Which Beach Boys compilation album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1974?

Endless Summer was the Beach Boys compilation album that reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in 1974.

Capitol Records released the double-album compilation on June 24, 1974. It gathered major recordings from the group’s 1962–65 period, including surf, hot-rod, romance, and early pop hits. Its success followed renewed public interest in the band’s older music, helped by the popularity of American Graffiti and a broader 1970s nostalgia for early-1960s culture.

The album’s rise was unexpectedly dramatic. It reached No. 1 in the United States in October 1974 and became the Beach Boys’ second U.S. chart-topping album, after Beach Boys Concert. It also helped reposition the group as a successful nostalgia act while bringing its classic recordings to a new generation.

A common mix-up is assuming the title refers to a new 1974 studio project. Endless Summer was instead a retrospective compilation, and its chart peak came roughly a decade after most of its recordings were made.