Atithi Gautam K. C. (born 15 August 2006, Lalitpur district of Nepal) is known as the youngest singer in the world to release a professional solo album. Atithi's self-titled debut album was released at the age of three on 18 July 2010. The album included nine Nepali-language songs.
The short answer is: No one knows who invented music. No historical evidence exists to tell us exactly who sang the first song, or whistled the first tune, or made the first rhythmic sounds that resembled what we know today as music. But researchers do know it happened thousands of years ago.
Japanese 2-year-old Murakata Nonoka, popularly known as Nono-chan, has just been awarded a Guinness World Record for being the “Youngest Solo Artist to Release an Album.” Nono-chan released her first album when she was only 2 years and 361 days old.
According to the Official Charts Company, at just 17 years old (and several months), Eilish has made history as the youngest solo female musician to top the albums chart, and she grabbed that record by just a few months. When it was announced that When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? had made it to No.
1, Stevie became the youngest solo artist to have topped the Billboard Hot 100 – though another future Motown superstar, Michael Jackson, was aged just 11 years 155 days when The Jackson Five's “I Want You Back” topped the Billboard charts in January 1970.
Atithi Gautam K. C. (born 15 August 2006, Lalitpur district of Nepal) is known as the youngest singer in the world to release a professional solo album. Atithi's self-titled debut album was released at the age of three on 18 July 2010. The album included nine Nepali-language songs.
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)
Michael Jackson
As the King of Pop, it makes sense to begin the list with Michael Jackson. The legendary singer achieved fame at a young age through his musical family and their group the Jackson 5.
The record for the youngest professional artist was achieved by Arushi Bhatnagar (India, b. 1 June 2002).
An album may contain any number of tracks.
Enter, Baby Boiz, probably the world's youngest boy band, which comprises of Ravi (age 4), Caleb (aged 6), Julian (aged 9), and Gavin (aged 11).
The oldest music recording available on Spotify is a French compilation album titled Anthologie De La Chanson Française, which has recordings dating between 1900 and 1920. Singers included on the compilation include Henri Fursy, Lucien Boyer, Ainé Mevisto, Gabriel Montoya, and more.
Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed artist in Spotify's history. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed female artist in Spotify's history. South Korean boy band BTS is the most-streamed group in Spotify's history, as well as the most-followed group on the platform.
The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It's the oldest surviving melody and is over 3,400 years old. The hymn was discovered on a clay tablet in Ugarit, now part of modern-day Syria, and is dedicated the Hurrians' goddess of the orchards Nikkal.
Madonna, Stevie Wonder, the Beatles, and Whitney Houston all put in the work, and they have garnered 10 or more chart-topping singles in their careers. Keep scrolling to see the musicians with the most No. 1 songs on the Hot 100, ranked.
Madonna is recognized by Guinness World Records as the "Best-selling female recording artist of all time".
Perhaps unsurprisingly, British rock band The Beatles are top of the list for best-selling artists worldwide, with 183 million units certified sales. Second is Garth Brooks with over 157 million units sales, followed by Elvis Presley with 139 million units.
According to Guinness World Records, Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" (1942) as performed by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single worldwide, with estimated sales of over 50 million copies.
As of June 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.
But many performers have proved that with dedication, commitment and hard work they can achieve their goals. No matter how old they are when they get started. Age is not a barrier to being a good singer.
Mita Klima (AUT, b. 1893) was reputedly 13 years old when she competed in the 1907 singles competition.
According to Official Guinness Records, The youngest professional rock band is Black Diamonds (USA), whose four members had an average age of 11 years 130 days, at the time of their debut album release on 19 December 2010.