-	X	4	-	4	X	X	X	3	1	2	-	14
93 The Red Shoes	-	X	8	1	-	X	X	X	-	-	1	-	9
03 The Whole Story	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
05 Aerial	-	-	2	-	3	1	1	-	4	1	3	-	15
11 50 Words For Snow	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	4	0	2	-	8
11 Director's Cut	-	-	2	-	2	-	-	-	1	0	2	-	8
Total	-	-	99	7	36	1	1	-	57	8	34	-	243.2

191. Andy Williams

Album Title

US

CA

UK

AU

DE

FR

IT

ES

NL

CH

SE

JP

Total

65 Can't Get Used To...

X

1

X

1

65 Almost There

X

45

X

45

66 May Each Day

X

5

X

5

68 Honey

X

8

X

-

X

8

68 Love Andy

X

12

X

-

X

12

69 Get Together With...

X

4

X

-

X

-

X

4

70 Can't Help Fallin...

X

29

X

-

X

-

X

29

70 Andy Williams Gre...

X

71

X

-

X

-

X

71

72 Love Theme From '...

X

13

X

-

X

7

X

20

71 Home Loving Man

X

18

X

-

X

-

X

18

73 Solitaire

X

8

X

-

X

8

74 The Way We Were

X

6

X

-

X

6

78 48 Greatest Hits

X

-

X

3

-

X

3

78 Reflections

X

12

-

X

-

X

12

00 The Very Best Of

-

2

-

X

-

2

Total

-

234

-

3

-

7

-

244.0

UpAllNight

I'm excited.

Taylor is there!

Hunter_13

Taylor made it.

jqnetto

No Brazil.

NEZ

girl, get to the top 10 already!

ECNEICSNOC

C'mon Janet and Mariah!

Ichinaru19

Oh look another chart that Adele will most likely top

Ozzy8923

Quote:

Britney Spears

Good.

jqnetto

The two alternative queens (Björk and Kate Bush) made the list.

The Killers so low.

ECNEICSNOC

There's no way Adele will win this. Calling it now.

Carlton

Here for Robbie demolishing the competition again

Rainsford

Nena slaying

99 Luftballons>>>>>>>>>>>>>any songs of your fave

jqnetto

The Kick Inside was released before Lionheart, by the way.

Space Renegade

you put Bey in here?

also, Gaga will make the Top 20

(hope this doesn't get in the way of the april warnings and reports)

conseeded

Jennifer