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
21 (Adele album) space of 12 months. In late November 2012, "21" fell out of the Top 40 of the UK Albums Chart for the first time since its release in January 2011. With "21", Adele became the first female to have three singles simultaneously in the top 10 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 as a solo artist. In the week ending 23 February 2012, she also became the first female artist to place two titles in the top five of both the "Billboard" 200 and Hot 100 concurrently, with "21" and "19" occupying number one and number four on the "Billboard" 200