People who work in silence are slower and less proficient than those who listen to music while working. Video game music itself is designed to keep you motivated and finishing tasks without stealing your focus. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work
Japan’s largest pop group, AKB48, currently has 134 group members. The group has 5 different ‘teams’ all with 20+ members as well.
When the Grammy-nominated band Arctic Monkeys was formed, none of its members could play a musical instrument. – WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Helders#Role_as_drummer
A study in 2009 found that people who pirated music were ten times more likely to purchase music than those who didn’t.
– WTF Fun Fact
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pirates-buy-more-music
Barry Manilow’s hit ‘I Write The Songs’ which reached number 1 on the Billboard hits chart in January of 1976, wasn’t written by Barry Manilow.
– WTF Fun Fact
Former Indoneisan President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono released three pop albums while he was President, including “I’m Certain I’ll Make It”.
The band Coldplay was originally formed under the name of Pectoralz, and later changed to Starfish. It wasn’t until Will Champion joined that they became Coldplay.
Leo Fender, the founder of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation which produceded the iconic Telecaster and Stratocaster, could not himself play the guitar.
–
