The Beatles' hits albums denied number one (again)
The Beatles in 1965 (L-R): Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison
The Beatles' hopes of correcting an historic blip in their chart record have been scuppered by pop superstar Taylor Swift.
The Fab Four released new versions of their Red and Blue greatest hits albums last week, hoping that one of them would top the UK album chart.
But Swift wasn't ready to let go, with her pop opus 1989 (Taylor's Version) claiming the crown for a third week.
The Beatles faced the same situation when the Red and Blue albums first came out in 1973. Back then, David Bowie's Aladdin Sane denied them the number one.
The Red Album (technically called The Beatles 1962–1966) is at number three and the Blue Album (The Beatles 1967–1970) is at two.
Swift also has a Red album, which topped the chart in both 2012 and 2021
But The Beatles are still the act with the most UK number one albums of all time, with 15.
Rolling Stone called the original Red and Blue compilations "eight of the most-perfect album sides ever devised".
The re-released versions feature all-new mixes of their biggest hits, alongside the "new" track Now And Then, based on a 1970s John Lennon demo.
The albums have also been boosted with 20 additional tracks, including Twist And Shout, Taxman, Dear Prudence and Blackbird.
But the band were unable to depose Taylor Swift, whose re-recorded version of 1989 has become one of the year's biggest-selling albums in the space of just three weeks.
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Elsewhere, dance kingpins Chase & Status score their fifth top 10 album with 2 Ruff, Vol. 1.
Assisted by the massive hit singles Disconnect (with Becky Hill) and Baddadan (with Bou, Flowdan, IRAH, Trigga and Takura), the album makes its debut at number four.
And South African pop star Babyqueen earns a new entry at number five with her debut album, Quarter Life Crisis.
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