Meet the Beatles!
In the US, the album debuted at number 16 on the "Billboard" Top LPs for the week ending April 25, 1964. It peaked at number one the following week, replacing "Meet the Beatles!", which had held the top spot for eleven weeks (for the last nine of which Vee-Jay's "Introducing..." had placed at number two). "The Beatles' Second Album" remained atop the chart for five consecutive weeks and stayed in the top 200 until May 1965. It reached 1,668,435 copies sold by 31 December 1964, and 2,051,486 copies by the end of the decade. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on 13 April 1964, and 2× Platinum on 10 January 1997.