[[File:Los Beatles (19266969775) Recortado.jpg|thumb|240px|”[[Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band]]” (1967), the eight [[studio album]] by the English rock band [[The Beatles]] was the biggest-selling album of the decade; it spent 26 non consecutive weeks at the top of the [[User:FraDany|Albums Chart]] during the 1960s. The Beatles spent 208 weeks at the top of the chart, longer than any other act, with thirteen different releases, the most of any act. The Beatles also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling albums chart with ten different releases: ”[[Please Please Me]]” (1963), their first studio album, was the second best-seller album of the decade; it spent a then record-breaking 26 consecutive weeks at the top, a record it held for almost a decade, tying with ”Sg. Pepper”. Their ninth studio album ”[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]”, also known as the White Album (1968), became the fastest-selling album at the time and was the third biggest-selling album of the decade. The Beatles also set the record, still undefeated, for the most best-selling album of the year with six in a row.]]
[[File:Los Beatles (19266969775) Recortado.jpg|thumb|240px|”[[Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band]]” (1967), the eight [[studio album]] by the English rock band [[The Beatles]] was the biggest-selling album of the decade; it spent 26 non consecutive weeks at the top of the [[User:FraDany|Albums Chart]] during the 1960s. The Beatles spent 208 weeks at the top of the chart, longer than any other act, with thirteen different releases, the most of any act. The Beatles also had the most entries in the top 20 best-selling albums chart with ten different releases: ”[[Please Please Me]]” (1963), their first studio album, was the second best-seller album of the decade; it spent a then record-breaking 26 consecutive weeks at the top, a record it held for almost a decade, tying with ”Sg. Pepper”. Their ninth studio album ”[[The Beatles (album)|The Beatles]]”, also known as the White Album (1968), became the fastest-selling album at the time and was the third biggest-selling album of the decade. The Beatles also set the record, still undefeated, for the most best-selling album of the year with six in a row.]]
[[File:Elvis Presley first national television appearance 1956.jpg|thumb|240px|American singer and actor [[Elvis Presley]] is the most successful solo artist of the decade, having spent 65 weeks at the summit, longer than any other soloist, with five different releases, second only to The Beatles. His fourth [[soundtrack album]] ”[[Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)|Blue Hawaii]]” (1961) is the 14th best-seller of the 1960s and the most successful release by a male artist.]]
[[File:Elvis Presley first national television appearance 1956.jpg|thumb|240px|American singer and actor [[Elvis Presley]] is the most successful solo artist of the decade, having spent 65 weeks at the summit, longer than any other soloist, with five different releases, second only to The Beatles. His fourth [[soundtrack album]] ”[[Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)|Blue Hawaii]]” (1961) is the 14th best-seller of the 1960s and the most successful release by a male artist.]]
[[File:Aankomst van de Rolling Stones op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 916-7420.jpg|thumb|240px|English rock band [[The Rolling Stones]] is the third most successful act of the decade, having spent 58 weeks at the top, with four different releases. Two of the them, ”[[Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath]]” (1966) and ”[[Between the Buttons]]” (1967) are ranked among the top 20 best-selling albums chart, at number 18 and 19, respectively.]]
[[File:Aankomst van de Rolling Stones op Schiphol, Bestanddeelnr 916-7420.jpg|thumb|240px|English rock band [[The Rolling Stones]] is the third most successful act of the decade, having spent 58 weeks at the top, with four different releases. Two of the them, ”[[Aftermath (Rolling Stones album)|Aftermath]]” (1966) and ”[[Between the Buttons]]” (1967) are ranked among the top 20 best-selling albums chart.]]
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The Albums Chart is a weekly record chart based on album sales from Sunday to Saturday; it was published for the first time on the week ending July 24, 1960. Prior to that date there was no official albums chart. During the decade, a total of 35 albums reached number one. The most successful artist of the 1960s was the English band The Beatles, who topped the Albums Chart for 208 weeks with thirteen different albums. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, their eighth studio album, was the biggest-selling album of 1967 and the biggest-selling of the decade. The first number-one album of the 1960s was Elvis Is Back!, the fourth studio album by American singer and actor Elvis Presley, while the final number one was Abbey Road (1969), the eleventh studio album by the Beatles.
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Artists with the most number ones
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Two artists all had at least five number-one albums during the 1960s.
Albums with the most weeks at number one
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The following albums spent at least twenty five weeks at number one during the 1960s.
Artists with the most weeks at number one
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Two different artists have spent sixty weeks or more at number one on the album chart during the 1960s.
Best-selling albums of the 1960s
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