These are the Billboard magazine number-one albums of 1966, per the Billboard 200.
† | Indicates best performing album of 1966 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Label | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | Whipped Cream and Other Delights † | Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | A&M | [1] |
January 8 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Capitol | [2] |
January 15 | [3] | |||
January 22 | [4] | |||
January 29 | [5] | |||
February 5 | [6] | |||
February 12 | [7] | |||
February 19 | Whipped Cream and Other Delights † | Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass | A&M | [8] |
February 26 | [9] | |||
March 5 | Going Places | Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass | A&M | [10] |
March 12 | Ballads of the Green Berets | SSgt. Barry Sadler | RCA Victor | [11] |
March 19 | [12] | |||
March 26 | [13] | |||
April 2 | [14] | |||
April 9 | [15] | |||
April 16 | Going Places | Herb Alpert and His Tijuana Brass | A&M | [16] |
April 23 | [17] | |||
April 30 | [18] | |||
May 7 | [19] | |||
May 14 | [20] | |||
May 21 | If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears | The Mamas & the Papas | Dunhill | [21] |
May 28 | What Now My Love | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass | A&M | [22] |
June 4 | [23] | |||
June 11 | [24] | |||
June 18 | [25] | |||
June 25 | [26] | |||
July 2 | [27] | |||
July 9 | [28] | |||
July 16 | [29] | |||
July 23 | Strangers in the Night | Frank Sinatra | Reprise | [30] |
July 30 | Yesterday and Today | The Beatles | Capitol | [31] |
August 6 | [32] | |||
August 13 | [33] | |||
August 20 | [34] | |||
August 27 | [35] | |||
September 3 | What Now My Love | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass | A&M | [36] |
September 10 | Revolver | The Beatles | Capitol | [37] |
September 17 | [38] | |||
September 24 | [39] | |||
October 1 | [40] | |||
October 8 | [41] | |||
October 15 | [42] | |||
October 22 | The Supremes A' Go-Go | The Supremes | Motown | [43] |
October 29 | [44] | |||
November 5 | Doctor Zhivago | Soundtrack | MGM | [45] |
November 12 | The Monkees | The Monkees | Colgems | [46] |
November 19 | [47] | |||
November 26 | [48] | |||
December 3 | [49] | |||
December 10 | [50] | |||
December 17 | [51] | |||
December 24 | [52] | |||
December 31 | [53] |