The Beatles have nothing left to prove as a musical entity. They have ranked as one of the most commercially successful and impactful names in the industry since they first broke out in the early ‘60s. Decades later–and long after they split–the band is still hitting new highs and improving their legacy.
This week, The Beatles’ 1 reaches a very special milestone. The compilation has now lived on the Billboard 200 for 550 weeks.
1 is The Beatles’ longest-charting title on the Billboard 200, Billboard’s weekly ranking of the most-consumed albums in the U.S. It’s their first release to make it to 550 frames on the tally, and it likely won’t be matched for some time.
The Beatles’ second-longest-running win on the Billboard 200 remains Abbey Road. That album is nearing 500 weeks on the list, as it’s already up to 491 stays on the roster. While it may be close to that sizable figure, Abbey Road doesn’t often appear on the Billboard 200–unlike 1.
The compilation rises just two spots this frame. Last week, it sat at No. 197; now it’s up to No. 195. The singles collection is barely hanging on, as the roster only features 200 spaces, but it’s performing just well enough to continue to add to its historic total.
1 moved another 8,200 equivalent units in the past tracking frame–or just under that number—according to Luminate. A little more than 400 of those are pure purchases, while streaming activity makes up most of the rest of the thousands of album units.
The Beatles dropped 1 very late in 2000, and it was an immediate smash. The title debuted on the Billboard 200 in December of that year, opening at No. 1. 1 spent eight weeks in charge of the ranking, which, amazingly, doesn’t even make it one of the longest-ruling releases from the band.
