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Wolf

Jun 11, 2001, 01:00 PM

BILLBOARD ALBUM CHARTS

01/02/64 #1 Meet The Beatles!
08/02/64 #2 Introducing The Beatles
xx/xx/64 #68 The Beatles With Tony Sheridan And Their Guests
xx/xx/64 #104 Jolly What! The Beatles And Frank Ifield On Stage!
18/04/64 #1 The Beatles` Second Album
23/05/64 #20 The American Tour With Ed Rudy
11/07/64 #1 A Hard Day`s Night
01/08/64 #2 Something New
xx/xx/64 #142 The Beatles Vs. The Four Seasons
07/11/64 #63 Songs, Pictures And Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles
12/12/64 #7 The Beatles` Story
26/12/64 #1 Beatles 65
24/04/65 #43 The Early Beatles
26/06/65 #1 Beatles` VI
28/08/65 #1 Help!
18/12/65 #1 Rubber Soul
02/07/66 #1 Yesterday And Today
20/08/66 #1 Revolver
10/06/67 #1 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band
23/12/67 #1 Magical Mystery Tour
07/12/68 #1 The Beatles
08/02/69 #2 Yellow Submarine
18/10/69 #1 Abbey Road
07/03/70 #2 Hey Jude
23/05/70 #1 Let It Be
27/06/70 #117 In The Beginning
14/04/73 #3 The Beatles 1962-1966
14/04/73 #1 The Beatles 1967-1970
26/06/76 #2 Rock`n`Roll Music
21/05/77 #2 The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl
05/11/77 #24 Love Songs
19/04/80 #21 Rarities
10/04/82 #19 Reel Music
13/11/83 #50 20 Greatest Hits
17/12/94 #3 Live At The BBC
09/12/95 #1 Anthology 1
06/04/96 #1 Anthology 2
16/11/96 #1 Anthology 3
xx/xx/99 #15 Yellow Submarine Songtrack
xx/xx/00 #1 Beatles 1

40 Hit Albums
29 Top Ten Albums
19 Number One Albums

bearkat77

Jun 11, 2001, 08:24 PM

Wolf, you've got several dates mixed up. Would you like me to fix them or send you the proper dates?

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octopus's garden

Jun 11, 2001, 09:13 PM

this is the american album chart stats right?

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bearkat77

Jun 11, 2001, 09:31 PM

Yes, but some release dates are wrong.

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mindgames

Jun 12, 2001, 08:25 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By bearkat77:
Wolf, you've got several dates mixed up. Would you like me to fix them or send you the proper dates?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Maybe they are the dates on which they peaked on the charts. http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/thinker.gif It confused me there for a second and then I realized that Wolf put the day and then the month instead of American style where the month is first.

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This week, the Beatles greatest hits album, "1", is at number forty-nine on the USA album charts. "Wingspan: Hits and History" by Paul McCartney is at number fifteen.

bearkat77

Jun 12, 2001, 07:49 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By mindgames:
It confused me there for a second and then I realized that Wolf put the day and then the month<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I noticed that right off, mindgames. But the dates are not all correct, if he's referring to release dates.

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Wolf

Jun 13, 2001, 04:52 PM

Sorry for the European dates, forgot to adjust that, lol.

The dates are not release dates! It`s the dates the albums entered the US charts!

Tim

Jun 13, 2001, 07:17 PM

Wolf,
The Beatles with 19 #1 LPs are #1 in that regard.
In fact they have 1 more #1 LP than the 2nd(Elvis Presley 9)and 3rd(Rolling Stones 9) place acts combined!

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mindgames

Jun 14, 2001, 04:57 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Wolf:
The dates are not release dates! It`s the dates the albums entered the US charts!

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Told you, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif.

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This week, the Beatles greatest hits album, "1", is at number forty-nine on the USA album charts. "Wingspan: Hits and History" by Paul McCartney is at number fifteen.

Wolf

Jun 14, 2001, 01:15 PM

Not exactly...it`s the date the albums entered the charts, not the dates they peaked! But you were close!

bearkat77

Jun 14, 2001, 07:28 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By mindgames:
Told you, http://www.beatlelinks.net/ubb/smilies/cat.gif.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

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bearkat77

Jun 14, 2001, 07:29 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>Quote:<HR>Originally Posted By Wolf:
Not exactly...it`s the date the albums entered the charts, not the dates they peaked! But you were close!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Close is right. Considering that some of these LPs reached #1 within a week of release.

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Tim

Jun 16, 2001, 10:23 AM

A few I beleive entered at #1.

Another interesting bit o' trivia-37 years between their first week at #1(Meet the Beatles!) and the last (1).

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Wolf

Jun 16, 2001, 04:28 PM

None of the Beatles` albums in the 60s debuted at #1 in Billboard (the first time this happened was in 1975 with an Elton John album). In the 60s, the week of chart placings and sales didn`t correspondent. Many of the Beatles` albums sold around 1 million copies in their debut week in the US, which was usually more than what the then current #1 album in the US sold, but still none of the Beatles´ albums debuted at #1...

Details (1965 to 1969):

"Beatles `65" went 98-1

"Beatles VI" went 149-48-1

"Help!" went 148-61-1

"Rubber Soul" went 106-60-1

"Yesterday And Today" went 120-18-2-1

"Revolver" went 45-1

"Sgt. Pepper" went 8-1

"Magical Mystery Tour" went 157-4-1

"The Beatles" went 11-2-1

"Yellow Submarine" went 86-6-3-2-2 (peak)

"Abbey Road" went 178-4-1

In today`s album chart, it is very likely that ALL of the above albums would have entered the chart at #1 (based on their impressive first week sales - even by today`s standards)