List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1960s
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.
UK Albums Chart number ones |
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UK Albums Chart Official Charts Company Christmas number one |
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 |
Contents |
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← 1950s • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970s → |
No. | Artist[lower-alpha 1] | Album[lower-alpha 1] | Record label[lower-alpha 2] | Reached number one[lower-alpha 1] | Weeks at number one[lower-alpha 1] |
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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 | 16 |
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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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[lower-alpha 3] | 5 | 33 |
The Rolling Stones | 4 | 31 |
Cliff Richard[lower-alpha 4] | 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
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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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
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