The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road’ album turned 50 last week precisely on 26^th September 1969, but The Fab Four is always fresh; their music has streamed almost 1.7 billion times globally since January 1st this year alone. 

And guess what? The age-group streaming The Beatles the most aren’t the baby boomers who fuelled Beatlemania, but rather, two generations removed. 18-24 year-olds account for more than 30% of Beatles listening to their music on streaming platforms, proof that streaming not only connects younger listeners to the artists who are also their peers, but enables them to easily discover and explore the legacy musicians who have shaped music history.

The recently released movie, 'Yesterday' featuring some of the best Beatles music, also got people all warm and fuzzy for the band.

‘Abbey Road’ is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band, which also marked the recording sessions in which all four Beatles participated. ‘Let It Be’ was the final album that the Beatles completed and released before the band’s dissolution in April 1970, but most of the album had been recorded before the Abbey Road sessions began.

‘Abbey Road’ was an immediate commercial success and reached number one in the UK and US, although it initially received mixed reviews, with some critics describing its music as inauthentic and bemoaning the production's artificial effects. Over time, the album became viewed as among the Beatles' best and many critics have ranked it as one of the greatest albums of all time. In particular, George Harrison’s contributions in Something and Here comes the Sun are considered to be among the best songs that he wrote for the group. The album's cover features the four band members walking across a zebra crossing outside Abbey Road Studios and has become one of the most famous and imitated images in popular music.