✦Battled for over $62-million in disputed royalties, which they claimed EMI Group PLC owed them (2005).
✦Have their biography titled "The Beatles: The Biography," which was written by Bob Spitz, released on November 1, 2005.
✦Chosen "The Icon of the Century" in a poll made by Variety to mark its 100th anniversary.
✦Their album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was voted the 2nd Greatest Album of All Time in a major music poll organized by the book of "British Hit Singles and Albums" and music website NME.com, while their set "Revolver" came at 3rd (June 2006)
✦Their 1967 hit "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" topped the poll on Britain's Favorite Albums, conducted by BBC Radio 2 to commemorate the album chart's 50th anniversary (August 2006).