How many records have The Beatles sold worldwide?

Music medium Data from 2023

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Answer in records. Shorthand like 9m or 1.2bn works.

The answer

600,000,000 records

Roughly 600M.

The Beatles have sold an estimated 600 million records, more than any other act in history. They were together as a recording group for only about seven years and released 13 studio albums in that time.

Where this number comes from

Source Universal Music Group / EMI certified and estimated sales
Figure refers to 2023
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