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Vera Lynn, a British pop singer who entertained troops during World War II. In 2017, she released a new album to celebrate her 100th birthday, making her the oldest recording artist in the world and the first centenarian to have an album in the charts.

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The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack album reached number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first soundtrack album in history consisting entirely of previously released songs to top the chart.

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  1. Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album was on the Billboard charts for a total of 741 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988

  2. Simon & Garfunkel's first album was so unsuccessful on the charts that the duo split. Their producer took one of the songs from the album, overdubbed/remixed it without their knowledge or permission, and "The Sounds of Silence" became a hit. The duo made four more albums.

  3. The Go-Go's were the first, and to date only, all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.

  4. Mrs. Miller, a middle-aged housewife with no formal music training, whose first album "Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits" consisted of badly sung covers of popular pop songs from bands such as The Beatles. Her album reached #15 on the Billboard's Top Albums chart in 1966.

  5. Carlos Santana revealed to Rolling Stone that he was contacted by the Archangel Metatron and told how to create his next album 'Supernatural.' It went on to win 12 Grammy's including Album of the Year, went 15 times platinum, charted #1 in ten countries, and sold 30 million copies.

  6. Faith by George Michael is the only album by a Caucasian artist to top the Billboard R&B charts.

  7. The Go-Go's are the only all-female band to both write their own songs and play their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts.

  8. The Dark Side of the Moon was #1 for only one week on the Billboard album chart, although it remained on the chart for 741 weeks

  9. 1989’s “Batman” soundtrack album was mainly composed by Prince, and is considered to be his 11th studio album, but since Prince had to agree to sign the publishing rights over to Warner Bros, none of the high-charting “Batman” songs appear on future hits compilations.

  10. Weird Al's recent "Mandatory Fun" album was the first comedy album to ever debut at #1 on the Billboard charts, and it was the first comedy album to top the charts in over 50 years.

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The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd holds the record for the longest time an Album has been in the Billboard 200 Charts with a total of 923 weeks, which is almost 18 years.

Tim Mcllrath, the lead singer of the band Rise Against, originally wanted their future hit single "savior" cut from the album. He was overruled and the song currently holds the record for for longest time spent on the billboard alternative songs chart at 65 weeks. - source

Quiet Riot did not want to cover Slade’s song, “Cum On Feel the Noize”, and they set out to make the recording an “intentional train wreck”. The 1983 single broke Quiet Riot and led them becoming the first metal band to reach the top of the Billboard album chart. - source

In the early 90's, there was a parody rap group called 2 Live Jews and their album "As Kosher As They Wanna Be" climbed to 150 on the Billboard album chart. Their hit song was titled, "Oy' It's So Humid."

Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (currently charted at 179 on the Billboard 200) has remained on the 200 for over 17 years. (906 weeks) - source

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Queen's third album is the one that sent the band to the top of the charts, titled Sheer Heart Attack.

Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" was initially on an unsuccessful album that led to the duo breaking up. Later the song's producer made a remix, that the duo didn't know about until after it was released, and the song started to climb the charts and led the two to reunite.

Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye" was written and recorded as filler for the b-side of an album, and was attributed to the fake band "Steam". When the song went to #1 on the charts the songwriters put together a band to perform the song.

Bob Newhart had never done standup comedy before a live audience when he recorded his first album. It became the first comedy album to reach #1 on the Billboard chart, and the first to win the Grammy for Album of the Year. He’s also the only non-musician to win the Grammy for Best New Artist.

1989's "Batman" soundtrack album was mainly composed by Prince, and is considered to be his 11th studio album, but since Prince had to agree to sign the publishing rights over to Warner Bros, none of the high-charting "Batman" songs appear on future hits compilations

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Kin and Gin Yano, two Japanese twins who became Japanese minor celebrities after each living past 100 and remaining full of vitality. In 1992, the year of their 100th birthdays, they released a rap album that made it on to the Japanese charts.

Beastie Boys, "Licensed to Ill" album made history in 1987 as the first rap album to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, and spent 7 straight weeks at No.1

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac has not left the UK Top 100 Albums chart since its release in 1977

The first rap album to reach No. 1 in the Billboard charts, Liscensed To Ill (1986), was originally called Don't Be A Faggot.

Immediately following Michael Jackson's death, works related to him occupied all top 9 position in the Billboards Pop Albums chart. By the third week, it occupied all 12 top spots. He became the best selling artist of 2009, earning his estate a revenue of one billion dollars.

The first album to debut at #1 on the US Billboard 200 chart was released by Elton John in 1975. The second album to do so was also released by Elton John in 1975.

As of 2008, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon has been on the charts for over 1,630 weeks, or approximately 31 years. Consecutively, the album spent a record 930 weeks on the Billboard 200. The other weeks were spent on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart.

After his firing from Gin Blossoms, guitarist Doug Hopkins smashed his coveted Gold Album and committed suicide 9 days later as his song, "Hey Jealousy" rose the charts.

Dr. Dre didn’t want 21 Questions on 50 Cent’s debut album because it’s a sappy love song on a gangsta album. 50 said that he was two people. The song eventually went on to go number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart

In 1987 Bruce Willis released a Motown R&B album called The Return of Bruno, with songs charting high on the US Billboard and UK Singles Chart

The album Doggystyle, by artist Snoop Dogg, was the first debut album to enter the Billboard chart at #1.

Pink Floyds The Dark Side of the Moon once spent 14 consecutive years in the American Album charts, and collectively 1679 weeks in the chart

The band Train (most famous for its pop hits "Drops of Jupiter" and "Hey Soul Sister") released a tribute album that covered 'Led Zeppelin II' in its entirety. The album charted on the Billboard 200 and all proceeds went to charity.

Pink Floyd's legendary album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon' is the 7th best selling album of all time in the UK, yet it never made it to number 1 in the weekly UK album chart. It was kept off top spot by the compilation album '20 Flash Back Greats Of The 60s'

All three of Portishead's studio albums peaked at Number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.

The compilation album Legend by Bob Marley and the Wailers has charted in the Billboard 200 for 992 nonconsecutive weeks. The only album to succeed this is Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

Bob Newhart was the first ever to have the number-one and number-two albums simultaneously on the Billboard albums chart.

The Foo Fighters' 2014 album "Sonic Highways" had all eight tracks reach at least the Top 20 on the UK rock singles chart.

The Beatles released 20 albums that made it to No. 1 on the Billboard album charts.

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