DID YOU KNOW THAT ...? Barry White has never had a UK No. 1 album (nor has Ozzy Osbourne or Britney Spears) Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band spent 149 weeks in the album charts, 27 of them at No. 1 The Wombles released four albums in the 1970s Lily Allen's Alright Still went triple-plantinum in 2006 Queen have spent 20 weeks at the top of the album charts (but Queens of the Stone Age haven't reached the top yet) Jason Donovan reached a higher chart position with the Joseph soundtrack than with his solo albums Diana Ross has released over 50 albums From Daniel with Love, From Donny with Love and From Dusty with Love all failed to reach the top of the album charts The soundtrack to Mamma Mia, including Meryl Streep and Colin Firth, reached No. 13 in 2008 Elvis had eleven No. 1 albums An album of Inspector Morse music reached No. 4 in 1991 Nevermind by Nirvana only ever made it to No. 7
Author Biography
Martin Roach is a bestselling author who has penned dozens of books on music, youth culture, celebrity and film. He has also ghostwritten several high-profile celebrity autobiographies. His books have sold over 1.5 million copies and have been translated into twelve languages. He is editor of The Virgin Book of Hit Singles.
