{"id":922,"date":"2011-09-12T16:21:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/09\/12\/the-beatles-1-makes-digital-debut-today-exclusively-on-itunes\/"},"modified":"2011-09-12T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T16:21:21","slug":"the-beatles-1-makes-digital-debut-today-exclusively-on-itunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/09\/12\/the-beatles-1-makes-digital-debut-today-exclusively-on-itunes\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEATLES 1 MAKES DIGITAL DEBUT TODAY, EXCLUSIVELY ON ITUNES"},"content":{"rendered":"


The world\u2019s best-selling album of the past decade, The Beatles 1, makes its global digital debut today exclusively on the iTunes Store\uf7c5 (www.itunes.com\/thebeatles<\/a>). 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.<\/p>\n

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1 collects all of The Beatles\u2019 singles released between 1963 and 1970 that reached #1 on the UK\u2019s Record Retailer chart and\/or on Billboard\u2019s 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\u2019 singles spent a total of 128 weeks at #1.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s Top 200 Albums chart for eight weeks on its way to becoming the decade\u2019s top-selling album (2000-2009).<\/p>\n

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The remastered 1 album will also be released on CD with updated packaging on September 13.<\/p>\n

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www.thebeatles.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Beatles 1<\/p>\n

1. “Love Me Do”<\/p>\n

First released in the UK in October 1962<\/p>\n

30th<\/sup> May, 1964: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

2. “From Me To You”<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> May, 1963: #1 in the UK for seven weeks<\/p>\n

3. “She Loves You”<\/p>\n

12th<\/sup> September, 1963: #1 in the UK for four weeks<\/p>\n

28th<\/sup> November, 1963: #1 in the UK for two weeks<\/p>\n

21st<\/sup> March, 1964: #1 in the US for two weeks<\/p>\n

4. “I Want To Hold Your Hand”<\/p>\n

12th<\/sup> December, 1963: #1 in the UK for five weeks<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> February, 1964: #1 in the US for seven weeks<\/p>\n

5. “Can’t Buy Me Love”<\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> April, 1964: #1 in the UK for three weeks<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> April, 1964: #1 in the US for five weeks<\/p>\n

6. “A Hard Day’s Night”<\/p>\n

23rd<\/sup> July, 1964: #1 in the UK for three weeks<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> August, 1964: #1 in the US for two weeks<\/p>\n

7. “I Feel Fine”<\/p>\n

10th<\/sup> December, 1964: #1 in the UK for five weeks<\/p>\n

26th<\/sup> December, 1964: #1 in the US for three weeks<\/p>\n

8. “Eight Days a Week”<\/p>\n

13th<\/sup> March, 1965: #1 in the US for two weeks<\/p>\n

9. “Ticket to Ride”<\/p>\n

22nd<\/sup> April, 1965: #1 in the UK for three weeks<\/p>\n

22nd<\/sup> May, 1965: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

10. “Help!”<\/p>\n

5th<\/sup> August, 1965: #1 in the UK for three weeks<\/p>\n

4th<\/sup> September, 1965: #1 in the US for three weeks<\/p>\n

11. “Yesterday”<\/p>\n

9th<\/sup> October, 1965: #1 in the US for four weeks<\/p>\n

12. “Day Tripper”<\/p>\n

16th<\/sup> December, 1965: #1 in the UK for five weeks (double A-sided single with \u201cWe Can Work It Out\u201d)<\/p>\n

13. “We Can Work It Out”<\/p>\n

16th<\/sup> December, 1965: #1 in the UK for five weeks (double A-sided single with \u201cDay Tripper\u201d)<\/p>\n

8th<\/sup> January, 1966: #1 in the US for two weeks<\/p>\n

29th<\/sup> January, 1966: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

14. “Paperback Writer”<\/p>\n

23rd<\/sup> June, 1966: #1 in the UK for two weeks<\/p>\n

25th<\/sup> June, 1966: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

9th<\/sup> July, 1966: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

15. “Yellow Submarine”<\/p>\n

18th<\/sup> August, 1966: #1 in the UK for four weeks (double A-side single with “Eleanor Rigby\u201d)<\/p>\n

16. “Eleanor Rigby”<\/p>\n

18th<\/sup> August, 1966: #1 in the UK for four weeks (double A-side single with “Yellow Submarine”)<\/p>\n

17. “Penny Lane”<\/p>\n

18th<\/sup> March, 1967: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

18. “All You Need Is Love”<\/p>\n

19th<\/sup> July, 1967: #1 in the UK for three weeks<\/p>\n

19th<\/sup> August, 1967: #1 in the US for one week<\/p>\n

19. “Hello, Goodbye”<\/p>\n

6th<\/sup> December, 1967: #1 in the UK for seven weeks<\/p>\n

30th<\/sup> December, 1967: #1 in the US for three weeks<\/p>\n

20. “Lady Madonna”<\/p>\n

27th<\/sup> March, 1968: #1 in the UK for two weeks<\/p>\n

21. “Hey Jude”<\/p>\n

11th<\/sup> September, 1968: #1 in the UK for 2 weeks<\/p>\n

28th<\/sup> September, 1968: #1 in the US for a record-breaking nine weeks<\/p>\n

22. “Get Back”<\/p>\n

23rd<\/sup> April, 1969: #1 in the UK for six weeks<\/p>\n

24th<\/sup> May, 1969: #1 in the US for five weeks<\/p>\n

23. “The Ballad of John and Yoko”<\/p>\n

11th<\/sup> June, 1969: #1 in the UK for three weeks<\/p>\n

24. “Something”<\/p>\n

29th<\/sup> November, 1969: #1 in the US for one week (double A-side single with “Come Together\u201d)<\/p>\n

25. “Come Together”<\/p>\n

29th<\/sup> November, 1969: #1 in the US for one week (double A-side single with “Something\u201d)<\/p>\n

26. “Let It Be”<\/p>\n

11th<\/sup> April, 1970: #1 in the US for two weeks<\/p>\n

27. “The Long and Winding Road”<\/p>\n

13th<\/sup> June, 1970: #1 in the US for two weeks<\/p>\n

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UK Total Weeks at #1: 69 Weeks<\/p>\n

US Total Weeks at #1: 59 Weeks<\/p>\n

Total Weeks at #1 (UK and US charts combined): 128 Weeks<\/p>\n

Source: EMI Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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