The Beatles Score Two Top 10 Albums On Rock Chart

The Beatles scored a major chart hit last week with “Now and Then,” their first new single in decades. 

The tune blasted onto the Hot 100 inside the top 10, and it became a certified sales smash on a number of other important lists. Now, following that success, two of the band’s most popular compilations make a surprising debut on a Billboard tally, decades after they were first released.

Forbes reports the beloved rock outfit claims not one, but two new top 10 titles on this week’s Top Rock Albums chart. The ranking tracks the top-performing albums labeled rock by Billboard, using a methodology that combines sales and streaming activity.

Up first from The Beatles is The Beatles 1967-1970, which opens at No. 3. The set, also known as the Blue album, moved just over 40,000 equivalent units last tracking frame, according to Luminate. New at No. 4 is The Beatles 1962-1966, otherwise referred to as the Red album. That compilation shifted another 33,900 equivalent units.

Neither of those two compilations is new, but they were recently updated to include “Now and Then” and a handful of other recordings that spurred fans to buy. While they were initially dropped back in 1973, they only reach the Top Rock Albums chart this week. That’s not entirely shocking, as the tally didn’t exist back when they first arrived, but many other older titles from The Beatles have found their way to the list in between release and now.

As both The Beatles 1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970 debut on the Top Rock Album sales chart, the band ups their career totals once more. The group has now sent 14 projects into the top 10 on the ranking, including half a dozen No. 1s. Looking at the full chart, The Beatles have collected 19 total placements, including their two newest ones. Before this week, their most recent debut occurred in January 2022 when Revolver hit the top spot.