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March 08, 2007

Top 100 Most Successful Acts The Book Of British Hit Singles & Albums has unveiled their annual list of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts Of All Time. No dodgy voting, no committee of music indu...

Top 100 Most Successful Acts The Book Of British Hit Singles & Albums has unveiled their annual list of the Top 100 Most Successful Acts Of All Time. No dodgy voting, no committee of music industry experts, no dubious sudden last minute changes, this one is based on actually hits.

The annual Top 100 rates itself as the most definitive and genuine list of its kind as its based solely on the total number of weeks each contender has spent on the official UK Singles and Albums charts and not on arbitrary voting.

The artists are ordered according to who has spent the most weeks on the combined official UK singles and albums charts, and the list represents more than 50 years of chart music from 1952 to the present day.

Big news this year? Well, Oasis have finally overtaken Status Quo (at 25 and 26 respectively) and surprisingly Queen have moved ahead of The Beatles (with Madonna
very close behind).

The biggest jumps are by Kylie whos gone up 13 places to 42, and Stereophonics who are the highest rising group in the Top 100, up 13 places to 71. And as rumours of his retirement from music continued to circulate, Eminem has the honour of being the highest new act to enter the chart at 86.

The full list (with last years placings in brackets) is:

1 (1) Elvis Presley
2 (2) Cliff Richard
3 (4) Queen
4 (3) The Beatles
5 (5) Madonna
6 (6) Elton John
7 (7) The Shadows
8 (8) Michael Jackson
9 (10) U2
10 (9) David Bowie

11 (11) Rod Stewart
12 (12) Frank Sinatra
13 (13) Diana Ross
14 (14) Dire Straits
15 (15) Simon And Garfunkel
16 (16) The Rolling Stones
17 (17) Abba
18 (18) Fleetwood Mac
19 (19) Phil Collins

20 (20) Paul McCartney
21 (21) Pink Floyd
22 (22) UB40
23 (23) Meat Loaf
24 (24) Tom Jones
25 (28) Oasis
26 (25) Status Quo
27 (26) Simply Red
28 (27) The Beach Boys
29 (29) Stevie Wonder

30 (30) The Carpenters
31 (32) R.E.M.
32 (31) The Bee Gees
33 (33) Bob Dylan
34 (34) Tina Turner
35 (35) Prince
36 (36) Jim Reeves
37 (37) Neil Diamond
38 (43) Robbie Williams
39 (38) Bob Marley & The Wailers

40 (39) Eric Clapton
41 (40) Whitney Houston
42 (55) Kylie Minogue
43 (42) Eurythmics
44 (44) Madness
45 (45) Genesis
46 (46) Barbra Streisand
47 (41) Andy Williams
48 (47) Bruce Springsteen
49 (50) Bon Jovi

50 (48) Mike Oldfield
51 (51) Lionel Richie
52 (49) Celine Dion
53 (54) Electric Light Orchestra
54 (60) Mariah Carey
55 (53) Duran Duran
56 (52) Bryan Adams
57 (56) George Michael
58 (57) Shirley Bassey
59 (58) Pet Shop Boys

60 (59) Roy Orbison
61 (61) Roxy Music
62 (62) The Four Tops
63 (63) Janet Jackson
64 (64) The Police
65 (65) Sting
66 (66) John Lennon
67 (69) Erasure
68 (67) Simple Minds
69 (68) Cher

70 (70) The Supremes
71 (84) Stereophonics
72 (71) Buddy Holly
73 (72) Eagles
74 (73) Perry Como
75 (74) Guns N' Roses
76 (75) Blondie
77 (76) Engelbert Humperdinck
78 (77) Donna Summer
79 (79) Led Zeppelin

80 (78) Billy Joel
81 (80) Wet Wet Wet
82 (82) Barry Manilow
83 (81) Slade
84 (85) Chris Rea
85 (83) The Who
86 (New) Eminem
87 (89) The Corrs
88 (86) The Everly Brothers
89 (87) The Hollies

90 (88) T. Rex
91 (90) Bryan Ferry
92 (96) Kate Bush
93 (91) Red Hot Chili Peppers
94 (92) Blur
95 (93) The Beautiful South
96 (New) Britney Spears
97 (94) Luther Vandross
98 (95) James Last
99 (97) The Moody Blues
100 (100) Shakin' Stevens

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