The most curious records from the world of music
Every year Guinness World Records, the famous book that certifies records of all kinds, from the strangest to those related to sports, entertainment and, of course, even music, is published. The latest edition of Guinness World Records offers a lot of new things, although, of course, records are made to be broken, and every day a singer or band can get a new record by surpassing one of their colleagues. Here are some of the most interesting musical records, certified by Guinness World Records 2023!
"Easy on Me" by Adele is the most played song on Spotify in 24 hours
On 15 October 2021, 'Easy on Me' was played 19,749,704 million times on Spotify. Moreover, this song is also the one with the most total streams in a week, an impressive 84,952,932 million in seven days. The male record, on the other hand, belongs to Harry Styles with 'As It Was' (16,103,849 million streams on 1 April 2022).
Bruce Springsteen is the musician having achieved the highest earnings in a single calendar year
After taxes, Bruce Springsteen earned a whopping $590 million in 2021, according to Rolling Stone magazine. An insane figure, mainly due to the sale of his entire music catalogue to Sony for USD 500 million: this represents the biggest sale of an artist's publications, a record-breaking deal that includes 20 of the singer-songwriter's studio albums.
Tony Bennett is the oldest person to have released an unreleased album
At the release of "Love for Sale", the second album made in collaboration with Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett was 95 years old. "Love for Sale" was the 61st studio album by Bennett, born August 3, 1926 at New York.
The Foo Fighters are the band to have won the Grammy for Best Rock Album multiple times
Dave Grohl and companions have won Grammy five times in the "Best Rock Album" category: band obtained the first Grammy in 2001 with "There Is Nothing Left to Lose", the fifth in 2022 with "Medicine at Midnight", the last record recorded with drummer Taylor Hawkins, who died on March 25, 2022 during the South American tour in support of the album itself.
Taylor Swift is the artist with the most simultaneous new entry in the Billboard 100
The new recording of "Red (Taylor's Version)" contained 26 songs that entered the charts Billboard on November 27, 2021: an all-time record for new entry at the same time. Among these songs was "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)", which held the record for the longest song at the top of the Billboard 100 (10 minutes and 13 seconds was the length of the song).
Heat Waves Is the song that took the longest to reach the top of the Billboard 100
Glass Animals' biggest hit reached worldwide fame thanks to social networks, particularly TikTok. To reach the top of the prestigious Billboard 100, 'Heat Waves' took an impressive 59 weeks since its entry on the chart, which took place on 16 January 2021 at number 100.
"Bat Out of Hell" By Meat Loaf is the best-selling album trilogy ever
The "Bat Out of Hell" trilogy (1977, 1993, 2006) is the best-selling with 65 million copies purchased worldwide. The rockstar, who died in 2022, holds another record: the first installment of his trilogy alone sold 44 million copies and is the best-selling album rock by a solo artist.
Billie Eilish Is the youngest person to have achieved the "Triple Crown" of music
With "No Time to Die", Billie Eilish won a Grammy, a Golden Globe and an Oscar: no singer had ever won the three most prestigious music awards at the age of Billie, who at the time she won the third and final award (the Oscar) was just 20 years and 99 days old!
Drake is the artist with the most songs simultaneously in the Top 10 of the Billboard 100
September 18, 2021 Drake occupied nine positions on the Top 10 of the Billboard 100, including the entire Top 5. The nine tracks were all taken from the Canadian rapper's sixth studio album, "Certified Lover Boy".
U2 are the band to have won the most Grammy Awards
Since 1988, Bono and co. have won an impressive 22 Grammy. The year in which U2 won the most awards in a single edition was 2006, with five won statuettes .
