1 (The Beatles album)
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| Compilation album by The Beatles | |||||
| Released | 13 November 2000 | ||||
| Recorded | 1962–1970 | ||||
| Genre | Rock Rock and Roll Pop |
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| Length | 79:08 | ||||
| Label | Apple/Parlophone Capitol |
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| Producer | George Martin Phil Spector |
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1 is a compilation album by The Beatles, released on November 13, 2000. The album features virtually every #1 British and American hit single by the band released from 1962 to 1970. (The only exception being "For You Blue," the B-Side of "The Long and Winding Road," which, like "Something"/"Come Together", was listed by Billboard as a double-A-Sided number 1 hit in America.)
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[edit] Chart performance
The reception of 1 surpassed all critical and commercial expectations. It sold 3.6 million units in its first week and more than 12 million in three weeks worldwide, reaching #1 in over 35 countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. It became the fastest-selling album of all time and the highest-selling of 2000 and of the decade so far. In 2007, the United World Chart revealed officially that 1 is the 15th best-selling album of all-time worldwide.
In the UK, 1 became the Beatles' 17th #1 album with sales of 319,126 copies (achieving record sales for only one week in 2000). On December 18, 2000, Ananova.com reported that the album has "become 2000's biggest-selling album - in only five weeks. The album "1" overtook Moby's Play at the weekend by breaking 1.3 million sales. It was at the number 1 in the UK chart for five consecutive weeks, the longest run by the Beatles since Abbey Road in 1969."[citation needed] It was also the first album to stay at the top spot for nine weeks in almost ten years (the last being the Eurythmics's Greatest Hits), the best-selling album of 2000, and the fourth best-selling album of the 2000s so far in the UK. In its eleventh week, 1 sold a total of two million copies in the UK. It spent a total of 46 weeks inside the Top 75. On July 11, 2003 it was certified 8x platinum by the BPI, for over 2.4 million copies sold in the UK. It is the 24th best-selling album in the UK, and the second best-selling Beatles album in that country (only beaten by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the second best-selling album in the UK).
In the U.S. the response was similar. It debuted at #1 with a sales over 595,000 copies. In its second week, sales increased to 662,000 but it was knocked off the top spot by Backstreet Boys's Black & Blue. However, the album returned to the #1 spot the following week, and spent a total of eight weeks at #1, selling over 1,258,667 copies during Christmas week (its highest-selling week.) With this number the Beatles achieved a new record: it was the seventh highest one-week sales in Soundscan history, and the highest for an album not in its first week (this record was later broken by Eminem, who sold 1,320,000 copies of The Eminem Show during its second week on June 15, 2002.) The album spent 104 weeks inside the Billboard 200 and became the best-selling album of 2001 in the United States. The album also became the 6th best-selling album of 2000. On April 15, 2005, 1 was certified Diamond in America (a total of 10,164,000 copies were scanned.) 1 is the 84th best-selling album in the U.S.
In a press release, Apple Corps, the Beatles' company, stated that worldwide sales of 1 had exceeded 28 million units, with 10 million of those sales being in the U.S.
| Chart (2000) | Certification | Sales |
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| Australia | 9x Platinum | 630,000 |
| Austria | 3x Platinum | 120,000 |
| Brasil | Platinum | 125,000 |
| Canada | Diamond | 1,060,000 [1] |
| Europe | 9x Platinum | 9,000,000 |
| Finland | 2x Platinum | 72,698 |
| Germany | 5x Platinum | 1,000,000 |
| Japan | 8x Platinum | 1,950,000 |
| Netherlands | 2x Platinum | 160,000 |
| New Zealand | 12x Platinum | 180,000 |
| Norway | 3x Platinum | 120,000 |
| Switzerland | 3x Platinum | 120,000 |
| United States | Diamond | 10,000,000 |
| United Kingdom | 8x Platinum | 2,400,000 |
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 2001 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
Worldwide Sales: 26,937,600+ copies
[edit] Background
Compiled by producer George Martin and the (then) three surviving members of the band, 1 includes 27 songs that went to number-one in the United Kingdom on the Record Retailer charts and/or the United States on the Billboard magazine charts. It's worth noting, however, that the song "For You Blue" was listed in Billboard chart compilations at #1, as a Double A-sided single with "The Long and Winding Road", but Capitol Records treated "For You Blue" as strictly a B-side and didn't promote it as an A-side. Meanwhile, "Day Tripper" was included on 1, since it charted at #1 in the UK as a double A side with "We Can Work It Out", while in the US, only "We Can Work It Out" was #1.
