Lil Wayne (USA, b. Wayne Carter) appeared in the Hot 100 on 64 different tracks between 4 December 1999 and 16 October 2010. In second place is Jay-Z (USA, b. Shawn Carter), who had 61 entries between 6 April 1996 and 16 October 2010.
Eminem (USA, b. Marshall Mathers III) has topped the UK chart with six albums and has spent 23 weeks at No.1, totals unequalled by any American artist in the 21st century. His most successful UK album was Recovery (2010), which spent six weeks at the top – a UK record for a rap album.
The quietest place in the world is the Anechoic Test Chamber at Orfield Laboratories, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Ultra-sensitive tests performed on 21 January 2004 gave a background noise reading of -9.4 dBA (decibels A-weighted).
The record for the fastest 10 km sack race is 1 hr 22 min 2 sec and was set by Ashrita Furman (USA) in Montauk, New York, USA on 23 August 2001.
The longest duration holding an iron cross position on Roman rings was 39.23 sec by Zak Kerkoulas (USA) at the Field House at Chelsea Piers in New York, New York, USA, on 27 August 2010. A proper iron cross requires the body to be rigid with arms at a 90-degree angle to the body and parallel to the floor. Witnesses included former All-American collegiate gymnast Ramiro Mora and former USA national gymnastics team member on the rings Chris LaMorte.
The shortest band by height is Minirockerz aka Minikiss with an average height of 132.87 cm ( 4 ft 4 in). The four member band was formed in 1998 and initially played and celebrated Kiss music during high energy stage shows.
Nisa Juarez (USA) was born on 20 July 2002 measuring 24 cm (9.44 in) long at the Children’s Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Born 108 day premature, she weighed 320 g (11.3 oz) and was discharged from hospital on 6 December 2002.
The shortest woman to give birth is Stacey Herald (USA) who is 72.39 cm (28.5 in) and who delivered her first child in Dry Ridge, Kentucky, USA, on 21 October 2006. Mrs. Herald’s first child was a girl. She delivered her second baby girl on 1 January 2008. Both children were delivered by caesarean sections. She gave birth to her third child, a boy named Malachi in November 2009.
In 1970, Z (Algeria/France, 1969), directed by Costa-Garvas (Greece), was nominated for an Academy Award in five categories: Best Film Editing, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Director, Best Picture and Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
At 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in), forward Brian Gionta (USA) of the New Jersey Devils (USA) is the shortest active player in the league.