List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)

This is a list of the number one hits in the UK Albums Chart in the 1960s. The sources are the "Melody Maker" chart until March 1960, and the "Record Retailer" chart from March 1960 onwards.

1960

# Freddy Cannon - The Explosive Freddy Cannon
#:March 12th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:March 19th for 19 weeks
# Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back
#:July 30th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:August 6th for 5 weeks
# One Hundred And One Strings - Down Drury Lane To Memory Lane
#:September 10th for 5 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:October 15th for 13 weeks

1961

# Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST)
#:January 14th for 7 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:March 4th for 1 week
# Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST)
#:March 11th for 3 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:April 1st for 1 week
# Psycho- Reek Week (OST)
#:April 3rd for 1 year
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
# Elvis Presley - G.I. Blues (OST)
#:April 8th for 12 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:July 1 for 4 weeks
# George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black and White Minstrel Show
#:July 29th for 4 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:August 26th for 1 week
# George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show
#:September 2nd for one week
# Original Soundtrack For South Pacific
#:September 9th for 1 week
# George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show
#:September 16th for 1 week
# The Shadows - The Shadows
#:September 23rd for 4 weeks
# George Mitchell Minstrels - The Black And White Minstrel Show
#:October 21st for 1 week
# The Shadows - The Shadows
#:October 28th for 1 week
# Cliff Richard & The Shadows - I'm 21 Today
#:November 4th for 1 week
# George Mitchell Minstrels - Another Black And White Minstrel Show
#:November 11th for 8 weeks

1962

# Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST)
#:January 6th for 1 week
# Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Young Ones (OST)
#:January 13th for 6 weeks
# Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii (OST)
#:February 24th for 17 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:June 23rd for 5 weeks
# Elvis Presley - Pot Luck
#:July 28th for 5 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:September 1st for 1 week
# Elvis Presley - Pot Luck
#:September 8th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:September 15th for 1 week
# Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk - The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk
#:September 22nd for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:September 29th for 3 weeks
# Kenny Ball, Chris Barber & Acker Bilk - The Best Of Ball, Barber And Bilk
#:October 20th for 1 week
# The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
#:October 27th for 3 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:November 17th for 1 week
# The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
#:November 24th for 1 week
# George Mitchell Minstrels - On Stage With The George Mitchell Minstrels
#:December 1st for 2 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:December 15th for 1 week
# The Shadows - Out Of The Shadows
#:December 22nd for 1 week
# George Mitchell Minstrels - Another Black And White Minstrel Show
#:December 29th for 2 weeks

1963

# Original Soundtrack For West Side Story
#:January 12th for 1 week
# The Shadows - Out of the Shadows
#:January 19th for 2 weeks
# Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Summer Holiday (OST)
#:February 2nd for 14 weeks
# The Beatles - Please Please Me
#:May 11th for 30 weeks
# The Beatles - With the Beatles
#:December 7th for 21 weeks

1964

# The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
#:May 2nd for 12 weeks
# The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
#:July 5th for 21 weeks
# The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
#:December 19th for 7 weeks

1965

# The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
#:February 6th for 3 weeks
# The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
#:February 27th for 1 week
# The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
#:March 6th for 6 weeks
# Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
#:April 17th for 1 week
# The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
#:April 24th for 1 week
# The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
#:May 1st for 3 weeks
# Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
#:May 22nd for 1 week
# Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
#:May 29th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound of Music
#:June 5th for 10 weeks
# The Beatles - Help!
#:August 14th for 9 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:October 16th for 10 weeks
# The Beatles - Rubber Soul
#:December 25th for 8 weeks

1966

# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:February 19th for 10 weeks
# The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
#:April 30th for 8 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#: June 25th for 7 weeks
# The Beatles - Revolver
#:August 13th for 7 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:October 1st for 18 weeks

1967

# The Monkees - The Monkees
#:February 4th for 7 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:March 25th for 7 weeks
# The Monkees - More of The Monkees
#:May 13th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:May 20th for 1 week
# The Monkees - More of The Monkees
#:May 27th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:June 3rd for 1 week
# The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
#:June 10th for 23 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:November 18th for 1 week
# The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
#:November 25th for 1 week
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:December 2nd for 3 weeks
# The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
#:December 23rd for 2 weeks

1968

# Val Doonican - Val Doonican Rocks But Gently
#:January 6th for 3 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:January 27th for 1 week
# The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
#:February 3rd for 1 week
# The Four Tops - The Four Tops Greatest Hits
#:February 10th for 1 week
# Diana Ross & The Supremes - Diana Ross & The Supremes Greatest Hits
#:February 17th for 3 weeks
# Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
#:March 9th for 10 weeks
# Scott Walker - Scott 2
#:May 18th for 1 week
# Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
#:May 25th for 3 weeks
# Andy Williams - Love Andy
#:June 15th for 1 week
# Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
#:June 22nd for 1 week
# The Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
#:June 29th for 6 weeks
# Tom Jones - Delilah
#:August 10th for 1 week
# Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
#:August 17th for 5 week
# Tom Jones - Delilah
#:September 21st for 1 week
# Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
#:September 28th for 2 weeks
# The Hollies - The Hollies' Greatest
#:October 12th for 6 weeks
# Original Soundtrack For The Sound Of Music
#:November 23rd for 1 week
# The Hollies - The Hollies' Greatest
#:November 30th for 1 week
# The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
#:December 7th for 7 weeks

1969

# The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
#:January 25th for 1 week
# The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
#:February 1st for 1 week
# The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
#:February 8th for 1 week
# Diana Ross & The Supremes - Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations
#:February 15th for 4 weeks
# Cream - Goodbye
#:March 15th for 2 weeks
# The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
#:March 29th for 2 weeks
# Cream - Goodbye
#:April 12th for 1 week
# The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
#:April 19th for 1 week
# Cream - Goodbye
#:April 26th for 1 week
# The Seekers - The Best Of The Seekers
#:May 3rd for 1 week
# The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
#:May 10th for 2 weeks
# Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
#:May 24th for 4 weeks
# Ray Conniff - His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound
#:June 21st for 3 weeks
# Jim Reeves - According To My Heart
#:July 12th for 4 weeks
# Jethro Tull - Stand Up
#:August 9th for 3 weeks
# Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
#:August 30th for 1 week
# Jethro Tull - Stand Up
#:September 6th for 2 weeks
# Blind Faith - Blind Faith
#:September 20th for 2 weeks
# The Beatles - Abbey Road
#:October 4th for 11 weeks
# The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
#:December 20th for 1 week
# The Beatles - Abbey Road
#:December 27th for 6 weeks