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The Beatles' influence on rock music and popular culture was—and remains—immense. Their commercial success started an almost immediate wave of changes—including a shift from US global dominance of rock and roll to UK acts, from soloists to groups, from professional songwriters to self-penned songs, and to changes in fashion.They also provided the template for the self-contained four-piece guitar group.

Their clothes, hairstyles and choice of musical instruments made them trendsetters throughout the decade; their growing social awareness, reflected in the development of their music, saw their influence extended far beyond the music scene into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s; and their enduring popularity with successive generations of both fans and musicians has cemented their reputation for being one of the most influential music artists of all time.

Even decades after the band broke up, The Beatles have become a yardstick to which nearly all new rock and roll bands are compared. It is extremely common for new bands to be promoted as being "the next Beatles" or "the new fab four". It is also quite common for record reviewers and members of the media to refer to musical acts as being "Beatlesque" given The Beatles impact on Baby-Boomer culture. To this day, no new artist or band has quite lived up to the hype of being compared to The Beatles. Inspiring the same degree of popularity as The Beatles may be unattainable now due to the splintering of popular tastes in music.

The influence of The Beatles even extended beyond their music. Perhaps the most notable was their influence on male fashion. Their relatively long hair, when they burst onto the scene in 1964, was a shocking fashion statement, one that was quickly adopted by other rock bands of the time, and by the 1970s, long hair became standard fashion for men. The hair styles even led toy manufactures to begin producing plastic "Beatle Wigs". In the early Beatle-mania years, the Beatles would occasionally wear grey, collarless suits. These unusual suits eventually became extremely common for new bands after 1964. In fact, it was not unusual for bands to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show or another similar program wearing the suits made popular by the band.

global powers over the years?

steve earl once remarked, after touring europe, that most of those countries had been #1 at some point, and understood that if #1 behaves badly when they're on top there will be **** to pay when they decline. america still behaves like that day will never come.

ok, most difficult music question ever, the 'Beatles or AC/DC'?

Although this is like comparing Apples to Oranges, Beatles over AC-DC for sure, now....What is that most difficult music question ever? (ha-ha) Here is proof: a list of the records Beatles hold of number one hits, record sales, etc. US only. Sources in parenthesis or @ bottom.

During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held 12 slots on Billboard 100 singles chart, including the top 5 positions, which has never been accomplished by any other band or artist to date. The songs were "Can't Buy Me Love", "Twist and Shout","She Loves You" ,"I Want to Hold Your Hand"-and "Please Please Me" . In addition, seven other singles occupied lower places on the chart: "I Saw Her Standing There" , "You Can't Do That" , "All My Loving","Roll Over Beethoven" , "From Me To You" , "Do You Want To Know A Secret" and "Thank You Girl" .Furthermore, four Beatles tribute records appeared on the chart: "We Love You Beatles" by The Carefrees (#42), and "A Letter to the Beatles" by The Four Preps (#85)."My Boyfriend Got A Beatle Haircut", by Donna Lynn (#83); and "The Boy With The Beatle Hair", by The Swans (#85).

In 1964, the Beatles had the never-matched total sales of over 25 million in 1964 alone.

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" sold nearly 5 million records in the US by 1968, making it the best selling single of the 1960s.

When "Can’t Buy Me Love" released in US on March 16, 1964, it sold a record 940,225 copies on the first day. The single went on to sell over 3 million by the end of the year (Beatlemania & The Singles, p. 36). "A Hard Day’s Night" sold 1 million in the first four days of its release(July 1964). Rubber Soul sold 1.2 million in the US during the first 9 days(January 1, 1966).

By May 1967, the Beatles’ global gross stood at $98 million, equivalent to over $616.6 million in 2007 (Variety 246, May 19, 1967). Although it carried a list price of $11.79 (a single album was $3.98), the double album The Beatles sold 1.1 million units first two weeks; a record for any double album (The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 102). "Abbey Road" sold 3 million in the US in a month, making it one of the best-selling LPs of the 1960s despite on sale for only the last three months of the decade (The Beatles on Apple Records, p. 164). According to Guinness Book of Records, the Beatles had worldwide sales of 300 million units by 1969. By October 1972, the Beatles’ worldwide sales total stood at 545 million units.