List of best-selling albums of the 1960s in the United Kingdom

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An album is defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as being a type of music release that features more than four tracks and lasts longer than 25 minutes;^[1] during the 1960s, sales of albums in the United Kingdom were compiled by several different magazines, including New Musical Express (NME), Record Retailer, Melody Maker, Disc and Record Mirror. The UK Albums Chart was first officially published in February 1969 when Record Retailers and the BBC jointly commissioned the British Market Research Bureau (BMRB) to record sales of albums.^[2] For dates between March 1960 and February 1969, the albums chart produced by Record Retailer is regarded by the OCC as being canonical to the UK Albums Chart; for dates before March 1960, the OCC considers the albums chart created by NME to be canonical.^[3] The biggest-selling album of the 1960s was Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles—of the top thirteen biggest-selling albums of the decade, ten were by The Beatles, the other three being motion picture soundtracks.

Albums

Best-selling albums of the 1960s in the UK
Position	Album	Artist	Record label^[a]	Year^[a]	Peak on the UK Albums Chart^[a]
1	The Sound of Music	Original soundtrack	RCA Victor	1965	1
2	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles	Parlophone	1967	1
3	With the Beatles	The Beatles	Parlophone	1963	1
4	Abbey Road	The Beatles	Apple	1969	1
5	South Pacific	Original soundtrack	RCA Victor	1962	1
6	Beatles for Sale	The Beatles	Parlophone	1964	1
7	A Hard Day's Night	The Beatles	Parlophone	1964	1
8	Rubber Soul	The Beatles	Parlophone	1965	1
9	The Beatles	The Beatles	Apple	1968	1
10	West Side Story	Original soundtrack	Philips	1962	1
11	Revolver	The Beatles	Parlophone	1966	1
12	Please Please Me	The Beatles	Parlophone	1963	1
13	Help!	The Beatles	Parlophone	1965	1
14	Bookends	Simon & Garfunkel	CBS	1968	1
15	Best of The Beach Boys	The Beach Boys	Capitol	1966	2
16	Sounds of Silence	Simon & Garfunkel	CBS	1966	13
17	The Best of The Seekers	The Seekers	Columbia	1968	1
18	The Rolling Stones No. 2	The Rolling Stones	Decca	1965	1
19	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme	Simon & Garfunkel	CBS	1968	13
20	The Black and White Minstrel Show	George Mitchell Minstrels	HMV	1960	1

^ ^a ^b ^c The record labels, years and chart peaks are those given by the OCC.^[4]

References

General (chart positions)

Mawer, Sharon (2007). "1969". London: Official Charts. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

Specific

^ "Rules For Chart Eligibility – Albums" (PDF). London: Official Charts. January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2007. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
^ Leigh, Spencer (20 February 1998). "Music: Charting the number ones that somehow got away". The Independent. London. ISSN 0951-9467. OCLC 185201487. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
^ "Key Dates in the History of the Official UK Charts". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ "Artist Chart History". London: Official Charts. 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

UK music charts

UK singles

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Number one artists Most number ones Christmas Posthumous Scottish One-hit wonders in Scotland List of artists by number of UK Independent Singles Chart number ones Instrumental Simultaneous UK and U.S. Simultaneous with album
Top tens	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Most top tens
Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 1900s 21st century All time Yearly Most-downloaded (2000s) Most streamed Million-sellers Platinum singles (pre-2000) Platinum singles (post-2000) Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders Records and statistics

UK albums

Number ones	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Most number ones Number-one in most decades Christmas Posthumous Simultaneous UK and U.S. Simultaneous with single
Top tens	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Most top tens
Best-selling	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s (decade) 2010s 21st century All time Yearly Most weeks on chart One-hit wonders

Genre charts

Number ones	Afrobeats Singles Americana Albums Christian & Gospel Albums Classical Artist Albums Country (albums/airplay) Dance (singles/albums) Indie (singles/albums) Indie Breakers (singles/albums) Jazz & Blues Albums R&B (singles/albums) Rock & Metal Singles and Albums Specialist Classical Albums

Other charts

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