Talk:The Beatles

Further reading

Jarniewicz, Jerzy; Alina Kwiatkowska (eds.) (2010). Fifty Years with the Beatles. The Impact of the Beatles on Contemporary Culture. Lodz: Lodz University Press. ISBN 978-83-7525-465-5

Logos problem

Official “Drop-T” logo from thebeatles.com

Version currently used in the article created by Inductiveload

The logo currently used in this article is not accurate. I offer replacing it with the official version.--Libron (talk) 05:17, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

... at least it's an upper case T. lol. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:14, 27 July 2020 (UTC)

800 million sales figure

Surely we can do better than a press release for this figure? I'm minded to delete it as it's not an independent source.-- P-K3 (talk) 13:59, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Glad you said that, P-K3. Mixed in with the recent changes (and reverts), I'd tried to raise divert attention to a past discussion on this: Talk:The Beatles/Archive 34#Estimated world sales (again). Looking further back in the archives, there should be part one of the discussion, if I remember right.

Perhaps the lead can mention the range of estimates, rather than committing to one, and most importantly, attribute the figure each time – that is, unless there is something approaching a confirmed sales figure. I've always thought we should follow the estimated total given at List of best-selling music artists, or at least ensure it's given prime place if we provide other, higher figures. JG66 (talk) 14:10, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for linking to that discussion, a shame it didn't get more of a response. My view is that we should revert to the 600 million figure if that is the one that appears most often in reliable sources. Apple Corps and Universal Music Group are not independent sources and cannot be used. This would also match the figure at List_of_best-selling_music_artists#250_million_or_more_records. I'm familiar with the "1 billion" claim as it was repeated every year in the Guinness Book of Records, so no issue with including that as a footnote.-- P-K3 (talk) 14:21, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. The point I was making (in the linked discussion) about the Guinness figure is that, as wildly optimistic as it may be, at least it's recognised by a notable third-party source. But as far as what we state as fact, especially in the lead – yes, it should be the same figure that appears at List of best-selling music artists. JG66 (talk) 14:57, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I've changed it to 600 million, using the BBC source.-- P-K3 (talk) 13:34, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Michael Jackson give back

I recall Michael Jackson gave the catalogue he owned back, free of charge, to the remaining 2 Beatles just before his death.

98.164.71.229 (talk) 10:52, 8 September 2020 (UTC)