in their home country for very long.
The band’s 1 compilation is typically representative of The Beatles’ ongoing commercial success. The project features many of their most beloved songs, so all the streams of those tunes usually feed into keeping the title on the list (though not always).
This frame, 1 celebrates hitting 450 weeks on the U.K. albums chart. It’s the first release from The Beatles to make it to that number, and it is far and away the Fab Four’s longest-running win.
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The Beatles almost always claim at least one space on the U.K. albums chart. They are simply too popular to fall away from the ranking of the most-consumed full-lengths in their home country for very long.
The band’s 1 compilation is typically representative of The Beatles’ ongoing commercial success. The project features many of their most beloved songs, so all the streams of those tunes usually feed into keeping the title on the list (though not always).
This frame, 1 celebrates hitting 450 weeks on the U.K. albums chart. It’s the first release from The Beatles to make it to that number, and it is far and away the Fab Four’s longest-running win.
1 doesn’t face any competition for the title of The Beatles’ full-length with the most weeks spent on the ranking of the top-performing albums in the U.K. Their second-longest-charting title, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, has thus far held on for 277 frames. That’s only a little more than half as long as 1.
Only two other releases by The Beatles have spent triple-digit weeks on the U.K. albums chart. A pair of greatest hits compilations–like 1–have also lived on the tally for at least 100 turns. 1962-1966 (also known as the Red Album) is up to 167 frames. Meanwhile, 1967-1970 (or, the Blue Album) has spent 131 stints on the list.
This week, 1 dips slightly on the U.K. albums chart, but it doesn’t fall very far. The compilation backtracks from No. 60 to No. 64. The set regularly bounces around on the ranking, and it could easily climb again in the coming frames.