ABBA 'Gold' named first album to log 1,000 weeks on UK Chart

ABBA's Gold is now the most precious of metals in the UK.

Two decades after its release, the Swedish pop legends’ greatest hits logs 1,000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart Top 100, becoming the first album to do so, Billboard reports.

Gold dropped in September 1992 and immediately went to No. 1 on the national sales chart, one of ABBA's nine leaders in that market. It's since made eight non-consecutive weeks at the summit, and has notched cumulative sales of 5.61 million, according to the Official Charts Company.

The career-retrospective sits behind just one title on the UK’s all-time bestsellers list, Queen’s Greatest Hits (Virgin) from 1981.

"To have racked up 1,000 weeks on the Official Albums Chart, a solid 20 years of chart presence, is quite remarkable,” comments Martin Talbot, CEO of the Official Charts Company. “It not only highlights their incredible popularity, but just how closely they have connected with a succession of new generations."

The two albums trailing ABBA Gold on the longevity list aren’t far behind. Bob Marley & The Wailers’ collection Legend (Tuff Gong) is at No. 2, with 984 weeks, while Queen's Greatest Hits is on 952 weeks. For the record, ABBA Gold (via Polydor) lifts 23-17 on the latest weekly chart.