# List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 1960s

The UK Albums Chart is a record chart based on weekly album sales in the United Kingdom; during the 1960s, a total of 57 albums reached number one. The sources are the Melody Maker chart until March 1960, and the Record Retailer chart from March 1960 onwards.

## Number ones

Key :
| No. | nth album to top the UK Albums Chart |
| re | Return of an album to number one |
| † | Best-selling album of the year |
| ‡ | Best-selling album of the decade |
| No. | Artist | Album | Record label | Reached number one | Weeks at number one |
| 1960 ||||||
| 18 | Freddy Cannon | The Explosive Freddy Cannon | Top Rank | 6 March 1960 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific † | RCA Victor | 13 March 1960 | 19 |
| 19 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Is Back! | RCA | 24 July 1960 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific † | RCA Victor | 31 July 1960 | 5 |
| 20 | 101 Strings | Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane | Pye Golden Guinea | 4 September 1960 | 5 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific † | RCA Victor | 9 October 1960 | 13 |
| 1961 ||||||
| 21 | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues † | RCA | 8 January 1961 | 7 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 26 February 1961 | 1 |
| re | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues † | RCA | 5 March 1961 | 3 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 26 March 1961 | 1 |
| re | Elvis Presley | G.I. Blues † | RCA | 2 April 1961 | 12 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 25 June 1961 | 4 |
| 22 | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | His Master's Voice | 23 July 1961 | 4 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 20 August 1961 | 1 |
| re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | His Master's Voice | 27 August 1961 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | South Pacific | RCA Victor | 3 September 1961 | 1 |
| re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | His Master's Voice | 10 September 1961 | 1 |
| 23 | The Shadows | The Shadows | Columbia | 17 September 1961 | 4 |
| re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | His Master's Voice | 15 October 1961 | 1 |
| re | The Shadows | The Shadows | Columbia | 22 October 1961 | 1 |
| 24 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | 21 Today | Columbia | 29 October 1961 | 1 |
| 25 | George Mitchell Minstrels | Another Black and White Minstrel Show | His Master's Voice | 5 November 1961 | 8 |
| 26 | Elvis Presley | Blue Hawaii | RCA | 31 December 1961 | 1 |
| 1962 ||||||
| 27 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | The Young Ones | Columbia | 7 January 1962 | 6 |
| re | Elvis Presley | Blue Hawaii | RCA | 18 February 1962 | 17 |
| 28 | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 17 June 1962 | 5 |
| 29 | Elvis Presley | Pot Luck | RCA | 22 July 1962 | 5 |
| re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 26 August 1962 | 1 |
| re | Elvis Presley | Pot Luck | RCA | 2 September 1962 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 9 September 1962 | 1 |
| 30 | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk | The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk | Pye Golden Guinea | 16 September 1962 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 23 September 1962 | 3 |
| re | Kenny Ball, Chris Barber and Acker Bilk | The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk | Pye Golden Guinea | 14 October 1962 | 1 |
| 31 | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 21 October 1962 | 3 |
| re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 11 November 1962 | 1 |
| re | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 18 November 1962 | 1 |
| 32 | George Mitchell Minstrels | On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels | His Master's Voice | 25 November 1962 | 2 |
| re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story † | Philips | 9 December 1962 | 1 |
| re | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 16 December 1962 | 1 |
| re | George Mitchell Minstrels | The Black and White Minstrel Show | His Master's Voice | 23 December 1962 | 2 |
| 1963 ||||||
| re | Original soundtrack | West Side Story | Philips | 6 January 1963 | 1 |
| re | The Shadows | Out of the Shadows | Columbia | 13 January 1963 | 2 |
| 33 | Cliff Richard & The Shadows | Summer Holiday | Columbia | 27 January 1963 | 14 |
| 34 | The Beatles | Please Please Me | Parlophone | 5 May 1963 | 30 |
| 35 | The Beatles | With the Beatles † | Parlophone | 1 December 1963 | 21 |
| 1964 ||||||
| 36 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | Decca | 26 April 1964 | 12 |
| 37 | The Beatles | A Hard Day's Night | Parlophone | 19 July 1964 | 21 |
| 38 | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale † | Parlophone | 13 December 1964 | 7 |
| 1965 ||||||
| 39 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 31 January 1965 | 3 |
| re | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | 21 February 1965 | 1 |
| re | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 28 February 1965 | 6 |
| 40 | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | CBS | 11 April 1965 | 1 |
| re | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones No. 2 | Decca | 18 April 1965 | 1 |
| re | The Beatles | Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | 25 April 1965 | 3 |
