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Originally Posted by bungalowbill357
Actually, The Stones are the best selling band of all time.
They sold more records than the Beatles
But the beatles are better and more influential.
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Step away from that crack pipe, bungalow!
Official U.S. album sales as of June 2005 (Source: Recording Industry Association of America):
Beatles--168.5 million (#1)
Stones--64.5 million (Not even top ten)
http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp
Remember, that's just U.S. album sales. If you count worldwide sales of both albums and singles , the Beatles have the Stones beat by HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Beatles are easily the biggest selling rock band in history.