The popular boyband's first album as a five-piece for 15 years remained comfortably in pole position after shifting over 200,000 copies - a sales increase of 15% from the previous week - a month after its chart debut.

Commenting on this week's second and third-placed finishers, Martin Talbot of the Official Charts Company said: "Take That have really made the Christmas albums market their own this year and it’s all the more impressive given the competition from Michael Bublé’s Crazy Love and Olly Murs's self-titled [album] each selling over 100,000 copies this week alone."

Elsewhere on this week's chart, former number one album Come Around Sundown by Kings of Leon makes a reappearance in the top ten after advancing six places, while The Black Eyed Peas surge ahead eight spots to take The Beginning to nine.

Also experiencing a Yuletide resurgence in sales is Annie Lennox's Christmas Cornucopia, which rockets 11 places to 18 from last week's 29, and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke, who 58 weeks after the release of her debut album Overcome re-enters the top 40 at 22 with a deluxe version of the record.

However, unable to cash in on the holiday season are last week's high-charting new entries Love Live Life by N-Dubz and Endlessly by Duffy, which both fall out of the top ten after crashing eight and ten places respectively to 15 and 19.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (8) Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
3. (2) Olly Murs: 'Olly Murs'
4. (4) Rihanna: 'Loud'
5. (3) JLS: 'Outta This World'
6. (5) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
7. (13) Kings of Leon: 'Come Around Sundown'
8. (6) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
9. (17) The Black Eyed Peas: 'The Beginning'
10. (10) André Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra: 'Moonlight Serenade'
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music....es.html

The manband smashed the sales barrier at the weekend - the only artists to do so this year.

GARY, ROBBIE, MARK, HOWARD and JASON are at the top of the album charts for the fourth week after shifting more than 200,000 CDs in the last seven days.

They have owned this Christmas market, leaving big names including WESTLIFE and JLS trailing.

MICHAEL BUBLE is at No2 with Crazy Love and OLLY MURS is down to No3 despite selling more than 100,000 copies of his self-titled debut collection this week.

Olly got an email from Robbie Williams apologising for keeping his album away from the top.

Olly said: "I don't mind. If you're going to lose out, it's best to lose out to them."

An email is nice, although he'd prefer a pint.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol....es.html

Take That return to the top spot in this week's Irish album chart.

The hugely successful Progress LP jumps three spots for its second stint at number one, following the group's performances on the X Factor final last weekend.

Rihanna, another of the show's performers, also enjoys a boost as Loud rises a place to number two - ahead of Westlife's former chart-topper.

The highest new entry this week comes from Michael Jackson, as new collection Michael debuts at number 18.

Robbie Williams enjoys a mammoth climb for his Greatest Hits collection; it rises 66 spots to number 22.

This week's top ten albums:

1. (4) Take That - 'Progress'
2. (3) Rihanna - 'Loud'
3. (1) Westlife - 'Gravity'
4. (6) Susan Boyle - 'The Gift'
5. (5) The Script - 'Science & Faith'
6. (3) Michael Bublé - 'Crazy Love'
7. (7) Justin Bieber - 'My World'
8. (11) Kings of Leon - 'Come Around Sundown'
9. (14) Luke Kelly - 'The Definitive Collection
10. (10) Bon Jovi - 'Greatest Hits'
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music....ot.html

и это при том, что на Британию обрушился сильный снегопад и в связи с этим люди перестали выбираться в магазины. серьезно.

IAOOC
около 80.000
Возвращение в 10ку, 10 недель в Топ-20. Отлично, Роб

The Flood вернулась в Топ-10 - №6

p.s. Olly Murs красавец. 3 недели подряд по 100,000 добирает
p.p.s. кстати, Бубле вслед за ТТ теперь тоже 1.000.000 преодолел за 2010 и опередил ЛедиГагу

The boyband gave their mega-selling album a publicity boost with appearances on both the Strictly Come Dancing semi-final and the X Factor final last weekend, which helped bring the record's total sales to 1.44 million.

Meanwhile, the next three albums behind Progress - Rihanna's Loud, Michael Bublé's Crazy Love and Michael Jackson's Michael - all posted six-figure sales numbers this week, shifting 194,000, 139,000 and 113,000 copies respectively.

Take That's recent performances also help launch Robbie Williams and his greatest hits collection In And Out Of Consciousness back into the top ten, the former-chart topping record advancing to seven from last week's 14.

Also experiencing a small sales bump amongst a top 20 consisting of 12 fallers are The Script with Science & Faith and Rumer with Seasons Of My Soul, both of which hop forward one place to this week's 16 and 19.

The top ten in full:

1. (1) Take That: 'Progress'
2. (4) Rihanna: 'Loud'
3. (2) Michael Bublé: 'Crazy Love'
4. (-) Michael Jackson: 'Michael'
5. (3) Olly Murs: 'Olly Murs'
6. (6) Susan Boyle: 'The Gift'
7. (14) Robbie Williams: 'In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990-2010'
8. (5) JLS: 'Outta This World'
9. (8) Bon Jovi: 'Greatest Hits'
10. (9) Black Eyed Peas: 'The Beginning'
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music....-1.html

The top five selling tracks of 2010 are dominated by international talent with Eminem's song, which peaked at number 2 in the UK singles chart, topping the pile.

However, UK acts have fared better in the albums chart.

Progress, Take That's first album with Robbie Williams in 15 years has spent six weeks at number 1, having sold over 1.5 million copies.

Paolo Nutini's second studio album Sunny Side Up, the fifth biggest seller of the last 12 months, was also the third biggest seller of 2009.

Canadian singer Michael Buble's Crazy Love was the biggest seller of the year until Take That's release, having sold over one million copies.

Martin Talbot, boss of the Official Charts Company, said: "With Matt Cardle, Take That, Susan Boyle and Rihanna all performing incredibly well in the run-up to Christmas, the race to be in the biggest sellers lists for 2010 is shaping up nicely.

"There is a lot of water to go under the bridge - plenty of ground which can be made up yet."

Full end of year lists will be published on Sunday January 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/12059361

1. Take That – ‘Progress’. Their first album to include Robbie Williams since 1995, it's sold over one million copies. Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company, says they've "really made the Christmas albums market their own this year...and it's all the more impressive given the competition."
http://www.nme.com/photos/40-best-selling-albums-of-2010/201469/1/1#40

Progress
1,751,000 (1,437 в Британии, 314 - во всех остальных)