Justin Bieber Earned 8 Guinness World Records
And They Had NOTHING To Do With Instagram
According to Guinness, Justin Bieber earned 8 new world record titles this year, thanks to his incredible success with his ‘Purpose’ album on Spotify, dominating the Billboard charts, and being the most followed on social media.
Justin is being recognized for most streamed track on Spotify in one week with ‘What Do You Mean?’ at 30,723,708 streams, the most streamed album on Spotify with ‘Purpose’; 205 million times worldwide in just one week, and most simultaneous tracks on the US singles chart for the 17 he had on the Billboard Hot 100.
Bieber is also the first artist to sit in all top 3 positions simultaneously on the UK singles chart, and for the most simultaneous new entries on the US singles chart.
He’s also being honoured for having the most Twitter followers of any male, the most YouTube subscribers of any male, and the most viewed music channel on YouTube.
Representatives from Guinness presented Biebs his 8 certificates before his show in New York City Monday night.
.@justinbieber sings his way into the new #GWR2017 book with a set of 8 record titles! https://t.co/2aY8af6Ew5pic.twitter.com/mqCkKkNK1Q
— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) August 29, 2016
(Image Courtesy of Guinness World Records)
