UK Top 20; Music Albums

This us a list of the UK Top 20 Music Albums, on October 20th, 2010 (According to BBC Radio One's website):

1 Robbie Williams- In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990 - 2010
2 Tinie Tempah- Disc-Overy
3 Cliff Richard- Bold As Brass
4 The Script- Science & Faith
5 Magnetic Man- Magnetic Man
6 Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More
7 Plan B- The Defamation Of Strickland Banks
8 Belle and Sebastian- Write About Love
9 Alter Bridge- AB III
10 Phil Collins- Going Back
11 Eminem- Recovery
12 The Orb- Metallic Spheres (feat. David Gilmour)
13 Katy Perry- Teenage Dream
14 Lady Gaga- The Fame
15 Brandon Flowers- Flamingo
16 Central Band of The RAF- Reach For The Skies
17 Usher- Raymond V Raymond
18 The xx- XX
19 Robert Plant- Band Of Joy
20 Jason Donovan- Soundtrack Of The 80s

The interesting thing about this album list is the way in which it reflects the ever-growing diversity in popular music tastes. There is a substantial mix of well established artists who have been recording throughout several eras of music (such as Cliff Richard and Robbie Williams in first and third place), artists who are recently established but loved and respected nonetheless (like The Script and Katy Perry), as well as artists who are new to the charts, and relatively unheard of (Eliza Doolittle and Tinie Tempah providing contemporary exmaples).

This mix of artists is solid proof that modern consumers of music don't always want brand new, fresh artists and groups, but can sometimes prefer well-established musicians who they are comfortable with, and who still produce music for the mainstream genre.