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You guys are arguing over which is better Cherry ice cream or strawberry ice cream.
Or better yet Cherry Ice cream made in a home Ice cream maker in the 1800's to Ben and Jerry's Strawberry with Pralines Ice cream made in 1990.

The Beatles where great but they had a smaller audience than Michael Jackson and a lot less time and Technology.
The Beatles were alive and performing as the Beatles for 10 years. Michael Jackson was not even 20 years old and already had 10 years performing behind him. By the time Thriller came out he had been building his fan base all around the world for 15 years and Thriller was more than just a song. It was a minnie Movie. A Major production. 14 minutes long.
Had there been MTV, and International coverage like there was in the 80's I'd bet the Beatles would have sold a lot more records. If they sold 10 million in the 60's I'd bet they could easily have sold 15 million in 1985.
It was a whole different time.
It's apples and oranges.
WE didn't have cassettes and portable media in the 60's. You had to buy Vinyl or Reel to Reel. Big difference.
You couldn't stick a Vinyl LP into the radio in your car or a boom box at the beach. In the 60's we either listened to it at home on a turntable or on the radio in the car.

How about comparing The Beatles and McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, and Starr collectively. They were basically the same group. I think the numbers would change a bit. Look at the volumes of work by the Beatles members for the last 45 years compared to Michael Jackson's.

Thriller sold an amazing number of copies but things were a whole lot different in 1985 than 1965.

Like I said earlier I had to Google Thriller to see what all the fuss was about. I had never seen it.
I didn't have to Google anything to know what the Beatles were about, or Elvis.

Just curious, I wonder how many copies Beethoven sold.