> The Beatles were streamed 1.7 billions time in 2019 Ed Sheeran, who I doubt will ever be regarded as the most famous musician in the history of humanity, has

> The Beatles were streamed 1.7 billions time in 2019 Ed Sheeran, who I doubt will ever be regarded as the most famous musician in the history of humanity, has 4 _songs_ with more streams than that each: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-streamed_songs_on_Spotify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-streamed_songs_on... > 10% of the total Spotify user base listened to at least one Beatles song during the year. That's hardly "virtually everyone", though, is it? And were they listening to the song because they sought it out, or because it happened to be on a playlist? > Hardly what I would call a boomer band. I think they wrote a number of songs which have stood the test of time. But massively overstating their enduring cultural relevance is quintessential boomerism in my opinion.