The famous Guinness Book of Records It is a compendium of feats that began to be published in 1955, with the purpose of having a historical record of surprising, extreme or strange events around the world. Although on its pages there are thousands of names, often of anonymous people who they broke a record and for that reason they occupy a place, there are also athletes and celebrities of the show who, thanks to their talent and professional successes, have achieved the coveted registration in the book. Did you know that Julio Iglesias is the Latin artist who has sold the most albums in history and that Shakira has the best-selling album in Spanish in a week? on the list that you will find below we have brought together some of the record ‘stars’.
Taylor Swift, the highest grossing during a tour
In an unstoppable streak of titles, Taylor Swift She has been the recipient of several world records related to her artistic career. The artist, 34, recently got one after achieving the highest gross during a tour, The Eras World Tourbeating the one that was in the hands of the iconic Elton John.
Madonna, the best-selling female artist
singer and actress has a long and successful career and throughout these years she has managed to obtain, among others, the Guinness Record for the female artist with the highest sales, a total of 305 million albums. The ‘top 5’ is completed with Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
Beyoncé, most Grammy Awards in one year
The singer appears mentioned several times in it Guinness Book of Records. She is, for example, the female artist with the most Grammy Awards won in a single year (a milestone also achieved by the singer Adele) and the most nominated for best video, ‘Partition’, at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2014.
Shakira, the first to reach 100 million fans on Facebook
Shakira achieved a Guinness when his album Oral fixation vol. 1 became the best-selling album in Spanish in a week. In addition, the Colombian artist was also the first person to reach 100 million ‘fans’ on Facebook.
Miley Cyrus, the most searched pop artist on the internet
In 2015, Miley was crowned the pop artist most searched on the Internet. She was also the teenager with the most songs on international charts and the youngest in history to debut in the position. Billboard number one.
Katy Perry, the highest billing in a year
The actress entered the Guinness Book for being the first person to get 100 million followers on X (formerly Twitter) and for being the artist with the highest turnover in one year (2016), raising 135 million dollars.
Enrique Iglesias, the artist who stayed at number 1 the longest, with ‘bailando’
Julio Iglesias’ sonwho has just announced her collaboration with Ana Mena in the remix of Space in your heartis one of the most famous Spanish-speaking singers and also has his record. This is due to the fact that he has been the artist who stayed at number 1 on the Hot Latin Songs chart for the longest time, with his song Dancingin 2016.
Julio Iglesias, the Latin artist who has sold the most albums in history
At 81 years oldJulio Iglesias continues to be a benchmark in the music industry, with a career that spans more than five decades. His ability to connect with audiences of diverse cultures and his versatility to perform songs in different languages ​​have made him an emblem of international music. In 2013, Guinness World Records awarded him the title of latin artist that has sold the most albums in history, with more than 300 million in 14 languages.
Marc Anthony, the male artist with the most awards from us
Two years ago, the New York singer got his third Guinness for being the male artist who won the most awards at the Lo Nuestro Awards, awarded to Latin artists as chosen by the public. For now, has achieved 24 throughout his entire career.
Justin Bieber’s ‘negative’ Guinness
Thanks to YouTube, Bieber set several Guinness records. His channel, for example, was the first to surpass the 3 billion visits. But there is also a negative one. Your video, Babybecame the one with the most ‘dislikes’ in the history of the platform.
Luis Fonsi, seven ‘Guinnesses’ thanks to ‘Despacito’
He Puerto Rican singer-songwriter received seven Guinness World Records thanks to the global reach of his success Slowlywhich achieved milestones such as being the ‘most listened to song in the world’ and being the ‘most liked’ video on the Internet, a recognition that put it in the company of other big names of music, such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ozzy Osbourne, Rihanna and Taylor Swift.
