Record sales

• During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held twelve positions on the Billboard Hot 100
  Billboard Hot 100
  The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
  
   singles chart, including the top five positions. Neither feat has been matched by any other artist to date. The top five songs were "Can't Buy Me Love
  Can't Buy Me Love
  "Can't Buy Me Love" is a song composed by Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles on the A-side of their sixth British single, "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That".-Interpretation:...
  
  " (Capitol Records
  Capitol Records
  Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
  
  ), "Twist and Shout
  Twist and Shout
  "Twist and Shout" is a song written by Phil Medley and Bert Russell. It was originally titled "Shake It Up, Baby" and recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. It was covered by The Beatles with John Lennon on the lead vocals and originally released on their first album...
  
  " (Tollie Records
  Tollie Records
  Tollie Records was a record label formed in February 1964, as a subsidiary label of Vee-Jay Records. It closed in May 1965.The label distributed two of The Beatles' singles in the United States before Capitol Records eventually took over...
  
  ), "She Loves You
  She Loves You
  "She Loves You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an idea by McCartney, originally recorded by The Beatles for release as a single in 1963. The single set and surpassed several records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States by being one of the...
  
  " (Swan Records
  Swan Records
  Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label, founded in 1957, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It had a subsidiary label called Lawn Records....
  
  ), "I Want to Hold Your Hand
  I Want to Hold Your Hand
  "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment....
  
  " (Capitol), and "Please Please Me.
  Please Please Me (song)
  "Please Please Me" is a song and the second single released by The Beatles in the United Kingdom, and the first to be issued in the United States. It was also the title track of their first LP, which was recorded to capitalise on the success of the single...
  
  " (Vee-Jay). In addition, seven other singles occupied lower places on the chart: "I Saw Her Standing There
  I Saw Her Standing There
  "I Saw Her Standing There" is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and is the opening track on The Beatles' debut album, Please Please Me, released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone on 22 March 1963....
  
  " (Capitol), "You Can't Do That
  You Can't Do That
  "You Can't Do That" is a song written by John Lennon and released by The Beatles as the B-side of their sixth British single "Can't Buy Me Love".-Composition:...
  
  " (Capitol), "All My Loving
  All My Loving
  "All My Loving" is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney , from the 1963 album With The Beatles. Though it was not released as a single in the United Kingdom or the United States, it drew considerable radio airplay, prompting EMI to issue it as the title track of an EP...
  
  " (Capitol of Canada), "Roll Over Beethoven
  Roll Over Beethoven
  "Roll Over Beethoven" is a 1956 hit single by Chuck Berry originally released on Chess Records, with "Drifting Heart" as the B-side. The lyrics of the song mention rock and roll and the desire for rhythm and blues to replace classical music...
  
  " (Capitol of Canada), "From Me To You
  From Me to You
  "From Me to You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles as a single in 1963. The single was the Beatles' first number one in some of the United Kingdom charts, second in others, but failed to make an impact in the United States at the time of its initial...
  
  " (Vee-Jay), "Do You Want To Know A Secret" (Vee-Jay) and "Thank You Girl
  Thank You Girl
  "Thank You Girl" is a song by The Beatles and released as the B-side of "From Me to You", which was recorded on the same day . While not released on an LP in the United Kingdom until Rarities in 1978, the single was featured as the second track on The Beatles' Second Album in the United States...
  
  " (Vee-Jay). Furthermore, two Beatles tribute records appeared on the chart: "We Love You Beatles
  We Love You Beatles
  "We Love You Beatles" is a song by the Carefrees. It was a 1964 novelty record about The Beatles. The song peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the only Beatles novelty record to reach the Top 40...
  
  " by The Carefrees
  The Carefrees
  The Carefrees were a British girl group, most known for their song "We Love You Beatles", a tribute to The Beatles. The song was their only charted single. The session vocalists Lynn Cornell, Barbara Kay and Betty Prescott made up the group...
  
   (at #42), and "A Letter to the Beatles" by The Four Preps
  The Four Preps
  The Four Preps are an American popular music male quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group amassed eight gold singles and three gold albums...
  
