Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, snare Guiness records - Reuters
<div id="articleText"> <span id="midArticle_start"></span> <div id="articleInfo" readability="33"> <p class="byline">By Joshua L. Weinstein</p> <p> <span class="timestamp">Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:11pm EDT</span> </p> </div> <span id="midArticle_0"></span><span class="focusParagraph" readability="3"><p>LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Lady Gaga have something in common. So do Hawaii Five-O and J.K. Rowling.</p> </span><span id="midArticle_1"></span><p>They're all listed in the new 2012 "Guinness Book of World Records," the book's publisher announced Tuesday.</p><span id="midArticle_2"></span><p>Sandra Bullock's in there, too. And Rihanna, Johnny Depp, Willow Smith and Hugh Laurie.</p><span id="midArticle_3"></span><p>The annual compendium of all things giant and tiny offered a preview of some of the records it's listing in the 2012 edition. Among them, Lady Gaga, for "Most Followers on Twitter" -- 11,259,372 as of June 29. The pop star also set a record for "Most Weeks on U.S. Digital Hot Songs" -- "Poker Face" was on there for 83 weeks.</p><span id="midArticle_4"></span><p>J.K. Rowling? Easy. The "Harry Potter" author is listed as "First Billionaire Author." Her seven "Harry Potter" books have sold more than 400 million copies worldwide.</p><span id="midArticle_5"></span><p>Willow Smith is listed as "Youngest Transatlantic Top 20 Artist." When she was only 10 years old, her "Whip My Hair" made the list.</p><span id="midArticle_6"></span><p>The rapper Lil Wayne is in the book for "Most US Hot 100 Hits by a Rap Artist" -- 64 between 1999 and 2010.</p><span id="midArticle_7"></span><p>Johnny Depp, Hugh Laurie, Sandra Bullock, Miranda Cosgrove and Angus T. Nelson are world record-holders for money -- though some of the records already are tumbling.</p><span id="midArticle_8"></span><p>Depp's listed as "Highest Paid Actor" for taking in $75 million between June 2009 and June 2010. Sandra Bullock led the actresses with $56 million.</p><span id="midArticle_9"></span><p>Hugh Laurie has the "Highest Paid Actor in a TV Drama" record with $400,000 per episode of "House.</p><span id="midArticle_10"></span><p>For the youngsters, 17-year-old Angus T. Jones, of "Two and a Half Men," is listed as "Highest Paid Child Star." He earned $250,000 per episode.</p><span id="midArticle_11"></span><p>"iCarly" star Miranda Cosgrove was the "Highest Paid Child Actress," earning $180,000 per episode, according to Guinness.</p><span id="midArticle_12"></span><p>Justin Bieber's "Baby" was the "Most Popular Video of Any Kind Online," with 463,820,304 views as of February 16, 2011.</p><span id="midArticle_13"></span><p>The wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton was crowned "Most Live Streams for a Single Event," with 72 million streams.</p><span id="midArticle_14"></span><p>And "Hawaii Five-O?" "Highest Rated New Show," as the CBS cop drama had 19.34 million viewers on January 23.</p><span id="midArticle_15"></span><p>The Guinness Book of World Records will be in stores Thursday with a suggested retail price of $28.95.</p><span id="midArticle_16"></span><p>(Editing by Zorianna Kit)</p><span id="midArticle_17"></span></div>
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