'Game of Thrones' has broken a world record - a legal one this time
Guinness World Records
After breaking multiple records for being the most pirated show on television, HBO hatched a plan to thwart it. It decided to debut the premiere episode of Season 5 in 173 countries at the same time. So while international fans were able to watch the show legally instead of pirating it, the show broke the record for Largest TV Drama simulcast.
In doing so, it had just beat the record set by CBS procedural "CSI" just five weeks earlier.
Guinness World Records
"So pleased for 'Game of Thrones' to be a part of Guinness World Records, I'm not going to tell my step brother as he gets the book every year for Christmas," she said in the release sent out by Guinness. "I can't wait to see the look on his face!"
Other new inductees from the world of entertainment include NBC's "The Voice" for Most Tweeted TV Show over one minute, Taylor Swift for Most Million-Selling weeks on US albums charts, and Dr. Dre earned the title for Highest Earnings Ever for a Musician. According to Forbes, he made an estimated pre-tax earnings of $620 million, primarily from the sale of Beats Electronics to Apple in May 2014.
These records will appear for the first time in the 2016 book due out on September 10.
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