The fastest reading and the most selfies: stars in the Guinness Book of World Records

During his first visit to China for the premiere of Iron Man 3, Robert Downey Jr. managed to set a new record. The actor received a postcard signed by 5339 fans, which allowed him to enter the Guinness Book of Records.

Robert was touched by this sign of attention and after receiving the official certificate, he said he would add the postcard to his collection of contemporary art.

At the world premiere of San Andreas in London, the actor managed to take 105 selfies with his fans in just 3 minutes. A specialist followed the attempt to set a record. Although blurry and incomplete images were disqualified, the 105 images selected were enough to win the title.

The actor often posts photos of his sports activities on Instagram (the social network is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) and believes that selfies are excellent muscle training.

Jennifer Aniston made the list relatively recently and quite unexpectedly. After registering on a well-known social network in just 5 hours and 16 minutes, she managed to gain a million subscribers. Due to the large number of people who wanted to visit the page of the actress, the social network encountered technical problems, and for some time even star friends of the actress could not subscribe to the account .

Thus, Jen managed to break the record of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who collected their first million in 5 hours and 45 minutes.

In 2017, American singer Beyoncé announced on Instagram (a social network recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) that she was pregnant with twins and posted a photo with a rounded belly, which garnered 6,954,225 likes and more than 350,000 reviews in 10 hours. The good news immediately flooded the Internet, and Beyoncé broke the record for the most likes on Instagram (the social network was recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

Latin American singer Shakira has entered the Guinness Book of Records several times, and not only for her musical merits.

The first record was set by her in 2005. Only a week after its release, Shakira’s album became the best-selling album in the United States (157,000 copies). In the same year, the song La Tortura was recognized as the best-selling Spanish single. And in 2017, Shakira became the first person in the world to receive 100 million likes on Facebook (the social network is recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).

Justin Bieber constantly manages to achieve high results. In 2017 alone, he broke 8 records linked to the success of the album Purpose.

Unfortunately, not all the titles he received can be called successful. The video for the song Baby on YouTube broke the record for the most dislikes in the world (9.9 million), and only a few years later Justin finally lost this title.

The popular American rapper Eminem has many records, but the most important of them requires special talent and skills.

In 2013, he set the record for the fastest recitation of one of his songs. In Rap God, he reads 1560 words in 6 minutes 4 seconds, averaging 4.28 words per second. After that, he managed to break his own record twice. At the beginning of this year, the rapper released the long-awaited album and was able to really surprise fans with a new result, in the track Godzilla he speaks 7.23 words per second.

Billy Eilish is only 18 years old and in her short career she managed to reach incredible heights. In 2020, the singer became the only woman and the youngest artist to earn four major Grammy nominations (Album of the Year, Best New Artist, Song of the Year, Record of the Year). She also became the youngest musician to write the soundtrack for a James Bond film.

Text: Valeria Skripko

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