Michael Jackson’s two-disc compilation The Essential remained at the number one spot for the fourth weeks in a row.
A total of nine Jackson albums appear in this week’s UK top 40 albums chart, three of which is in the top 10.
We can’t see anyone replacing Michael’s at the top spot for awhile yet.
Elsewhere, Jordin Sparks debut in a eleven with her second offering ‘Battlefield’ and Lady Gaga’s ‘The Fame’ jumped from number five to three.
The top ten albums in full:
1. (1) Michael Jackson: ‘The Essential’
2. (2) Florence and the Machine: ‘Lungs’
3. (5) Lady GaGa: ‘The Fame’
4. (6) Paolo Nutini: ‘Sunny Side Up’
5. (8) La Roux: ‘La Roux’
6. (3) Michael Jackson: ‘Thriller’
7. (4) Michael Jackson & The Jackson Five: ‘The Motown Years’
8. (13) Black Eyed Peas: ‘The E.N.D.’
9. (16) Noisettes: ‘Wild Young Hearts’
10. (11) Kasabian: ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’
