Afua Asantewaa, a social media sensation, has claimed that the Guinness World Records (GWR) breached their contract by announcing the result of her singing marathon before she could.
During an interview on GTV, she explained that as per the contract signed with GWR, she was supposed to be informed of the results so she could announce it to the world. However, the results were announced without her consent.
According to Asantewaa, the contract stated that until she decides to release the results, GWR cannot do so. She said, “There are so many things I have tried in the past that I willingly embraced failure (and) that brought me this far. So why would I hide the results from the public? No way.”
As of February 23, when GWR replied to a tweet, Asantewaa said she did not know the results of the record attempt because she was unable to access the email sent by GWR containing the results. She further noted that she had alerted GWR about her inability to access the email on February 12, however, they are yet to respond.
She also mentioned that she could not log in to her account and needed official documents to make a statement. Her team was making plans to announce the results once GWR got back to them. She added, “We were even planning where to break the news when we received it. We wanted to do a press conference and all that.”
Asantewaa said that she would not hide the results from the public and would embrace them, like so many times in the past. She would try again if needed.
In December 2023, Asantewaa took on the challenge to beat the existing sing-a-thon record which stands at 105 hours set in 2012. She endured a five-day singing marathon which began at midnight on Sunday, December 24, 2023, and ended at 7:00 am on December 29, 2023.
Asantewaa attempted to break the record for the longest singing marathon and sang for five days, six hours, and 55 minutes.
Her attempt ended emotionally with the national anthem played to honor her efforts. Despite paying for a priority review in January 2024, the GWR did not announce the outcome of her attempt.
Finally, on Friday, the GWR announced that Asantewaa failed to break the record. However, Asantewaa believes that her five-day experience is an accomplishment.
