THE BEATLES 1 MAKES DIGITAL DEBUT TODAY, EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES
The world’s best-selling album of the past decade, The Beatles 1, makes its global digital debut today exclusively on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com/thebeatles). The album has debuted at #1 on several iTunes top albums charts around the world, including the US, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Sweden, Spain, New Zealand, and Greece. The Beatles have now sold more than nine million songs and over 1.5 million albums on iTunes worldwide.
1 collects all of The Beatles’ singles released between 1963 and 1970 that reached #1 on the UK’s Record Retailer chart and/or on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the US. The Beatles achieved 17 #1 UK singles between May 1963 and July 1969 and 20 US chart-toppers between February 1964 and June 1970. Between both charts, The Beatles’ singles spent a total of 128 weeks at #1.
Since its original release in 2000, 30 million physical copies of The Beatles 1 have been sold around the world, including more than 11.7 million RIAA Diamond-certified sales in the US, where 1 topped Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart for eight weeks on its way to becoming the decade’s top-selling album (2000-2009).
The remastered 1 album will also be released on CD with updated packaging on September 13.
The Beatles 1
1. “Love Me Do”
First released in the UK in October 1962
30th May, 1964: #1 in the US for one week
2. “From Me To You”
2nd May, 1963: #1 in the UK for seven weeks
3. “She Loves You”
12th September, 1963: #1 in the UK for four weeks
28th November, 1963: #1 in the UK for two weeks
21st March, 1964: #1 in the US for two weeks
4. “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
12th December, 1963: #1 in the UK for five weeks
1st February, 1964: #1 in the US for seven weeks
5. “Can’t Buy Me Love”
2nd April, 1964: #1 in the UK for three weeks
4th April, 1964: #1 in the US for five weeks
6. “A Hard Day’s Night”
23rd July, 1964: #1 in the UK for three weeks
1st August, 1964: #1 in the US for two weeks
7. “I Feel Fine”
10th December, 1964: #1 in the UK for five weeks
26th December, 1964: #1 in the US for three weeks
8. “Eight Days a Week”
13th March, 1965: #1 in the US for two weeks
9. “Ticket to Ride”
22nd April, 1965: #1 in the UK for three weeks
22nd May, 1965: #1 in the US for one week
10. “Help!”
5th August, 1965: #1 in the UK for three weeks
4th September, 1965: #1 in the US for three weeks
11. “Yesterday”
9th October, 1965: #1 in the US for four weeks
12. “Day Tripper”
16th December, 1965: #1 in the UK for five weeks (double A-sided single with “We Can Work It Out”)
13. “We Can Work It Out”
16th December, 1965: #1 in the UK for five weeks (double A-sided single with “Day Tripper”)
8th January, 1966: #1 in the US for two weeks
29th January, 1966: #1 in the US for one week
14. “Paperback Writer”
23rd June, 1966: #1 in the UK for two weeks
25th June, 1966: #1 in the US for one week
9th July, 1966: #1 in the US for one week
15. “Yellow Submarine”
18th August, 1966: #1 in the UK for four weeks (double A-side single with “Eleanor Rigby”)
16. “Eleanor Rigby”
18th August, 1966: #1 in the UK for four weeks (double A-side single with “Yellow Submarine”)
17. “Penny Lane”
18th March, 1967: #1 in the US for one week
18. “All You Need Is Love”
19th July, 1967: #1 in the UK for three weeks
19th August, 1967: #1 in the US for one week
19. “Hello, Goodbye”
6th December, 1967: #1 in the UK for seven weeks
30th December, 1967: #1 in the US for three weeks
20. “Lady Madonna”
27th March, 1968: #1 in the UK for two weeks
21. “Hey Jude”
11th September, 1968: #1 in the UK for 2 weeks
28th September, 1968: #1 in the US for a record-breaking nine weeks
22. “Get Back”
23rd April, 1969: #1 in the UK for six weeks
24th May, 1969: #1 in the US for five weeks
23. “The Ballad of John and Yoko”
11th June, 1969: #1 in the UK for three weeks
24. “Something”
29th November, 1969: #1 in the US for one week (double A-side single with “Come Together”)
25. “Come Together”
29th November, 1969: #1 in the US for one week (double A-side single with “Something”)
26. “Let It Be”
11th April, 1970: #1 in the US for two weeks
27. “The Long and Winding Road”
13th June, 1970: #1 in the US for two weeks
UK Total Weeks at #1: 69 Weeks
US Total Weeks at #1: 59 Weeks
Total Weeks at #1 (UK and US charts combined): 128 Weeks
Source: EMI Music
