18-04-2025
Red Hot Chili Peppers Make It To A Huge Milestone For The Very First Time
Red Hot Chili Peppers' Greatest Hits climbs on two U.K. lists and reaches 450 weeks on the Official ... More Albums chart — more than twice as long as any other release. (L-R) Bassist Flea, singer and songwriter Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak (1962-1988) and drummer Cliff Martinez, of the American rock band The Red Hot Chili Peppers, pose for a group portrait on January 4, 1984 at The Stone in San Francisco, California. (Photo by)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are having quite the week across the pond. The rock band is making its presence felt with a pair of projects, both of which are performing well at the moment. As one returns, the other is enjoying reaching a special milestone. It seems that no matter how much time passes, one compilation from the group remains a must-play for fans across the United Kingdom.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers can almost always be found on the charts in the U.K. with Greatest Hits, the simply-titled retrospective that features many of the band's most famous tracks. This frame, the compilation improves on both of the tallies where it regularly shows up.
Greatest Hits rises on the Official Albums Streaming chart, lifting from No. 52 to No. 45. It also advances on the all-genre Official Albums ranking, moving up nine spaces to No. 51. That latter tally is focused on the most-consumed full-lengths and EPs in the country each week.
As it holds on, Greatest Hits has now spent 450 weeks somewhere on the Official Albums chart. That's a remarkable feat that a relatively few titles have managed. It's also the first effort by Red Hot Chili Peppers to hit that number.
While Greatest Hits leads the band's catalog in terms of longevity, it's not the only Red Hot Chili Peppers album with a strong showing over the years. Californication ranks as the second-longest-running effort, with 169 total weeks on the chart. Just behind it is Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which has now racked up 121 weeks on the tally.
Speaking of Californication, that project is also back in the spotlight this week. While it doesn't appear on the Official Albums chart this time around, it's present once again on two other closely-watched rankings. The band's bestselling traditional release returns to both the Official Physical Albums chart (No. 91) and the Official Albums Sales roster (No. 97).
Californication has already passed the one-year mark on each of those lists. In fact, it's spent several hundred weeks on the physical-only tally, which focuses solely on CD and vinyl sales, and just over a year on the all-encompassing purchase ranking.
