BEACH BOYS LIST
BEACH BOYS
“America’s Band”
THE #1’S
#1 Charted Singles of American Bands (Jerry Osborne.Com 10-9-00.html)
#1 Album PET SOUNDS (Mojo Magazine)
#1 Record GOOD VIBRATIONS (Mojo Magazine)
#1 Bootleg SMILE (Various)
#1 Touring Band (Google: Andrew Doe/ Beach Boys)
#1 Song of the Year/France HEROES & VILLAINS (Mikelovefanclub.com)
#1 “American Band” (Allmusicguide.com)
#1 Albums CONCERT, ENDLESS SUMMER (in USA) VERY BEST OF BEACH
BOYS , 20 GOLDEN GREATS (U.K.)
TOP 1O’S
#3 World Pop Rock Band ( Whitburn/Billboard) (excludes soloists and other genre)
#4 Most tracks charted (Billboard)
#5 All time favorite Rock Band (E! Network)
#6 PET SOUNDS album of the 20th century (BBC News )
#9 Most charted albums (Whitburn/ Billboard)
#10 TOP 10 ALBUMS IN USA OR UK:
SURFIN’ USA, SURFER GIRL, LITTLE DEUCE COUPE, ALL SUMMER LONG,
CONCERT, TODAY, SUMMER DAYS, PARTY, PET SOUNDS, BEST OF#1, BEST
OF #2, SMILEY SMILE, WILD HONEY,BEST OF #3, 20/20, GREATEST HITS, 20
GOLDEN GREATS, VERY BEST OF BEACH BOYS, SUMMER
DREAMS,ENDLESS SUMMER, SPIRIT OF AMERICA, 15 BIG ONES, (Andrew
Doe and Billboard)(22 TOP 10’S)
TOP 40’S
Includes the above top 10’s plus SUNFLOWER, HOLLAND,SURFIN’ SAFARI,
SURF’S UP, SO TOUGH, LOVE YOU, L.A. LIGHT, THE BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS, GREATEST HITS, IMAGINATION, THE VERY BEST OF THE BEACH BOYS 2 (35 TOP 40’S)
BILLBOARD STATISTICS
300 million sales in singles and albums (approx. Billboard)(alone and with others)
(includes affiliate groups such as Capt.n’ Tenille, Glen Campbell, Wilson Phillips)
25 years on the world Billboard charts (includes all genre, alone and with others/Billboard)
240 charted hits in the western world & Japan (mountvernon&fairway.com)
EMMY AND GRAMMY AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
3 Emmy nominations for “The Beach Boys: An American Family”
3 Grammies I WRITE THE SONG (Bruce Johnston) LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT,
ALMOST FAMOUS (Feel Flows) SMILE
4 Grammy nominations, GOOD VIBRATIONS, KOKOMO, ENDLESS HARMONYCD, PET SOUNDS BOX SET, SMILE SESSIONS
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
World’s Top Music Group MELODY MAKER 1966
ROLLING STONE’S BAND OF THE YEAR 1975
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 1980
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME 1988
AMERICAN MUSIC AWARD 1988
HISTORICAL LIFETIME AWARD/ BILLBOARD
SONGWRITER’S HALL OF FAME 1998 (Brian Wilson)
RECORDING ACADEMY’S LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD (2001)
GOLD/PLATINUM ALBUMS AND CRITICAL HITS
30 Gold or Platinum Albums (Beachboys.com 4-10-2000)
30 4or 5 star albums (Allmusicguide.com)(group and solo albums)
1 of 50 bands to get 8 golds in 2 years out of 3000 bands (Billboard)
BBC’S favorite Christmas song LITTLE SAINT NICK
TOP SONGS OF THE CENTURY:
GOOD VIBRATIONS #6 BBC
RADIO PLAY BBC, #10
VH-1, TOP 100
10 Beach Boys songs have been played 18 million times on the radio (BMI).
“Little Saint Nick” One of BBC’s all time favorite Christmas songs
OTHER STATISTICS
90% know the word “Beach Boys” in the USA (E! Network)
They have played for every President of the USA since the Carter administration.
Have had 5 albums on BILLBOARD simultaneously.
There are over 200 albums of Beach Boys music on originals, compilations, and anthologies.
They have had tribute CD’s to them in jazz, country, rock, punk, classical and other genre.
5,000 concerts in 40 years.