1. Greatest Monopoly of the Top Five
With the sudden success of The Beatles on Capitol Records, other US-based record labels that
had Beatles songs in their vaults were shocked into the realization that they were sitting
on a goldmine. So many Beatles records were issuesd on so many labels that on April 4, 1964,
the Beatles held the top five positions on the Hot 100. No one had ever done anything even
close to this before, and it is doubtful the conditions will ever exist for anyone to do it again.
| 1. Can't Buy Me Love |
| 2. Twist and Shout |
| 3. She Loves You |
| 4. I Want To Hold Your Hand |
| 5. Please Please Me |
2. Greatest Monopoly of the Hot 100
Before the Beatles, the highest number of concurrent singles by one artist on the chart was nine. This was achieved on December 19, 1956 by Elvis Presley. That record stood for seven years. The Beatles surpassed their idol's total on March 28, 1964 with 10 singles on the Hot 100. On April 4, two more Beatles' songs debuted, giving them a total of 12.
And on April 11. with "Can't Buy Me Love" in its second week at number one, the Beatles occupied 14 positions on the chart. This record-breaking accomplishment was due to the following titles, which joined "Can't Buy Me Love" on the April 11 survey:
2. Twist and Shout
4. She Loves You
7. I Want To Hold Your Hand
9. Please Please Me
14. Do You Want To Know A Secret
38. I Saw Her Standing There
48. You Can't Do That
50. All My Loving
52. From Me To You
61. Thank You Girl
74. There's A Place
78. Roll Over Beethoven
81. Love Me Do
3. Biggest Leap to Number One
In the history of the Hot 100, only a few songs have managed to jump to the number one position from outside the Top 10. No song had ever gone directly to the top from outside the top 20 - except for "Can't Buy Me Love", which debuted at number 27 and then shot to number 1 the following week.
4. Most Consecutive Number One Singles
"Can't Buy Me Love" followed "She Loves You" in the number one slot, which was previously held by "I Want To Hold Your Hand". This broke Elvis Presley's record established in 1956.
5.Largest Advance Sale.
The conditions were just right for "Can't Buy Me Love" to generate the greatest advance sales order of any single to date. 2,100,000 advances copies were ordered (before a note of the song was even heard!).
Can't Buy Me Love continued the tag team-like performance in the charts, replacing "She Loves You".
