Number of View: 1718Little DJ Jack Hill, from Weston-super-Mare, has officially become the youngest male radio presenter in the world. Jack, also known as DJ Jack on the Box, because he has to stand on a box to reach the controls, has been awarded the title by the Guinness World Records. It follows the launch [...]
Number of View: 347You’d think an attempt to break the world record for people dancing in robotic unison would surely have closet sci-fi fans rushing for the dancefloor. But in reality, organisers hoping to pull 1,000 people to the University of Melbourne to cut some robot moves on Tuesday struggled for numbers. The attempt to [...]
Number of View: 192More than 850 artists contributed to the 150-hour recording session which began Monday at 6am (AEST) in Newstead, on Brisbane’s CBD eastern fringe, and ended at midday today at the Riverstage in the Botanic Gardens. The record attempt, which is yet to be verified by Guinness World Records, was organised by Queensland [...]
Number of View: 193Yesterday found our favourite duck fan Misty yet again at Molsely Lock, Hampton Court armed with cameras set to shiny in order to capture the third Great British Duck Race for photographic posterity. Created by Mike Scott in 2006, the Duck Race raises money for charities by asking people to sponsor small [...]
Number of View: 154The highly anticipated Batman: Arkham Asylum™ game has been awarded a Guinness World Record for the ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’. Batman: Arkham Asylum has been given top scores across the board from National newspapers and specialist game reviewers. The game has broken the Guinness World Record in this category by [...]
Number of View: 787They say they beat it. Thousands of Mexicans claimed they broke the record for most people dancing to “Thriller” simultaneously in one place on Saturday, which would have been Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday. “We did it!” organizer Javier Hildago shouted to thousands of people wearing black fedoras, white gloves, aviator shades and [...]
Number of View: 310Ferndale music cafe owner AJ O’Neil has officially set a Guinness world record for the longest nonstop music concert and he hopes to set another record next year. He hosted the 288-hour Assembly Line Concert at his AJ’s Music Cafe in March to draw attention to the plight of autoworkers and domestic [...]
Number of View: 393Baskin-Robbins, America’s favorite neighborhood ice cream shop, today announced the setting of a new Guinness World Record™ for the Largest Cheerleading Dance* to the tune of the “Ice Cream and Cake” song by the Buckwheat Boyz. To celebrate the launch of its new Ice Cream and Cake Dance Video Contest, Baskin-Robbins organized [...]
Number of View: 179The 2008 Beijing Olympics brought China to the world, and featured a number of stunning performances. One year after, the people of China have turned in their own stunning performance. This morning, a new Guinness World record was set as 33 thousand, 9 hundred and 96 people performed taichi at the National [...]
Number of View: 519A total of 582 drummers – including a number of celebrity musicians – smashed the previous world record of 533 drummers, set in the United States, just before 4pm on Monday. Craig Glover, an organiser, said: “It’s been absolutely fantastic. Everyone has really enjoyed themselves – it was a really good atmosphere. [...]
Number of View: 269Singer Karen Davy has produced a marathon effort to claim a world record and raise thousands of dollars for a children’s charity. Davy, a Dolly Parton impersonator and grandmother, on Wednesday completed 48 hours of non-stop singing at Auckland Airport’s international terminal. She began entertaining travellers on Monday and continued until 5pm [...]
Number of View: 436According to the World Records Academy, Susan Boyle has set the world record for Most Successful Musical Debut after her first-round performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” was viewed 110 million times online in its first ten days, and 210 million times within its first month online. Visible Measures, the company which [...]
Number of View: 205On the heels of the release of their new book “TJ Walker’s Secret to Foolproof Presentations,” co-authors TJ Walker & Jess Todtfeld will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the “Most Radio Talk Show Interviews Within a 24 Hour Period.” The team is already booked on more than 88 stations [...]
Number of View: 257Youngsters who make up the South Pasadena Children’s Orchestra returned as champions from a recent trip to Carnegie Hall, earning top rankings for their performance. After a series of benefits and donations helped the students raise the $60,000 they needed for the trip, the orchestra – made up of children ages 5 [...]
Number of View: 308All the soul-searching, sleep specialists and acupuncturists seem to have paid off – singer, rapper, musician and producer Gonzales has beaten the world record for the longest solo concert. The Canadian artist played for 27 hours, three minutes and 44 seconds at Paris’s Ciné 13 Théâtre. The previous record, set by India’s [...]
