Abbey Road top of the UK charts again after (almost) 50 years

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The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ Tops British Charts, Breaks Guinness World Record

The 50th anniversary edition of the Beatles’ "Abbey Road" has topped the U.K. charts, breaking a Guinness World Record in the process.

variety.com

The Beatles’ iconic 1969 album “Abbey Road” — which was reissued last week in a lavish 50th anniversary deluxe edition — album has returned to the top of the U.K. album charts after a record-breaking 49 years and 252 days.

The chart-topping feat, which has been officially recognized as a Guinness World Record as the longest period of time for an album to return to No.1 in the U.K., saw the album return to the top of the country’s official album charts for the first time since its initial 17-week run ended on January 31, 1970.

This new milestone breaks The Beatles’ own record, which was previously held by “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” the 50 th anniversary reissue of which topped the charts in June 2017, after a gap of 49 years and 125 days.

 

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