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
Jason Iley other record company. In 2015, Iley negotiated a deal with Insanity Records whose first signing was Craig David who went on to achieve his first number one album in sixteen years. Robbie Williams departed from Universal in 2016 and signed with Sony Music to record his 11th album. Jason commented that the agreement was "a once in a lifetime signing with the biggest male solo artist of our generation." After the release of his studio album The Heavy Entertainment Show in November he became the record holder for most UK number one albums by a British solo artist. Iley was