During the years that Paul, Ringo, George, and John were together, The Beatles proved to be one of the bestselling musical acts of all time. That legacy has continued in the decades since the group broke up, with both albums and individual songs continuing to perform well on charts everywhere, as the world has never tired of listening to–and especially not buying–anything from the Fab Four.
The Beatles are still hitmakers to this day, thanks to a combination of older material and even one “new” track. This week, in the band’s home country of the United Kingdom, the rockers keep three different singles on the charts, and all of them improve from where they sat last time around.
I Want to Hold Your Hand” is the most successful of The Beatles’ three smashes in the U.K. at the moment. The 1963 track appears on two rankings, lifting into the top 20 on both of them after not quite finding space inside that competitive region last frame.
The Beatles cut performs best on the Official Vinyl Singles chart, where it steps up from No. 23 to No. 15. The same tune pushes 12 spaces to No. 20 on the Official Physical Singles chart.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” is the only track from The Beatles to appear on more than one ranking in the U.K. this week. It’s also fairly new to both of those tallies, despite having originally been released more than half a century ago. The tallies that the early composition appears on were not around when The Beatles enjoyed a commercial breakthrough, so subsequent special releases aimed at diehard fans propelled it to the rankings not long ago.
“Now and Then” is also a top 20 smash for The Beatles this week. The track, which earned the band a new Grammy earlier this month, surges from No. 28 to No. 16 on the Official Physical Singles chart. The song, which was created with the help of artificial intelligence to reunite all four members of the band, has been selling well in the year-plus since it first arrived. The win at the Grammys likely helps it ascend this week, though it doesn’t often stray far from the highest reaches of at least one or two lists.
Another older collection from The Beatles manages to return to one tally, as followers continue to buy the short set. “From Us to You,” which was recorded in the early days of the band’s heyday, is back on the Official Physical Singles chart at No. 93.
All three of The Beatles’s current hits on the list of the bestselling songs released on a physical medium in the U.K. have reached the top 10. “From Us to You” is the lowest-peaking of the bunch, as it only climbed to No. 10. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” stalled in second place on both the physical and vinyl rosters. “Now and Then” added to the group’s list of No. 1s shortly after it was released.
While The Beatles are performing spectacularly on singles charts, the group doesn’t fare quite as well on albums rankings, even in the United Kingdom. This time around, just one compilation from the rock pioneers manages to find space on the weekly rankings, and though it lands on two tallies at the same time, it’s in decline.
1962-1966, which is commonly referred to as the Red Album, dips from No. 68 to No. 71 on the Official Albums Streaming chart. It performs even worse on the main list of the most-consumed 100 projects in the country, where it slides backward from No. 76 to No. 81.