Meet Carlos Silver, the Dominican singer who sang for 106 hours but had his world record attempt rejected.

Meet Carlos Silver, the Dominican singer who sang for 106 hours but had his world record attempt rejected.

Despite singing for an astonishing 106 consecutive hours surpassing the previous record set by an Indian singer Sunil Waghmare Guinness World Record's, officials disqualified Silver for breaching the organizations stringent rules. 

Silver's determination to break the record was evidence as he performed over 5,000 songs during epic 5-days singing marathon, marking his second attempt after an unsuccessful try in 2016 the Dominican artist had seemingly achieved his goal by surpassing record Waghmare's record, but elation turned to disappointment when his attempt was invalidated. 

Guinness Records cited video evidence revealing that Silver took breaks of up to 2 minutes between songs a clear violation of the specified 30 seconds break allowance. All though Silver admitted to occasionally exceeding the prescribed break time, he argued that has seamless transition between songs should compensate for the extension breaks. 

The rules dictated at 30 seconds rest between each song and 5 minutes of rest per hour of singing. However, Silver's theme consolidated the 5 minutes per song into half-hour blocks allowing him extended breaks for necessities such as rest, bathroom visit and meals. 

In a candid interview a disappointed Silver expressed his frustration stating, 

"I gave Guinness and extra 6,420 seconds and they took away my record for taking 30 seconds longer between a few songs."

 He criticized Guinness Officials for being overly methodical and urge them to recognize his humanity in the face of such a monumental feat.