Were The Beatles The Greatest Ever?

British filmmaker Sam Mendes, is to make four films about The Beatles with each star getting a biopic to share their side of the story which the film company have said will intersect to tell: 'the astonishing story of the greatest band in history'.
Woah there, greatest band in history are they? Surely that's subjective because The Beatles wouldn't be in my own personal Top 10 of the greatest bands in history and it whiffs of something other people just say so it must be true, but how could you measure who is actually the greatest?
According to Chartmasters, the band who sold the most albums ever is Pink Floyd with 169m, The Beatles sold the most physical singles with 116m and Maroon 5 top the Digital sales with 149m so any of them could make a shout for being 'the Greatest' based on sales.
If we look at the most Number 1's then Beatles top that chart with 18 and the most weeks at number 1 with 70 but Wet Wet Wet spent the most weeks at number 1 (15) and U2 have had the most top 10 singles with 33.
U2 also hold the record for the 22 Grammy Awards won by a group if it is being measured by awards and when pollsters just went out and asked people who was their favourite band ever, Queen were given the crown
Being the greatest at anything is a huge shout because it is personal to each individual, i imagine if you asked grandparents you would get a very different answer to if you asked the grandchildren and that is how it should be, i wouldn't expect my children to like the music i had going into my ears at their age
because it is of its time and certain songs have experiences and moments attached, i can't hear Live It Up by Mental As Anything without being transported back to the hot summer of 1986.
So who is the greatest band ever depends on your own tastes and experiences and we should accept that, unless you are a Country and Western music fan, you should be banned from ever owning a music collection ever again.