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''1'' is a compilation album by English rock band The Beatles, originally released on 13 November 2000. The album features virtually every number-one single achieved in the United Kingdom and United States from 1962 to 1970 by the Beatles. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on only one compact disc. ''1'' was a commercial success, and topped the charts worldwide. ''1'' has sold over 31 million copies.〔 In addition, ''1'' is the fourth best-selling album in the U.S. since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking U.S. album sales in January 1991,〔 〕 and the best-selling album of the decade in the US from 2000 to 2009, as well as the best selling album of the decade worldwide. ''1'' was remastered and reissued in September 2011,〔(The Beatles "1" – Remastered 2011 | Beatles Blog ) 〕 and was reissued in several different deluxe editions in November 2015, the most comprehensive of which is a three-disc set entitled ''1+''. As of June 2015, ''1'' is the sixth best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, having sold over 3.1 million copies. ==Background== Compiled by producer George Martin and the (then) three surviving members of the band, ''1'' includes the 27 Beatles songs that went to number one in the United Kingdom on the ''Record Retailer'' Top 50 chart or in the United States on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. It is worth noting, however, that the song "For You Blue" was listed on Billboard chart at No. 1, as a double A-sided single with "The Long and Winding Road", but Capitol Records treated "For You Blue" as strictly a B-side and did not promote it as an A-side. Meanwhile, "Day Tripper" was included on ''1'', since it charted at No. 1 in the UK as a double A side with "We Can Work It Out", while in the US, only "We Can Work It Out" was No. 1. The only singles released in both the UK and US that did not reach No. 1 in either country, and were therefore ineligible for inclusion on the album, were "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" (both reached No. 2 in the UK charts, while in the US the former peaked at No. 3, and the latter at No. 8). The former was largely known as "The Beatles' first UK number one single"; however, it reached the top spot in the musical magazines ''New Musical Express'' and ''Melody Maker'' but not on the chart published by ''Record Retailer'' (now ''Music Week''). On the other hand, "Strawberry Fields Forever" was part of a double A-side single along with "Penny Lane". This single had peaked at No. 2 in the charts, behind Engelbert Humperdinck's single "Release Me". This album is essentially a combination of both the US and UK versions of the earlier album ''20 Greatest Hits'', with the addition of "Something" (that song was left off ''20 Greatest Hits'' because of time constraints). On ''1'', "Hey Jude" was released in its original full-length version (slightly over seven minutes); on the American version of ''20 Greatest Hits'' it had been released as a shortened version. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1 (Beatles album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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