Simultaneous tracks on the
US singles chart by a solo artist
Drake (CAN, b. Aubrey Drake Graham) placed
24 tracks simultaneously on the Billboard
Hot 100 on the chart dated 8 Apr 2017. In the
process, he also claimed the all-time record for
the most Hot 100 entries by a solo artist: 154.Decades with a Top 20 hit on
the US Hot Country Songs chart
Dolly Parton (USA) has had Top 20 hits for
six consecutive decades (1960s–2010s). Her
first Top 20 entry was “Something Fishy”
in 1967, since when she’s been a credited artist
on a further 73 Top 20 hits. A new version
of her 1974 hit “Jolene” with a cappella
quintet Pentatonix (USA) debuted at No.18 on
Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart dated
8 Oct 2016. It was Dolly’s 107th chart entry –
the most hits on the US Hot Country Songs
chart by a female artist.No.1s on the Billboard
Tropical Albums chart
The “Gentleman of Salsa”, Gilberto Santa Rosa
(PRI), achieved his 12th chart-topping album
with Necesito un Bolero on 28 Feb 2015.World Music Awards for
Best‑Selling Middle Eastern Artist
Egyptian singer-songwriter and “Father of
Mediterranean Music” Amr Diab has been
crowned four times: 1996, 2001, 2007 and 2013.CDs consecutively signed by the artist
Mexican boy band CD9 signed 6,194 CDs non-
stop in Mexico City, Mexico, on 25 Apr 2016.
The five-piece group autographed special-
edition copies of their album Evolution during
a session that lasted 4 hr 54 min.Songs on a digital album
On 2 Dec 2016, The Pocket Gods (UK) reclaimed
the record for the most songs on a digital album
with the release of the 111-track 100xmas30.
The follow-up to 100x30 (2015) and Shakespeare
Verses Streaming (2016) – both with 100 tracks- 100xmas30 saw the indie outfit continue
their crusade against the digital music industry
over royalty payments while taking back the
record they lost to Kapten Hurricane (SWE) and
their misleadingly titled 101-track digital album
100 Rock Songs (2016).
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F I R S T P L AYA B L E
VINYL JIGSAW
PUZZLE
In Sep 2016, Sugar
Coat (UK) released
a 7–inch version of
“Me Instead” as a
playable vinyl jigsaw.
Showing a crowded
supermarket scene,
it was one of a set
of 35 designs by the
London-based trio
to mark the release
of their debut single.
Other pressings
included mirror and
faux-fur designs, and
one was sprinkled
with coal dust.It would take 5,447 years to listen to Drake’s “One Dance”
back‑to‑back as many times as it has been streamed on Spotify.MOST FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM
As of 21 Feb 2017, singer and actor Selena Gomez (USA) had
110,607,553 followers on the photo-focused social network.
This placed her ahead of fellow US singers Taylor Swift
(97,854,110) and Ariana Grande (97,365,150). Gomez released
three albums with Selena Gomez & the Scene; her first
two solo albums, Stars Dance (2013) and Revival (2015),
both debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.Most valuable vinyl record (single)
Recorded at a home studio in Liverpool,
UK, by a pre-Beatles Paul McCartney, John
Lennon and George Harrison (alongside
drummer Colin Hanton and pianist John
“Duff” Lowe), the only known copy of The
Quarrymen’s (UK) “That’ll Be the Day”/”In
Spite of All the Danger” (1958) is worth an
estimated £100,000 ($124,400).Youngest professional music producer
Brandon Bailey Johnson (USA) was 12 years
363 days old on the release of his self-produced
debut album My Journey, on 21 Feb 2015.MOST...
Simultaneous entries
on the UK albums chart
On the Official Albums Chart dated 21 Jan 2016,
David Bowie (UK, b. David Jones) placed 19
albums in the Top 100. The iconic musician, who
succumbed to cancer on 10 Jan 2016, owned a
quarter of the Top 40, including his 25th studio
album, Blackstar, which debuted at No.1 with
sales of 146,168 – enough to give “The Thin White
Duke” a 10th chart-topper in the UK.Siblings to have solo hits
on the Billboard charts
All nine children of Joe and Katherine Jackson –
Rebbie, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, La Toya, Marlon,
Michael, Randy and Janet (all USA) – have
charted with solo recordings in the USA.
Michael Jackson kicked off his family’s love
affair with Billboard’s charts when “Got to
Be There” entered at No.89 on the Hot 100
on 30 Oct 1971. Almost 45 years later, Tito
Jackson’s “Get It Baby” completed the family
set when it debuted at No.29 on Adult R&B
Songs on 4 Jun 2016.Simultaneous tracks on
the UK Top 20 singles chart
On the Official Singles Chart dated
16 Mar 2017, British singer-songwriter
Ed Sheeran had 16 tracks in the Top 20.
They included the entire Top 5: “Shape
of You” (No.1 for a ninth consecutive
week), “Galway Girl” (No.2 – new entry),
“Castle on the Hill” (No.3 – non-mover),
“Perfect” (No.4 – new entry) and “New
Man” (No.5 – new entry).
All 16 tracks appear on the deluxe
edition of Sheeran’s third studio
album, ÷ (“Divide”). It debuted at
No.1 on the Official Albums Chart
on 16 Mar 2017 after selling
672,000 copies – making it the
fastest‑selling UK album
by a male artist.Q: Michael Jackson’s
nephews Taj, Taryll and TJ
are better known as who?
A: R&B pop group 3TSelena Gomez
is named after
Selena Quintanilla-
Pérez, the “Queen of
Tejano music”. Tejano is
a form of folk and pop
music originating in
Mexican-American
communities in
Tex a s , U S A.EXTREME
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