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 1960, as well as albums which peaked in 1959 or 1961 but were in the top 10 in 1960. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
| Symbol | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=lightblue | ‡ | Album peaked in 1958 or 1959 but still in chart in 1960. |
| ♦ | Album released in 1960 but peaked in 1961. | |
| Entered | The date that the album first appeared in the chart. | |
| Peak | Highest position that the song reached in the UK Albums Chart. |
| Entered (week ending) | data-sort-type="number" | Weeks in top 10 | Single | Artist | data-sort-type="number" | Peak | Peak reached (week ending) | data-sort-type="number" | Weeks at peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albums in 1956 | |||||||||
| 112 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 153 | The King and I: Original Soundtrack ‡ | 1 | 48 | ||||||
| Albums in 1958 | |||||||||
| 180 | South Pacific: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 1 | 115 | |||||
| 122 | My Fair Lady ‡ | Original Broadway Cast | 1 | 19 | |||||
| 40 | Elvis' Golden Records ‡ | Elvis Presley | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | Pack Up Your Troubles ‡ | Russ Conway | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | The Student Prince and The Great Caruso ‡ | Mario Lanza | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Albums in 1959 | |||||||||
| 79 | Gigi: Original Soundtrack ‡ | Various artists | 2 | 32 | |||||
| 39 | The Best of Sellers ‡ | Peter Sellers | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 12 | Continental Encores ‡ | Mantovani | 4 | 6 | |||||
| 31 | Cliff ‡ | Cliff Richard and The Drifters | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 43 | The Buddy Holly Story ‡ | Buddy Holly and The Crickets | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 28 | Come Dance with Me! ‡ | Frank Sinatra | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 15 | A Date with Elvis ‡ | Elvis Presley | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | Family Favourites ‡ | Russ Conway | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 4 | Strictly for Grown Ups ‡ | Paddy Roberts | 8 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Gypsy Camp Fires ‡ | 101 Strings | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 31 | Cliff Sings ‡ | Cliff Richard | 2 | 15 | |||||
| 7 | The Goon Show | 8 | 3 | ||||||
| 22 | Songs for Swingin' Sellers | Peter Sellers | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 7 | Time to Celebrate | Russ Conway | 3 | 2 | |||||
| Albums in 1960 | |||||||||
| 11 | The Five Pennies: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Nina & Frederick | Nina & Frederick | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Ride on a Rainbow | Johnny Mathis | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | The Explosive Freddy Cannon | Freddy Cannon | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2 | Songs for Swingin' Lovers | Frank Sinatra | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | The "Twangs" the "Thang" | Duane Eddy | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 2 | 7 Ages of Acker | Acker Bilk | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | This is Darin | Bobby Darin | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | At the Drop of a Hat: Original Cast Recording | Various artists | 9 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | My Concerto for You | Russ Conway | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be: Original Cast Recording | Various artists | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 22 | Flower Drum Song | Original Broadway Cast | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | This is Hancock | Tony Hancock | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | I Remember Hank Williams | Jack Scott | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 19 | Can-Can: Original Soundtrack | Various artists | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | Follow That Girl | Original London Cast | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | The Most Happy Fella | Original Broadway Cast | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | Latin ala Lee! | Peggy Lee | 8 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | Come Back to Sorrento | Frank Sinatra | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 1 | Flower Drum Song | Original London Cast | 10 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | Elvis Presley | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer | Tom Lehrer | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | It's Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 20 | Elvis is Back | Elvis Presley | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 10 | The Great Caruso | Mario Lanza | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 16 | Down Drury Lane to Memory Lane | 101 Strings | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 13 | At The Oxford Union | Gerard Hoffnung | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 55 | Oliver! ♦ | Original London Cast | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Eddie Cochran Memorial Album | Eddie Cochran | 9 | 2 | |||||
| 28 | Me and My Shadows | Cliff Richard and The Shadows | 2 | 6 | |||||
| 5 | The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers | The Everly Brothers | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | The Buddy Holly Story Volume 2 | Buddy Holly | 7 | 2 | |||||
| 5 | Swing Easy | Frank Sinatra | 5 | 1 | |||||
| 3 | Join Bing and Sing Along | Bing Crosby | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 13 | The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart | Bob Newhart | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 120 | The Black and White Minstrel Show ♦ | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 25 | The Ray Conniff Hi-Fi Companion | Ray Conniff, His Orchestra & Chorus | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 9 | Peter and Sophia ♦ | Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 49 | G.I. Blues ♦ | Elvis Presley | 1 | 22 | |||||
| 5 | Rhythms and Ballads of Broadway | Johnny Mathis | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | Party Time | Russ Conway | 7 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | The Messiah | London Philharmonic Choir | 10 | 1 | |||||
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