Even the "worst" Beatles album is better than most bands' best. Their discography remains the most seismic in pop history, an arc of reinvention and experimentation that redefined what music could be.
The Beatles’ 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 albums rise on two U.K. charts each, proving the band’s decades-old hits still resonate with fans more than half a century later. CIRCA 1964: Rock and roll band ...
The Beatles sit among the ranks of icons like Mother Mary and iPhones for how universally well-known they are. Fly to the far corners of the globe and chances are high that if you hold up a jaunty ...
The Beatles bring Let It Be back to several charts in the U.K. this week, as the final release from the rockers is a bestseller once more in their home country. 10th January 1964: Paul McCartney, ...
The albums were compiled by their notorious manager Allen Klein—the only favor he ever did for them. Klein also assembled the Rolling Stones’ Hot Rocks—say what you like about this old shark, he knew ...
The Beatles are still the most successful musical act of all time. Measuring success in the streaming era is a bit harder, but when people were forced to buy records from a store, The Beatles were the ...
The Beatles’ first album, Please Please Me, saw the band deliver their fair share of blithe rock tunes. Each song on this record was easily digestible–as was much of mainstream rock at the time. The ...
The Beatles have sold more than 200 million records. Their greatest hits compilation, 1, released in 2000, has sold more than 30 million copies itself. And their best-selling studio LP, Sgt Pepper’s ...
The Beatles have an everlasting popularity that has kept the band relevant for over 60 years. Over the years, The Beatles have reappeared on the charts through compilation albums and remixes of their ...
No artist did more to legitimize rock music as a serious art form than the Beatles — and perhaps no accolade symbolized that shift more than the band's magnum opus, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club ...