CSPC: The Beatles Popularity Analysis

Physical Singles Sales – Part 4

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) – 75,000 equivalent albums

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – 250,000

Magical Mystery Tour (1967) – 3,345,000 equivalent albums

Hello, Goodbye – 4,300,000
Penny Lane – 3,200,000
All You Need Is Love – 3,650,000

The Beatles (White Album) (1968) – 450,000 equivalent albums

Back in the U.S.S.R. – 100,000
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – 1,400,000

More albums, same pattern of singles getting rarer and rarer. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band single came out in 1978 only, Back in the U.S.S.R. in 1976 while Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is the new Michelle selling exclusively in continental Europe.

As a Soundtrack and a record that wasn’t released everywhere upon release in LP format – it was a successful EP that we will met later, Magical Mystery Tour got three proper singles with once again massive results as each topped the 3 million mark.