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The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; it was published for the first time on the week ending April 3, 1960. Prior to 1960 there was no official albums chart. During the decade, a total of 45 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 1960s was the English band The Beatles, who topped the Albums Chart for 190 weeks with thirteen different albums. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, their eighth studio album, was the biggest-selling album of 1967 and the biggest-selling of the decade. The first number-one album of the 1960s was the compilation Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2, by American singer and actor Elvis Presley, while the final number one was Led Zeppelin II (1969), the second album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin.

Number-one albums

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), the eight studio album by the English rock band The Beatles was the biggest-selling album of the decade; it spent 21 consecutive weeks at the top of the Albums Chart during the 1960s. The Beatles spent 190 weeks at the top of the chart, longer than any other act, with thirteen different releases, the most of any act. The Beatles also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling albums chart with twelve different releases: their ninth studio album The Beatles, also known as the White Album (1968), became the fastest-selling album at the time and was the second biggest-selling album of the decade; their first studio album Please Please Me (1963) was the third best-seller album of the decade; it spent a then record-breaking 23 consecutive weeks at the top, a record it held for almost a decade. The Beatles also set the record, still undefeated, for the most best-selling album of the year with six in a row.
American singer and actor Elvis Presley is the most successful solo artist of the decade, having spent 71 weeks at the summit, longer than any other soloist, with six different releases, the second most (alongside American singer Frank Sinatra) and second only to The Beatles. His fourh compilation album Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2 (1959) is the 10th best-seller of the 1960s and the most successful by a male artist.
The Doors (1967), the debut studio album by American rock band The Doors, is the sixth best-selling album of the decade, despite it never reached the top spot.
Key
Best-selling album of the year
Best-selling album of the decade
Runner-up album of the decade
Contents
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Artist Album Weeks at
number one
Issue date
1960
Elvis Presley Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2 9 3 April
Elvis Is Back! 13 5 June
Frank Sinatra Nice 'n' Easy 11 4 September
Elvis Presley G.I. Blues(1961) 17 20 November
1961
Frank Sinatra Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! 10 19 March
All the Way 11 28 May
Elvis Presley Something for Everybody 6 13 August
Judy Garland Judy at Carnegie Hall 12 24 September
Elvis Presley Blue Hawaii(1962) 19 17 December
1962
Various artists West Side Story 9 29 April
Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music 11 1 July
Ray Charles Greatest Hits 13 16 September
Elvis Presley Girls! Girls! Girls! 9 16 December
1963
Frank Sinatra / Count Basie Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First 10 17 February
The Beatles Please Please Me 23 28 April
Elvis Presley Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 8 6 October
The Beatles With the Beatles 18 1 December
1964
Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin' 7 5 April
Barbra Streisand / Various artists Funny Girl (Original Broadway Cast Recording) 8 24 May
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night 21 19 July
Beatles for Sale 15 13 December
1965
Various artists Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack 10 28 March
The Sound of Music 10 6 June
The Beatles Help! 10 15 August
Sonny & Cher Look at Us 8 24 October
The Beatles Rubber Soul(1966) 18 19 December
1966
The Rolling Stones Aftermath 9 24 April
Frank Sinatra Strangers in the Night 7 26 June
The Beatles Revolver 18 14 August
A Collection of Beatles Oldies 6 18 December
1967
The Rolling Stones Between the Buttons 11 29 January
Sonny & Cher In Case You're in Love 7 16 April
The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 21 4 June
The Doors The Doors 9 29 October
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour 12 31 December
1968
Simon & Garfunkel The Graduate 10 24 March
Bookends 12 2 June
The Doors Waiting for the Sun 8 25 August
Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits 6 20 October
The Beatles The Beatles 15 1 December
1969
The Beatles / George Martin Yellow Submarine 7 16 March
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 16 4 May
Bee Gees Best of Bee Gees 6 24 August
The Beatles Abbey Road 6 5 October
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II(1970) 18 16 November
Contents
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Artists with the most number ones

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Three artists all had at least six number-one albums during the 1960s.

Artist Number ones Albums
The Beatles 13
Elvis Presley 7
Frank Sinatra 6

Albums with the most weeks at number one

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The following albums spent at least twenty weeks at number one during the 1960s.

Artist Album Weeks at
number one
The Beatles Please Please Me 23
A Hard Day's Night 21
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Artists with the most weeks at number one

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Three different artists have spent fifty weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1960s.

Artist Weeks at
number one
Albums
The Beatles 190
List
Elvis Presley 81
Frank Sinatra 55

Best-selling albums of the 1960s

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No. Album Artist Year Weeks at number one
1 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles 1967 21
2 The Beatles 1968 15
3 Please Please Me 1963 23
4 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1969 16
5 The Doors The Doors 1967 9
6 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles 1964 21
7 Abbey Road 1969 6
8 Rubber Soul 1965 18
9 Help! 10
10 With the Beatles 1963 18
11 Bookends Simon & Garfunkel 1968 12
12 Revolver The Beatles 1966 18
13 Look at Us Sonny & Cher 1965 8
14 Beatles for Sale The Beatles 1964 15
15 Blue Hawaii Elvis Presley 1961 19
16 Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits! Frank Sinatra 1968 6
17 Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles 1967 12
18 G.I. Blues Elvis Presley 1960 17
19 Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2 1959 9
20 Yellow Submarine The Beatles 1968 7