Editing Brian Wilson (section)

===Sales achievements===
[[File:Brian Wilson 2009.png|thumb|Wilson after a concert performance in London, 2009]]

From 1962 to 1979, Wilson wrote or co-wrote over two dozen U.S. Top 40 hits for the Beach Boys, with eleven reaching the top 10, including the number-ones "I Get Around" (1964), "Help Me, Rhonda" (1965), and "Good Vibrations" (1966).{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=34–150}}{{refn|group=nb|The remaining eight top 10 hits were:
* 1963's "[[Surfin' U.S.A. (song)|Surfin' U.S.A.]]" (number 3), "[[Surfer Girl (song)|Surfer Girl]]" (number 7), and "[[Be True to Your School]]" (number 6)
* 1964's "[[Fun, Fun, Fun]]" (number 5), "[[When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)]]" (number 9), and "[[Dance, Dance, Dance (The Beach Boys song)|Dance, Dance, Dance]]" (number 8)
* 1965's "[[California Girls]]" (number 3)
* 1966's "[[Wouldn't It Be Nice]]" (number 8).{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=34–150}}}} Three more that he produced, but did not write, were the band's "[[Barbara Ann]]" (number 2) in 1965, "[[Sloop John B]]" (number 3) in 1966, and "[[Rock and Roll Music (song)|Rock and Roll Music]]" (number 5) in 1976.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=34–150}} Among his other top 10 hits, Wilson co-wrote Jan and Dean's "[[Surf City (song)|Surf City]]" (the first chart-topping surf song) and "[[Dead Man's Curve (song)|Dead Man's Curve]]" (number 8) in 1963, and [[the Hondells]]' "[[Little Honda]]" (number 9) in 1964.{{sfn|Badman|2004|pp=39, 63}}