European Top 100 Albums
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The European Top 100 Albums chart is the Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

an adaptation of the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

 albums chart. It was created in March 1984.

The European Top 100 Albums, commonly referred to as Eurochart Top 100 Albums shows the sales of an act in 19 European countries based on IFPI data.

The European Top 100 compiles album sales (both retail and digital) of new and older albums, until the issue dated to December 5, it was different from The U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

, on which albums would only be allowed to chart if they weren't 18 months old, if an album older than 18 months had enough sales to go on the 200 chart and therefore had already dropped out of the 100th position, it would chart on the The U.S. Billboard Catalog Albums. Now, Billboard reviewed the criteria and decided the older albums would also be allowed to chart in the 200, as it should show what's being sold, giving both charts, the Euro and The US 200, the same charting rules.

The chart update and issue dating follow the same rules as the Billboard 200: sales tracking week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday. A new chart is published the following Thursday with an issue date of the following Saturday.

The first Eurochart number one album was Thriller
Thriller (album)
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall...

by Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

. The current number one album as of December 11, 2010 is Progress
Progress (Take That album)
Progress is the sixth studio album by British band Take That. It is the band's first album to feature Robbie Williams since 1995. The album was released in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2010. The album received positive reviews, with most critics commending the influence of electronic music and...

by Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

. The chart has been on a hiatus since December 11, 2010, following the news of Billboard closing their London office and letting their UK-based staff go.

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