1 . Elvis Presley is still the best-selling solo artist in the world.
With over 1 billion sales worldwide, the King is still the best-selling solo artist in the world. And he’s not as old-fashioned as you might think. Ever heard of the song Can’t Help Falling in Love? Yeah, Elvis sang that.
2 . 70 different pieces of wood make a violin !
This might worry anyone thinking of starting to learn how to play the violin. You have to clean and maintain your own violin, after all. But there’s no need to worry. Those 70 pieces of wood together make up the 9 basic parts of a violin. And those are the only ones you need to know about to clean and maintain your violin.
3 . Leonard Warren died after singing “to die, a momentous thing”.
Here’s something grim and ironic from music facts. Leonard Warren was a popular opera singer with New York’s Metropolitan Orchestra. On March 4, 1960, he was performing in the opera La Forza Del Destino. Immediately finishing Don Carlo’s Act III song, Leonard Warren fell over and died. There was no autopsy, though it’s thought that he died of a heart attack. He was 40 years old at the time.
4 . Maroon 5 was originally called Kara’s Flowers.
You’ve heard of Maroon 5, and that they started in 2001. But in fact, they started long before that. The group first formed in 1994, as Kara’s Flowers. They achieved modest success, but only made big as Maroon 5.
5 . Michael Jackson’s Thriller is the most-selling album of all time.
We’d be very surprised if you didn’t know about Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Not when it has sold 66 million copies worldwide, on top of other accolades.
6 . Britney Spears once had a picture taken of her with a shaved head.
Britney Spears caused a stir in 2007 when she shaved her head. One photo of her taken afterward sold for $500,000. This made it the most expensive photo ever taken by the paparazzi.
7 . The Beatles once sang about Marijuana.
This can be a shocking example of music facts, but it’s true. The Beatles sang Got to Get You into My Life in 1966. They released it as part of the album Revolver. Paul McCartney admitted in 1997 that the ‘you’ in the song’s title referred to Marijuana.
8 . Freddie Mercury was completely confident in his performance, his singing and playing abilities but he wasn’t actually confident in his piano skills and feared playing “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
9 . Rihanna: Always Remember Your Umbrella
Rihanna's hit single 'Umbrella' was originally written for Britney Spears, but her label rejected it.
10 . Adele: World Record Holder
In 2012 Adele held three word records, including the most consecutive weeks at number one on the UK Album Charts. katy perry performing live
11 . World Record Holder
In September 2012, PSY’s 'Gangnam Style' video set the Guinness world record for the most liked video on YouTube .
12 . Ed Sheeran: The Gig Machine
Over the course of 2009 alone, Ed Sheeran played a reported 312 gigs across the country after wanting to beat James Morrison's total of 200 in one year.
13 . Godmother !
Elton John and David Furnish named Lady Gaga as the Godmother of their son, Zachary.
14 . Kesha is crazy smart !!!
Pop star kesha has an IQ of 140 . she even scored a 1500 ( out of 1600 ) on her SATs !
15 . Jessie J is a songwriting machine.
Jessie J wrote 600 tracks over a period of seven years before the release of her debut album, eventually selecting just 13 of them for the album. That’s dedication!
16 . Adele was discovered after her friend posted demos of her on Myspace in 2004.
17 . Adele is a big Spice Girls fan
Saying, "I'll never be ashamed to say I love the Spice Girls because they made me who I am. I'm deadly serious about that."
18 . U2 was originally asked to perform "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" before it went to Aerosmith
19 . Why were they called Nirvana?
Cobain has said Nirvana settled on that name because he “wanted a name that was kind of beautiful or nice and pretty instead of a mean, raunchy punk name like the Angry Samoans". Before they became Nirvana, the band were known as Skid Row, Fecal Matter and Ted Ed Fred.
20 . What are Nirvana’s biggest songs?
Nirvana’s biggest song was the world-changing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" . Released on September 10, 1991, it shot straight into the Billboard top 10, and is often cited as the moment when grunge music crossed over into the mainstream .
