Guinness World Records has named six celebrities who set world records in 2022.
They are BTS, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Annita, Adele and Billie Eilish.
BTS
According to Guinness World Records, BTS set four records in 2022. They won the most blimps by a music group at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards with six, erasing their previous record.
In addition, BTS set the records for the most followers on Instagram for a music group, most followers on Twitter for a music group and most followers on TikTok for a music group.
As of this writing, BTS’ Instagram account has 70.4 million followers, their Twitter account has 42.3 million followers while they have 56.1 million followers in TikTok.
“Not only are the Bangtan Boys the kings of K-pop, but undoubtedly the kings of social media as well, having cultivated a multi-language fan base that is groundbreaking and unheard of. But BTS’s record breaking achievements don’t stop there. In fact, BTS has smashed dozens of records since the group first debuted in 2013, earning a whopping 13 in 2021!” according to Guinness World Records.
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift set new records with the release of her album “Midnights.”
These are the most streamed album on Spotify in 24 hours (184.6 million streams), most day-one streams of an album on Spotify (184.6 million streams) and most streamed act on Spotify in 24 hours (228 million streams), according to Guinness.
“Less than 24 hours after Midnights was released on 21 October 2022, the album had already received over 153.4 million streams, and went on to receive over 30 million more streams before the day was over. Taylor Swift’s total includes the number of streams for the standard 13-track album (161.5 million) and the additional seven songs on the ‘3am Edition’ (23.1 million),” it added.
Anitta
Brazilian singer Anitta “wowed the world this year when she made history by becoming the first solo Latin artist to reach No. 1 on Spotify. In just 10 years, Anitta has become one of Brazil’s biggest pop stars.”
“Never before had the world seen a Spotify song played so many times in a single day in Brazil, with 4.1 million of the 6.3 million plays on the daily chart (25) coming from the South American country. The influential Latin star even earned herself a place in the new Guinness World Records 2023 edition!” stated Guinness.
Adele
Guinness said that at the BRIT (British Record Industry Trust) Awards 2022 in February, Adele earned three world records: Most BRIT awards won for Best British Single by a solo artist (Easy on Me), most BRIT awards won for Album of the Year by a solo artist (30) and most BRIT awards won by a female artist.
Harry Styles
Harry Styles’ single “As It Was,” according to Guinness, “accumulated 16,103,849 streams during its first 24 hours on Spotify, earning the record for the most streamed track on Spotify in 24 hours (male).”
“‘As It Was’ also managed to stay No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 15 weeks—a feat only ever topped by three other songs,” it added.
Billie Eilish
“At the 94th Academy Awards on 27 March 2022, Eilish completed the ‘triple crown’ of film music awards aged just 20 years 99 days, becoming the youngest person to win the film music awards "triple crown. The film music awards ‘triple crown’ is winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy for music created specifically for a film,” according to Guinness.