Editing The Beach Boys (section)

===Achievements===
The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed, [[list of best-selling musical artists|commercially successful]],<ref name=RockHallofFame /><ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Artists: The Beach Boys|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beach-boys-19691231|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Buckingham|first=Lindsey|access-date=October 26, 2012|archive-date=August 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815082057/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-artists-of-all-time-19691231/the-beach-boys-19691231|url-status=live}}</ref> and influential bands of all time.<ref name="Vogue2015">{{cite magazine|last1=Seymour|first1=Corey|date=June 5, 2015|title=Love & Mercy Does Justice to the Brilliance of Brian Wilson|url=http://www.vogue.com/13266664/love-and-mercy-brian-wilson/|magazine=[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]|access-date=June 6, 2015|archive-date=June 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607201456/http://www.vogue.com/13266664/love-and-mercy-brian-wilson|url-status=live}}</ref> They have sold over 100 million records worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/17/beach-boys-member-al-jardine-touring-brian-wilson/|title=The Beach Boys Al Jardine: 'No, You're the Greatest'|first=Keith|last=Valcourt|work=[[The Washington Times]]|date=August 17, 2016|access-date=May 16, 2017|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618234943/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/17/beach-boys-member-al-jardine-touring-brian-wilson/|url-status=live}}</ref> The group's early songs made them major pop stars in the US, the UK, Australia and other countries, having seven top 10 singles between April 1963 and November 1964.{{sfn|Curtis|1987|p=101}} They were one of the first American groups to exhibit the definitive traits of a self-contained rock band, playing their own instruments and writing their own songs,{{sfn|Sanchez|2014|p=34}} and they were one of the few American bands formed prior to the 1964 British Invasion to continue their success.{{sfn|Curtis|1987|p=101}} Among artists of the 1960s, they are one of the central figures in the histories of rock.{{sfn|Jones|2008|p=56}} Between the 1960s and 2020s, they had 37 songs reach the US [[Top 40]] (the most by an American group) with four topping the ''Billboard'' Hot 100; they also hold [[Nielsen SoundScan]]'s record as the top-selling American band for albums and singles.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Beach Boys |url=https://www.umgcatalog.com/artists/the-beach-boys |website=UMG Catalog |date=November 15, 2018 |access-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127202043/https://www.umgcatalog.com/artists/the-beach-boys |url-status=live }}</ref>

Brian Wilson's artistic control over the Beach Boys' records was unprecedented for the time.{{sfn|Howard|2004|pp=54–55}} Carl Wilson elaborated: "Record companies were used to having absolute control over their artists. It was especially nervy, because Brian was a 21-year-old kid with just two albums. It was unheard of. But what could they say? Brian made good records."<ref name="Himes1983"/> This made the Beach Boys one of the first rock groups to exert studio control.{{sfn|Miller|1992|p=193}} Music producers after the mid-1960s would draw on Brian's influence, setting a precedent that allowed bands and artists to enter a recording studio and act as producers, either autonomously, or in conjunction with other like minds.{{sfn|Edmondson|2013|p=890}}

[[File:God Only Knows - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2014-12-30 13.09.36 by Sam Howzit).jpg|thumb|A manuscript of "[[God Only Knows]]" displayed in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland]]]]
In 1988, the original five members (the Wilson brothers, Love, and Jardine) were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name=RockHallofFame>{{cite web|title=The Beach Boys Biography |url=http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-beach-boys/bio/ |website=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |access-date=August 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140831092742/http://rockhall.com/inductees/the-beach-boys/bio/ |archive-date=August 31, 2014 }}</ref> Ten years later, they were selected for the [[Vocal Group Hall of Fame]].<ref name="vocal hall">[http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/beach_boys.htm Vocal Group Hall of Fame Inductees: The Beach Boys] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217145328/http://www.vocalgroup.org/inductees/beach_boys.htm |date=February 17, 2007 }}, ''vocalgroup.org''. Retrieved January 15, 2007.</ref> In 2004, ''Pet Sounds'' was preserved in the [[National Recording Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref name="PetSoundsCongress">{{cite web|title=The National Recording Registry 2004|newspaper=The Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2004reg.html|publisher=The National Recording Registry|access-date=December 29, 2017|archive-date=March 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323150021/http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2004reg.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Their recordings of "In My Room", "Good Vibrations", "California Girls" and the entire ''Pet Sounds'' album have been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Home►The Recording Academy►GRAMMY Awards|url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=July 8, 2015|archive-date=June 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626200735/https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Beach Boys are one of the most influential acts of the rock era.<ref name="allmusic">[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3640|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic "The Beach Boys – Overview"]. John Bush. [[AllMusic]]. Retrieved July 12, 2008.</ref> In 2017, a study of [[AllMusic]]'s catalog indicated the Beach Boys as the 6th most frequently cited artist influence in its database.<ref name="AMinfluence">{{cite web|last1=Kopf|first1=Dan|last2=Wong|first2=Amy X.|title=A definitive list of the musicians who influenced our lives most|url=https://qz.com/1094962/a-definitive-list-of-the-musicians-who-influenced-our-lives-most/|website=Quartz|date=October 7, 2017|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=August 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811015937/https://qz.com/1094962/a-definitive-list-of-the-musicians-who-influenced-our-lives-most/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, the staff of ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' ranked the Beach Boys as the top American band of all time; the publication's editor wrote in the group's entry that "few bands&nbsp;... have had a greater impact on popular music".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Top 50 American Bands of All Time |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-50-american-bands/ |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |date=July 3, 2021 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703162912/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-50-american-bands/ |url-status=live }}</ref>