Introducing... The Beatles

Introducing... The Beatles
Studio album by the Beatles
Released	10 January 1964 (1964-01-10)
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Merseybeat rock and roll pop
Length	27:39
Label	Vee-Jay
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles North American chronology
Beatlemania! With the Beatles (1963) Introducing... The Beatles (1964) Meet the Beatles! (1964)
The Beatles United States chronology
Introducing... The Beatles (1964) Meet the Beatles! (1964)
Singles from Introducing... The Beatles
"Please Please Me" Released: 25 February 1963 "Twist and Shout" Released: 2 March 1964 "Do You Want to Know a Secret" Released: 23 March 1964 "Love Me Do" Released: 27 April 1964

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AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Introducing... The Beatles is the first studio album released by the English rock band the Beatles in the United States. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol's Meet the Beatles!. The latter album, however, entered the U.S. album chart one week before the former. Consequently, when Meet The Beatles! peaked at No. 1 for eleven consecutive weeks, Introducing...The Beatles stalled at No. 2 where it remained for nine consecutive weeks. It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay was permitted to sell the album until late 1964, by which time it had sold more than 1.3 million copies.^[3] On 24 July 2014 the album was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA.