A pop and rock group from Liverpool, The Beatles became a worldwide sensation in the early 60's. The band consisted of drummer Ringo Starr, guitarist George Harrison, bassist Paul McCartney, and the amazing John Lennon on Vocals. Within the span of 10 + years, the band grew immense popularity. The band is the number one best selling band of all time.


Achievements:
The Beatles are the best-selling musical group of all time, estimated by EMI to have over one billion discs and tapes sold worldwide

The Beatles have notched up the most multi-platinum selling albums for any artist or musical group (thirteen in the U.S. alone)

The Beatles have a record six diamond-selling albums (10 million copies): Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles, Abbey Road, The Beatles: 1962-1966, The Beatles: 1967-1970, and The Beatles 1.

The Beatles have had more number one albums than any other group (19 in the U.S. and 15 in the United Kingdom).

The Beatles spent the highest number of weeks at number one in the albums chart (174 in the UK and 132 in the U.S.).

The most successful first week of sales for a double album (The Beatles Anthology Volume 1, which sold 855,473 copies in the U.S. from 21 November to 28 November 1995).

The Beatles have the fastest selling CD of all time with 1. It sold over 13 million copies in four weeks.

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