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The Red Hot Chili Peppers are heading into the final stretch of their years-long Global Stadium Tour, which began in 2022. The trek is slated to finish this summer, at which point, the group will reportedly take some time off before working on new music.
Ahead of this break, one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ most successful releases reaches a special milestone in one of the largest music markets in the world. The group makes it to a new career high when looking at longevity on the charts, as the masses are still in love with their biggest hits.
Greatest Hits by the Red Hot Chili Peppers has now spent 400 weeks on the ranking of the most-consumed albums in the U.K., as of this frame. The title is far and away their most successful when focusing specifically on the number of turns a project has spent on this roster.
Just two other albums from the Red Hot Chili Peppers have earned triple-digit turns on the chart. So far, neither of them have reached 200 weeks, so Greatest Hits is not in danger of losing the title of being the longest-charting project from the rock band.
Californication, released in 1999, has racked up 169 weeks on the U.K. albums chart. Their breakout effort Blood Sugar Sex Magik has earned 121 frames somewhere on the ranking.
As it reaches the 400-week milestone, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Greatest Hits is climbing on the U.K. ranking. This time around, the title lifts from No. 66 to No. 61. Despite its amazing longevity, the compilation never hit No. 1. Instead, it peaked at No. 4 when it was released in late 2003.
