It’s the mark of a classic album if over the years it continues to sell, especially so if it spends a significant portion of its existence in the upper reaches of the chart.
The Top 100 will always have a portion of legacy releases dating back decades that are still being streamed or sold in significant quantities.
Any artist would hope to release a set of songs that will resonate with generations, and the lengthy stays of ABBA Gold (first released 1992), Queen’s Greatest Hits (1981) and Bob Marley & The Wailers’ Legend (1984) are testament to that.
Plus, helpfully due to their catalogues, every time you go to stream Dancing Queen, that counts towards ABBA Gold’s total rather than Arrival’s, Bohemian Rhapsody counts towards Queen’s Greatest Hits rather than A Night At The Opera and so on.
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