The Ventures enjoyed their greatest popularity and success in the USA in the 1960s, but they have continued to perform and record to the present (2008).
With over 110 million albums sold worldwide, the group remains the best Instrumental Rock group to sell at all times.
38 albums (including a seasonal Christmas album) on the US charts, and six of the fourteen compacts included in the "Top 40" chart, and three in the "Top 10".
Of its 38 classified albums, 34 occurred in the 1960s, and The Ventures was rated the 6th best pop album performed for that decade, according to "Joel Whitburn (Top Pop Albuns)".
Among his accomplishments in America, in 1963 The Ventures had five LPs on the "Billboard Top 100" at the same time.
In addition, they released a series of instructional LPs, entitled "Play Guitar with The Ventures" (playing guitar with The Ventures) and "Play Electric Bass with The Ventures" (playing electric bass with The Ventures), accompanied by insert with chords and music diagrams, separated by lead guitar, bass and rhythm, entitled "Guitar Phonics System booklet". Five LPs were released in this series, the first of which reached the "Billboard Top 100 Album Chart", an unprecedented feat previously by an instructional LP.
In a new achievement,
The Ventures was the first to put two different versions of the same song in the "Top 10", these being "Walk Don't Run" (2nd place) and "Walk Don't Run'64" (8th place) ).
