List Of UK Top-ten Albums In 1969
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The
UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
is one of many music charts compiled by the
Official Charts Company The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts inc ...
that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom. 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 The Official Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales and (from March 2015) audio streaming in the United Kingdom. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the Official Charts C ...
during
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, as well as albums which peaked in
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and
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but were in the top 10 in 1969. 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 ''
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'' by
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. Overall, twelve different albums peaked at number one in 1969, with
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(2) having the most albums hit that position.


Top-ten albums

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Notes

* ''Fresh Cream'' originally charted at number 39 upon its release in 1966 and entered the top 10 in 1967, peaking at number 6. It re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 15 February 1969 (week ending) for one week. * ''Disraeli Gears'' originally peaked at number 5 upon its release in 1967. It re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 22 February 1969 (week ending).


See also

*
1969 in British music This is a summary of 1969 in music in the United Kingdom. Events *4 January – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is accused of arrogance by TV producers after playing an impromptu version of "Sunshine of Your Love" past his allotted timeslot on the BBC1 ...
* List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)


References

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External links


1969 album chart archive
at the
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(click on relevant week) {{UK Music Charts United Kingdom top 10 albums Top 10 albums
1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...