   (#85). The 21 March 1964, Billboard Hot 100 singles chart included two additional Beatles tribute records: "My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut", by Donna Lynn (at #83); and "The Boy With The Beatle Hair", by The Swans. (#85)

• In 1964, the Beatles had the never-matched total of 15 American million - selling records (9 singles and 6 LPs), representing US sales of over 25 million in 1964 alone.

• "I Want To Hold Your Hand" sold nearly 5 million records in the US by 1968, making it the best selling single of the 1960s. (from a Capitol Records Press release, September 9, 1968)

• "Can’t Buy Me Love" sold 940,225 copies in the US the day it was released (March 16, 1964), shattering all previous sales records. The single went on to sell over 3 million by the end of the year. (Spizer, Bruce, 2000: The Beatles’ Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania & The Singles, p. 36)

• The motion picture soundtrack A Hard Day’s Night sold 1 million copies in the first four days of its US release making it one of the fastest selling LPs of the 1960s. (Billboard article, July 11, 1964)

• By August 1964, the Beatles had sold approximately 80 million records globally. (Variety 235, August 12, 1964)

• By February 1965, their global sales had moved over 100 million records. (Variety 237, February 3, 1965)

• Rubber Soul
  Rubber Soul
  Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock group The Beatles, released in December 1965. Produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul had been recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market...
  
  sold 1.2 million copies in the US during the first nine days of release. (Billboard article, January 1, 1966)

• By August 1966, the Beatles had sold 150 million records worldwide. (Variety 243, August 3, 1966)

• By May 1967, the Beatles’ global gross stood at $98 million, equivalent to over $616.6 million in 2007 dollars. (Variety 246, May 19, 1967)

• The "Hey Jude" single had sold over 3 million copies in America in its first 2 months of release, and 3.7 million by mid-January 1969. It eventually sold over 4 million copies and was the fourth best-selling single of the 1960s. (Spizer, Bruce, 2003: The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 32)

• Although it carried a list price of $11.79 (a single album was selling for $3.98), their double album The Beatles sold 1.1 million units during its first two weeks on sale; a record for any double album up to that point in time. (Spizer, Bruce, 2003: The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 102) At sales of over 19 million, it is the biggest selling album of the 1960s.

• Abbey Road sold over three million copies in a little over a month. (Spizer, Bruce, 2003: The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 164).

• According to the Guinness Book of Records, the Beatles had topped worldwide sales of 300 million units by 1969.

• The Let It Be LP reportedly shipped 3.2 million copies in 13 days representing a gross retail value of nearly $26 million. (Billboard article, June 6, 1970)

• By October 1972, the Beatles’ worldwide sales total stood at 545 million units. To date The Beatles record sales are over 2.3 billion units worldwide.

United Kingdom

• Most no. 1 albums in the British albums chart (15 no. 1s).
  • Please Please Me (1963, 30 weeks), With the Beatles (1963, 21 weeks), A Hard Day's Night (1964, 21 weeks), Beatles for Sale (1964, 10 weeks), Help! (1965, 9 weeks), Rubber Soul (1965, 9 weeks), Revolver (1966, 7 weeks), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967, 27 weeks), The Beatles (The White Album) (1968, 8 weeks), Abbey Road (1969, 17 weeks), Let It Be (1970, 3 weeks), The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (1977, 1 week), Live at the BBC (1994, 1 week), Anthology 2 (1996, 1 week), 1 (2000, 9 weeks)
• Group with most no. 1 hits in the British singles chart (17 no. 1s).
  • "From Me to You" (1963, 7 weeks), "She Loves You" (1963, 6 weeks), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963, 5 weeks), "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964, 3 weeks), "A Hard Day's Night" (1964, 3 weeks), "I Feel Fine" (1964, 5 weeks), "Ticket to Ride" (1965, 3 weeks), "Help!" (1965, 3 weeks), "We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper" (1965, 5 weeks), "Paperback Writer" (1966, 2 weeks), "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (1966, 4 weeks), "All You Need Is Love" (1967, 3 weeks), "Hello, Goodbye" (1967, 7 weeks), "Lady Madonna" (1968, 2 weeks), "Hey Jude" (1968, 2 weeks), "Get Back" (1969, 6 weeks), "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969, 2 weeks).
  • (Consider that these 17 no. 1 hits were achieved in the UK official charts from Record Retailer
    Record Retailer
    Record Retailer was a trade newspaper for the UK record industry. It was founded in August 1959 as a monthly newspaper covering both labels and dealers. Its founding editor was Roy Parker...
    
