List of UK top-ten albums in 1960

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 1960, as well as albums which peaked in 1959 or 1961 but were in the top 10 in 1960. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

Top-ten albums

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Key
Symbol Meaning
Album peaked in 1958 or 1959 but still in chart in 1960.
Album released in 1960 but peaked in 1961.
Entered The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak Highest position that the song 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 1956
28 July 1956 112 Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack Various artists 1 29 September 1956 3
22 September 1956 153 The King and I: Original Soundtrack[C][] 1 13 October 1956 48
Albums in 1958
3 May 1958 180 South Pacific: Original Soundtrack[][] Various artists 1 8 November 1958 115
10 May 1958 122 My Fair Lady[] Original Broadway Cast 1 10 May 1958 19
11 October 1958 40 Elvis' Golden Records[] Elvis Presley 2 25 October 1958 1
22 November 1958 6 Pack Up Your Troubles Russ Conway 6 3 January 1959 1
6 December 1958 19 The Student Prince and The Great Caruso Mario Lanza 4 17 October 1959 1
Albums in 1959
31 January 1959 79 Gigi: Original Soundtrack Various artists 2 28 March 1959 32
14 February 1959 39 The Best of Sellers Peter Sellers 3 12 September 1959 3
21 February 1959 12 Continental Encores Mantovani 4 21 February 1959 6
18 April 1959 31 Cliff Cliff Richard and The Drifters 4 9 May 1959 2
2 May 1959 43 The Buddy Holly Story Buddy Holly and The Crickets 2 16 May 1959 1
16 May 1959 28 Come Dance with Me! Frank Sinatra 2 23 May 1959 2
8 August 1959 15 A Date with Elvis Elvis Presley 4 22 August 1959 1
19 September 1959 16 Family Favourites Russ Conway 3 3 October 1959 2
26 September 1959 4 Strictly for Grown Ups Paddy Roberts 8 26 September 1959 2
3 Gypsy Camp Fires 101 Strings 9 3 October 1959 2
14 November 1959 31 Cliff Sings Cliff Richard 2 14 November 1959 15
28 November 1959 7 The Goon Show The Goons 8 12 December 1959 3
12 December 1959 22 Songs for Swingin' Sellers Peter Sellers 3 16 January 1960 3
19 December 1959 7 Time to Celebrate Russ Conway 3 2 January 1960 2
Albums in 1960
23 January 1960 11 The Five Pennies: Original Soundtrack Various artists 2 27 February 1960 1
13 February 1960 1 Nina & Frederick Nina & Frederick 9 13 February 1960 1
1 Ride on a Rainbow Johnny Mathis 10 13 February 1960 1
27 February 1960 7 The Explosive Freddy Cannon Freddy Cannon 1 12 March 1960 1
12 March 1960 2 Songs for Swingin' Lovers Frank Sinatra 8 12 March 1960 1
19 March 1960 12 The "Twangs" the "Thang" Duane Eddy 2 26 March 1960 4
2 7 Ages of Acker Acker Bilk 6 26 March 1960 1
6 This is Darin Bobby Darin 4 26 March 1960 1
26 March 1960 1 At the Drop of a Hat: Original Cast Recording Various artists 9 26 March 1960 1
2 April 1960 4 My Concerto for You Russ Conway 5 2 April 1960 1
4 Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: Original Cast Recording Various artists 5 30 April 1960 1
22 Flower Drum Song Original Broadway Cast 2 14 May 1960 1
9 April 1960 14 This is Hancock Tony Hancock 2 30 April 1960 4
7 May 1960 3 I Remember Hank Williams Jack Scott 7 4 June 1960 1
19 Can-Can: Original Soundtrack Various artists 2 11 June 1960 4
14 May 1960 3 Follow That Girl Original London Cast 5 14 May 1960 1
21 May 1960 4 The Most Happy Fella Original Broadway Cast 6 2 July 1960 1
4 June 1960 4 Latin ala Lee! Peggy Lee 8 9 July 1960 2
11 June 1960 3 Come Back to Sorrento Frank Sinatra 6 20 August 1960 1
1 Flower Drum Song Original London Cast 10 11 June 1960 1
18 June 1960 14 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2 Elvis Presley 4 16 July 1960 2
25 June 1960 2 An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer Tom Lehrer 7 9 July 1960 1
2 July 1960 17 It's Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers 2 9 July 1960 2
23 July 1960 20 Elvis is Back Elvis Presley 1 30 July 1960 1
30 July 1960 10 The Great Caruso Mario Lanza 3 27 August 1960 1
27 August 1960 16 Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane 101 Strings 1 10 September 1960 5
3 September 1960 13 At The Oxford Union Gerard Hoffnung 4 10 September 1960 4
10 September 1960 55 Oliver! Original London Cast 4 21 October 1961 1
1 October 1960 3 Eddie Cochran Memorial Album Eddie Cochran 9 1 October 1960 2
15 October 1960 28 Me and My Shadows Cliff Richard and The Shadows 2 29 October 1960 6
22 October 1960 5 The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers 4 29 October 1960 1
5 The Buddy Holly Story Volume 2 Buddy Holly 7 29 October 1960 2
29 October 1960 5 Swing Easy Frank Sinatra 5 26 November 1960 1
5 November 1960 3 Join Bing and Sing Along Bing Crosby 7 17 December 1960 1
19 November 1960 13 The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart Bob Newhart 2 3 December 1960 2
26 November 1960 120 The Black and White Minstrel Show The George Mitchell Minstrels 1 29 July 1961 9
3 December 1960 25 The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus 3 17 December 1960 2
9 Peter and Sophia Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren 5 14 January 1961 2
10 December 1960 49 G.I. Blues Elvis Presley 1 14 January 1961 22
5 Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway Johnny Mathis 6 24 December 1960 1
17 December 1960 7 Party Time Russ Conway 7 24 December 1960 3
31 December 1960 1 The Messiah London Philharmonic Choir 10 31 December 1960 1

See also

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References

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General

  • "Six decades of singles charts". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Specific

  1. ^ "The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2005). Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 14. ISBN 1-904994-00-8.
  3. ^ "New singles formats to save the charts". BBC News. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 21 February 2010.
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