UK Albums Chart the most weeks on the charts is Queen's "Greatest Hits", which has spent over 1000 weeks on the chart by January 2018. See List of albums which have spent the most weeks on the UK Albums Chart for full details. In 1980, Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a number-one album in the UK with "Never for Ever", as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to "enter" the chart at number 1. In August 2014 she became the first female artist to have eight albums in the Official UK Top 40
2016 in British music of Bowie" also became the first ever album to reach number one due to streaming. In the chart ending 3 November, Elvis Presley broke a record for most number-one albums for a solo artist when his album "The Wonder Of You" reached number one. The singles chart includes a proportion for streaming. The albums chart includes a proportion for streaming. Notes: 2016 in British music This is a summary of the year 2016 in British music. For the first time in the history of the singles chart, the top three positions were occupied by the same artist. In the chart