    . New Musical Express listed The Beatles with 18 no. 1 hits, as "Please Please Me" was no. 1 for 2 weeks. Also consider that "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" was no. 1 in Melody Maker
    Melody Maker
    Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
    
    .)
• Group with most weeks in the British singles chart (456 weeks).
• Group with most weeks at no. 1 in the British singles chart (69 weeks).
• Group with most top 10 hits in the British singles chart (28 top 10 hits).
  • "Please Please Me" (1963, #2), "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967, #2), Magical Mystery Tour EP (1967, #2), "Something"/"Come Together" (1969, #4), "Let It Be" (1970, #2), "Yesterday" (1976, #8), "The Beatles Movie Medley" (1982, #10), "Love Me Do" [re-entry] (1982, #4), "Baby It's You" (1995, #7), "Free as a Bird" (1995, #2), "Real Love" (1996, #4)
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the British albums chart (174 weeks at no. 1).
• Most consecutive weeks spent at no. 1 in the UK albums chart (51 weeks from May 11, 1963 to May 2, 1964 – this excludes soundtrack albums).
• Most consecutive no. 1 hits in the British singles chart (5 consecutive no. 1 hits, excludes re-issues of old singles).
• Most consecutive top 5 hits in the British singles chart (22 consecutive top 5 hits from 1963 to 1970).
• Most complete ever domination of the British charts by occupying the first two positions in the singles chart and the albums chart as well as the top 3 positions in the EP chart (Extended Play) from December 12 to December 26, 1963.
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the British albums chart within a calendar year (40 weeks at no. 1, 1964).
• Most no. 1 albums in the British albums chart within a calendar year (3 no. 1 albums, 1965).
• Most simultaneous weeks at no. 1 in the British singles and albums chart (45 weeks).
• First act to replace itself at the no. 1 position in the British singles charts (December 12, 1963).
• First act to replace itself at the no. 1 position in the British albums chart (December 7, 1963).
• The Beatles’ Please Please Me album spent more weeks at no. 1 in the British album charts than any other album by a group (30 weeks at no. 1, this excludes albums by duos and soundtracks).
• Most debuts at no. 1 in the British albums chart (8 no. 1 debuts, record shared with David Bowie)
• Group with the most consecutive weeks inside the British singles chart (105 consecutive weeks, from October 11, 1962 to October 15, 1964).
• Group with most single hits charted in the British singles chart simultaneously (6 hits on April 17, 1976).
• Biggest ever jump within the British albums chart (94 positions jumped by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from no. 97 to no. 3 in 1987) (record surpassed in 2008 by Leona Lewis
  Leona Lewis
  Leona Louise Lewis is a British singer and songwriter. Lewis first came to prominence in 2006 when she won the third series of the British television series The X Factor....
  
  's Spirit
  Spirit (Leona Lewis album)
  Spirit is the debut album by British singer Leona Lewis, released by Syco Music in November 2007 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, followed by a worldwide release during early 2008...
  
  album.)
• Most consecutive weeks inside the top 10 of the British albums chart (171 consecutive weeks from 1963 to 1966).
• Most consecutive Christmas number one singles (3), (shared with The Spice Girls).

