Nigerian actor and artist, Hawwal Ogungbadero, has shared the story behind his team’s achievement of setting a new Guinness World Record for the longest recording marathon by multiple artists. Together with 29 other members of Black Stereo Music Group (BSMG), they accomplished this feat on June 25, 2023, with a total duration of 40 hours and 19 minutes.
During a recent interview with TVC, Hawwal Ogungbadero revealed that the idea for the record attempt came to him in 2022.
He said, “In 2022, the idea came to me to do a Guinness World Record [challenge]. And I decided to hold a musical Guinness World Record featuring a lot of artists in the record as well.
“I’m more focused on the artistic part of my career. So, I got artists in the studio, we decided to hold the Guinness World Record for 40 hours and 19 minutes. It was very difficult because initially, we didn’t have funding to like to go do it. Things needed for a Guinness World Record. There are a lot of technicalities to it. And I’m grateful to God that we were able to get the funding from some blockchains companies and here we are today, the Guinness World Record [certificate] is right beside me.”