Between the 1960s and 2020s, the group had 37 songs reach the US Top 40 (the most by an American band), with four topping the Billboard Hot 100. They helped legitimize popular music as a recognized art form and influenced the development of music genres and movements such as psychedelia, power pop, progressive rock, punk, alternative, and lo-fi. The Beach Boys are one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful bands of all time, selling over 100 million records worldwide. As of 2023, Brian and Jardine do not perform with Love's edition of the Beach Boys, but remain official members of the band. In the early 2010s, the original members briefly reunited for the band's 50th anniversary tour. Following Carl's death from lung cancer in 1998, the band granted Love legal rights to tour under the group's name. Dennis drowned in 1983 and Brian soon became estranged from the group. Carl took over as de facto leader until the mid-1970s, when the band responded to the growing success of their live shows and greatest hits compilations by transitioning into an oldies act. In the late 1960s, the group's commercial momentum faltered in the U.S., and they were widely dismissed by the early rock music press before rebranding themselves in the early 1970s. After scrapping the Smile album in 1967, Brian gradually ceded control of the group to his bandmates. In 1966, the Pet Sounds album and ' Good Vibrations' single raised the group's prestige as rock innovators both are now considered to be among the greatest and most influential works in popular music history. Starting with 1965's The Beach Boys Today!, they abandoned beachgoing themes for more personal lyrics and ambitious orchestrations.

They were one of the few American rock bands to sustain their commercial standing during the British Invasion. In 1963, the band enjoyed their first national hit with ' Surfin' U.S.A.', beginning a string of top-ten singles that reflected a southern California youth culture of surfing, cars, and romance, dubbed the ' California sound'. The Beach Boys formed as a garage band centered on Brian's songwriting and managed by the Wilsons' father, Murry. Under Brian's direction, they often incorporated classical or jazz elements and unconventional recording techniques in innovative ways. They drew on the music of older pop vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and black R&B to create their unique sound. Distinguished by their vocal harmonies, adolescent-oriented lyrics, and musical ingenuity, they are one of the most influential acts of the rock era.

The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.

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