United States

• Most no. 1 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 charts (20 no.1s).
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1964, 7 weeks), "She Loves You" (1964, 2 weeks), "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964, 5 weeks), "Love Me Do" (1964, 1 week), "A Hard Day's Night" (1964, 2 weeks), "I Feel Fine" (1964, 3 weeks), "Eight Days a Week" (1965, 2 weeks), "Ticket to Ride" (1965, 1 week), "Help!" (1965, 3 weeks), "Yesterday" (1965, 4 weeks), "We Can Work It Out" (1965, 3 weeks), "Paperback Writer" (1966, 2 weeks), "Penny Lane" (1967, 1 week), "All You Need Is Love" (1967, 1 week), "Hello, Goodbye" (1967, 3 weeks), "Hey Jude" (1968, 9 weeks), "Get Back" (1969, 5 weeks), "Come Together" (1969, 1 week), "Let It Be" (1970, 2 weeks), "The Long and Winding Road" (1970, 2 weeks)
• Most no. 1 albums in the Billboard Top 200 albums charts (19 no.1 albums).
  • Meet the Beatles! (1964, 11 weeks), The Beatles' Second Album (1964, 5 weeks), A Hard Day's Night (1964, 14 weeks), Beatles '65 (1965, 9 weeks), Beatles VI (1965, 6 weeks), Help! (1965, 9 weeks), Rubber Soul (1965, 6 weeks), Yesterday...and Today (1966, 5 weeks), Revolver (1966, 6 weeks), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967, 15 weeks), Magical Mystery Tour (1967, 8 weeks), The Beatles (The White Album) (1969, 9 weeks), Abbey Road (1969, 11 weeks), Let It Be (1970, 4 weeks), 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) (1973, 1 week), Anthology 1 (1995, 3 weeks), Anthology 2 (1996, 1 week), Anthology 3 (1996, 1 week), 1 (2000, 8 weeks)
• Most 2-sided charted singles in the Billboard Hot 100 charts (26 singles, including two double-sided #1 hits, although "For You Blue" (B-side of "The Long And Winding Road") accompanied its A-side and did not chart on its own)
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Billboard albums chart (132 weeks at no. 1).
• Group with most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (609 weeks).
• Group with most weeks at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (59 weeks at no. 1).
• Most songs inside the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time (14 songs on April 11, 1964).
• Most songs inside the Billboard Top 40 at the same time (7 songs on April 11 and 25, 1964).
• Most songs in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time (5 songs on April 4, 1964).
• Most songs in the Billboard Top 5 at the same time (5 songs on April 4, 1964).
• Most chart entries in the Billboard Hot 100 within a calendar year (30 charted songs in 1964)
• The only group to replace themselves at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 twice (March 21 and April 4, 1964). It would be forty years later when Usher would tie the record.
• Most complete ever domination of the Billboard Hot 100 singles and albums chart by occupying the first 5 positions in the Hot 100 as well as the first two in the albums chart simultaneously (April 4, 1964).
• Most consecutive no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart (8 consecutive no. 1 albums from 1965 to 1968).
• Most consecutive top 5 albums in the Billboard albums chart (16 consecutive top 5 albums from 1965 to 1977).
• Group with the longest span of no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart (36 years and 51 weeks, 1964 to 2001).
• Group with most consecutive no. 1 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 (6 consecutive no. 1 hits, record shared with the Bee Gees).
• Most no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart in a calendar year (3 no. 1 albums in 1964, repeated in 1965 and 1966).
• Most no. 1 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 in a calendar year (6 no. 1 singles in 1964)
• The only act to have held the no. 1 and no. 2 position in the Billboard albums chart for 9 straight weeks on two separate occasions (March 2 to April 27 and August 29 to October 24, 1964).
• Most top 3 albums in the Billboard albums chart (27 top 3 albums).
• Most transatlantic no. 1 hit singles (13 songs reached no. 1 in both the U.S. and Britain).
  • "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "Can't Buy Me Love," "A Hard Day's Night," "I Feel Fine," "Ticket to Ride," "Help!," "We Can Work It Out," "Paperback Writer," "All You Need Is Love," "Hello, Goodbye," "Hey Jude," "Get Back"
• Group with most consecutive top 5 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (17 consecutive top 5 hits from 1964 to 1969).
• Group with most consecutive top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (24 consecutive top 10 hits from 1964 to 1976).
• Group with most consecutive top 20 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 consecutive top 20 hits from 1964 to 1976).
• On April 4, 1964, the Beatles occupied the first 5 positions in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the top 2 in the Billboard albums chart, the no. 1 position in the British singles chart, the first two positions in the British albums chart and the no. 1 position in the British EP chart, making this the most complete ever domination of the British and American charts in history.
• Most no. 1 singles in the Cash Box Top 100 charts (22 no.1s).
• Most no. 1 albums in the Cash Box albums charts (15 no.1 albums).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Cash Box albums chart (127 weeks at no. 1).
• Longest span of Top Ten singles in "Cash Box" history ("I Want To Hold Your Hand" - January 25, 1964 to "Real Love" - March 30, 1996 – 32 years, 2 months, 5 days.)
• Group with most weeks in the Cash Box albums chart (722 weeks up to 1974).
• Group with most weeks in the Cash Box singles chart (601 weeks up to 1986).
• Group with most weeks in the Record World albums chart (849 weeks up to 1982).
• Group with most weeks in the Record World singles chart (520 weeks up to 1980).
• Most no. 1 singles in the Record World Top 100 charts (23 no.1s).
• Most no. 1 albums in the Record World albums charts (17 no.1 albums).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Record World albums chart (123 weeks at no. 1).