| re | Bob Dylan | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | CBS | 16 May 1965 | 1 |
| 41 | Bob Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home | CBS | 23 May 1965 | 1 |
| 42 | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 30 May 1965 | 10 |
| 43 | The Beatles | Help! | Parlophone | 8 August 1965 | 9 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 10 October 1965 | 10 |
| 44 | The Beatles | Rubber Soul | Parlophone | 19 December 1965 | 8 |
| 1966 ||||||
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 13 February 1966 | 10 |
| 45 | The Rolling Stones | Aftermath | Decca | 24 April 1966 | 8 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 19 June 1966 | 7 |
| 46 | The Beatles | Revolver | Parlophone | 7 August 1966 | 7 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 25 September 1966 | 18 |
| 1967 ||||||
| 47 | The Monkees | The Monkees | RCA Victor | 29 January 1967 | 7 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 19 March 1967 | 7 |
| 48 | The Monkees | More of The Monkees | RCA Victor | 7 May 1967 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 14 May 1967 | 1 |
| re | The Monkees | More of The Monkees | RCA Victor | 21 May 1967 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 28 May 1967 | 1 |
| 49 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 4 June 1967 | 23 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 12 November 1967 | 1 |
| re | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 19 November 1967 | 1 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music | RCA Victor | 26 November 1967 | 3 |
| re | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 17 December 1967 | 2 |
| 50 | Val Doonican | Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently | Pye | 31 December 1967 | 3 |
| 1968 ||||||
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 21 January 1968 | 1 |
| re | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ‡ | Parlophone | 28 January 1968 | 1 |
| 51 | The Four Tops | The Four Tops Greatest Hits | Tamla Motown | 4 February 1968 | 1 |
| 52 | Diana Ross & The Supremes | Greatest Hits | Tamla Motown | 11 February 1968 | 3 |
| 53 | Bob Dylan | John Wesley Harding | CBS | 3 March 1968 | 10 |
| 54 | Scott Walker | Scott 2 | Philips | 12 May 1968 | 1 |
| re | Bob Dylan | John Wesley Harding | CBS | 19 May 1968 | 3 |
| 55 | Andy Williams | Love, Andy | CBS | 9 June 1968 | 1 |
| 56 | Otis Redding | The Dock of the Bay | Stax | 16 June 1968 | 1 |
| 57 | The Small Faces | Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake | Immediate | 23 June 1968 | 6 |
| 58 | Tom Jones | Delilah | Decca | 4 August 1968 | 1 |
| 59 | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | CBS | 11 August 1968 | 5 |
| re | Tom Jones | Delilah | Decca | 15 September 1968 | 1 |
| re | Simon & Garfunkel | Bookends | CBS | 22 September 1968 | 2 |
| 60 | The Hollies | Hollies' Greatest | Parlophone | 6 October 1968 | 6 |
| re | Original soundtrack | The Sound of Music † | RCA Victor | 17 November 1968 | 1 |
| re | The Hollies | Hollies' Greatest | Parlophone | 24 November 1968 | 1 |
| 61 | The Beatles | The Beatles | Apple | 1 December 1968 | 7 |
| 1969 ||||||
| 62 | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 19 January 1969 | 1 |
| re | The Beatles | The Beatles | Apple | 26 January 1969 | 1 |
| re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 2 February 1969 | 1 |
| 63 | Diana Ross & The Supremes | Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations | Tamla Motown | 9 February 1969 | 4 |
| 64 | Cream | Goodbye | Polydor | 9 March 1969 | 2 |
| re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 23 March 1969 | 2 |
| re | Cream | Goodbye | Polydor | 6 April 1969 | 1 |
| re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 13 April 1969 | 1 |
| re | Cream | Goodbye | Polydor | 20 April 1969 | 1 |
| re | The Seekers | The Best of The Seekers | Columbia | 27 April 1969 | 1 |
| 65 | The Moody Blues | On the Threshold of a Dream | Deram | 4 May 1969 | 2 |
| 66 | Bob Dylan | Nashville Skyline | CBS | 18 May 1969 | 4 |
| 67 | Ray Conniff | His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound | CBS | 15 June 1969 | 3 |
| 68 | Jim Reeves | According to My Heart | RCA International | 6 July 1969 | 4 |
| 69 | Jethro Tull | Stand Up | Island | 3 August 1969 | 3 |
| 70 | Elvis Presley | From Elvis in Memphis | RCA Victor | 24 August 1969 | 1 |
| re | Jethro Tull | Stand Up | Island | 31 August 1969 | 2 |
| 71 | Blind Faith | Blind Faith | Polydor | 14 September 1969 | 2 |
| 72 | The Beatles | Abbey Road † | Apple | 28 September 1969 | 11 |
| 73 | The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed | Decca | 14 December 1969 | 1 |
| re | The Beatles | Abbey Road † | Apple | 21 December 1969 | 6 |

### By artist

Six artists spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the albums chart during the 1960s.
| Artist | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
| The Beatles | 10 | 155 |
| Elvis Presley | 5 | 47 |
| The Shadows | 5 | 33 |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 31 |
| Cliff Richard | 3 | 21 |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 20 |

### By record label

Eight record labels spent 20 weeks or more at number one on the albums chart during the 1960s.
| Record label | Number-one albums | Weeks at number one |
| Parlophone | 9 | 141 |
| RCA Victor | 5 | 134 |
| RCA Records | 4 | 46 |
| Columbia | 6 | 39 |
| Decca Records | 5 | 33 |
| CBS Records | 7 | 31 |
| Apple Records | 2 | 21 |