The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1969, as well as albums which peaked in 1968 and 1970 but were in the top 10 in 1969. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was by The Best of The Seekers by The Seekers. Overall, twelve different albums peaked at number one in 1969, with The Beatles (2) having the most albums hit that position.
Top-ten albums
edit- Key
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1965 or 1968 but still in chart in 1969. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1969 but peaked in 1970. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) |
Weeks in top 10 |
Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) |
Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1965 | ||||||
| 17 April 1965 | 233 | The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 5 June 1965 | 70 |
| Albums in 1967 | ||||||
| 15 July 1967 | 24 | Live at The Talk of the Town ‡ | Tom Jones | 6 | 16 November 1968 | 1 |
| Albums in 1968 | ||||||
| 3 February 1968 | 18 | The Four Tops Greatest Hits ‡ | Four Tops | 1 | 10 February 1968 | 1 |
| 24 | The Supremes: Greatest Hits ‡ | The Supremes | 1 | 17 February 1968 | 3 | |
| 25 May 1968 | 18 | The Jungle Book: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 5 | 29 June 1968 | 1 |
| 10 August 1968 | 21 | Bookends ‡ | Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 17 August 1968 | 7 |
| 16 | A Man Without Love ‡ | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3 | 31 August 1968 | 1 | |
| 24 August 1968 | 22 | Hollies' Greatest ‡ | The Hollies | 1 | 12 October 1968 | 7 |
| 21 September 1968 | 19 | Live at the Talk of the Town ‡ | The Seekers | 2 | 5 October 1968 | 7 |
| 2 November 1968 | 12 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ‡ | Ennio Morricone | 2 | 30 November 1968 | 1 |
| 23 November 1968 | 11 | The Graduate | Simon & Garfunkel and Dave Grusin | 3 | 1 February 1969 | 1 |
| 4 | Feliciano! | José Feliciano | 6 | 1 February 1969 | 1 | |
| 46 | The Best of The Seekers | The Seekers | 1 | 25 January 1969 | 6 | |
| 7 December 1968 | 14 | The Beatles ‡ | The Beatles | 1 | 7 December 1968 | 8 |
| 2 | The Best of the Beach Boys Vol. 3 | The Beach Boys | 8 | 25 January 1969 | 1 | |
| 14 December 1968 | 3 | I Pretend ‡ | Des O'Connor | 8 | 14 December 1968 | 2 |
| 4 | Val ‡ | Val Doonican | 6 | 21 December 1968 | 3 | |
| 21 December 1968 | 8 | Beggars Banquet ‡ | The Rolling Stones | 3 | 28 December 1968 | 4 |
| 28 December 1968 | 4 | Help Yourself | Tom Jones | 4 | 11 January 1969 | 1 |
| Albums in 1969 | ||||||
| 11 January 1969 | 1 | Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits | Frank Sinatra | 8 | 11 January 1969 | 1 |
| 25 January 1969 | 1 | The Best of Nat King Cole | Nat King Cole | 5 | 25 January 1969 | 1 |
| 3 | British Motown Chartbusters Volume 2 | Various artists | 8 | 1 February 1969 | 1 | |
| 8 February 1969 | 7 | Yellow Submarine | The Beatles and George Martin | 3 | 8 February 1969 | 1 |
| 11 | Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations | Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations | 1 | 15 February 1969 | 4 | |
| 14 | Hair (Original London Cast Recording) | Original London Cast of Hair | 3 | 26 April 1969 | 1 | |
| 15 February 1969 | 1 | Fresh Cream [A] | Cream | 7 | 15 February 1969 | 1 |
| 1 | O.K. Ken? | Chicken Shack | 9 | 15 February 1969 | 1 | |
| 27 | Oliver!: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 4 | 13 September 1969 | 1 | |
| 22 February 1969 | 4 | Stonedhenge | Ten Years After | 6 | 22 February 1969 | 3 |
| 1 | Disraeli Gears [B] | Cream | 7 | 22 February 1969 | 1 | |
| 1 | The Best of Dean Martin | Dean Martin | 9 | 22 February 1969 | 1 | |
| 1 March 1969 | 5 | Postcard | Mary Hopkin | 3 | 1 March 1969 | 2 |
| 5 | Engelbert | Engelbert Humperdinck | 3 | 15 March 1969 | 2 | |
| 15 March 1969 | 13 | Goodbye | Cream | 1 | 15 March 1969 | 4 |
| 22 March 1969 | 1 | Family Entertainment | Family | 6 | 22 March 1969 | 1 |
| 1 | Peter Sarstedt | Peter Sarstedt | 8 | 22 March 1969 | 1 | |
| 1 | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 10 | 22 March 1969 | 1 | |
| 29 March 1969 | 5 | 20/20 | The Beach Boys | 3 | 5 April 1969 | 1 |
| 5 April 1969 | 2 | The Beat of the Brass | Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass | 4 | 12 April 1969 | 1 |
| 3 | Scott 3 | Scott Walker | 3 | 12 April 1969 | 1 | |
| 1 | Odessa | Bee Gees | 10 | 5 April 1969 | 1 | |
| 12 April 1969 | 5 | Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin | 6 | 10 May 1969 | 1 |
| 19 April 1969 | 3 | Gentle on My Mind | Dean Martin | 7 | 26 April 1969 | 1 |