Other countries

• Most no. 1 hits in the German singles chart (12 no. 1s).
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1964), "Paperback Writer" (1966), "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (1966), "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967), "All You Need Is Love" (1967), "Hello, Goodbye" (1967), "Hey Jude" (1968), "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (1969), "Get Back" (1969), "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969), "Something"/"Come Together" (1969), "Let It Be" (1970)
• Most no. 1 hits in the Australian singles chart (23 no. 1s).
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (1963), "I Saw Her Standing There" (1964), All My Loving EP (1964), "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964), "A Hard Day's Night" (1964), "I Should Have Known Better" (1964), "I Feel Fine" (1964), "Rock and Roll Music" (1965), "Ticket to Ride" (1965), "Help!" (1965), "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" (1965), "Nowhere Man" (1966), "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (1966), "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967), "All You Need Is Love" (1967), "Hello, Goodbye" (1967), "Lady Madonna" (1968), "Hey Jude" (1968), "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" (1969), "Get Back" (1969), "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969), "Something"/"Come Together" (1969), "Let It Be" (1970) http://www.onmc.iinet.net.au/trivia/aus_list.htm#TOP
• Most no. 1 hits in the Dutch singles chart (21 no. 1s).
  • "I Want to Hold Your Hand' (1964), "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964), Long Tall Sally EP (1964), "A Hard Day's Night" (1964), "I Should Have Known Better" (1964), "I Feel Fine" (1964), "Rock and Roll Music" (1965), "Ticket to Ride" (1965), "Help!" (1965), "Yesterday" (1965), "We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper" (1965), "Michelle" (1966), "Paperback Writer" (1966), "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (1966), "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" (1967), "All You Need Is Love" (1967), "Hello, Goodbye" (1967), "Hey Jude" (1968), "Get Back" (1969), "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969), "Let It Be" (1970)
• Most no. 1 hits in the Swedish singles chart (18 no. 1s).
• Most no. 1 hits in the Canadian singles chart (22 no. 1s, CHUM chart).
• Most no. 1 hits in the Norwegian singles chart (21 no. 1s).
• Most hits in the German singles chart within a calendar year (16 hits, 1964).
• Most consecutive top 10 hits in the German singles chart (17, from 1965 to 1970).
• Most no. 1 hits in the German singles chart within a calendar year (4 no. 1 hits in 1969, record shared with ABBA).
• Group with most top 10 hits in the German singles chart (29 top 10 hits).
• Group with most weeks in the German singles chart (589 weeks).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the German albums chart (113 weeks at no. 1).
• Group with most weeks in the German albums chart (1,180 weeks up to 2000).
• Group with most no. 1 albums in the German albums chart (11 no. 1 albums).
• The double album The Beatles/1962-1966 spent more weeks in the German album charts top 10 than any other artist album (124 weeks, only beaten by soundtracks My Fair Lady and West Side Story).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the German albums chart within a calendar year (36 weeks at no. 1 in 1964, excludes soundtracks).
