The most unexpected celebrity records

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

The Guinness Book of Records is an unusual edition. At the same time, from year to year, it attracts attention. What is there just not - and the tallest people, and the largest portion of food, and much, much more. Celebrities have also been included in this book more than once - both with their fees and, of course, with career achievements. For many, by the way, these achievements are rather unusual. Don't believe me? Let's tell.

Tina Turner - the largest concert

Tina Turner (by the way, she turned 75 today) is a rock legend. On January 16, 1988, 182,000 people gathered for her concert in Rio de Janeiro. This achievement was recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as performing in front of the largest paid audience.

Whitney Houston - posthumous records

The singer died at the age of 49, and six months after her death, she appeared on the pages of the Guinness Book of Records. It was Whitney's death that led to her repeated popularity: 12 of her songs immediately blew up the music charts. In the Book, Houston became the singer whose most songs simultaneously became hits in the charts.

Lady Gaga - everyone is looking for her

The most shocking singer of our time has set an unusual record. In 2011, the Book awarded Gaga the title of "Most Wanted Woman on the Internet" (although in 2013, her record was broken by Miley Cyrus).

In the same 2011, the singer became the most popular star on Twitter. At that time, Lady Gaga's microblogging had 11, 259, 372 readers. Now this number is already approaching 45 million. True, this singer's record was also broken: in 2014, Katy Perry broke it with her 56 million (now the number of subscribers has almost reached 60 million).

Nicole Kidman - what is advertising worth

One of the most famous women in Australia also managed to get into the Book of Records. Nicole managed to get into the Book thanks to the largest advertising fee ever. It was a four-minute promo for Chanel No. 5, for which the actress received 3, 7 (according to other sources 4) million dollars.

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Michael Jackson - a clip that knows no measure

The King of Pop has entered the Guinness Book of Records as many as 13 times. Here are his most unusual records: for example, at the age of 11, Michael became the youngest vocalist to reach the top of the charts in the United States. And years later, Jackson, together with his sister Janet, shot the most expensive video in history. The video for the song Scream was worth $ 7 million and is still unparalleled in value.

Hugh Laurie is the most popular doctor

The famous role of Dr. House helped the actor get into the Guinness Book of Records. Hugh broke all records and became the actor who, in the entire history of television, attracted the most people to TV screens, and this is no less than 81.8 million.

Ozzy Osbourne - you also need to be able to lead

The legendary Ozzy Osbourne set a record in 2010, which was named "Loudest and Longest Mass Shout". It was not the rocker himself who screamed, but 52 thousand spectators in the stands of the stadium during the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game. Sports fans clamored at the command of a member of the Black Sabbath group.

Robert Downey Jr. - Memory Cards

The Iron Man star earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for a record birthday greeting card during a visit to China. Arriving at the premiere of "Iron Man 3" in Beijing, Robert received an unusual gift - a postcard signed by 5339 of his fans. Prior to that, the world record belonged to Churchill in 2012, when his relatives received a postcard with 4,347 signatures.

Vin Diesel - friendship never dies

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"Bald nanny" got into the Book, collecting the largest number of likes under the photo. This photo of Diesel with his Fast and Furious co-star and friend Paul Walker has become the most popular image on Facebook. The caption to the photo reads: “When I heard about Paul’s death, I immediately flew to California and immediately went from the plane to his mother’s house. It seemed to me that they would need my support, but when I got there, I realized that it was I who needed help. His mother hugged me and said:"

Victor Zinchuk is the fastest guitarist

In 2002, the musician got into the Book for the fastest performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee". Victor managed to play 20 notes in one second. When the judges gathered to fix the world record, it took the musician only 20 minutes to prove his skills. True, it took more than one hour to stretch your fingers before the performance.

Valdis Pelsh - transfer of a million

Once upon a time, the program "Guess the Melody" practically had no equal on Russian television. Valdis got into the Guinness Book of Records as the host of this program. Guess the Tune was so popular that at one point it attracted a record 132 million viewers. Pelsh also holds the record for working capacity: in 40 days, the showman managed to shoot 143 programs.

It is interesting that Valdis's daughter was also awarded a place in the Book: she became the youngest diver who managed to dive off the coast of Antarctica.

Vitas - nowhere without extras

The most vociferous Russian pop singer got into the Book of Records in 2010. At the opening ceremony of the World Fair in China, Vitas's performance broke records, but not in voice, but in mass. 850 artists took part in the design of the singer's concert number.