I'm surprised also but I suppose it makes sense if you start thinking outside of the tech/music fan's world. The majority of the sales were singles. Even though the Beatles are probably the most popular musical act of the last 100 years the majority of people in the real world just want to hear that "nah nah nah" song. They don't know what John ate for lunch on April 3rd 1964 or how many sugars Paul liked in his tea. I'm not sure how to explain the high number of album sales other than the casual fans were digging for singles and realized they liked some of the other songs too.
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I'm surprised also but I suppose it makes sense if you start thinking outside of the tech/music fan's world. The majority of the sales were singles. Even though the Beatles are probably the most popular musical act of the last 100 years the majority of people in the real world just want to hear that "nah nah nah" song. They don't know what John ate for lunch on April 3rd 1964 or how many sugars Paul liked in his tea. I'm not sure how to explain the high number of album sales other than the casual fans were digging for singles and realized they liked some of the other songs too.