Most No.1s (by an artist): 17 (This is second on the all-time list. Elvis is top with 18)
Most No.1s (by a writer): 29 (This record is held by John Lennon. Second on the list is Paul, with 28)
Most No.1s (by a producer): 28 (This record is held by George Martin)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by a song): 9 (This comes eighth on the all-time list, and is actually held by Paul's Mull Of Kintyre which, incidentally, overtook She Loves You as the biggest-selling single in the UK)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an artist): 69 (This is second on the all-time list. Top of the list is Elvis with 77)
Longest gap between No.1 singles (by an artist): 31 years (This record is actually held by George Harrison for My Sweet Lord, which hit the top spot in January 1971 and January 2002)
Biggest jump to No.1 (by a song): 21 to 1 (For Hey Jude in '68. This is joint sixth on the all-time list. The other song sharing sixth spot is John Lennon's Just Like Starting Over)
Biggest fall from No.1 (by a song): 1 to 9 (For Hello, Goodbye in '67. This comes joint eighth on the all-time list)
Most No.2 singles (by an artist): 5 (This comes joint fifth on the all-time list. Madonna is top with 11, followed by Kylie Minogue, Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley, Boyzone, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney/Wings and Queen)
Most Top 10 singles (by an artist): 28 (This comes sixth on the all-time list. Top of the list is Cliff Richard with 65, followed by Elvis, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Elton John. Paul McCartney also comes in at number 11 for his solo stuff)
Most consecutive Top 10 hits (by an artist): 18 (This is joint third on the all-time list, behind Madonna (35), Cliff Richard and Abba)
Most weeks spent on the chart (by an artist): 456 (This is seventh on the all-time list. Top of the list is Elvis Presley, with 1193, followed by Cliff Richard, Elton John, Madonna, Michael Jackson and Rod Stewart. Paul McCartney also comes in at number 14 for his solo stuff, followed by the Stones at 15)

Most No.1's (by an artist): 8 (This comes first on the all-time list, beating the Shadows and Elvis Presley)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an EP): 21 (For Twist And Shout in '63. This comes fourth on the all-time list behind The Beach Boys Hits (34 weeks), the Shadows and the Four Tops)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an artist): 63 (This is first on the all-time list, beating the Shadows by two weeks)
Most Top Ten EPs (by an artist): 12 (This comes third on the all-time list. Top of the list is Cliff Richard with 23, followed by the Shadows on 17)
Most weeks spent on the chart (by an artist): 393 (This is third on the all-time list, behind the Shadows with 537 and Cliff Richard with 441)

Most No.1s (by an artist): 15 (This is first on the all-time list. Next comes Elvis and the Rolling Stones, both with 10. Paul also manages to come in at number thirteen with 6, for all his solo stuff)
Most consecutive No.1s (by an artist): 7 (This is third on the all-time list, behind Abba and Led Zeppelin, with 8 each)
Most No.1s in a single year (by an artist): 3 (For 1965. This record is shared by T.Rex, who managed the same thing in 1975)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an album): 30 (For Please Please Me in '63. This is fifth on the all-time list. Top of the list comes the South Pacific Soundtrack, which managed all 52 weeks in 1959! The Beatles also hold the sixth spot for Sgt. Peppers, and joint eighth for With The Beatles and A Hard Day's Night)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an artist): 174 (This is first on the all-time list. Next comes Elvis with 62 and Abba with 55)
Longest span of No.1 albums (by an artist): 37 years (Between May 1963 and October 2000. This comes second on the all-time list. Top of the list is Elvis with 45 years)
Shortest name for a No.1 album: 1
Most Top 10 albums (by an artist): 25 (This is joint seventh on the all-time list. Top of the list is Elvis with 45, followed by Frank Sinatra, Cliff Richard, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and David Bowie. Paul also manages to come in at number ten with 21, for all his solo stuff)
Most weeks spent on the chart (by an artist): 1292 (This comes first on the all-time list. Next comes Queen with 1271, Elvis with 1267 and Dire Straits with 1133. Paul also holds the 29th spot with 546 weeks for his solo stuff)

Most No.1s (by an artist): 20 (This is first in the all-time list)
Most No.1's in a single year (by an artist): 6 (1964. Elvis is in second place, with 4)
Most songs in the Top 10 at the same time (by an artist): 5 (The Bee Gees are in second place)
Most songs in the Top 40 at the same time (by an artist): 7 (The next person on the list is Elvis)
Most songs in the chart at the same time (by an artist): 14 (Elvis is in second place, with 9)
Largest-ever sales figure for a single day (by an artist): 940,255 (This was set on the 16th Mar 1964, when Can't Buy Me Love shifted a million copies!)

Most No.1s (by an artist): 19 (The next person on the list is Elvis again, with 10. The Rolling Stones are at No.3, with 9)
Most consecutive No.1s (by an artist): 8 (Paul McCartney and Wings are third on the list, with 5)
Most No.1s in a single year (by an artist): 3 (For 1964. This is first on the all-time list. But they repeated the feat in '65 and '66!)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an album): 15 (For Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. This comes a lowly 23rd on the all-time list, beaten by the West Side Story Soundtrack (with 54), Michael Jackson's Thriller, Harry Belafonte's Calypso (there's no accounting for taste!) and that perennial classic... Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, by M.C. Hammer)
Most weeks spent at No.1 (by an artist): 132 (The next person on the list is Elvis, with 67)
Most weeks spent at No.1 in a single year (by an artist): 30 (For 1964. This is first in the all-time list, but they also hold position 4 for 1965!)
Most weeks spent at No.2 (by an artist): 56 (This is first on the all-time list. Paul McCartney and Wings hold the fifth spot, with 36)
Most Top 10 albums (by an artist): 28 (This comes third on the all-time list, behind Frank Sinatra and The Rolling Stones, both with 34)
Biggest-ever jump into the Top 10 (by an album): 178 to 4 (For Abbey Road. This is third on the all-time list)
Most Top 40 albums (by an artist): 33 (This comes fifth on the all-time list, behind ol' Blue eyes, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand and The Rolling Stones)
Most weeks spent on the chart in a single year (by an artist): 233 (For 1965. This is first in the all-time list. But they also hold positions 3 and 5 for '64 and '70!)
Most weeks spent on the chart (by an artist): 2014 (This comes third on the all-time list behind Johnny Mathis, with 2241, and Frank Sinatra, with 2069)

The Beatles also hold the following miscellaneous record:

The greatest domination of the American chart EVER: 4th April 1964 (They held positions 1,2,3,4 and 5 in the singles chart, and 1 and 2 in the albums chart!)

Grammy Awards

Ivor Novello Awards

New Musical Express (NME) Awards

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