Monday, October 11, 2021

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - Class of 1988 No. 2

 The Beatles

"the most influential band of all time"

Inducted by Mick Jagger

(Wikipedia)


Where I would say Wikipedia will say the rest of it and follow the link above, The Beatles have said the rest of it with their career together and the impact they have had to the present day.  A profound legacy.

In this post, I will focus on honors bestowed upon The Beatles.

"Beatlemania," "the Fab Four," "British Invasion"

Best-selling music act of all time
600 million records sold worldwide
No. 1 on Billboard's All-Time Most Successful Hot 100 Artists

Record for most No. 1 albums on the UK Album Chart (15)
Record for most albums sold in the U.S. (183 million)
Record for most No. 1 singles on Billboard Hot 100 (20)
Record for most singles sold in the UK (21.9 million)

7 Grammy Awards
4 Brit Awards
1 Academy Award
15 Ivor Novello Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a group in 1988
Inducted individually between 1994 and 2015

No. 1 on Rolling Stone's The Greatest Artists in History (2004 & 2011)

All 4 were appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (by Queen Elizabeth II, 1965)

6 Diamond albums
20 Multi-Platinum albums
16 Platinum albums
6 Gold albums
(All by RIAA records)

4 Multi-Platinum albums
4 Platinum albums
8 Gold albums
1 Silver album
(All by BPI records)

With so much said now about impressive honors, there is nonetheless more to say about a career nearly anyone knows about.  And so I say, follow the Wikipedia link above.



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