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.

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The Beatles 1

1. “Love Me Do”

First released in the UK in October 1962

30^th May, 1964: #1 in the US for one week

2. “From Me To You”

2^nd May, 1963: #1 in the UK for seven weeks

3. “She Loves You”

12^th September, 1963: #1 in the UK for four weeks

28^th November, 1963: #1 in the UK for two weeks

21^st March, 1964: #1 in the US for two weeks

4. “I Want To Hold Your Hand”

12^th December, 1963: #1 in the UK for five weeks

1^st February, 1964: #1 in the US for seven weeks

5. “Can’t Buy Me Love”

2^nd April, 1964: #1 in the UK for three weeks

4^th April, 1964: #1 in the US for five weeks

6. “A Hard Day’s Night”

23^rd July, 1964: #1 in the UK for three weeks

1^st August, 1964: #1 in the US for two weeks

7. “I Feel Fine”

10^th December, 1964: #1 in the UK for five weeks

26^th December, 1964: #1 in the US for three weeks

8. “Eight Days a Week”

13^th March, 1965: #1 in the US for two weeks

9. “Ticket to Ride”

22^nd April, 1965: #1 in the UK for three weeks

22^nd May, 1965: #1 in the US for one week

10. “Help!”

5^th August, 1965: #1 in the UK for three weeks

4^th September, 1965: #1 in the US for three weeks

11. “Yesterday”

9^th October, 1965: #1 in the US for four weeks

12. “Day Tripper”

16^th 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”

16^th December, 1965: #1 in the UK for five weeks (double A-sided single with “Day Tripper”)

8^th January, 1966: #1 in the US for two weeks

29^th January, 1966: #1 in the US for one week

14. “Paperback Writer”

23^rd June, 1966: #1 in the UK for two weeks

25^th June, 1966: #1 in the US for one week

9^th July, 1966: #1 in the US for one week

15. “Yellow Submarine”

18^th August, 1966: #1 in the UK for four weeks (double A-side single with “Eleanor Rigby”)

16. “Eleanor Rigby”

18^th August, 1966: #1 in the UK for four weeks (double A-side single with “Yellow Submarine”)

17. “Penny Lane”

18^th March, 1967: #1 in the US for one week

18. “All You Need Is Love”

19^th July, 1967: #1 in the UK for three weeks

19^th August, 1967: #1 in the US for one week

19. “Hello, Goodbye”

6^th December, 1967: #1 in the UK for seven weeks

30^th December, 1967: #1 in the US for three weeks

20. “Lady Madonna”

27^th March, 1968: #1 in the UK for two weeks

21. “Hey Jude”

11^th September, 1968: #1 in the UK for 2 weeks

28^th September, 1968: #1 in the US for a record-breaking nine weeks

22. “Get Back”

23^rd April, 1969: #1 in the UK for six weeks

24^th May, 1969: #1 in the US for five weeks

23. “The Ballad of John and Yoko”

11^th June, 1969: #1 in the UK for three weeks

24. “Something”

29^th November, 1969: #1 in the US for one week (double A-side single with “Come Together”)

25. “Come Together”

29^th November, 1969: #1 in the US for one week (double A-side single with “Something”)

26. “Let It Be”

11^th April, 1970: #1 in the US for two weeks

27. “The Long and Winding Road”

13^th 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