The Beatles' Most Successful Album Reaches A New Milestone
English singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940-1980), English singer, ... [+] songwriter and bassist Paul McCartney, English musician, singer and drummer Ringo Starr and English musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist George Harrison (1943-2001) of the Beatles attend a press party at the home of manager Brian Epstein supporting the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, May 19, 1967, in London, United Kingdom. The Beatles's 1 compilation is their first release to hit 450 weeks on the U.K. albums chart—a milestone it reaches this frame.(Photo by Jeff Hochberg/Getty Images)
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.
Source: Hugh McIntyre/forbes.com
