As of 2019, Guinness World Records states that the longest officially released song was The Rise and Fall of Bossanova,” by PC III, which lasts 13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds. The longest recorded pop song is “Apparente Libertà,” by Giancarlo Ferrari, which is 76 minutes, 44 seconds long.
It's called “Symphony of the Crown” by Canadian artist Earthena. It clocks in at an impressive 48 hours, 39 minutes, and 43 seconds. In October 2021, this track surpassed PC III's 2016 tune “The Rise and Fall of Bossanova” (13 hours, 23 minutes, and 32 seconds).
Radio edits often shorten a long song in order to make it more commercially viable for radio stations. The normal length for songs played on the radio is between three and five minutes. The amount of cut content differs, ranging from a few seconds to effectively half of a song being cut.
According to this list, “You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'” is the most played song, with 8 million airs.
As of July 2023, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer the Weeknd is the most-streamed song of all time on Spotify, while "Dance Monkey" (2019) by Australian singer-songwriter Tones and I is the most-streamed song by a female artist.
However, "I Believe" by Frankie Laine still holds the record for the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 with 35 weeks. "Fairytale of New York" by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl holds the record for the most weeks in the Top 10 without reaching number one with 29 weeks.
It's very true. Even if you were to lowball an estimate that all of Apple Music's 100 million tracks average out to one minute each (the average is almost certainly longer than that). At just one minute long, it would still take you over 190 years of nonstop listening to go through everything.
Don't use your MP3 system for more than 60 minutes per day. High decibels can damage our hearing within a few minutes, but low decibels (around 80db) can also cause hearing loss over a few hours. Therefore, after 60 minutes of listening to music, take a break from your earphones and music system.
The champion of creating long albums is Bull of Heaven, an experimental outfit that holds the record for the longest album ever made. The project, formed by Clayton Counts and Neil Keener, released 310: ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k in 2014, which is 3.343 quindecillion years long. How they achieved such a feat is baffling.
In recent years, the three to three-and-a-half-minute song has been an accepted standard in the pop world; especially on radio. It's because of this that this is the length most musicians write their songs.
The average length of a song on the Billboard Hot 100 has decreased by 20 seconds in the past five years. Songs now average 3 minutes and 30 seconds — and are steadily shrinking. 6% of hit songs also averaged 2 minutes and 30 seconds or shorter last year, and sub-3 minute songs are becoming increasingly common.
Taking to her Instagram account, Cyrus paid tribute to her fans, sharing a video featuring the song and a caption reading: “Thanks a billion, I love you”. 'Flowers', the lead single from the 'Endless Summer Vacation' album, hit the billion-stream milestone in just 112 days after its release on 12 January.
A good rule of thumb is 15 songs per hour. A typical wedding reception will see about 3 hours of dancing after dinner and all the formalities are over. That is just 45 songs.
Butter by BTS is the video that has garnered the fastest 1 million views on YouTube.
This is according to "The Summertime Connection", a group of fans from around the world with a shared passion for the aria, written by Gershwin in 1933–34 for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. As of the same date, the group had collected 57,316 full recordings of "Summertime".
Although the good people at Guinness World Records recognize “Summertime” as the most recorded song in history, they also note that “Amazing Grace” has been recorded thousands of times, appearing on at least 11,000 albums.
The shortest #1 hit single record is "You're Beautiful" by James Blunt, which has a length of 3 minutes and 16 seconds. What is the shortest number 1 song? In the UK, Adam Faith's 1959 chart topper What Do You Want (1'38). In the US, Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs' Stay (1'37), which was also released in 1959.
Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Madonna and Whitney Houston each have three.
Abel Tesfaye, more commonly known as The Weeknd, is statistically the most popular musician on the planet, and no one else even comes close. The 33-year-old Canadian singer's success has seen him set two new Guinness World Records titles: Most monthly listeners on Spotify – 111.4 million (as of 20 March 2023)