STORY & GUIDE
About The Beatles
"The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band in history."
Navigation Guide
Use the navigation bar on top of the website or the scroll bar to navigate through the website. The arrows found on the pages (begin on the home page) will guide you to the visualisations.
Guide: Grouped Bar Chart
The Beatles music per year: on the chart
In the grouped bar chart the albums or singles are shown that reached the music chart. On the X-axis are the years in which the music appeared on the chart. The Y-axis is the number of weeks the music was on the chart. The colors of the bars indicate a different year. Furthermore, it is possible to switch music data: albums and singles. By switching the data in the bar chart the data of the bubble chart and donut chart are altered. By hovering over the bars a tooltip will pop up with more information about the selected music.
Guide: Bubble Chart
No. 1 chart position: Albums & Singles
Every bubble represents an album or single that reached no. 1 as highest chart position. The colors represent the year in which the music reached the charts (same color is same year). The size of the bubble represents the number of weeks the album or single was on position 1. The higher the number the larger the bubble. Selecting albums or singles is possible by clicking the button above the grouped bar chart. By clicking an album bubble the donut chart will show the members staring in the lead vocals of the selected album. By hovering over a bubble more information about the album will show up.
Guide: Donut Chart
Starring as Lead Vocalist: per member (%)
By clicking an album in the bubble chart the percentages per member are shown for the lead vocals of the selected album. In the legend you can see the colors by which the categories member(s) or instrumental belong to. Hovering over the slices: the percentage lead vocals and category (member(s) / instrumental) will pop up. Not every album has data available. The % lead vocalist is only possible for albums.