Marc Márquez, the youngest Moto GP champion in history
When in Spain we talk about Guinness Records, we have to mention Marc Márquez with pride. He achieved this by becoming the MotoGP champion with 20 years and 266 days old. The youngest in history at the moment. He also obtained the title of the youngest winner of a race and the most consecutive victories in a season (10). A true legend for Spanish sport, who made a place for himself in the Guinness Book after surpassing Valentino Rossi, considered by many the best driver of all time.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the highest paid athlete in 2023
Cristiano Ronaldo He is a true winner and to all the titles he won and goals he scored, he adds a recent record. The striker was confirmed as the highest-paid athlete in 2023, earning a total of 136 million dollarsa figure with which he surpassed another football legend, Lionel Messi (130 million).
Snoop dog, the biggest ‘copazo’ of gin and juice
The rapper He has also broken a record, although it has nothing to do with his musical career. He managed to get into the Guinness Book after getting the largest glass of gin and juice in the world, from more than 500 liters. The artist needed 180 bottles of gin, 154 of brandy of apricot and 38 jugs of orange juice to carry out his ‘feat’.
Harry Styles accumulated 1.8 billion views of one of his songs
Harry Styles He became, in 2022, the author of the most listened to or most reproduced song globally: As it was. The song spent 10 weeks at number one on the UK charts and 15 weeks atop the Billboard Top 100 in the United States.
Ed Sheeran, the most played album on spotify
Singer Ed Sheeran not only we have fallen in love to many with their songs give me love either Galway Girlhas also achieved impressive sales numbers. And, thanks to this, the British artist has in his possession a total of 16 Guinness World Records, one of them for his album ‘÷’which became the most streamed album on Spotify in 2017, with 12.835 million streams.
Ben Stiller, photo with the longest selfie stick in history
For a curious reason actor Ben Stiller appears (Night at the museum) in it Guinness Book of Records. The actor and director broke the record for taking a photo with the longest selfie stick in history. It measured nine meters and he did it during the premiere of Zoolander No. 2.
Eminem, the song with the most words
The Detroit rapper achieved a world record when his song Rap God gave it the title of the song from a single with the most words. No joke: 1,560 words in six minutes. That means Eminem raps an astonishing average of 4.28 words per second.
Dwayne Johnson, a world record selfie
Dwayne Johnson took advantage of his popularity to break the Guinness record for most selfies taken in three minutes: 105. The actor needed the help of his fans in London, who came en masse to be able to be photographed with ‘the Rock’ at the premiere of his film Saint Andrew.
Harry of England, Guinness record holder with his memoirs
Prince Harry and his wifeMeghan Markle, have two titles on this list, since the memoirs of the son of Charles of England, Spare (‘In the shadow’), became the best-selling non-fiction book in history and his Instagram account gained one million followers in the fastest time: 5 hours and 45 minutes.
Tom Hanks, the king of the box office
In 2006, Tom Hanks was included in the Guinness Book for being the actor with the greatest number of consecutive films that had exceeded 100 million dollars. The actor was already part of the Guinness for being one of the actors with the most Oscars: two.
Ariana Grande, the most songs at number 1
The combination of her voice and her talent was reflected once again in your album Positionswhich earned her her twentieth Guinness title, after breaking the record for greatest number of songs to debut at number 1 on the Billboard Hot. A feat that placed her at the level of other music legends, such as the Beatles.
Jennifer Lawrence, the highest-grossing heroine in history
the hunger games not only placed Jennifer Lawrence as one of the stars of Hollywood. In 2015, she was proclaimed the highest-grossing action heroine in history, after the franchise achieved almost 3 billion dollars at the box office.
Meryl Streep, the actress with the most Oscar nominations
The actress has been a candidate to win the Oscar until on 21 occasionsan incredible figure that possibly no one will be able to match for a long time. The next on the list is Katharine Hepburn, with 12 nominations, and, below Jack Nicholson, we find the legendary Bette Daviswhich got 10.
Dolly Parton, the highest number of ‘country’ albums published
The ‘queen of country’ He has 10 Guinness records. Some of his feats are having the highest number of number 1s on the list of music country in the United States achieved by a woman and the largest number of studio albums published.
Adele, the largest LED screen in history at a concert
In his most recent concert, singer Adele has once again broken a record, as he managed to impress everyone with his stage setup in his concerts in MunichGermany, having the largest LED screen in history.