![]() But the Tops’ retrospective spent no fewer than 16 consecutive weeks in the Top 10, and equally impressively, more than a year in the 40-position chart of the time. ![]() No previous Motown album had ever achieved the feat, but ironically, the Tops’ reign was ended just seven days later by, of all artists, their labelmates Diana Ross and the Supremes’ own Greatest Hits collection. ![]() Then the collection moved to the summit, replacing The Beatles’ Sgt. It entered the UK bestsellers in January, at No.26, and made fast progress to No.12 and then No.4. The record had charted in the US the previous September, coming to rest at No.4 in late November. ![]() On that February 1968 bestsellers list, it climbed to No.1 - and became Motown’s first-ever UK album chart-topper. So when the label released a Greatest Hits collection, fans seized the chance to own it.
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