The Beatles (UK rock band, “The Fab Four”)

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The official name of “The White Album” is The Beatles; please do not add incorrectly titled releases to the database!

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Previously known as: The Quarrymen (British group that evolved into The Beatles)

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The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionized many aspects of the music industry and were often publicized as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.

Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles evolved from Lennon's previous group, the Quarrymen, and built their reputation by playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before inviting Starr to join them in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein moulded them into a professional act, and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after they signed with EMI Records and achieved their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four". Epstein, Martin or another member of the band's entourage was sometimes informally referred to as a "fifth Beatle".

By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars and had achieved unprecedented levels of critical and commercial success. They became a leading force in Britain's cultural resurgence, ushering in the British Invasion of the United States pop market. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night (1964). A growing desire to refine their studio efforts, coupled with the challenging nature of their concert tours, led to the band's retirement from live performances in 1966. During this time, they produced albums of greater sophistication, including Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967). They enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles (also known as "the White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). The success of these records heralded the album era, as albums became the dominant form of record use over singles. These records also increased public interest in psychedelic drugs and Eastern spirituality and furthered advancements in electronic music, album art and music videos. In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all principal former members enjoyed success as solo artists, and some partial reunions have occurred. Lennon was murdered in 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active.

The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They are the most successful act in the history of the US Billboard charts, holding the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart (15), most number-one hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (20), and most singles sold in the UK (21.9 million). The band received many accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility, 1988, and each principal member was individually inducted between 1994 and 2015. In 2004 and 2011, the group topped Rolling Stone's lists of the greatest artists in history. Time magazine named them among the 20th century's 100 most important people.

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Discography

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1964And I Love Her / If I FellThe Beatles517
1964I’ll Cry Instead / I’m Happy Just to Dance With YouThe Beatles513
1964I Should Have Known BetterThe Beatles1
1964Matchbox / Slow DownThe Beatles513
1964I Feel Fine / She’s a WomanThe Beatles523
1964All My Loving / I Wanna Be Your ManThe Beatles1
1964I’ll Get YouThe Beatles1
1965Sweet Georgia BrownTony Sheridan & The Beatles31
1965Eight Days a Week / I Don’t Want to Spoil the PartyThe Beatles514
1965Rock and Roll MusicThe Beatles1
1965Ticket to Ride / Yes It IsThe Beatles4.6528
1965Help! / I’m DownThe Beatles4.6534
1965Yesterday / Act NaturallyThe Beatles520
1965BoysThe Beatles1
1965Roll Over Beethoven / MiseryThe Beatles1
1965We Can Work It Out / Day TripperThe Beatles534
1965Rock and Roll Music / I'm a LoserThe Beatles51
1966MichelleThe Beatles1
1966Nowhere Man / What Goes OnThe Beatles57
1966Nowhere Man / Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)The Beatles1
1966Paperback Writer / RainThe Beatles5
1966Yellow Submarine / Eleanor RigbyThe Beatles55
1966Pantomime: “Everywhere It’s Christmas”The Beatles1
1966Run for Your Life / MichelleThe Beatles1
1967Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny LaneThe Beatles58
1967All You Need Is LoveThe Beatles55
1967Hello, Goodbye / I Am the WalrusThe Beatles4.6513
1967Christmas Time (Is Here Again)The Beatles1
1967The Fool on the HillThe Beatles1
1968Lady Madonna / The Inner LightThe Beatles48
1968Hey Jude / RevolutionThe Beatles59
1969Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaThe Beatles4.652
1969Get Back / Don’t Let Me DownThe Beatles4.56
1969The Ballad of John and YokoThe Beatles5
1969Something / Come TogetherThe Beatles44
1969Octopus’s Garden / Something / Come TogetherThe Beatles1
1970Let It Be (b/w “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)”)The Beatles4.510
1970The Long and Winding RoadThe Beatles44
1976Yesterday / I Should Have Known BetterThe Beatles1
1976Got to Get You Into My LifeThe Beatles3
1976Back in the U.S.S.R.The Beatles41
1978Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My FriendsThe Beatles3
1978Roll over BeatlesTony Sheridan + The Beat Brothers alias The Beatles41
1995Free as a BirdThe Beatles6
1996Magical Mystery TourThe Beatles1
1996Real LoveThe Beatles57
2023Now and ThenThe Beatles59

Single + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1976The Beatles Singles CollectionThe Beatles58
1982The Beatles’ Movie MedleyThe Beatles3
2012The BeatlesThe Beatles1
2013The Beatles With Tony Sheridan Singles BoxThe Beatles with Tony Sheridan41

Single + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2014She Loves You / Twist and Shout (live in Stockholm 1963)The Beatles1
2016Twist and ShoutThe Beatles1

Single + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2010And I Love Her (Allure remix)The Beatles1
2019Something (2019 mix)The Beatles1
2019Oh! Darling (2019 mix)The Beatles1
2019Come Together (2019 mix)The Beatles1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1963My BonnieTony Sheridan with The Beatles41
1964Long Tall SallyThe Beatles53
1967Magical Mystery TourThe Beatles4.357
1967Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny LaneThe Beatles2
2021Get Back (take 8)The Beatles2

EP + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1963Twist and ShoutThe Beatles510
1963The Beatles’ HitsThe Beatles59
1963From Me to YouThe Beatles1
1963No. 1The Beatles54
1964All My LovingThe Beatles54
1964Les BeatlesLes Beatles41
1964Souvenir of Their Visit to AmericaThe Beatles512
1964Four by the BeatlesThe Beatles52
19654-By the BeatlesThe Beatles52
1965Beatles for SaleThe Beatles52
1965Beatles for Sale (No. 2)The Beatles54
1965The Beatles’ Million SellersThe Beatles2
1965Honey Don’t / I’ll Cry Instead / There’s a Place / Everybody’s Trying to Be My BabyThe Beatles1
1966MichelleThe Beatles2
1966Nowhere ManThe Beatles1
1966Bad BoyThe Beatles1
1966Drive My CarThe Beatles1
1978The BeatlesThe Beatles1
1981E.P. CollectionThe Beatles54
1981Rarities (From “Beatles E.P. Collection”)The Beatles1
1997Hamburg TwistThe Beatles with Tony Sheridan41
2020Spooky SongsThe Beatles1
2020For Kids – Morning, Afternoon & NightThe Beatles1
2020Got to Get You Into My LifeThe Beatles1
2020Meditation MixThe Beatles3
2020Study Songs, Vol. 1The Beatles3
2020Study Songs, Vol. 2The Beatles1
2020At Home With The BeatlesThe Beatles1
2021Getting Better All the TimeThe Beatles31
2021We Can Work It OutThe Beatles1
2021New Year’s WorkoutThe Beatles1
2021For Kids – ColoursThe Beatles1
2021All About the GirlThe Beatles1
2021Love Me DoThe Beatles1
2021For Kids – AnimalsThe Beatles1
2021InspirationsThe Beatles1

EP + Compilation + Soundtrack

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1964Extracts From the Film ‘A Hard Day’s Night’The Beatles52
1964Extracts From the Album ‘A Hard Day’s Night’The Beatles52

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