The Monkees is the debut studio album by the American band the Monkees. It was released on October 10, 1966, by Colgems Records in the United States and RCA Victor in the rest of the world.[4] It was the first of four consecutive U.S. number one albums for the group, taking the top spot on the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks, after which it was displaced by the band's second album.[5] It also topped the UK charts in 1967. The Monkees has been certified quintuple platinum by the RIAA, with sales of over five million copies.