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USA 

  • Most no. 1 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 charts (20 no.1s).
  • Most no. 1 albums in the Billboard Top 200 albums charts (19 no.1 albums).
  • Most weeks at no. 1 in the Billboard albums chart (132 weeks at no. 1).
  • Group with most weeks in the Billboard albums chart (2,184 weeks, second only to Frank Sinatra with 2,211 weeks).
  • Group with most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (609 weeks).
  • Group with most weeks at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (59 weeks at no. 1).
  • Most songs inside the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time (14 songs on April 11, 1964).
  • Most songs inside the Billboard Top 40 at the same time (7 songs on April 11 and 25, 1964).
  • Most songs in the Billboard Top 10 at the same time (5 songs on April 4, 1964).
  • Most songs in the Billboard Top 5 at the same time (5 songs on April 4, 1964).
  • Most chart entries in the Billboard Hot 100 within a calendar year (30 charted songs in 1964)
  • The only group to replace themselves at no. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 twice (March 21 and April 4, 1964). It would be forty years later when Usher would tie the record.
  • Most complete ever domination of the Billboard Hot 100 singles and albums chart by occupying the first 5 positions in the Hot 100 as well as the first two in the albums chart simultaneously (April 4, 1964).
  • Most consecutive no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart (8 consecutive no. 1 albums from 1965 to 1968).
  • Most consecutive top 5 albums in the Billboard albums chart (16 consecutive top 5 albums from 1965 to 1977).
  • Group with the longest span of no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart (36 years and 51 weeks, 1964 to 2001).
  • Group with most consecutive no. 1 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 (6 consecutive no. 1 hits, record shared with the Bee Gees).
  • Most no. 1 albums in the Billboard albums chart in a calendar year (3 no. 1 albums in 1964, repeated in 1965 and 1966).
  • Most no. 1 singles in the Billboard Hot 100 in a calendar year (6 no. 1 singles in 1964)
  • The only act to have held the no. 1 and no. 2 position in the Billboard albums chart for 9 straight weeks on two separate occasions (March 2 to April 27 and August 29 to October 24, 1964).
  • Most top 3 albums in the Billboard albums chart (27 top 3 albums).
  • Most transatlantic no. 1 hit singles (12 songs reached no. 1 in both the U.S. and Britain ).
  • Group with most consecutive top 5 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (17 consecutive top 5 hits from 1964 to 1969).
  • Group with most consecutive top 10 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (24 consecutive top 10 hits from 1964 to 1976).
  • Group with most consecutive top 20 hits in the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 consecutive top 20 hits from 1964 to 1976).
  • On April 4, 1964, the Beatles occupied the first 5 positions in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, the top 2 in the Billboard albums chart, the no. 1 position in the British singles chart, the first two positions in the British albums chart and the no. 1 position in the British EP chart, making this the most complete ever domination of the British and American charts in history.
  • Most no. 1 singles in the Cash Box Top 100 charts (22 no.1s).
  • Most no. 1 albums in the Cash Box albums charts (15 no.1 albums).
  • Most weeks at no. 1 in the Cash Box albums chart (127 weeks at no. 1).
  • Group with most weeks in the Cash Box albums chart (722 weeks up to 1974).
  • Group with most weeks in the Cash Box singles chart (601 weeks up to 1986).
  • Group with most weeks in the Record World albums chart (849 weeks up to 1982).
  • Group with most weeks in the Record World singles chart (520 weeks up to 1980).
  • Most no. 1 singles in the Record World Top 100 charts (23 no.1s).
  • Most no. 1 albums in the Record World albums charts (17 no.1 albums).
  • Most weeks at no. 1 in the Record World albums chart (123 weeks at no. 1).