Forty Licks by The Rolling Stones, the band's hugely popular greatest hits compilation, becomes the group's first set to reach 150 weeks on the U.K.'s main albums chart. 1964: Rock and roll band "The Rolling Stones" pose for a portrait in 1964. (L-R) Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
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Many albums charts around the world began including streams into their methodologies years ago, once it became clear that companies like Spotify, Apple Music, and others had completely revolutionized how music fans consume the songs and full-lengths that they love. That change has helped a number of compilations by major stars in the industry return to albums rankings and hold there for years at a time.
Sales and streams of any track by a group or artist not only allows that tune to perform well, but it also fuels the album or compilation on which it is featured. If the compilation is the better-performing when compared to an act’s original album, it’s the greatest hits set that lives on the chart. In the United Kingdom, the Rolling Stones are one of dozens of acts that will potentially never completely disappear thanks to one compilation or another.
This frame, the Rolling Stones reach a milestone on the most important albums roster with the band’s top-performing singles project.
Forty Licks brings the Rolling Stones back to the Official Albums chart this frame as it reenters the tally at No. 92. The ranking focuses on the most-consumed albums and EPs in the U.K., and both sales and streams help determine where a title will land.
As Forty Licks bounds back onto the Official Albums chart, it celebrates 150 weeks as one of the most popular releases in the U.K. Forty Licks is the first set by the Rolling Stones to make it to that landmark figure, and it remains the only project by the Grammy winners to earn triple-digit stays on the list.
Somewhat surprisingly, not a single other project by the Rolling Stones has managed to rank on the Official Albums chart for even a year, although several have come close. The group’s self-titled first entry, which arrived in April 1964, spent 51 frames on the tally. 12 of those were at No. 1.
Several other offerings from the band – all of which are singles compilations – have come close to a year but missed out on reaching that figure by just a few weeks. Rolled Gold – The Very Best Of The Rolling Stones managed 50 frames on the tally, while both Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass) and Jump Back – The Best Of – 1971–1993 racked up 45 stays.
Despite the fact that Forty Licks is far and away the longest-charting set by the Rolling Stones on the Official Albums list, it never managed to hit No. 1. Instead, the compilation topped out in second place.
Forty Licks is tied with beloved records by the band like Out Of Our Heads, Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits, Volume 2), It’s Only Rock ’n Roll, Black And Blue, Some Girls, Tattoo You, Steel Wheels, A Bigger Bang, and Shine A Light. All missed the summit, but only barely.
14 releases by the Rolling Stones have hit No. 1 on the Official Albums chart, and that’s one of the most impressive accumulations of champions of all time.
Forty Licks currently appears on two rankings in the U.K., and none of them are connected to sales. As it returns to the Official Albums chart, Forty Licks dips one spot to No. 80 on the Official Albums Streaming tally, and that performance seems to point out exactly how the Rolling Stones have kept the compilation on the main albums list for so long.
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