(London) For the first time in 54 years, the Beatles topped the British charts with Now and Thenwhich brings together the legendary English group thanks to artificial intelligence, the organization which establishes the rankings said on Sunday.
Released on Thursday, the song, recorded by John Lennon and completed after his death by the other members of the group, is currently outperforming its competitors, Official Charts said.
In view of this trend, he is therefore on track to occupy first place in the next weekly ranking published next Friday, thus dethroning American star Taylor Swift.
This is the 18e song by the Liverpool band to top the charts, the first going back to From me to you in 1963 and the previous one in The Ballad of John and Yoko in 1969, shortly before the group split in April 1970.
Now and Then was born from a demo recorded at the end of the 1970s by John Lennon in his New York apartment. After his assassination in 1980, his widow Yoko Ono handed over the band, voice and piano, to the other members of the group in 1994.
AI technologies recently made it possible to isolate Lennon’s voice and mix it with recordings of other singers, including George Harrison before his death in 2001. The song was completed and released by both living members , Paul McCartney, 81, and Ringo Starr, 83.