Classic FM Chart: Andrea Bocelli holds No. 1 place for fourth week in a row
25 November 2018, 18:55
It's Andrea Bocelli's fourth week at No. 1, but Aled Jones and Russell Watson aren't far behind. Christmas music is also starting to take over the chart.
There has been no change in the chart’s top three albums this week – Sì by Andrea Bocelli still leads the way, followed by In Harmony by Aled Jones and Russell Watson, while The Ultimate Classical Collection hovers just behind at No. 3.
The top 10 consists of the same albums as last week, only slightly re-ordered. André Rieu's Best of Christmas album with the Johann Strauss Orchestra has edged past James Newton Howard's soundtrack to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. As we near the end of November, The Nation's Favourite Carols recorded by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra moves up fifteen places in the chart to No. 14.
Three albums have made a leap into the chart this week. A compilation of Vaughan Williams' orchestral works jumps in at No. 21, and two re-entries make it in at No. 23 and 24 – Johann Sebastian Bach by Vikingur Olafsson and the Home Alone soundtrack by John Williams.
| This Week | Last Week | Title & Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | SI, ANDREA BOCELLI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 2 | 2 | IN HARMONY, ALED JONES & RUSSELL WATSON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 3 | 3 | THE ULTIMATE CLASSICAL COLLECTION, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 4 | 5 | DREAMS AND SONGS, BRYN TERFEL Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 5 | 4 | EVOLUTION, ALEXIS FFRENCH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 6 | 7 | ISLANDS - ESSENTIAL EINAUDI, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 7 | 6 | INSPIRATION, SHEKU KANNEH-MASON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 8 | 9 | BEST OF CHRISTMAS, ANDRE RIEU & JOHANN STRAUSS OR Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 9 | 8 | FANTASTIC BEASTS - CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 10 | 10 | 100 YEARS OF NINE LESSONS & CAROLS, KING'S CC/WILLCOCKS/LEDGER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 11 | 26 | CAROLS FROM KING'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR/WILLCOCKS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 12 | 13 | THE REAL CLASSICAL, VARIOUS ARTISTS Buy from Amazon |
| 13 | 11 | THE 50 GREATEST PIECES OF CLASSICAL, LPO/PARRY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 14 | 29 | THE NATION'S FAVOURITE CAROLS, RPO/CITY LONDON CH/WETTON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 15 | 19 | THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE, KARL JENKINS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 16 | 25 | JOHN WILLIAMS - A LIFE IN MUSIC, LSO/GREENAWAY Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 17 | 18 | DIVENIRE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 18 | 14 | SLEEP, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 19 | 16 | THE LITTLE MERMAID - OST, ALAN MENKEN Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 20 | 15 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - TRILOGY - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 21 | NEW | VAUGHAN WILLIAMS/ORCHESTRAL WORKS, ASMIF/MARRINER/NQHO/WORDSWORTH Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 22 | 20 | ELEMENTS, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 23 | RE | JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, VIKINGUR OLAFSSON Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 24 | RE | HOME ALONE - OST, JOHN WILLIAMS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 25 | 21 | THE LORD OF THE RINGS - OST, HOWARD SHORE |
| 26 | 28 | THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS, MAX RICHTER Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 27 | 22 | SCORE, 2CELLOS Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 28 | 23 | IN A TIME LAPSE, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 29 | 17 | CINEMA, ANDREA BOCELLI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
| 30 | 30 | UNA MATTINA, LUDOVICO EINAUDI Download from iTunes - Buy from Amazon |
