Editing Revolver (Beatles album) (section)

==Commercial performance==
In the UK, where "Eleanor Rigby" was the favoured side, the single became the best-selling song of 1966,{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=356}} after topping the national chart for four weeks during August and September.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=205}} On ''[[Record Retailer]]''{{'}}s LPs chart (later the [[UK Albums Chart]]), ''Revolver'' entered at number 1{{sfn|Rodriguez|2012|pp=172–73}} and stayed there for seven weeks during its 34-week run in the top 40.<ref name="UK chart">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/beatles/|title=Beatles" > "Albums" > "Revolver" > "Chart Facts|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=11 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213809/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/beatles/|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> On the national chart compiled by ''[[Melody Maker]]'', the album was number 1 for nine weeks.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=338}}{{sfn|Everett|1999|pp=xiii, 68}} By October, at least ten of the LP's songs had been covered by other artists and reviewed by ''Melody Maker''.{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=68}} Among these, [[Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers]]' version of "Got to Get You into My Life", which McCartney co-produced, was a top ten hit.{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=38}} McCartney's ballads "Here, There and Everywhere" and "For No One" became highly popular among mainstream recording artists.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=63}} In the UK, ''Revolver'' was the second highest-selling album of 1966, behind ''[[The Sound of Music (soundtrack)|The Sound of Music]]''.<ref name="Mawer/1966">{{cite web|first=Sharon|last=Mawer|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020406/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1966.php |url= http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1966.php |title=Album Chart History: 1966|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|date=May 2007|archive-date=17 December 2007|access-date=8 November 2019}}</ref> In the ''NME'' readers' poll for 1966, ''Revolver'' and ''Pet Sounds'' were jointly recognised as the magazine's "Album of the Year".{{sfn|Rodriguez|2012|pp=184–85}}

[[File:YellowSubTradeAd.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Capitol's trade ad for the album's double A-side single, favouring "Yellow Submarine" over "Eleanor Rigby"]]
In America, Capitol were wary of the religious references in "Eleanor Rigby", given the ongoing controversy, and instead pushed "Yellow Submarine".{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=356}} The latter peaked at number 2 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]],{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=349}} making it, in Gould's description, "the first 'designated' Beatles single since 1963" not to top that chart.{{sfn|Gould|2007|pp=356–57}} On the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]] chart, ''Revolver'' hit number 1 on 10 September, a week after the end of ''Yesterday and Today''{{'}}s five-week run at the top.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=359}} The Beatles were presented with gold discs from the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA), recognising the album as a "million seller",{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=69}} during their 24 August press conference at the [[Capitol Tower]] in Hollywood.{{sfn|Rodriguez|2012|p=174}}{{sfn|Winn|2009|p=59}} ''Revolver'' was number 1 there for six weeks{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=244}} and remained on the chart until mid February 1968.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=359}} In March 1967, ''Revolver'' was nominated for the [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year]].{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=770}} Voormann's cover design won the Grammy for [[Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts|Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html|title=Grammy Awards 1967|publisher=awardsandshows.com|access-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814214803/http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1967-242.html|archive-date=14 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|"Eleanor Rigby" was also recognised at the 1967 Grammys, where McCartney won in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Performance|Best Contemporary/R&R Solo Vocal Performance]] category.{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=259}}}}

Based on retail sales up to early October 1966, ''Revolver'' was the eighth-highest-selling album of the year in the US.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hSIEAAAAMBAJ&q=rubber+soul&pg=PA61|title=Top Records of 1966|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=24 December 1966|page=34|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref> Although commercially successful, it ranked only equal tenth (with ''[[Help!]]'') on the list of the Beatles' biggest-selling albums in the US, as supplied by [[Allen Klein]] in 1970.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=216}} According to figures published in 2009 by former Capitol executive David Kronemyer, further to estimates he gave in ''MuseWire'' magazine,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://musewire.com/deconstructing-pop-culture-how-many-records-did-the-beatles-actually-sell/|title=Deconstructing Pop Culture: How Many Records Did the Beatles Actually Sell?|first=David|last=Kronemyer|magazine=MuseWire|date=29 April 2009|access-date=18 April 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312201437/https://musewire.com/deconstructing-pop-culture-how-many-records-did-the-beatles-actually-sell/|archive-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> the album had sold 1,187,869 copies in the US by 31 December 1966 and 1,725,276 copies by the end of the decade.<ref name="Kronemyer">{{cite web|url=http://deconstructingpopculture.com/2009/04/how-many-records-did-the-beatles-actually-sell|title=How Many Records Did the Beatles Actually Sell?|first=David|last=Kronemyer|website=Deconstructing Pop Culture|date=25 April 2009|access-date=23 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306054326/http://deconstructingpopculture.com/2009/04/how-many-records-did-the-beatles-actually-sell/|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref>

The April 1987 CD release of ''Revolver'' standardised the track listing to the original UK version.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=201}} ''Revolver'' returned to the UK Albums Chart the following month, peaking at number 55,{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=388}} while the 2009 remastered album reached number 9.<ref name="ukchart87" /> In 2013, after the [[British Phonographic Industry]] altered its sales award protocol, the album was certified Platinum based on UK sales since 1994.<ref name="BPI 2013">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23927271 "Beatles albums finally go platinum"]. [[BBC News Online|BBC News]]. 2 September 2013. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140410171041/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23927271 Archived] from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2017.</ref> In January 2014, the Capitol version of ''Revolver'' was issued on CD for the first time, both as part of the Beatles' ''[[The U.S. Albums|U.S. Albums]]'' box set and as an individual release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-beatles-to-release-new-13cd-box-set-of-their-us-albums-14583 |author=Uncut staff|title=The Beatles to release new 13CD box set of their US albums|publisher=[[Uncut (magazine)|uncut.co.uk]]|date=12 December 2013|access-date=24 June 2017}}</ref> As of that year, ''Revolver'' had been certified [[Music recording sales certification|5× Platinum]] by the RIAA.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=770}}