Michael Jackson has now spent the last two months on top of the UK albums chart.
The Essential is one of six Jackson albums in this week’s top 40.
One of our favourite albums of all time The Stone Roses ‘The Stone Roses’ is the highest new entry at number 5. The classic Stone Roses’ debut was first released in 1989.
The top ten albums in full:
1. (1) Michael Jackson: ‘The Essential’
2. (5) Beyoncé: ‘I Am… Sasha Fierce’
3. (3) Black Eyed Peas: ‘The E.N.D.’
4. (4) Paolo Nutini: ‘Sunny Side Up’
5. (-) The Stone Roses: ‘The Stone Roses’
6. (2) Florence and the Machine: ‘Lungs’
7. (7) La Roux: ‘La Roux’
8. (6) Lady GaGa: ‘The Fame’
9. (11) Noisettes: ‘Wild Young Hearts’
10. (8) Kasabian: ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’
