R&B sensation Rihanna took fans on a ‘detour’ from 8 Mile Road, dethroning the previous social media king, Detroit rapper Eminem, and taking the title of “ Most “Liked” Person on Facebook” with 70,738,549 “Likes” on (her current count stands at 74,769,237). She broke a record which had stood for 50 years, beating the achievement of The Beatles’ "Please Please Me," with 62 consecutive weeks following its release in March 1963.
Her album “Our Version of Events” spent its 63rd successive week inside the UK Top 10 – including 10 weeks at No. PSY’s hit "Gangnam Style" will also be seen in the book as Most "liked" video online (having been "liked" 7,544,643 times on YouTube as of ).Įmeli Sandé (UK) earns her place in the new 2014 Edition for Most consecutive UK Top 10 weeks for a debut album. 31 December 1977) whose hit single “Gangnam Style” brought him worldwide fame in 2012, bags a spot in the new book with a world record for the Most viewed video online in 24 hours with "Gentleman." On 14 April 2013, the video had racked up 38,409,306 views on YouTube. 3 on the US singles chart on 20 October 2012 with “Live While We’re Young” – the highest bow by an all- or predominantly British group in the 55-year history of the Billboard Hot 100.Įlsewhere, South Korean sensation PS Y aka Park Jae-sang (South Korea, b. Meanwhile lagging behind her, One Direction (UK/Ireland) are highlighted as Highest debut by a UK group on the US singles chart. 1 on 13 November 2010 and “Red” crowned the countdown with sales of 1.208 million copies on 10 November 2012. “Speak Now” shifted 1.047 million copies to bow at No. The “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” star, 23, achieved the rare feat with her third and fourth studio albums on their chart debuts. She is the only female singer to notch up two million-selling weeks on the Billboard 200 albums chart since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. Swift is also the First solo female with two million-selling weeks on US album charts. 1 on the iTunes’ singles sales chart just 50 minutes after it was released on 14 August 2012. The official records state that that Taylor Swift (USA) had the Fastest selling digital single with “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” climbing to No. Other big music battles playing out in the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2014 annual include country-pop princess Taylor Swift edging ahead of One Direction in the musical stakes with two albums officially recognised in the new book compared to 1D’s solitary entry. Remarkably, Calvin’s entry in the books was updated as recently as when he achieved his ninth top ten hit in August 2013 when “Thinking About You” climbed to Number 9 in the Official UK Singles Chart. This means he has overtaken Michael Jackson, who had previously held the title with seven Top 10 hits from both "Bad" (1987) and "Dangerous" (1991). The Scottish DJ/producer was given a private certificate presentation to celebrate his achievement in scoring an unprecedented nine Top 10 hits from his 2012 album “18 Months.” Calvin Harris has today cemented his reputation as one of music’s biggest megastars by grabbing top billing in the new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ 2014 annual – leapfrogging ‘The King of Pop,’ the late Michael Jackson, to be officially recognised as having Most Top 10 hits on UK singles chart from one album.