Ayengobani amaBeatles?
Context:I-Beatles kwakuyiqembu lomculo we-rock laseNgilandi, elakhiwa eLiverpool ngo-1960, elalihlanganisa uJohn Lennon, uPaul McCartney, uGeorge Harrison noRingo Starr. Babhekwa njengeqembu elinomthelela omkhulu kunabo bonke besikhathi sonke futhi babeyingxenye ebalulekile ekuthuthukiseni isiko lokulwa lama-1960 kanye nokuqashelwa komculo odumile njengohlobo lobuciko. I-skiffle, beat kanye ne-1950s rock 'n' roll, umsindo wabo wahlanganisa izakhi zomculo we-classic kanye ne-pop yendabuko ngezindlela ezintsha; iqembu liphinde lahlola izitayela zomculo ezisukela kumculo wesintu nowamaNdiya kuya ku-psychedelia kanye ne-hard rock. Njengamaphayona ekuqopheni, ekubhaleni izingoma nasekuvezeni ubuciko, iBeatles yashintsha kakhulu izingxenye eziningi zomkhakha womculo futhi yayivame ukuvezwa njengabaholi bentsha yaleyo nkathi kanye nokunyakaza kwamasiko nomphakathi.
I-Beatles yavela eqenjini likaLennon elidlule, i-Quarrymen, futhi yakha idumela layo ngokudlala amakilabhu eLiverpool naseHamburg eminyakeni emithathu kusukela ngo-1960, ekuqaleni noStuart Sutcliffe edlala i-bass. I-trio eyinhloko kaLennon, McCartney noHarrison, ndawonye kusukela ngo-1958, yadlula ngokulandelana kwabashayi bezigubhu, kuhlanganise noPete Best, ngaphambi kokucela uStarr ukuba abajoyine ngo-1962. Umphathi wabo uBrian Epstein wababumba baba iqembu eliqeqeshiwe, futhi umkhiqizi uGeorge Martin wabaqondisa futhi bathuthukisa ukuqoshwa kwabo, bakhulisa kakhulu impumelelo yabo yasekhaya ngemuva kokusayina i-EMI Records futhi bafeza i-hit yabo yokuqala, "Love Me Do", ngasekupheleni kuka-1962. Njengoba ukuthandwa kwabo kwakhula kwaba yi-fan frenzy eqinile ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Beatlemania", iqembu lathola igama lesidlaliso elithi "The Fab Four", no-Epstein, uMartin noma elinye ilungu labalandeli beqembu kwesinye isikhathi elibizwa ngokungahleliwe ngokuthi "i-Beatle yesihlanu".  Ngasekuqaleni kuka-1964, iBeatles yayiseyinkanyezi yamazwe ngamazwe futhi yayisifinyelele izinga elingakaze libonwe ngaphambili lempumelelo yokugxeka neyokuhweba. Baba yithimba eliholayo ekuvuseleleni isiko laseBrithani, baqala ukuhlasela kweBrithani emakethe yase-United States, futhi ngokushesha benza ifilimu yabo yokuqala nge-A Hard Day's Night (1964). Isifiso esikhulayo sokucwengisisa imizamo yabo yesitudiyo, kanye nemvelo engamukeleki yohambo lwabo lwamakhonsathi, kwaholela ekutheni iqembu lithathe umhlalaphansi emidlalweni ebukhoma ngo-1966. Ngalesi sikhathi, bakhiqiza amarekhodi obuciko obukhulu, kufaka phakathi ama-albhamu iRubber Soul (1965), iRevolver (1966) kanye neSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), futhi bajabulela impumelelo eyengeziwe kwezentengiselwano neThe Beatles (eyaziwa nangokuthi "i-White Album", 1968) kanye ne-Abbey Road (1969). Impumelelo yalama rekhodi yaqala inkathi yama-albhamu, njengoba ama-albhamu aba yindlela evelele yokusetshenziswa kwamarekhodi ngaphezu kwama-singles; futhi bakhulisa intshisekelo yomphakathi ezidakamizweni ze-psychedelic nasemoyeni waseMpumalanga, futhi bathuthukisa intuthuko kumculo we-elekthronikhi, ubuciko be-albhamu namavidiyo omculo. Ngo-1968, basungula i-Apple Corps, inkampani ye-multimedia enezikhali eziningi eqhubeka nokwengamela amaphrojekthi ahlobene nefa leqembu. Ngemuva kokuhlukana kweqembu ngo-1970, wonke amalungu amakhulu ayedlule ajabulele impumelelo njengabaculi be-solo futhi kuye kwaba nokuhlangana okuyingxenye. ULennon wabulawa ngo-1980 futhi uHarrison wabulawa umdlavuza wamaphaphu ngo-2001. UMcCartney noStarr basaqhubeka nomculo wabo.  I - Beatles yiqembu lomculo elithengiswa kakhulu kunawo wonke emlandweni, kanti kulinganiselwa ukuthi kuye kwathengiswa amakhophi alo ayizigidi ezingu - 600 emhlabeni wonke. Bangumsebenzi ophumelele kakhulu emlandweni wamashadi e-US Billboard. Babambe irekhodi lama-albhamu amaningi okuqala e-UK Albums Chart (15), ama-hit amaningi okuqala e-US Billboard Hot 100 chart (20), kanye nama-single amaningi athengiswa e-UK (21.9 million). Iqembu lithole imiklomelo eminingi, kufaka phakathi ama-Grammy Awards ayisikhombisa, ama-Brit Awards amane, i-Academy Award (ye-Best Original Song Score yefilimu yombhalo ka-1970 ethi Let It Be) kanye nama-Ivor Novello Awards ayishumi nanhlanu. Bangeniswe eRock and Roll Hall of Fame ngo-1988, futhi ilungu ngalinye eliyinhloko langeniswa ngokwahlukana phakathi kuka-1994 no-2015. Ngo-2004 nango-2011, leli qembu laphakama ohlwini lweRolling Stone lwabaculi abakhulu kunabo bonke emlandweni. Umagazini i-Time wabafaka ohlwini lwabantu abayikhulu ababaluleke kakhulu bekhulu lama-20.