List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1960s
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The UK Albums Chart is a record chart based on weekly album sales in the United Kingdom; during the 1960s, a total of 57 albums reached number one. The sources are the Melody Maker chart until March 1960, and the Record Retailer chart from March 1960 onwards.
Number ones
No. | nth album to top the UK Albums Chart |
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re | Return of an album to number one |
† | Best-selling album of the year[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
‡ | Best-selling album of the decade |
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← 1950s • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970s → |
No. | Artist[a] | Album[a] | Record label[b] | Reached number one[a] | Weeks at number one[a] |
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1960 | |||||
18 | Freddy Cannon | The Explosive Freddy Cannon | Top Rank | 6 March 1960 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific † | RCA Victor | 13 March 1960 | 19 |
19 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Is Back! | RCA | 24 July 1960 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific † | RCA Victor | 31 July 1960 | 5 |
20 | 101 Strings | Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane | Pye Golden Guinea | 4 September 1960 | 5 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific † | RCA Victor | 9 October 1960 | 13 |
1961 | |||||
21 | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues † | RCA | 8 January 1961 | 7 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 26 February 1961 | 1 |
re | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues † | RCA | 5 March 1961 | 3 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 26 March 1961 | 1 |
re | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues † | RCA | 2 April 1961 | 12 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 25 June 1961 | 4 |
22 | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | HMV | 23 July 1961 | 4 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 20 August 1961 | 1 |
re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | HMV | 27 August 1961 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 3 September 1961 | 1 |
re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | HMV | 10 September 1961 | 1 |
23 | The Shadows | The Shadows | Columbia | 17 September 1961 | 4 |
re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | HMV | 15 October 1961 | 1 |
re | The Shadows | The Shadows | Columbia | 22 October 1961 | 1 |
24 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 21 Today | Columbia | 29 October 1961 | 1 |
25 | George Mitchell Minstrels | Another Black and White Minstrel Show | HMV | 5 November 1961 | 8 |
26 | Elvis Presley | Blue Hawaii | RCA | 31 December 1961 | 1 |
1962 | |||||
27 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | The Young Ones | Columbia | 7 January 1962 | 6 |
re | Elvis Presley | Blue Hawaii | RCA | 18 February 1962 | 17 |
28 | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 17 June 1962 | 5 |
29 | Elvis Presley | Pot Luck | RCA | 22 July 1962 | 5 |
re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 26 August 1962 | 1 |
re | Elvis Presley | Pot Luck | RCA | 2 September 1962 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 9 September 1962 | 1 |
30 | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk | The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk | Pye Golden Guinea | 16 September 1962 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 23 September 1962 | 3 |
re | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk | The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk | Pye Golden Guinea | 14 October 1962 | 1 |
31 | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 21 October 1962 | 3 |
re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 11 November 1962 | 1 |
re | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 18 November 1962 | 1 |
32 | George Mitchell Minstrels | On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels | HMV | 25 November 1962 | 2 |
re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 9 December 1962 | 1 |
re | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 16 December 1962 | 1 |
re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | HMV | 23 December 1962 | 2 |
1963 | |||||
re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story | Philips | 6 January 1963 | 1 |
re | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 13 January 1963 | 2 |
33 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | Summer Holiday | Columbia | 27 January 1963 | 14 |
34 | The Beatles | Please Please Me | Parlophone | 5 May 1963 | 30 |
35 | The Beatles | With the Beatles † | Parlophone | 1 December 1963 | 21 |
1964 | |||||
36 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | Decca | 26 April 1964 | 12 |
37 | The Beatles | A Hard Day's Night | Parlophone | 19 July 1964 | 21 |
38 | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale † | Parlophone | 13 December 1964 | 7 |
1965 | |||||
39 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 31 January 1965 | 3 |
re | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | 21 February 1965 | 1 |
re | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 28 February 1965 | 6 |
40 | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | CBS | 11 April 1965 | 1 |
re | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 18 April 1965 | 1 |
re | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | 25 April 1965 | 3 |
re | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | CBS | 16 May 1965 | 1 |
41 | Bob Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | CBS | 23 May 1965 | 1 |
42 | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 30 May 1965 | 10 |
43 | The Beatles | Help! | Parlophone | 8 August 1965 | 9 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 10 October 1965 | 10 |
44 | The Beatles | Rubber Soul | Parlophone | 19 December 1965 | 8 |
1966 | |||||
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 13 February 1966 | 10 |
45 | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | Decca | 24 April 1966 | 8 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 19 June 1966 | 7 |
46 | The Beatles | Revolver | Parlophone | 7 August 1966 | 7 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 25 September 1966 | 18 |
1967 | |||||
47 | The Monkees | The Monkees | RCA Victor | 29 January 1967 | 7 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 19 March 1967 | 7 |
