George Martin and his son
Giles began work on Love after
getting permission from Paul
McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko
Ono, and Olivia Harrison (the
latter two representing John
Lennon and George Harrison,
respectively). In discussing
the project, Giles Martin
noted that elements were
utilized from recordings in
The Beatles catal
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George Martin and his son
Giles began work on Love after
getting permission from Paul
McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko
Ono, and Olivia Harrison (the
latter two representing John
Lennon and George Harrison,
respectively). In discussing
the project, Giles Martin
noted that elements were
utilized from recordings in
The Beatles catalogue, 'the
original four tracks, eight
tracks and two tracks and used
this palette of sounds and
music to create a soundbed.'
George Martin also promised a
prize to those who could crack
a 'code' found in the album.

Paul McCartney and Ringo
Starr, the two surviving
members of The Beatles, have
responded very positively to
the album. McCartney noted
that 'This album puts The
Beatles back together again,
because suddenly there's John
and George with me and Ringo'.
Starr commended George and
Giles Martin for the album and
said that the album is 'really
powerful for me and I even
heard things I'd forgotten
we'd recorded.'

The album was first played
publicly on Virgin Radio's The
Geoff Show. Virgin Radio DJ
Geoff Lloyd, a self-proclaimed
fan of The Beatles, chose to
play the entire album
uninterrupted to allow younger
fans to experience an album
premiere.

Love placed at #3 in the UK
Albums Chart during its first
week of release, trailing
Westlife's The Love Album and
Oasis' Stop the Clocks
compilation. It was also
successful in the United
States, debuting at #4 in the
Billboard 200, where it was
certified Platinum in late
2006.

Love debuted at #1 in the
United World Chart selling
721,000 copies in its first
week and knocked off the top
spot six new big releases that
occupied other positions of
the Top 10. With a leap of
26,000 copies, Jay-Z's Kingdom
Come debuted at #2 and with
300,000 copies less than Love,
U2's U218 Singles placed at
#3. The following week, the
album continued occupying the
top spot, this time with a
respectable 436,000 copies
sold. Despite a sales increase
of 467,000 copies in its third
week, Love slipped down to #2
knocked by Il Divo's Siempre,
which only sold 5,000 more.
However, the following week
Love returned to #1 and the
same time reached Platinum
certification in the United
World Chart for 2 million
copies sold.

Sales increased again during
the next week due to the
Christmas period and spent a
total of six weeks at the top.
It was finally displaced by U2
in late January 2007. After
that, Love fell quickly in the
chart and only achieved 15
weeks inside the Top 40. With
only four weeks out in stores
during 2006, Love became the
fifteenth best-selling album
of the year worldwide with
2,849,000 copies sold. During
the following six months the
album continued to sell
steadily, at an average rate
of 25,000 copies sold
worldwide per week. It did so
particularly in the United
States, where it is still in
the charts after 60 weeks.

At the 50th annual Grammy
awards on February 10th, 2008,
the album won Grammys in two
categories - Best Compilation
Soundtrack Album and Best
Surround Sound Album.

Category Music

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