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'''The Beatles''' were an [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] band from [[Liverpool]] whose members were [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[George Harrison]], and [[Ringo Starr]]. They are among the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bandsband in the [[history of music|history of popular music]].<ref name="RS"> {{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeatles/biography |title=The Beatles: Biography |accessdate=2007-03-29 |work=Rolling Stone |publisher=rollingstone.com }}</ref> Their innovative music and cultural impact helped define the [[1960s]],<ref name="RS"/> and their influence on pop culture can still be felt today.

The Beatles are one of the best-selling [[Band (music)|musical acts]] of all time in the United States, according to the [[Recording Industry Association of America]], which certified them as the highest selling artist of all time based on [[United States|American]] sales of singles and albums.<ref name="riaa">{{cite web |url=http://www.riaa.com/news%5Cnewsletter%5Cpress1999%5C111099.asp |title=The American Recording Industry Announces its Artists of the Century |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) |date=1999-11-10 |accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different [[The Beatles discography#Singles|singles]], [[The Beatles discography|albums]], and [[The Beatles discography#Extended plays (EPs)|EPs]] that reached [[UK Singles Chart|number one]]. This commercial success was repeated in many other countries: their record company, [[EMI]], estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion discs and tapes worldwide.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1397313/bio |title=The Beatles - Biography |accessdate=2007-04-06 |last=Shelokhonov |first=Steve |publisher=IMDB.com }}</ref> In 2004, [[Rolling Stone Magazine]] ranked the Beatles #1 on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.<ref>{{cite web| title = The Immortals: The First Fifty| work = Rolling Stone Issue 946| publisher = Rolling Stone| url =http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty}}</ref>