The Beatles' psychedelic masterwork Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has been named the most popular British album in history. The Official Charts Company said Saturday that the band's 1967 classic is Britain's top album based on physical sales, downloads and streams in the U.K. The band by then had stopped touring and was focusing its effort on studio work under the guidance of producer George Martin. The album came ahead of Adele's 21, which finished second, and the 1995 Oasis album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.

Source: CBC News October 13, 2018 14:49 UTC