기네스 World Records, the global authority on record breaking, today confirms that a poster erected to mark the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Michael’ album (released 13th December) has set a new record as the world’s largest poster.
기네스 World Records confirmed that the poster of Michael Jackson’s ‘Michael’ measures 171ft 의해 170ft with a total surface area of 29,070 ft², smashing the 이전 record - held 의해 the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver - 의해 더 많이 than 110 ft².
To put it into perspective, the ‘Michael’ poster would take over three quarters of the pitch at Wembley stadium, is longer than the equivalent of six Routemaster buses end-to-end and if upright would be higher than Nelson’s column.
The poster, made of PVC and weighing one ton, took engineers three hours to install - and is less than 3,000 meters from one of Heathrow’s main runways, literally viewable 의해 all planes arriving/ departing.
기네스 World Records requires the world's largest poster to be publically displayed and formed of one single piece of material; it must also 광고 a commercially available product. 기네스 World Records sent an official adjudicator to the site situated at Rectory Farm in Middlesex to officially verify and measure the ‘Michael’ poster.
Tarika Vara, 기네스 World Records adjudicator, said: “This is a massive achievement and it brings me great pleasure to 확인 that with this new world record, Michael Jackson's 'Michael' has earned its place in history. This poster has not only achieved incredible scale but it has combined this with intricate detail and having seen it up close I can 확인 that the quality of the image is fantastic. Michael Jackson already holds a number of 기네스 World Records and we are thrilled to award another 제목 to the King
Of Pop.”
The poster will stay at what will be known as ‘Michael’s Field’ until 23rd December, after which, the poster will travel via sea container into continental 유럽 where it will be toured and displayed.
Michael Jackson’s 기네스 World Records include:
World’s best-selling album for ‘Thriller’
Highest annual earnings for a pop 별, 스타 from 1989 and this record remains unbroken 21 years later
Most hit singles on UK singles chart in one 년 in 2006 when Michael had 19 singles in the UK 상단, 맨 위로 40.
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