These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1966, per the Billboard 200.
Indicates best performing album of 1966 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | Whipped Cream and Other Delights | Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | A&M | [1] |
January 8 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Capitol | [2] |
January 15 | [3] | |||
January 22 | [4] | |||
January 29 | [5] | |||
February 5 | [6] | |||
February 12 | [7] | |||
February 19 | Whipped Cream and Other Delights | Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | A&M | [8] |
February 26 | [9] | |||
March 5 | Going Places | Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass | A&M | [10] |
March 12 | Ballads of the Green Berets | SSgt. Barry Sadler | RCA Victor | [11] |
March 19 | [12] | |||
March 26 | [13] | |||
April 2 | [14] | |||
April 9 | [15] | |||
April 16 | Going Places | Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass | A&M | [16] |
April 23 | [17] | |||
April 30 | [18] | |||
May 7 | [19] | |||
May 14 | [20] | |||
May 21 | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | The Mamas & the Papas | Dunhill | [21] |
May 28 | What Now My Love | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass | A&M | [22] |
June 4 | [23] | |||
June 11 | [24] | |||
June 18 | [25] | |||
June 25 | [26] | |||
July 2 | [27] | |||
July 9 | [28] | |||
July 16 | [29] | |||
July 23 | Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | [30] |
July 30 | Yesterday and Today | The Beatles | Capitol | [31] |
August 6 | [32] | |||
August 13 | [33] | |||
August 20 | [34] | |||
August 27 | [35] | |||
September 3 | What Now My Love | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass | A&M | [36] |
September 10 | Revolver | The Beatles | Capitol | [37] |
September 17 | [38] | |||
September 24 | [39] | |||
October 1 | [40] | |||
October 8 | [41] | |||
October 15 | [42] | |||
October 22 | The Supremes A' Go-Go | The Supremes | Motown | [43] |
October 29 | [44] | |||
November 5 | Doctor Zhivago | Soundtrack | MGM | [45] |
November 12 | The Monkees | The Monkees | Colgems | [46] |
November 19 | [47] | |||
November 26 | [48] | |||
December 3 | [49] | |||
December 10 | [50] | |||
December 17 | [51] | |||
December 24 | [52] | |||
December 31 | [53] | |||
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States. It is published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a recording act will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outperformed all others during at least one week. The chart grew from a weekly top 10 list in 1956 to become a top 200 in May 1967, and acquired its present title in March 1992. Its previous names include the Billboard Top LPs (1961–1972), Billboard Top LPs & Tape (1972–1984), Billboard Top 200 Albums (1984–1985), and Billboard Top Pop Albums (1985–1992).
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