Timeline
Exactly 50 years ago, the Beatlemania reached its climax. What happened? A year ago, in 1963, the Beatles became more and more success in United Kingdom, but outside their native country it just didn't work. Several labels like Swan, Vee-Jay and Tollie tried to release successful UK hits like 'She Loves You', 'Please Please Me' and 'Twist And Shout' in the USA, but they flopped. Everything changed with the publication of 'I Want To Hold Your

Hand' in December 1963. In United Kingdom it sold more than one million copies only in that month and short time later the whole wide world was infected by the Beatles virus. 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' developed into a giant success around the globe and hold still no.5 on the Alltime Chart. As a result of this all other older songs entered the charts. Early April 1964 there was a unique and strange situation on the US Billboard chart: five Beatles songs blocked the top. 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Twist And Shout', 'She Loves You', 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and 'Please Please Me'. A very similar constellation was on the global chart. Never before and after an act or a band reached such a massive success and since then the Beatles are an eternal legend!  GLOBAL CHART - 50 YEARS AGO  click the picture to see the video

USA
Billboard Report (Excerpt)
'Frozen' spends 10th week at no.1
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
by Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles

The unstoppable soundtrack to Disney's "Frozen" continues its  run atop the Billboard 200 as it clocks a 10th nonconsecutive  week at No. 1. The set sold 133,000 copies in the week ending

April 13, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's down 11 percent compared with the previous frame, when it sold 149,000 at No. 1. The album’s cumulative sales also climb past the 2 million mark, as its additional 133,000 copies bring its to-date sum to 2.1 million. "Frozen" is now one of just 11 albums to have spent at least 10 weeks at No. 1 since the chart started using SoundScan's point-of-sale data on May 25, 1991. Four of those 11 albums also happen to be soundtracks: “Frozen,” Whitney Houston's "The Bodyguard" (20 weeks at No. 1), "Titanic" (16 weeks) and "The Lion King" (10 weeks). In addition, "Frozen" now ties "The Lion King" for the most weeks at No. 1 for an animated film soundtrack. As previously reported, "Frozen" has spent more weeks at No. 1 than any album since Adele's "21" racked up 24 nonconsecutive weeks in the penthouse in 2011 and 2012. It spent its 24th and final week at No. 1 on the chart dated June 23, 2012. At No. 2 on the latest Billboard 200 is Pharrell's "G I R L," which

MercyMe earns the chart's highest debut, as the group's "Welcome to the New" arrives at No. 4 with 26,000. It's the third top 10 effort for the act — and third in a row — following "The Hurt & the Healer" (No. 7 in 2012) and "The Generous Mr. Lovewell" (No. 3 in 2010). Rock band Black Label Society picks up its second top 10 album on the Billboard 200 with the No. 5 bow of "Catacombs of the Black Vatican" (nearly 26,000). The act's last studio release, 2010's "Order of the Black," debuted and peaked at No. 4, selling 33,000 in its first week. "Catacombs of the Black Vatican" also enters at No. 1 on Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums. R&B singer SoMo’s self-titled second album starts at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, selling 23,000 in its first week. It's easily the best week ever for the artist, as his 2012 debut effort, "My Life," missed the chart entirely. (However, it did reach No. 24 on our new-artist chart: Heatseekers Albums.) Singer Martina McBride is the fourth and final debut in the top 10 this week, as her new covers album "Everlasting" enters at No. 7 with 21,000. It also starts at No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart, her fifth No. 1 on that tally. As for the rest of the top 10 this week, LukeBryan's "Crash My Party" jumps 15-8 (19,000; up 14 percent) in the wake of his exposure on the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 6. Bryan co-hosted the show with Blake Shelton and performed his latest single, "Play It Again." Although Shakira also performed on the ACMs (with Shelton), her self-titled album falls 5-9 (17,000; down 41 percent) in its third week. Another ACMs performer, Florida Georgia Line,returns to the top 10, climbing 19-10 with "Here's to the Good Times" (just over 17,000; up 14 percent). It's the highest rank for the album since the chart dated Aug. 31, 2013, when it was at No. 8. Florida Georgia Line performed twice on the ACMs, singing "Stay" and "That's How We Roll" (the latter with Bryan). Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 13) totaled 4.3 million units, down 11 percent compared with the sum last week (4.9 million) and down 21 percent compared with the comparable sales week of 2013 (5.4 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 70.9 million, down 17 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (85.1 million). Over on the Digital Songs chart, the top four titles are all non-movers, as Pharrell's "Happy" leads for a ninth straight week (257,000; down 9 percent). John Legend's "All of Me" is No. 2 (197,000; down 14 percent); Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty," featuring 2 Chainz, is No. 3 (162,000; up 4 percent); and Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" is No. 4 (152,000; down 2 percent). The chart's highest debut comes in at No. 5: Ed Sheeran's "Sing" with 123,000. It's his second-biggest sales week yet, following the post-Christmas haul of "The A Team" (181,000) in the week ending Dec. 30, 2012. Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, falls 5-6 with 111,000 (down 9 percent), and Bryan's "Play It Again" rises 8-7 with 108,000 (up 24 percent). DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" is pushed down one slot to No. 8 with 95,000 (down 1 percent), and Aloe Blacc's "The Man" dips 6-9 with 89,000 (down 17 percent). Florida Georgia Line's "This Is How We Roll" (featuring Bryan) ascends 11-10 with 86,000 (up 10 percent). With Bryan at Nos. 7 and 10, he becomes the first male country artist to have two concurrent titles in the top 10 since the chart launched Oct. 30, 2004. The only country act to manage the feat previously was Taylor Swift (she has done it 10 times). Digital track sales this past week totaled 21.7 million downloads, up 1 percent compared with last week (21.4 million) and down 15 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (25.5 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 355.1 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (410.3 million).  COMPLETE CHARTS