48 | The Monkees | More of The Monkees | RCA Victor | 7 May 1967 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 14 May 1967 | 1 |
re | The Monkees | More of The Monkees | RCA Victor | 21 May 1967 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 28 May 1967 | 1 |
49 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 4 June 1967 | 23 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 12 November 1967 | 1 |
re | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 19 November 1967 | 1 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 26 November 1967 | 3 |
re | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 17 December 1967 | 2 |
50 | Val Doonican | Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently | Pye | 31 December 1967 | 3 |
1968 | |||||
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 21 January 1968 | 1 |
re | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 28 January 1968 | 1 |
51 | The Four Tops | The Four Tops Greatest Hits | Tamla Motown | 4 February 1968 | 1 |
52 | Diana Ross & The Supremes | Greatest Hits | Tamla Motown | 11 February 1968 | 3 |
53 | Bob Dylan | John Wesley Harding | CBS | 3 March 1968 | 10 |
54 | Scott Walker | Scott 2 | Philips | 12 May 1968 | 1 |
re | Bob Dylan | John Wesley Harding | CBS | 19 May 1968 | 3 |
55 | Andy Williams | Love, Andy | CBS | 9 June 1968 | 1 |
56 | Otis Redding | The Dock of the Bay | Stax | 16 June 1968 | 1 |
57 | The Small Faces | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake | Immediate | 23 June 1968 | 6 |
58 | Tom Jones | Delilah | Decca | 4 August 1968 | 1 |
59 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | CBS | 11 August 1968 | 5 |
re | Tom Jones | Delilah | Decca | 15 September 1968 | 1 |
re | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | CBS | 22 September 1968 | 2 |
60 | The Hollies | Hollies' Greatest | Parlophone | 6 October 1968 | 6 |
re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 17 November 1968 | 1 |
re | The Hollies | Hollies' Greatest | Parlophone | 24 November 1968 | 1 |
61 | The Beatles | The Beatles | Apple | 1 December 1968 | 7 |
1969 | |||||
62 | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 19 January 1969 | 1 |
re | The Beatles | The Beatles | Apple | 26 January 1969 | 1 |
re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 2 February 1969 | 1 |
63 | Diana Ross & The Supremes | Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations | Tamla Motown | 9 February 1969 | 4 |
64 | Cream | Goodbye | Polydor | 9 March 1969 | 2 |
re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 23 March 1969 | 2 |
re | Cream | Goodbye | Polydor | 6 April 1969 | 1 |
re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 13 April 1969 | 1 |
re | Cream | Goodbye | Polydor | 20 April 1969 | 1 |
re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 27 April 1969 | 1 |
65 | The Moody Blues | On the Threshold of a Dream | Deram | 4 May 1969 | 2 |
66 | Bob Dylan | Nashville Skyline | CBS | 18 May 1969 | 4 |
67 | Ray Conniff | His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound | CBS | 15 June 1969 | 3 |
68 | Jim Reeves | According to My Heart | RCA International | 6 July 1969 | 4 |
69 | Jethro Tull | Stand Up | Island | 3 August 1969 | 3 |
70 | Elvis Presley | From Elvis in Memphis | RCA Victor | 24 August 1969 | 1 |
re | Jethro Tull | Stand Up | Island | 31 August 1969 | 2 |
71 | Blind Faith | Blind Faith | Polydor | 14 September 1969 | 2 |
72 | The Beatles | Abbey Road † | Apple | 28 September 1969 | 11 |
73 | The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed | Decca | 14 December 1969 | 1 |
re | The Beatles | Abbey Road † | Apple | 21 December 1969 | 6 |
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← 1950s • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970s → |
By artist
Six artists spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the albums chart during the 1960s.
Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
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The Beatles | 10 | 155 |
Elvis Presley | 5 | 47 |
The Shadows[c] | 5 | 33 |
The Rolling Stones | 4 | 31 |
Cliff Richard[d] | 3 | 21 |
Bob Dylan | 4 | 20 |
By record label
Eight record labels spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the albums chart during the 1960s.
Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
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Parlophone | 9 | 141 |
RCA Victor | 5 | 134 |
RCA Records | 4 | 46 |
Columbia | 6 | 39 |
Decca Records | 5 | 33 |
CBS Records | 7 | 31 |
Apple Records | 2 | 21 |
Notes
- ^ a b c d The artist, album, date of reaching number one and number of weeks at number one are those given by the OCC.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
- ^ The record labels are those given by the OCC.[22]
- ^ Includes three number-one albums co-credited with Cliff Richard
- ^ Co-credited with The Shadows
References
- ^ Warwick, Kutner & Brown 2004, p. 26–29.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1960". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1961". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1962". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1963". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1964". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 29 July 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1965". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1966". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1967". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1968". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ Mawer, Sharon. "Album Chart History: 1969". The Official UK Charts Company. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1960". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1961". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1962". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1963". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1964". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1965". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1966". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1967". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1968". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "All the Number One Albums: 1969". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- Sources
- Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
External links
- Archive of all UK Number One Albums of the 1960s with images of original packaging
- Official UK Albums Top 100 at the Official Charts Company