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Fun with metrics: Coldplay is bigger than The Beatles. Here’s why and how.

Determining The Biggest Band of All Time® was once easy. Which group sold the most records? Case closed, right?

Not today, though. We have many more ways of measuring a band’s popularity. Cameron Gordon over at Completely Ignored looked at things this way. Click on the image to see the entire study.

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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