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' scores biggest sales week yet
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
by Keith Caulfield, Los Angeles

The soundtrack to Disney's "Frozen", fueled by Easter shopping, earns its biggest sales week yet and 11th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album sold 259,000 copies in the week

ending April 20, according to Nielsen SoundScan. (The Easter holiday was April 20.) That's up 94% compared with the previous week, when the album shifted 133,000 at No. 1. This is also the fifth consecutive week that frozen sold more than 100,000 copies. To date, "Frozen" has sold 2.3 million copies. As the weeks tick by, "Frozen" continues to rack up impressive chart feats. Since SoundScan's point-of-sale data began powering the Billboard 200's rankings on May 25, 1991, "Frozen" is just the ninth album — and third soundtrack — to spend at least 11 weeks at No. 1. Going back even farther: Since the Billboard 200 started publishing on a regular, weekly basis in 1956, "Frozen" is one of only 15 soundtracks to spend at least 11 weeks at No. 1. "Frozen" also surpasses "The Lion King" (with 10 weeks at No. 1) as the longest-running No. 1 soundtrack by an animated film. Sales for "Frozen" in the week ending April 20 were powered by Easter shopping, which tends to lift sales of music that appeals

Derulo's "Talk Dirty" scores the pop singer's best sales week as well, exceeding the 42,000 copies of his self-titled debut that he sold in its first week in 2010. The latter album also tallied his previous high-water mark, when it debuted and peaked at No. 11.Derulo's new album — his third full-length effort — is powered by its title track, which hit No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart dated April 26. Michaelson's "Lights Out" is the singer-songwriter's second top 10 effort, and follows 2012's "Human Again," which also debuted and peaked at No. 5. It started slightly stronger than "Lights Out," selling 40,000 in its first week. As for the rest of the top 10, Luke Bryan's "Crash My Party" rises 8-6 (33,000; up 77 percent), Pharrell's "G I R L" dips 2-7 (just under 33,000; up 12 percent), and Lorde's "Pure Heroine" rises 12-8 (26,000; up 62 percent). 5 Seconds of Summer's "She Looks So Perfect" falls 3-9 (just under 26,000; up less than 1 percent), and the "Now 49" compilation climbs 13-10 (22,000; up 45 percent). Overall album sales in this past chart week (ending April 20) totaled 5.3 million units, up 23 percent compared with the sum last week (4.3 million) and down 2 percent compared with the comparablesales week of 2013 (5.4 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 76.2 million, down 16 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (90.5 million). Over on the Digital Songs chart, Pharrell's "Happy" nets a 10th week at No. 1 (274,000 downloads; up 7 percent) —the longest run at No. 1 since Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" wrapped a 10-week No. 1 reign on the chart dated Aug. 24, 2013. ("Blurred" also featured Pharrell.) John Legend's "All of Me" is stationary at No. 2 (214,000; up 9 percent), as is Jason Derulo's "Talk Dirty," featuring 2 Chainz, at No. 3 (198,000; up 22 percent) and Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" at No. 4 (158,000; up 4 percent). DJ Snake & Lil Jon's "Turn Down for What" ascends 8-5 with 120,000 (up 28 percent). Lana Del Rey scores her best debut sales week yet with the arrival of "West Coast." It enters at No. 6 with 118,000 sold. It's the first single from her upcoming album "Ultraviolence," which is due later this year. Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, falls 6-7 (113,000; up 2 percent), Ed Sheeran's "Sing" falls 5-8 in its second week (106,000; down 14 percent), and Luke Bryan's "Play It Again" drops 7-9 (105,000; down 3 percent). Aloe Blacc's "The Man" rounds out the top 10, down one spot to No. 10 (91,000; up 2 percent). Digital track sales this past week totaled 24million downloads, up 11 percent compared with last week (21.7 million) and up 1 percent stacked next to the comparable week of 2013 (23.7 million). Year-to-date track sales are at 379 million, down 13 percent compared with the same total at this point last year (434 million).  COMPLETE CHARTS