01-16-2006, 10:01 AM
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 Re: Data Errors On DSOTM..?
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Dark Side of the Moon was on Billboard 200 for 591 consecutive weeks, and that is 11 years. According to what I've found, the album stayed on the chart from March 17th, 1973, to October 19th, 1974 (84 weeks), and dropped off for 24 weeks. In April 12th, 1975, the album returned to the charts and would stay another 48 weeks, until March 6th, 1976. The album would stay 40 weeks out of the charts and would return in December 18th, 1976. It would then stay 591 consecutive weeks, until April 23rd, 1988, when it dropped off for good. As Billboard changed its charts methodology, Dark Side of the Moon is never going to return to the Top 200 and it is unlikely another album will break its record. According to this data, Dark Side of the Moon remained 723 weeks on the charts, but I've read somewhere else that it spent 724 or 741 weeks on the charts. I don't know which is the exact number, but I hope I've clarified a few points.(signed edit)
How long was Dark Side on the charts? The article says "The critically-acclaimed album stayed on the Billboard Top 200 for 741 weeks (including 591 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988)", but 591 weeks would be only 11 years and some months. 741 weeks would be 14+ years, but I don't know the facts.(signed edit 2005)
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anyone who like to clear up this ??  |