Chart Watch Britain: Olympics Appearance Pushes Three Mike Oldfield Albums Onto the Charts

Mike Oldfield's appearance at the opening of the London Olympics' Opening Ceremonies has propelled three of his albums onto the British Album chart, including two that are new. At number 6 is Two Sides: The Very Best of Mike Oldfield and at 100 is Platinum. In between, reentering at 66, is his classic Tubular Bells.

Two other albums by veteran artists debut this week. At 78 is the new compilation The Very Best of Otis Redding & Aretha Franklin while at 99 is The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends from the Flaming Lips and numerous guest stars.

Chart of August 11, 2012

Top 100 Albums

TW	LW	Title	Artist
1	N	Contrast	Conor Maynard
2	1	Ill Manors (Soundtrack)	Plan B
3	8	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sande
4	3	Overexposed	Maroon 5
5	N	From the Roots Up	Delilah
6	N	Two Sides: The Very Best of	Mike Oldfield
26	18	Number Ones	Bee Gees
30	10	Good Morning to the Night	Elton John vs. Pnau
35	15	Graceland	Paul Simon
46	37	The Collection	Vangelis
53	52	Legend	Bob Marley & the Wailers
66	143	Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield
69	66	Greatest Hits	Bon Jovi
70	R	Monkeemania: The Very Best of	Monkees
72	57	25 Years: The Chain	Fleetwood Mac
78	N	The Very Best of	Otis Redding & Aretha Franklin
79	R	The Ultimate Collection	Whitney Houston
81	65	Greatest Hits	Bruce Springsteen
84	79	Greatest Hits	Guns N' Roses
89	96	Apocalyptic Love	Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy
95	89	The Very Best of: 1980-2000	UB40
97	78	The Journey 1978-2009	Chris Rea
98	88	18 Hits	ABBA
99	N	The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwends	Flaming Lips
100	N	Platinum	Mike Oldfield
		Dropped Off:
44	44	Tomorrow Never Knows	Beatles
76	76	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen
82	82	Very Best Of	Stone Roses
83	83	Private Investigations: The Best of	Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler
86	86	Clockwork Angels	Rush
95	95	Official Release Series Discs 1-4	Neil Young