Taylor Swift has maintained chart supremacy on the UK Album Charts this week, holding off The Beatles from clenching the top spot with their reissued Greatest Hits albums.
Swift has held on to Number One for the third week running with ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’, seeing off competition from the reissued editions of The Beatles’ ‘Blue’ and Red’ albums which charted at Number Two and Number Three respectively.
These are the same positions that both albums charted in when they were originally released in 1973, according to the Official Charts Company, but stops them achieving a 16th number one album.
The Beatles, however, did hit Number One earlier this month with their “final” song ‘Now And Then’.

The song, which was completed with some help from AI, has topped the UK Charts 60 years after their first Number One. It is the bandâs 18th Number One single, with the last being 1969âs âThe Ballad Of John And Yokoâ.
Ringo Starr then shared his reaction to the news, with a video claiming that âNow And Thenâ is the fastest-selling single of 2023 and fastest-selling vinyl single of the century. It also claims the song had the biggest one week physical sales in almost a decade, and it has the most streams in a week of any Beatles song ever.
âWhatâs happening itâs all happening number one in England UK incredible a few more facts will come on the screenâ he wrote on X/Twitter alongside the video. âPeace and love everybody. Itâs a beautiful day.â
In addition, McCartney and co. now boast the longest period between an artistâs first and last Number One single â with their first being âFrom Me to Youâ in May 1963 (60 years and six months ago). Previously, Elvis Presley held the record with 47 years and six months between his 1957 hit âAll Shook Upâ and a reissue of âItâs Now or Neverâ that was released in 2005.
âNow And Thenâ reaching peak position on the charts also marks the longest gap ever between Number One singles. This comes as the rock veterans last reached Number One 54 years ago with âThe Ballad of John and Yokoâ (1969.) Prior to the âfinalâ track Kate Bush held the record for 44 years between âWuthering Heightsâ (1978) andâ Running Up That Hillâ (2022).
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