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The album era was a period in popular music, usually defined as the mid-1960s through the middle of the 2000s decade, in which the album – a collection of songs issued on physical media – was the domi
A young man browsing through a record store in Bonn, West Germany, June 1988
An LP record on a phonograph
Frank Sinatra (c. 1955), an early pop album artist
The Beatles have been credited by music historians for heralding the album era.
The Beatles
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The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band in po
Album era
…albums, first released in 1948, offered the ability to sell larger amounts of music than singles. The album era arrived in earnest in the mid-1960s, when the Beatles began to release artistically ambitious and top-selling LPs. The industry embraced albums to immense success, and burgeoning rock criticism validated…
The Beatles in 1963 From left: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon
Main entrance at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios, pictured 2007)
McCartney, Harrison, Swedish pop singer Lill-Babs and Lennon on the set of the Swedish television show Drop-In, 30 October 1963
The US trailer for Help! with (from the rear) Harrison, McCartney, Lennon and (largely obscured) Starr