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Forbes
01-05-2025
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Led Zeppelin Reaches A Special Milestone For The First Time
Led Zeppelin's Four Symbols reenters the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart at No. 27, marking its ... More six hundredth week on the tally, a new record for the band. Led Zeppelin 1975 Jimmy Page Earls Court (Photo by Chris Walter/WireImage) Led Zeppelin is experiencing a modest but notable resurgence on the charts in the United Kingdom at the moment. The group's comeback would be welcome and notable for nearly any rock outfit, let alone one that's been as popular as the musicians have and for as long. Led Zeppelin doesn't have new work out, either. These returns are with decades-old material, which only fell away recently, and which loves to bounce back to the tallies with regularity. Last week was particularly eventful on the charts in the United Kingdom, thanks in part to Record Store Day releases. As many of those special titles fade, classics resurface — and Led Zeppelin is benefiting from that shift. The legendary rock outfit sees both a bestselling album and one of its most famous songs return to the rankings in the U.K., with the full collection even reaching a significant milestone. The band's untitled album — commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, but officially listed by the Official Charts Company as Four Symbols — returns to the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart this week. The set is a top 40 bestseller again as it reenters at No. 27. Four Symbols isn't just back, though. It celebrates a major milestone as it finds space on the genre-specific list once more. The collection has now spent 600 weeks on this specific tally, and this frame marks the first time a Led Zeppelin title has hit the 600-week milestone on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. In fact, no other release in Led Zeppelin's discography has come close to that huge number. The next longest-running success from the group on the Official Rock & Metal Albums list is Mothership, with 380 frames on the roster. The band's self-titled debut has logged 269 weeks, while its follow-up, Led Zeppelin II, follows closely behind with 254 frames. As Four Symbols returns, so too does the most celebrated song from its tracklist. 'Stairway to Heaven' is back on the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart. Even though it wasn't officially released as a single from the project, the tune has now spent 628 weeks on the ranking. It reappears at No. 40 this frame, the lowest spot on the list, but has previously soared as high as No. 3. Led Zeppelin released the Four Symbols in 1971. While several cuts from the effort, including 'Black Dog,' 'Rock and Roll,' and 'Going to California,' were promoted as singles, it was 'Stairway to Heaven' that stole the show, and it's that track continues to fuel the album's performance on the charts to this day.
Forbes
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Led Zeppelin's Biggest Hit On The Charts Was Never Actually A Single
Led Zeppelin's Four Symbols album returns to the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, hitting 600 ... More weeks on the tally in the process. (NO SUB AGENCIES IN UK, FRANCE, GERMANY, HOLLAND, SWEDEN, FINLAND, JAPAN.) Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Robert Plant) 1969 during Led Zeppelin File Photos at the Led Zeppelin File Photos in Various, United Kingdom. (Photo by The U.K. music charts are a little less crazy this week than they were last time around, when Record Store Day and a slew of brand new releases shook up the rankings. As some of those formerly-bestselling titles begin to vanish, a number of classic albums and singles — the kinds that have spent dozens, if not hundreds, of weeks on various tallies — are bouncing back. One of the top favorites that rock back onto multiple rankings is Led Zeppelin, as the band blasts back in with both a beloved album and a huge single. Led Zeppelin currently appears highest on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. The band's self-titled, untitled full-length — often called Led Zeppelin IV or simply Four Symbols, due to the quartet of characters featured on the cover — returns to the U.K. list of the bestselling rock and metal titles. The collection reenters the 40-spot tally at No. 27 this week. Four Symbols isn't just back on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart — it returns and reaches a very impressive milestone. As of this period, the project has now spent an incredible 600 weeks somewhere on the ranking. Despite all that time lingering on the tally, the set has only hit No. 1 once. It has earned a number of stays close to the summit, as it's thus far racked up a total of 40 weeks inside the top 10. As Four Symbols bounces back onto the albums chart, one of its most famous cuts also enjoys some renewed success. "Stairway to Heaven" manages to become a top 40 hit, as it finds space on the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart yet again. Unlike Four Symbols, the album, "Stairway to Heaven" has never risen to No. 1 on the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart. Its highest peak remains at No. 3 — though, remarkably, the smash has now spent a staggering 628 frames somewhere on the singles roster. "Stairway to Heaven," which is widely recognized as perhaps Led Zeppelin's most famous and beloved composition, was never actually released as an official single when Four Symbols debuted. The group chose not to promote the track in that way — perhaps wary of its nearly eight-minute runtime, which made it an awkward fit for radio formats at the time. That decision didn't stop "Stairway to Heaven" from becoming a staple, and one of the band's most famous tracks.
Forbes
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Led Zeppelin Scores A Top 40 Album And Song Simultaneously
Led Zeppelin lands two spots on U.K. rock charts as Four Symbols nears 600 total weeks and 'Stairway ... More to Heaven' reenters the singles ranking. 1968: Rock band "Led Zeppelin" poses for a portrait in 1968. (L-R) John Bonham, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones. (P0hoto by Michael) Led Zeppelin hasn't released new music in decades, but this week, the group manages an impressive feat on the charts in the United Kingdom. The band lands inside the top 40 on not one, but two of the country's most important rock rankings. The rockers manage to score a bestselling, top 40 smash with both an album and a song, which speaks to the act's ongoing popularity and the strength of that catalog. The band claims just one full-length bestseller in the U.K. this frame, and it's a familiar favorite. Four Symbols — the title by which Led Zeppelin's fourth album is referred to on the charts in that country, though it's officially an untitled release — is back inside the top 40 yet again. This time around, the collection lifts one space to No. 36 on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, which ranks the bestselling titles in those genres. Four Symbols once ruled this list and has returned to it many times, thanks to consistent sales and passionate fans. Now, it's on the verge of hitting another impressive milestone: 600 weeks spent somewhere on the ranking. If it can stick around for just one more frame, the effort will officially become a 600-week veteran on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. Even if it disappears before that happens — which it has done plenty of times before — it's likely only a short break. It's not just Four Symbols that finds space on a U.K. tally this week. Led Zeppelin also manages to return to the Official Rock & Metal Singles chart, giving the band a hit song in addition to its ever-popular full-length. 'Stairway to Heaven' reappears at No. 39 on the genre-specific singles roster, narrowly breaking into the 40-spot list. It's impressive that the title still manages to chart at all, especially considering how long ago it was released and the fact that it's not currently being promoted – and hasn't been in many years. Over the course of its 627 total appearances on the ranking, 'Stairway to Heaven' has never reached No. 1. The closest it came was a peak at No. 3, which may surprise longtime fans who think of the track as one of the greatest rock songs of all time.
