Justin Bieber just landed eight Guinness World Records
The Weeknd also broke two records
As if he hasn’t enjoyed enough success in his amazing career, Justin Bieber has just landed eight Guinness World Records.
The 22-year-old entered the 2017 Guinness World Record book for having the most streamed track on Spotify in one week with for his song ‘What Do You Mean’, 30,723,708 times to be precise. Biebs also has the most streamed album on Spotify in one week for his album ‘Purpose’.
Pretty impressive! Check out all of Bieber’s new records below:
First act to occupy all top three positions simultaneously on UK singles chart with his singles 'Love Yourself', 'Sorry' and 'What Do You Mean'.
Most followers on Twitter (male) with 85,235,563 followers
Most viewed music channel on YouTube with 10,478,651,389 views
Most subscribers on YouTube for a musician (male) with 20,711,202 subscribers
Most streamed album on Spotify in one week for Purpose
Most simultaneous tracks on the US singles chart
Most simultaneous new entries in the Hot 100 by a solo artist
Most streamed track on Spotify in one week for ‘What Do You Mean’.
To congratulate Bieber, a team of Guinness World Record staff presented the ‘Cold Water’ singer with his certificate before one of his shows in New York.
Bieber wasn’t the only one to make it into the books. Rapper The Weeknd also landed two records in the 2017 edition.
Following his hugely successful year, The Weeknd broke the record for the most streamed album on Spotify in one year, current (unique listeners) and the title for the most consecutive weeks in the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot 100 by a solo male artist.