Afua Asantewaa has announced her decision to attempt the Guinness World Record (GWR) for longest singing marathon again after her failed attempt last year.
In a flier shared, she indicated that this would take place on December 21.
Afua Asantewaa completed 126 hours of the singing marathon she started on December 24, 2023 in her attempt to break the 11-year-old GWR set by the Indian, Sunil Waghmare. Afua’s attempt was aimed at breaking the 105 hours record set by Waghmare in 2012. She ended the singing marathon on December 27, 2023.
But the Guinness World Record (GWR) earlier this year disqualified Afua Asantewaa’s sing-a-thon attempt.
In a tweet responding to a comment enquiring about her attempt, the GWR said “unfortunately, Afua’s Guinness World Record attempt for the longest singing marathon was not successful but we hope that she will make another attempt soon.”
“This was due to guidelines around rest break timings not being met. These rules are standard across all of our ‘longest marathon’ records,” a GWR spokesperson said.
The GWR has elaborate and strict requirements for challenging a record or setting one, and has similar requirements for submitting attempts. Applicants would have to strictly follow the rules, failure to follow the step-by-step processes could result in a rejection.
