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The
fastest Rap MC is Ricky Brown who rapped
723 syllables in 51.27 seconds on his
track "No Clue" at B&G
Studios, Seattle, Washington, USA, on
January 15, 2005. |
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The
longest drumming marathon by an individual
lasted for 84 hours and was achieved
by Arulanantham Suresh Joachim (Australia),
from February 1-4, 2004 at the Magic
Factory, Zurich, Switzerland. |
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The
deepest concert was performed by Katie
Melua (UK) and her band at 303 m (994
ft) below sea level, on Statoil's Troll
A gas rig, off the coast of Bergen, Norway
on 1 October 2006. Ms Melua performed
two 30-minute concerts to an audience
of 20 oilrig workers, each of whom had
won a ticket to see the performance.
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To
win a gold disc, an album needs to sell
100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000
in the United States. About 2.4 billion
CDs are sold annually. The number of recorded
CDs and blank CDs sold has been about equal.
About one-third of recorded CDs are pirated. |
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Annie
Lennox holds the record for the most Brit
awards (8). |
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The
Beatles holds the top spot of album sales
in the US (106 million), followed by Garth
Brooks second (92 million), Led Zeppelin
(83 million), Elvis Presley (77 million),
and the Eagles (65 million). Worldwide
The Beatles sold more than 1 billion records. |
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The
British are the highest per head spenders
on music in the world and buy 7.2% of
the world music market. |
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The
first pop video was Bohemian Rhapsody
by Queen, released in 1975. |
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The
harmonica is the world's best-selling
music instrument. |
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The
top selling singles of all time are Elton
John's "Candle in the Wind ‘97",
at 33 million, Bing Crosby's "White
Christmas", 30 million, and Bill
Haley's "Rock Around the Clock",
25 million. |
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Guitar
probably comes from the word kithara,
which was the principal stringed instrument
of the ancient Greeks and later of the
Romans. The kithara was played with a
plectrum, it was a larger and stronger
form of the lyre. |
