Editing The Beatles (section)

==Legacy and Influence==

The Beatles have sold an estimated '''600 million''' records worldwide, making them the best-selling music act in history. They have been credited with transforming popular music from a singles-oriented format into an album-based artistic medium.

Their influence extends across virtually every genre of modern music, including rock, pop, punk, new wave, alternative, and hip-hop. [[Rolling Stone]] magazine ranked them first on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Their impact also extends beyond music:
* They influenced fashion trends (the "mop-top" hairstyle, collarless suits)
* They helped popularize Eastern philosophy and [[transcendental meditation]] in the West
* They were pioneers in the use of the recording studio as a creative instrument
* Their films, including ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and ''[[Help! (film)|Help!]]'', influenced the development of the modern [[music video]]