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Album
Anthology 2
- Peak position
- #1
- Weeks on chart
- 37
- Weeks at #1
- 1
The Beatles is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968.
Why this album mattered
The Beatles is the ninth studio album and only double album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 22 November 1968. The Beatles is recognized for its fragmentary style and diverse range of genres, including folk, country rock, British blues, ska, music hall, hard rock, and avant-garde. The album was the band's first LP release on their then-recently founded Apple Records after previous albums were released on Parlophone in the United Kingdom and Capitol Records in the United States. It peaked at #1 and spent 1 week at #1 across 37 total chart weeks. Major singles from the album include "Yesterday".
The music
- 1
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
2 Yesterday
- 3
Help
- 4
I’m Looking Through You
- 5
Taxman
- 6
Eleanor Rigby (strings only)
- 7
I’m Only Sleeping (rehearsal) / I’m Only Sleeping (take 1)
- 8
Strawberry Fields Forever (take 1)
9 I Am the Walrus
10 Across the Universe
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
Tap any week to open its place in the story.
Chart Journey
- Apr 6, 1996#1
- Apr 13#2
- Apr 20#4
- Apr 27#8
- May 4#17
- May 11#23
- May 18#29
- May 25#27
- Jun 1#42
- Jun 8#56
- Jun 15#66
- Jun 22#77
- Jun 29#54
- Jul 6#71
- Jul 13#119
- Jul 20#137
- Jul 27#128
- Aug 3#148
- Aug 10#164
- Aug 17#174
- Aug 24#193
- Aug 31#188
- Sep 14#197
- Sep 21#162
- Sep 28#148
- Oct 5#191
- Nov 16#138
- Nov 23#161
- Nov 30#148
- Dec 7#146
- Dec 14#127
- Dec 21#111
- Dec 28#96
- 1997
- Jan 4, 1997#97
- Jan 11#111
- Jan 18#177
- Jan 25#194
A Christmas return — the song came back during the late-year season when familiar hits reclaim the chart. Entered at #1 at its peak, stayed at #1 for 1 week and fell quickly across 22 weeks on the chart. Returned after 1 week off the chart at #197, reaching #148 over 4 more weeks. Returned after 5 weeks off the chart at #138, reaching #96 over 11 more weeks. 37 total weeks on chart.
The songs behind the run
Breakout songs
The album’s tracks with chart history. Open a song to follow its full journey.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
Album facts
- LabelParlophone in the United Kingdom and Capi
- Genresrock · country rock · The album
- Certificationsplatinum · 24× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of Americ
- Singles"Yesterday"
- ArtistThe Beatles
- Year1996