Following the Beatles split in 1970, the Fab Four went their separate ways and continued making music.
Some members had more success in their solo ventures than others, however. Paul McCartney formed the band Wings with his wife Linda in 1971, and they would go on to perform the best commercially of all the ex- Beatles acts.
By the time of their split in 1981, the band had won six Grammy Awards, while selling some 14 million records, earning seven platinum and nine gold discs along the way. This would not prove to be the end of Macca's solo career however, as he even headlined Glastonbury in 2022 at the age of 80.
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Both John Lennon and George Harrison released numerous albums and singles before their untimely deaths. John Lennon. After the break-up of the Beatles, Lennon began his solo career with Plastic Ono Band, released simultaneously with Ono's album of the same name. He released the album Imagine the following year, which became his biggest critical and commercial success.
While George Harrison assembled a studio band consisting of Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, keyboardist Billy Preston and others to record all the songs that had never made it onto the Beatles discography. In 1970, Harrison released the triple album All Things Must Pass, a critically acclaimed work that produced his most successful hit single, "My Sweet Lord".
That leaves Ringo Starr, while criminally underrated within the band, the drummer would go on to release over 20 studio albums, collaborating with some huge names. Ringo has sold over 10 million records since leaving The Beatles.
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