| 1960s in music in the UK |
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The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] [3] Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1963, as well as albums which peaked in 1962 and 1964 but were in the top 10 in 1963. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
The first new number-one album of the year was by Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard and The Shadows. Overall, three different albums peaked at number one in 1963, with The Beatles (2) having the most albums hit that position.
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Album peaked in 1958, 1959, 1961 or 1962 but still in chart in 1963. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1963 but peaked in 1964. |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. |
| Peak | Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1958 | ||||||
| 3 May 1958 | 276 | South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 8 November 1958 | 115 |
| Albums in 1959 | ||||||
| 2 May 1959 | 43 | The Buddy Holly Story ‡ | Buddy Holly | 2 | 16 May 1959 | 1 |
| Albums in 1960 | ||||||
| 26 November 1960 | 24 | The Black and White Minstrel Show ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 29 July 1961 | 8 |
| Albums in 1961 | ||||||
| 28 October 1961 | 24 | Another Black and White Minstrel Show ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 11 November 1961 | 8 |
| 9 December 1961 | 47 | Blue Hawaii ‡ | Elvis Presley | 1 | 6 January 1962 | 18 |
| Albums in 1962 | ||||||
| 24 March 1962 | 153 | West Side Story: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 23 June 1962 | 13 |
| 1 September 1962 | 20 | A Golden Age of Donegan ‡ | Lonnie Donegan | 3 | 22 September 1962 | 3 |
| 8 September 1962 | 19 | A Picture of You ‡ | Joe Brown and the Bruvvers | 3 | 8 September 1962 | 2 |
| 6 October 1962 | 13 | 32 Minutes and 17 Seconds with Cliff Richard ‡ | Cliff Richard with The Shadows and Norrie Paramor & His Orchestra | 3 | 3 November 1962 | 1 |
| 13 October 1962 | 29 | Out of the Shadows ‡ | The Shadows | 1 | 27 October 1962 | 7 |
| 27 October 1962 | 17 | On Stage with the George Mitchell Minstrels ‡ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 1 | 1 December 1962 | 2 |
| 10 November 1962 | 21 | Bobby Vee Meets the Crickets | Bobby Vee and The Crickets | 2 | 12 January 1963 | 1 |
| 15 December 1962 | 14 | Rock 'N' Roll No. 2 | Elvis Presley | 3 | 26 January 1963 | 1 |
| Albums in 1963 | ||||||
| 26 January 1963 | 31 | Summer Holiday | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | 1 | 2 February 1963 | 14 |
| 2 February 1963 | 18 | Girls! Girls! Girls! | Elvis Presley | 2 | 9 February 1963 | 6 |
| 2 | A Bobby Vee Recording Session | Bobby Vee | 10 | 9 February 1963 | 2 | |
| 16 February 1963 | 32 | I'll Remember You | Frank Ifield | 3 | 2 March 1963 | 3 |
| 2 March 1963 | 15 | Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First | Frank Sinatra and Count Basie | 2 | 23 March 1963 | 3 |
| 16 March 1963 | 12 | All Star Festival: The Unique Record in Aid of the World's Refugees | Various artists | 4 | 13 April 1963 | 1 |
| 23 March 1963 | 3 | Richard Chamberlain Sings | Richard Chamberlain | 8 | 30 March 1963 | 1 |
| 6 April 1963 | 62 | Please Please Me | The Beatles | 1 | 11 May 1963 | 30 |
| 26 | Reminiscing | Buddy Holly | 2 | 13 April 1963 | 3 | |
| 4 May 1963 | 4 | All Alone Am I | Brenda Lee | 8 | 11 May 1963 | 1 |
| 11 May 1963 | 6 | Hats Off to Del Shannon | Del Shannon | 9 | 11 May 1963 | 4 |
| 18 May 1963 | 17 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Elvis Presley | 4 | 25 May 1963 | 7 |
| 1 June 1963 | 13 | Billy | Billy Fury | 6 | 8 June 1963 | 1 |
| 22 June 1963 | 40 | The Shadows' Greatest Hits | The Shadows | 2 | 13 July 1963 | 8 |
| 13 July 1963 | 1 | Bobby Vee's Golden Greats | Bobby Vee | 10 | 13 July 1963 | 1 |
| 20 July 1963 | 14 | Cliff's Hit Album | Cliff Richard | 2 | 17 August 1963 | 1 |
| 10 August 1963 | 9 | The Concert Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | 8 | 21 September 1963 | 1 |
| 17 August 1963 | 36 | Meet The Searchers | The Searchers | 2 | 7 September 1963 | 9 |
| 14 September 1963 | 17 | Kenny Ball's Golden Hits | Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen | 4 | 28 September 1963 | 2 |
| 9 | Steptoe and Son | Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett | 4 | 21 September 1963 | 1 | |
| 28 September 1963 | 27 | Born Free | Frank Ifield | 3 | 19 October 1963 | 3 |
| 5 October 1963 | 3 | When in Spain | Cliff Richard | 8 | 19 October 1963 | 1 |
| 12 October 1963 | 1 | Fool Britannia | Peter Sellers, Joan Collins and Anthony Newley | 10 | 12 October 1963 | 1 |
| 19 October 1963 | 2 | Chuck Berry on Stage | Chuck Berry | 6 | 26 October 1963 | 2 |
| 26 October 1963 | 3 | Sinatra's Sinatra | Frank Sinatra | 7 | 2 November 1963 | 1 |
| 27 | How Do You Like It? | Gerry and the Pacemakers | 2 | 16 November 1963 | 2 | |
| 16 November 1963 | 21 | Freddie and the Dreamers ♦ | Freddie and the Dreamers | 4 | 11 January 1964 | 2 |
| 4 | Trini Lopez at PJ's | Trini Lopez | 7 | 7 December 1963 | 1 | |
| 23 November 1963 | 7 | Sugar and Spice | The Searchers | 5 | 7 December 1963 | 1 |
| 30 November 1963 | 44 | With the Beatles | The Beatles | 1 | 7 December 1963 | 21 |
| 7 December 1963 | 20 | In Dreams | Roy Orbison | 6 | 21 December 1963 | 2 |
| 28 December 1963 | 4 | On Tour with the George Mitchell Minstrels ♦ | The George Mitchell Minstrels | 6 | 11 January 1964 | 1 |
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