“not to mince words, mr. epstein...

...we don't like your boys' sound. groups of guitarists are on the way out.”

the top-selling album of the 2000s was 1 by the beatles.

Over three decades after their breakup, the Beatles still released the top-selling album of the 2000s. The Fab Four’s greatest hits compilation 1 sold over 11,448,000 copies since its release in November 2000 according to Nielsen SoundScan’s decade-end sales numbers.

eminem was the decade's top-selling artist, with 32.2 million in combined sales, barely edging out the fab four at number two with 30 million.

the beatles were also the top-selling band of 2009.