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The Beatles were the first rock artist to do a stadium concert (Shea Stadium)? |
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• According to Recording Industry Association of America and the Beatle's
parent recording company, estimated the Beatles' have sold over 2 billion
records, tapes and CD's worldwide. |
• Over the past 10 years, the Beatles sold 30 million recordings, 2nd only to
Eminem, who sold 32.2 million recordings. This is 40 years after the Beatles broke up. |
• On iTunes, 450,000 Beatles albums and 2 million individual tracks were
downloaded during the first week they went up online. |
• 2011 Abbey Road is the top-selling vinyl album for a 3rd consecutive year,
selling 1,000 copies in 2011, up from 35,000 in 2010 and 34,800 in 2009. |
• According to The Wall Street Journal, Lionsgate, the studio that produces
"Mad Men," spent about $250 K for the rights to use the Beatles song
Tomorrow Never Knows. |
• During the 1st week of April of 1964 the Beatles held the Top 5 spots on Billboard's singles chart. They are the only artist to accomplish this feat. |
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