The Beatles see both Anthology 4 and the Anthology Collection debut inside the top 10 on several charts in the band’s home country of the U.K., half a century after splitting. 19th May 1967: The Beatles celebrate the completion of their new album, ‘Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’, at a press conference held at the west London home of their manager Brian Epstein. The LP is released on June 1st. (Photo by John Pratt/Keystone/Getty Images)
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For 30 years now, The Beatles have been releasing music as part of the hugely successful Anthology series. Throughout those decades, the brand name has been used to sell everything from compilations to books and even a documentary series. The latest installment, titled Anthology 4, arrived on November 21, and as is the case with everything connected to the bestselling group of all time, it becomes an immediate bestseller in the United Kingdom.
Fans could purchase Anthology 4 as a standalone release — but only after backlash from longtime lovers of the band — as well as part of the larger Anthology Collection. Both titles debut across a variety of charts in the U.K. this week, earning The Beatles multiple new top 10 successes.
Anthology 4 Debuts Inside the Top 10 on Every Chart
Anthology 4 launches on five charts across the Atlantic, and it opens inside the top 10 on each and every one of them. The compilation performs best on the Official Album Downloads chart, where it kicks off its time at No. 4. Anthology 4 is brand new at No. 5 on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums tallies, No. 6 on the Official Vinyl Albums list, and it comes in at No. 9 on the Official Albums chart, the ranking of the most consumed full-lengths and EPs in the nation.
The Anthology Collection Also Starts Within the Top 10
The Beatles posing together. From left to right: musicians George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, circa 1965.
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At the same time, The Anthology Collection, which includes all four installments of the Anthology series, arrives on the same five tallies, though not in quite as lofty spots. The Anthology Collection does manage to debut inside the top 10 on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums charts, debuting at No. 7 on the two simultaneously.
Anthology Collection Also Fails to Reach the Top 10 on Several Lists
The Anthology Collection just narrowly misses the top 10 on the Official Vinyl Albums ranking, where it enters at No. 11. The same box set starts at No. 29 on the Official Albums chart and only makes it to No. 52 on the Official Album Downloads roster.
How Many Top 10 Albums Have The Beatles Charted?
It is amazing that in 2025 The Beatles are still earning new top 10 wins on any chart, but even more impressive is the fact that this week, the band scores two additional top 10 successes on both the Official Albums Sales and Official Physical Albums lists in the U.K.
Photo of the Beatles, April 1963; L-R: Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, John Lennon – posed, group shot – jumping on wall, Used on the Twist & Shout EP cover (Photo by Fiona Adams/Redferns)
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The Beatles are now up to 22 appearances between Nos. 1 and 10 on the register of the bestselling albums and EPs on any physical format — be it on CD, cassette, or vinyl — and more than twice as many, 48 in total, on the Official Albums Sales chart.
Anthology 4 earns The Beatles just an eighth top 10 on the Official Album Downloads chart. The group is up to 14 placements inside that region on the Official Vinyl Albums ranking and 34 top 10s on the Official Albums roster.
What is Included on The Beatles’ Anthology 4?
Anthology 4 includes six sides, as it was available as both a double CD and triple LP. Throughout the dozens of tunes featured on its tracklist are 13 previously unreleased cuts, which are largely various takes of famous songs and slightly altered mixes. They include updated versions of “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love,” which were both revamped to include improved vocals by John Lennon, as machine-assisted, AI-leaning technology — which was used to create The Beatles’ final single “Now and Then” — is now less controversial than in 2023 when that Grammy-winning cut arrived.
A restored version of the Anthology documentary series arrived on Disney+ several days after the box set became available, as apparently there simply cannot be enough Beatles content, no matter how many years go by since the band’s split or how much has been shared from the group.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2025/12/02/the-beatles-chart-multiple-new-top-10-albums-more-than-50-years-after-splitting/
