This commercial success was repeated in many other countries their record company, EMI, estimated that by 1985 they had sold over one billion records worldwide. In the United Kingdom, The Beatles released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one, earning more number one albums (15) than any other group in UK chart history. The Beatles are one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music, selling over a billion records internationally. After the band broke up in 1970, all four members embarked upon solo careers.
Their clothes, styles, and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s. Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and homegrown skiffle, the group explored genres ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals) throughout their career, The Beatles are recognised for leading the mid-1960s musical "British Invasion" into the United States. The Beatles were a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England formed in 1960.
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