First Cd single by a band
Fire straits, "brother in arms" 1985
Loudest rock band
During the 1960s and 70s British group the who played at 140 decibles - as loud as jet at takeoff. Members of the band suffering hearing loss.
Biggest selling album by a teenage solo singer
British spears holds the record for her album baby one more time (1999). She is also the biggest selling teenage artist - she'd sold more than 37 milllion records world wide before her 20th birthday on 2 December 2001.
Most successive no.1 album (uk)
Robbie Williams had a string of five no. 1 albums in the UK between 1997 and 2002. He has also won 14 BRT awards, more than any other artist.
Biggest- selling group in the world ever
The beatles' total sales of singles and albums on vinyl, tape and CD are well over one billion.
Albums longest in the charts l
Pink Floyd's dar side of the moon (1973) stayed in the UK charts for 741 weeks (14 years) and on the US top 200 for 591 weeks. Fleet wood mac's rumours (1977) stayed in the UK charts for 31 weeks, 19 of them consecutive, both a record for any group.
Bestselling single over by a group in the UK
Queen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)
Best sellers by a girl bans
"Wannabe" (1996) by the spice girls the best selling single by a girl band in both the UK and USA. Their spice (1996) is the best selling album by a girl band in the UK, but the dixie chicks' wide open spaces (1998) is the bestselling album by a girl band in the USA.
Girl group with most UK chart hits
Bananarama -26
Band with most UK chart hits
Status Quo- 58 followed by rolling stones