"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks. It also became the fastest song in history to be certified diamond.
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill
37 years after its original release. It gave Bush the record for the longest time ever a song has taken to ascend to Number 1.
It took an incredible 59 weeks for “Heat Waves”, the slow-burning alt-pop smash by Glass Animals (UK), to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Clocking in at 10 minutes 21 seconds, “Fear Inoculum” was the longest entry in Hot 100 history, and the first to exceed 10 minutes. Previously, David Bowie's “Blackstar” held the record at 9 minutes 57 seconds.
The Beatles have the most No. 1 hits of all time: 20. Though unclear for how long, the Beatles still reign supreme as the artist with the most No. 1 songs of all time.
The original recording of "Stay" remains the shortest single ever to reach the top of the American record charts, at 1 minute 36 seconds in length. By 1990, it had sold more than 8 million copies.
Vertigo is the Hardest Trad Route in Australia.
The fastest 15 m speed climb (male) is 4.90 seconds, achieved by Veddriq Leonardo (Indonesia) at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup event in Seoul, South Korea, on 28 April 2023. The men's and women's speed climb world record were broken on the same day in Seoul.
American popstar Miley Cyrus has beaten the record made jointly by Harry Styles' 'As It Was' and Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI's 'Stay' by becoming the fastest ever artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify with her hit 'Flowers'.
According to Billboard, The Weeknd's “Blinding Lights” holds the title for the most famous song for the period 1960-2021. If you're interested in songs that appeared on "all-time top" lists compiled by well-known music publications, check this study from 2015 that resulted in 50 iconic songs of all time.
Pandya smashed 63 runs off 33 balls and Kohli scored 50 off 40 balls, to take the team's score to 168/6 in 20 overs. Later, No Indian bowler was spared by the English openers as the target of 169 runs was chased down in just 16 overs.
1. K2, Pakistan-China. K2 is a monster and it's widely considered the world's toughest and most dangerous mountain to climb. Located on the border of Pakistan and China, it's the second highest in the world, standing at a whopping 8,611 meters (28,251 feet)–just around 250 meters shorter than Mount Everest.
The large island of Tasmania located to the south of Melbourne is the home to some of Australia's best and spectacular rock climbing. There is great variety of climbing such the Dolerite crags at Launceston's Cataract Gorge, to granite sea cliff climbing at Freycinet to conglomerate sport climbing at Adamsfield.
Class 1 is the easiest and consists of walking on even terrain. Class 5 is climbing on vertical or near-vertical rock, and requires skill and a rope to proceed safely. Un-roped falls would result in severe injury or death. Originally, Class 6 was used to grade aid climbing.
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According to Guinness World Records, the longest officially released song is 115 hr 45 min long. It is called A Quantum Christmas Song by Mark Christopher Lee and The Pocket Gods (both UK). The track was recorded in St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, on 1 December 2021.
The shortest song ever recorded, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is You Suffer by Napalm Death, which clocks in at just 1.316 seconds long.
We played that song 30 times. It was a laugh. Nicholas Bullen, writer of the song's four-word lyrics, said that the brevity of "You Suffer" was inspired by Wehrmacht's 1985 song "E!". The song has since been recognized by Guinness World Records as the shortest ever recorded.
With the release of her single "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" in early '88, Whitney Houston set the record as the only artist ever to reach the milestone of seven consecutive No. 1 hits on the US Billboard Hot 100.
25 by Adele is the fastest-selling album of all time in the US with 3,378,000 copies sold in its first seven days.
The most step ups in 24 hours by a male person is 28,114, and was achieved by Harishankar Yadav (India) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, on 12 Feburary 2022. The attempt took place on the 213th birth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln.