ONE DIRECTION IN THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
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Lights, camera, action! The pages of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® 2015 edition are as star-studded as a red carpet premiere! Arriving in stores on September 10th, the book features groundbreaking achievements across film, television and music.
Metallica made history when they became the first and only band to perform a concert on all seven of Earth's continents after entertaining 120 scientists and competition winners at Carlini Station in Antarctica on December 8th, 2013. The hour-long show, appropriately dubbed "Freeze 'Em All", saw the rock band perform ten tracks. With a Hall of Fame-caliber career spanning more than three decades, the band earned a spot in the 60th Anniversary edition of the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2015 book after a whirlwind year in 2013 performing concerts in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Antarctica.
Metallica's lead vocalist, James Hetfield commented, "Seven continents in one year with Antarctica being THE gig of a lifetime...Yes, 120 scientists and competition winners. Not to mention the 300 very curious penguins!"
Several pop musicians are also recognized; British boy band One Direction has the honor of being the "First act to debut at No.1 with first three albums" with their albums, Midnight Memories, Up All Night and Take Me Home all reaching the top of the charts. Niall Horan from One Direction commented: "This really is one of our proudest moments, both for us and our incredible fans. Whenever we talk about it we always say how cool it is that we did it first, how sick is that?!"
Coming off a controversial and highly publicized year, Miley Cyrus earns GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS recognition as the "Most searched-for Pop Star on the Internet"while Shakira, international superstar and panel judge on NBC's The Voice, set another social media record in April 2014, when she became the "Most 'liked' person on Facebook" dethroning singing sensation, Rihanna who had previously held the record. In July, Shakira made record headlines again when the 100 millionth fan clicked the "like" button, making her the "First person to reach 100 million likes on Facebook."
Achievements from both the big and small screens are included in this year's star-studded edition. Disney's Frozen princesses sang their way into the hearts of fans around the world and quickly became the "Highest box office film gross for an animation," earning $1.113 billion dollars and counting to date. Records also tumbled on the small screen. According to Torrent Freak, the popular HBO series Game of Thrones was downloaded an average of 5,900,000 times per episode, making it the
"Most pirated TV program."
Other stand-out entertainment records to grace the pages of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2015 include:
Musician with the most Twitter followers - Katy Perry with 52,463,838 followers
Most words in a hit single- Eminem with 1,560 words In 6 minutes, 4 seconds
Fastest time to reach one million "followers"- Robert Downey Jr.
Most "likes" on an item- Vin Diesel for a Facebook photo of himself and the late Paul Walker.
Highest-rated reality-competition series- Project Runway season two with a Metacritic rating of 86 percent.
Most Primetime Emmy Awards for a TV series- Saturday Night Live with 40 awards.
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2015 contains the universe's most comprehensive collection of facts and superlatives and is a sure "must-have" for both knowledge-seekers and aspiring record breakers of all ages. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2015 is available September 10th for the suggested retail price of $28.95. The 2015 edition marks the sixtieth anniversary since the very first edition went to print in 1955. For more information, visit the www.guinnessworldrecords.com or follow the Guinness World Records press team on Twitter via @GWRpress.
About GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (GWR) is the universally recognised global authority on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, over 132 million copies - and 3 million e-books - have been sold in 20 languages, in more than 100 countries. Since then, the internationally renowned brand is also available across a number of platforms; GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS global television shows are watched by over 750 million viewers annually, over half a million subscribe to the GWR YouTube channel, the global website receives 14 million viewers annually and has over 6 million fans on Facebook. In 2013, OFFICIALLY AMAZING became the registered trademark of Guinness World Records Limited. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS is also a valuable IP with 97% recognition in the UK/US, which businesses utilise to deliver real campaign results. In 2015, Guinness World Records celebrates the 60th anniversary of its first published edition and the creation of one of the world's most successful and recognized brands.
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