• Group with most albums in the German albums chart within a calendar year (6 albums in 1964).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Dutch singles chart (67 weeks at no. 1).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Dutch singles chart within a calendar year (29 weeks, 1965).
• Most top 10 hits in the Dutch singles chart (35 top 10 hits).
• Most consecutive no. 1 hits in the Dutch singles chart (6 consecutive no. 1 hits).
• Group with most weeks in the Dutch singles chart (523 weeks).
• Only act to debut at no. 1 in the Dutch singles chart (3 times).
• Most no. 1 albums in the Norwegian albums chart (12 no. 1 albums).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Norwegian singles chart (97 weeks at no. 1).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Norwegian albums chart (182 weeks at no. 1).
• With The Beatles spent more weeks at no. 1 in the Norwegian albums chart than any other artist album (31 weeks at no. 1, second only to soundtrack The Sound of Music).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Norwegian singles chart within a calendar year (25 weeks at no. 1 in 1966).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the Norwegian albums chart within a calendar year (48 weeks at no. 1 in 1964).
• Most consecutive no. 1 singles in the Norwegian singles chart (8 consecutive no. 1 singles from 1965 to 1967).
• Most hit singles within a calendar year in the Norwegian singles chart (10 hit singles in 1964).
• Most no. 1 hit singles within a calendar year in the Norwegian singles chart (6 no. 1 hits in 1964).
• Most consecutive no. 1 hits in the Swiss singles chart (5 consecutive no. 1 hits from 1968 to 1970, chart only started in 1968).
• Group with most weeks in the Australian singles chart (604 weeks).
• Group with most weeks in the Finnish singles chart (437 weeks).
• Group with most top 10 hits in the Austrian singles chart (25 top 10 hits).
• Group with most top 10 hits in the Danish singles chart (33 top 10 hits).
• 26 no. 1 hits in Australia (130 weeks at no. 1). (David Kent)
• 23 no. 1 hits in Australia (101 weeks at no. 1). (Top 40 Research)
• 22 no. 1 hits in Canada (74 weeks at no. 1). (Chum)
• 22 no. 1 hits in Sweden (95 weeks at no. 1). (Kvallstoppen)
• 18 no. 1 hits in Sweden (69 weeks at no. 1). (Tio i Topp)
• 21 no. 1 hits in The Netherlands (95 weeks at no. 1).
• 21 no. 1 hits in Norway (97 weeks at no. 1). (VG)
• 20 no. 1 hits in America (59 weeks at no. 1). (Billboard)
• 18 no. 1 hits in Denmark (104 weeks at no. 1). (Billboard & Musikmarkt & NME)
• 18 no. 1 hits in Germany (88 weeks at no. 1). (Bravo)
• 12 no. 1 hits in Germany (40 weeks at no. 1). (Hit Bilanz)
• 12 no. 1 hits in Germany (43 weeks at no. 1). (Amtage & Muller)
• 17 no. 1 hits in Britain (69 weeks at no. 1). (Record Retailer)
• 16 no. 1 hits in Hong Kong (67 weeks at no 1). (Billboard)
• 15 no. 1 hits in New Zealand (35 weeks at no. 1). (The Listener 1966 onwards)
• 13 no. 1 hits in Ireland (47 weeks at no. 1).
• 13 no. 1 hits in Malaysia. (Billboard)
• 9 no. 1 hits in Spain (17 weeks at no. 1).
• 8 no. 1 hits in Zimbabwe (29 weeks at no. 1).
• 8 no. 1 hits in Switzerland (37 weeks at no. 1).
• 6 no. 1 hits in Austria (38 weeks at no. 1).
• 6 no. 1 hits in Belgium (22 weeks at no. 1).
• 5 no. 1 hits in Finland.
• 4 no. 1 hits in Italy (18 weeks at no. 1).
• 2 no. 1 hits in Ethiopia (14 weeks at no. 1)