| 26 April 1969 | 1 | Hits of Gold | The Mamas & the Papas | 9 | 26 April 1969 | 1 |
| 3 May 1969 | 6 | Songs from a Room | Leonard Cohen | 2 | 3 May 1969 | 2 |
| 11 | On the Threshold of a Dream | The Moody Blues | 1 | 10 May 1969 | 2 | |
| 6 | Elvis (NBC TV Special) | Elvis Presley | 2 | 17 May 1969 | 1 | |
| 17 May 1969 | 16 | Nashville Skyline | Bob Dylan | 1 | 24 May 1969 | 4 |
| 24 May 1969 | 3 | Hollies Sing Dylan | The Hollies | 3 | 31 May 1969 | 1 |
| 7 June 1969 | 4 | Tommy | The Who | 2 | 7 June 1969 | 1 |
| 14 June 1969 | 9 | My Way | Frank Sinatra | 2 | 14 June 1969 | 3 |
| 17 | The World of Val Doonican | Val Doonican | 2 | 13 September 1969 | 1 | |
| 9 | The World of Mantovani | Mantovani | 6 | 6 September 1969 | 1 | |
| 2 | The World of Charlie Kunz | Charlie Kunz | 9 | 14 June 1969 | 2 | |
| 5 | The World of The Bachelors | The Bachelors | 8 | 19 July 1969 | 1 | |
| 21 June 1969 | 16 | His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound | Ray Conniff | 1 | 21 June 1969 | 3 |
| 28 June 1969 | 9 | This is Tom Jones | Tom Jones | 2 | 5 July 1969 | 1 |
| 2 | More | Pink Floyd | 9 | 28 June 1969 | 2 | |
| 5 July 1969 | 10 | Elvis Sings Flaming Star | Elvis Presley | 2 | 19 July 1969 | 3 |
| 13 | According to My Heart | Jim Reeves | 1 | 12 July 1969 | 4 | |
| 12 July 1969 | 1 | Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his T.V. Series | Scott Walker | 7 | 12 July 1969 | 1 |
| 19 July 1969 | 2 | The Best of Cliff | Cliff Richard | 5 | 19 July 1969 | 1 |
| 4 | The Best of Glenn Miller | Glenn Miller | 5 | 2 August 1969 | 1 | |
| 2 August 1969 | 4 | 2001: A Space Odyssey: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 3 | 9 August 1969 | 1 |
| 9 August 1969 | 8 | Stand Up | Jethro Tull | 1 | 9 August 1969 | 5 |
| 3 | Cymanfa Ganu 1969 | The Massed Choirs of South Wales | 5 | 23 August 1969 | 1 | |
| 16 August 1969 | 1 | Ahead Rings Out | Blodwyn Pig | 9 | 16 August 1969 | 1 |
| 23 August 1969 | 5 | From Elvis in Memphis | Elvis Presley | 1 | 30 August 1969 | 1 |
| 6 September 1969 | 26 | At San Quentin | Johnny Cash | 2 | 27 September 1969 | 2 |
| 13 September 1969 | 2 | The World of Hits Vol. 2 | Various artists | 7 | 27 September 1969 | 1 |
| 2 | Nice | The Nice | 3 | 20 September 1969 | 1 | |
| 20 September 1969 | 5 | Blind Faith | Blind Faith | 1 | 20 September 1969 | 2 |
| 1 | The Best of Gene Pitney | Gene Pitney | 8 | 20 September 1969 | 1 | |
| 27 September 1969 | 13 | Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) | The Rolling Stones | 2 | 11 October 1969 | 2 |
| 4 October 1969 | 31 | Abbey Road | The Beatles | 1 | 4 October 1969 | 17 |
| 1 | The World of Mantovani Vol. 2 | Mantovani | 4 | 4 October 1969 | 1 | |
| 11 October 1969 | 2 | Songs for a Tailor | Jack Bruce | 6 | 25 October 1969 | 1 |
| 4 | Ssssh | Ten Years After | 4 | 18 October 1969 | 1 | |
| 18 October 1969 | 5 | Then Play On | Fleetwood Mac | 6 | 18 October 1969 | 1 |
| 25 October 1969 | 30 | Motown Chartbusters Volume 3 ♦ | Various artists | 1 | 14 February 1970 | 1 |
| 1 November 1969 | 5 | In the Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson | 5 | 1 November 1969 | 2 |
| 8 November 1969 | 54 | Led Zeppelin II ♦ | Led Zeppelin | 1 | 7 February 1970 | 1 |
| 5 | Best of Bee Gees | Bee Gees | 7 | 8 November 1969 | 3 | |
| 5 | Best of Cream | Cream | 6 | 22 November 1969 | 2 | |
| 15 November 1969 | 2 | Ummagumma | Pink Floyd | 5 | 15 November 1969 | 1 |
| 22 November 1969 | 17 | Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas ♦ | Tom Jones | 2 | 10 January 1970 | 1 |
| 6 December 1969 | 8 | To Our Children's Children's Children | The Moody Blues | 2 | 13 December 1969 | 1 |
| 13 December 1969 | 7 | Engelbert Humperdinck | Engelbert Humperdinck | 5 | 13 December 1969 | 1 |
| 20 December 1969 | 9 | Let It Bleed | The Rolling Stones | 1 | 20 December 1969 | 1 |
Notes
edit- a Fresh Cream originally charted at number 39 upon its release in 1966 and entered the top 10 in 1967, peaking at number 6. It re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 15 February 1969 (week ending) for one week.
- b Disraeli Gears originally peaked at number 5 upon its release in 1967. It re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 22 February 1969 (week ending).
See also
editReferences
editGeneral
- "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
Specific
- ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
- ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
External links
edit- 1969 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)