LONDON, September 26 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Battle of the Girl Bands has begun!

Girls Aloud have smashed their way into the new Guinness World
Records 2008 edition for Most Consecutive Top Entries in the UK by a Female
Group by clocking up their 17th top 10 entry with 'Walk this Way' and
demolishing Destiny's Child previous record of eleven. UK Rivals the Spice
Girls have their work cut out if they want to set the record straight when
they return to the stage as they have managed just 10 top ten entries.

Released on 28th September 2007, the new book reveals that the
girl fight is not limited to girl bands, as Madonna steals Cher's crown for
Highest Grossing Music Tour per Concert. The winning 'Confessions' tour was
seen by 1.2 million fans grossing an estimate of GBP100 million, an average
of 1.6 million per concert! The Queen of Pop doesn't stop there, knocking
Kate Bush off her spot for Most no.1 Albums by a Female Artist with her
ninth, and highly successful album 'Confessions on a Dance Floor'.

Not to be outshone the men prove that they are top of the
records list too as Robbie Williams defies his critics and makes David Bowie
share the title for the Most Albums to Reach no.1 in the UK by a British Male
Solo Artist. Robbie's critically panned album Rudebox went straight to the
top of the UK chart in November 2006, equalling David Bowie's record of 8
from 1993. Unlike Bowie however, Williams also chalked up three No.1s as a
group member of Take That.

The Rolling Stones prove that they still have what it takes
with their 2006 'Bigger Bang' tour becoming the Highest Grossing Music Tour
earning over GBP226 million, beating their own previous record from the
1997-8 "Bridges to Babylon" tour.

And in keeping with the times, Guinness World Records announce
a new record for iTunes for the Most Songs Downloaded from One Company,
selling over 1 billion downloaded tracks in three years - the billionth being
the aptly named Speed of Sound by Coldplay!

The all new Guinness World Records 2008 edition is on sale
from 28 September 2007, and is bursting with new records, statistics,
celebrity gossip and incredible images.

About Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records is the universally recognized authority
on record-breaking achievement. First published in 1955, the annual Guinness
World Records book is published in more than 100 countries and 20 languages
and is one of the highest-selling books under copyright of all time with more
than 3 million copies sold annually across the globe. Guinness World Records
celebrated its 50th anniversary edition in 2004, a year after the sale of its
100 millionth copy. The Guinness World Records website 
(http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com) receives more than 11 million 
visitors a year.

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