U.K. 

• Most no. 1 albums in the British albums charts (15 no. 1s).
• Group with most no. 1 hits in the British singles chart (17 no. 1 hits).
• Group with most weeks in the British singles chart (456 weeks).
• Group with most weeks at no. 1 in the British singles chart (69 weeks).
• Group with most top 10 hits in the British singles chart (28 top 10 hits).
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the British albums chart (174 weeks at no. 1).
• Most consecutive weeks spent at no. 1 in the UK albums chart (51 weeks from May 11, 1963 to May 2, 1964 – this excludes soundtrack albums).
• Most consecutive no. 1 hits in the British singles chart (11 consecutive no. 1 hits, excludes re-issues of old singles).
• Most consecutive top 5 hits in the British singles chart (22 consecutive top 5 hits from 1963 to 1970).
• Group with most consecutive top 10 hits in the British singles chart (23 consecutive top 10 hits).
• Most complete ever domination of the British charts by occupying the first two positions in the singles chart and the albums chart as well as the top 3 positions in the EP chart (Extended Play) from December 12 to December 26, 1963.
• Most weeks at no. 1 in the British albums chart within a calendar year (40 weeks at no. 1, 1964).
• Most no. 1 albums in the British albums chart within a calendar year (3 no. 1 albums, 1965).
• Most simultaneous weeks at no. 1 in the British singles and albums chart (45 weeks).
• First act to replace itself at the no. 1 position in the British singles charts (December 12, 1963).
• First act to replace itself at the no. 1 position in the British albums chart (December 7, 1963).
• The Beatles’ Please Please Me album spent more weeks at no. 1 in the British album charts than any other album by a group (30 weeks at no. 1, this excludes albums by duos and soundtracks).
• Most debuts at no. 1 in the British albums chart (8 no. 1 debuts, record shared with David Bowie)
• Group with the most consecutive weeks inside the British singles chart (105 consecutive weeks, from October 11, 1962 to October 15, 1964).
• Group with most single hits charted in the British singles chart simultaneously (6 hits on April 17, 1976).
• Biggest ever jump within the British albums chart (94 positions jumped by Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from no. 97 to no. 3 in 1987).
• Most consecutive weeks inside the top 10 of the British albums chart (171 consecutive weeks from 1963 to 1966).