This album was essentially a combo of both the U.S. and UK versions of the earlier album 20 Greatest Hits, with "Something" added to the mix (that song was left off 20 Greatest Hits because of time constraints and perhaps because EMI wanted to showcase the compositions of Lennon-McCartney.). On 1, "Hey Jude" was released in its original full-length version (slightly over seven minutes); on the American version of 20 Greatest Hits it had been released as a shortened version.
The album includes the famous photos of The Beatles taken by Richard Avedon.
Though a commercial and critical success, the album has received criticism from audiophiles for its perceived overuse of noise-reduction and dynamic compression, which is claimed to dramatically limit the dynamic range of the original recordings (see Loudness war).[citation needed]
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Lennon/McCartney, unless otherwise noted.
All songs are in stereo; except 1-3 are in mono.
- "Love Me Do"
- Released in the UK on October 5, 1962, and in the U.S. on April 27, 1964, where it reached #1 in the U.S. for 1 week on May 30. This is the version released in the U.S. with Andy White on drums and Ringo Starr on tambourine.
- "From Me to You"
- "She Loves You"
- Released in the UK on August 23, 1963, where it stayed at #1 for 6 weeks, then again on November 28. Released in the U.S. on September 16, 1963, and went to #1 for two weeks on March 21, 1964.
- "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
- Released in the U.S. on December 26, 1963, it reached #1 for 7 weeks between February 1 and March 20, 1964. Released in the UK on November 29, 1963 and stayed at #1 for 5 weeks.
- "Can't Buy Me Love"
- "A Hard Day's Night"
- "I Feel Fine"
- The song stayed at #1 for 5 weeks in the UK starting on December 10, 1964, and reached #1 in the U.S. on December 26, 1964.
- "Eight Days a Week"
- Released on February 15, 1965 in the U.S., where it went to #1 for 2 weeks on March 13, 1965.
- "Ticket to Ride"
- "Help!"
- "Yesterday"
- The song was released on September 13, 1965 in the U.S., attaining #1 for 4 weeks on October 9, 1965.
- "Day Tripper"
- Released on December 3 in the UK, reaching #1 for 5 weeks on December 16, 1965. A tape drop-out that appears in previous stereo releases of this song has been corrected here.
- "We Can Work It Out"
- Released in the UK on December 3, 1965 and reached #1 for 5 weeks on December 16, 1965. The song was released on December 6, 1965 in the U.S., and reached #1 for 3 weeks on January 8, 1966.
- "Paperback Writer"
- "Yellow Submarine"
- "Eleanor Rigby"
- "Penny Lane"
- Released on February 17, 1967 in the UK, and on February 13, 1967 in the U.S.. The song reached #1 in the U.S. on March 18 for 1 week.
- "All You Need Is Love"
- "Hello, Goodbye"
- Released on November 24 in the UK, it reached #1 for 7 weeks on December 6, 1967. In the U.S., the song was released on November 27, 1967, and reached #1 for 3 weeks on December 30, 1967.
- "Lady Madonna"
- "Hey Jude"
- Released on August 26, 1968 in the U.S. and on August 30 in the UK. It reached #1 in the UK for 2 weeks on September 11 and was #1 for 9 weeks in the U.S., starting on September 28, 1968.
- "Get Back"
- "The Ballad of John and Yoko"
- "Something" (George Harrison)
- Released on October 31, 1969 in the UK, and on October 6 in the U.S. It reached #1 for 1 week in the U.S. on November 29, 1969.
- "Come Together"
- Released on October 31, 1969 in the UK, and on October 6 in the U.S.. It reached #1 in the U.S. on November 29, and stayed there for 1 week.
- "Let It Be"
- "The Long and Winding Road"
- Released in the U.S. on May 11, 1970 and reached #1 for 2 weeks on June 13, 1970. This version has the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Produced by Phil Spector, it is the only track not produced by George Martin.
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| Preceded by Coast to Coast by Westlife |
UK Albums Chart number-one album November 25, 2000 - January 27, 2001 |
Succeeded by The Greatest Hits by Texas |
| Preceded by TP-2.com by R. Kelly |
Billboard 200 number-one album December 2 - December 8, 2000 December 23, 2000 - February 9, 2001 |
Succeeded by Black & Blue by Backstreet Boys |
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