Editing The Beatles (section)

== Awards and achievements ==
{{See also|List of awards and nominations received by the Beatles}}
In 1965, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr Members of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (MBE).{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=556}} The Beatles won the 1971 Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score#1970s|Best Original Song Score]] for the film ''[[Let It Be (1970 film)|Let It Be]]'' (1970).{{sfn|Southall|Perry|2006|p=96}} The recipients of seven Grammy Awards<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] |title=Grammy Past Winners Search |url=https://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Beatles&title=&year=All&genre=All |access-date=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510104927/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Beatles&title=&year=All&genre=All |archive-date=10 May 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> and fifteen [[Ivor Novello Awards]],{{sfn|Harry|2000a|pp=559–560}} the Beatles have six [[Music recording certification|Diamond albums]], as well as 20 Multi-Platinum albums, 16 Platinum albums and six Gold albums in the US.<ref name="RIAAb" /> In the UK, the Beatles have four [[Music recording certification|Multi-Platinum albums]], four [[Music recording certification|Platinum albums]], eight [[Music recording certification|Gold albums]] and one [[Music recording certification|Silver album]].<ref name="BPI2009" /> They were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1988.<ref name="R&R HoF" />

The [[List of best-selling music artists|best-selling band]] in history, the Beatles have sold more than 600&nbsp;million units {{as of|2012|lc=y}}.<ref name="bbc41012">{{cite web |last=Hotten |first=Russell |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-19800654 |title=The Beatles at 50: From Fab Four to fabulously wealthy |work=BBC Business |date=4 October 2012|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=23 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923142215/http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19800654|url-status=live}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|Another estimate gives total international sales of over 1 billion units,{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=9}} a figure based on EMI's statement and recognised by ''[[Guinness World Records]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-group |title=Best-selling group |work=[[Guinness World Records]] |date=19 March 2001 |access-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122220820/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/best-selling-group|archive-date=22 November 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>}} From 1991 to 2009 the Beatles sold 57&nbsp;million albums in United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-apr-08-et-beatles8-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Randy |last=Lewis |title=Delayed arrival |date=8 April 2009|access-date=14 October 2022|archive-date=11 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411024440/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-beatles8-2009apr08,0,242705.story|url-status=live}}</ref> They have had more [[List of artists by number of UK Albums Chart number ones|number-one albums on the UK charts]], fifteen,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/BEATLES/#albums |title=Beatles |year=2010 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |location=[[London]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103114845/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/BEATLES/|archive-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> and sold more singles in the UK, 21.9&nbsp;million, than any other act.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Official Chart Company |title=The Official Singles Charts' Biggest Selling Artists of All Time Revealed |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-singles-charts-biggest-selling-artists-of-all-time-revealed-1431/ |date=4 June 2012 |access-date=24 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703073546/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-singles-charts-biggest-selling-artists-of-all-time-revealed-1431/ |archive-date=3 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the Beatles as the most significant and influential rock music artists of the last 50&nbsp;years.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Costello |first=Elvis |author-link=Elvis Costello |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beatles-20110420 |title=100 Greatest Artists: The Beatles |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2004 |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621173923/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beatles-20110420 |archive-date=21 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> They ranked number one on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine's list of the all-time most successful Hot 100 artists, released in 2008 to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists (20-01) |date=11 September 2008 |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913150551/https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/specials/hot100/charts/top100-artists-20.shtml |archive-date=13 September 2008 |access-date=13 September 2008}}</ref> {{As of|2017}}, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, with twenty.<ref name="hot100">{{cite magazine |first=Kevin |last=Rutherford |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7744226/the-beatles-come-together-chart-history-aerosmith-godsmack |title=The Beatles, Aerosmith & Godsmack: A History of 'Come Together' on the Charts |date=30 March 2017 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330213322/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7744226/the-beatles-come-together-chart-history-aerosmith-godsmack|archive-date=30 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Recording Industry Association of America]] certifies that the Beatles have sold 183&nbsp;million units in the US, more than any other artist.<ref name="insider">{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/best-selling-music-artists-of-all-time-2016-9 |title=The 50 best-selling music artists of all time |last=Clark |first=Travis |date=10 March 2020 |work=Business Insider|access-date=20 August 2020|archive-date=30 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830191133/https://www.businessinsider.com/best-selling-music-artists-of-all-time-2016-9|url-status=live}}</ref> They were collectively included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's compilation of the [[Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century|20th century's 100 most influential people]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Loder |first=Kurt |author-link=Kurt Loder |title=The Time 100 |url=https://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/beatles.html |date=8 June 1998 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=31 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822101414/http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/beatles.html |archive-date=22 August 2008}}</ref> In 2014, they received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-share-grammy-stage-for-rare-performance-20140126 |title=Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Share Grammy Stage for Rare Performance |date=26 January 2014 |magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=30 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129235323/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-and-ringo-starr-share-grammy-stage-for-rare-performance-20140126|archive-date=29 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2004 and 2011, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named them the greatest artist of all time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Costello |first=Elvis |title=The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time |date=15 April 2004 |url=https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Rolling_Stone,_April_15,_2004| access-date=31 January 2024| archive-date=31 January 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131193110/https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php/Rolling_Stone,_April_15,_2004| url-status=live}}</ref>

On 16 January each year, beginning in 2001, people celebrate World Beatles Day under [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Мир отмечает день The Beatles|trans-title=The world is celebrating the Beatles Day |url=https://rg.ru/2013/01/16/beatles.html |newspaper=[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]] |access-date=4 January 2020 |language=ru |date=16 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203022710/https://rg.ru/2013/01/16/beatles.html |archive-date=3 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Aghadadashov |first1=Jafar |title=World marks January 16 The Beatles Day |url=https://report.az/en/show-business/world-marks-january-16-the-beatles-day/ |website=report.az |access-date=4 January 2020 |date=16 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203022708/https://report.az/en/show-business/world-marks-january-16-the-beatles-day/ |archive-date=3 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, the Beatles became the first band to feature on a [[Great Britain commemorative stamps 2000–2009|series of UK postage stamps]] issued by the [[Royal Mail]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben  |date=23 June 2020 |title=Queen – not that one – to appear on postage stamps |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/23/queen-to-appear-on-postage-stamps |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628004306/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jun/23/queen-to-appear-on-postage-stamps |archive-date=28 June 2020 |access-date=28 June 2020 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Earlier in 1999, the [[United States Postal Service]] issued a stamp dedicated to the Beatles and ''Yellow Submarine''.<ref>[https://postalmuseum.si.edu/us-postage-and-the-beatles-the-1999-stamp-the-2003-proofs-and-future-expectations U.S. Postage and the Beatles: The 1999 Stamp, the 2003 Proofs and Future Expectations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112012018/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/us-postage-and-the-beatles-the-1999-stamp-the-2003-proofs-and-future-expectations |date=12 January 2023}}. Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. 27 March 2014</ref>