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Name: SHANE
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(1). The Beatles are the best-selling musical group of all time, estimated by EMI to have over one billion discs and tapes sold worldwide.
(2). The Beatles have notched up the most multi-platinum selling albums for any
artist or musical group (thirteen in the U.S. alone).
(3). The Beatles have had more number one albums than any other group (19 in the U.S. and 15 in the United Kingdom).
(4). The Beatles have the fastest selling CD of all time with their compilation 1. It sold over 13 million copies in four weeks.
(5). The Beatles have had more number one singles than any other musical group (23 in Australia, 23 in The Netherlands, 22 in Canada, 21 in Norway, 20 in the U.S., and 18 in Sweden).
(6). In terms of charting positions, Lennon and McCartney are the most successful songwriters in history, with 32 number one singles in the U.S. for McCartney, and 26 for Lennon (23 of which were written together). Lennon was responsible for 29 Number One singles in the UK, and McCartney was responsible for 28 (25 of which were written together).
(7). The Beatles had the fastest selling single of all time with I Want to Hold Your Hand. The song sold 250,000 units within three days in the U.S., one million in 2 weeks. (Additionally, it sold 10,000 copies per hour in New York City alone for the first 20 days.)
(8). The Beatles appear five times in the top 100 best-selling singles in the UK. No other group appears more than twice.
(9). The Beatles broke television ratings records in the U.S. with their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show with over 70 million people viewing.
(10). The Beatles are the only artist to have 'back-to-back-to-back' number one singles on Billboard's Hot 100 in the modern chart era. Their Can't Buy Me Love single supplanted She Loves You, which had in turn taken the #1 spot from I Want to Hold Your Hand.
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