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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. |
