Whitaker’s Almanack - Whitaker’s Little Book of Knowledge

Drake

Ed Sheeran

The Weeknd

Rihanna

Coldplay

Eminem

Justin Bieber

Kanye West

Calvin Harris

Maroon 5

The One-Above-All (Sensational Spider-Man Vol 2 #40, Marvel Comics), the creator of all realities in the Marvel Universe

Doomsday (Superman: The Man of Steel #18, DC Comics), who possesses an immeasurable level of strength and invulnerability

Presence (More Fun Comics #52, DC Comics), a fictional representation of the Judeo-Christian God

Galactus (Fantastic Four #48, Marvel Comics), cosmic being who predates the Big Bang and feeds on entire planets

Living Tribunal (Strange Tales #157, Marvel Comics), cosmic entity who can survey the entire multiverse at once and obliterate planets or suns

Thanos (Iron Man #55, Marvel Comics), mutant Titanian who can manipulate enormous amounts of cosmic energy

Anti-Monitor (Crisis on Infinite Earths #6, DC Comics), the embodiment of all antimatter in existence

Imperiex (Superman Vol. 2 #153, DC Comics), the embodiment of entropy who can induce a Big Bang

Darkseid (Supermans Pal, Jimmy Olsen #134, DC Comics), the ruler of Apokolips with godlike powers

Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen #1, DC Comics), super-being who can manipulate matter to his will

Mark Wahlberg $68m (51m)

Dwayne The Rock Johnson $65m (48.7m)

Vin Diesel $54.5m (40.4m)

Adam Sandler $50.5m (37.8m)

Jackie Chan $49m (36.7m)

Robert Downey Jr $48m (36m)

Tom Cruise $43m (32.2m)

Shah Rukh Khan $38m (28.4m)

Salman Khan $37m (27.7m)

Akshay Kumar $35.5 (26.6m)

Koeniggsegg Agera RS 278mph (447kph)

Hennessey Venom GT 270mph (435kph)

Bugatti Veyron Super Sport 268mph (431kph)

Bugatti Chiron 261mph (420kph)

9ff GT9-R 257mph (413kph)

SSC Ultimate Aero 256mph (411kph)

Saleen S7 Twin-Turbo 248mph (399kph)

Koenigsegg CCR 241mph (388kph)

McLaren F1 240mph (386kph)

Pagani Huayra BC 238mph (383kph)

Barbie

The Yo-Yo

Easy-Bake Oven

Radio Flyer

Silly Putty

Transformers

G.I. Joe

Hot Wheels

Etch-A-Sketch

LEGO

United States 2,556 summer; 285 winter; 2,841 total

Soviet Union 1,010 summer; 194 winter; 1,204 total

Great Britain 851 summer; 27 winter; 878 total

France 740 summer; 122 winter; 862 total

Germany 622 summer; 238 winter; 860 total

Italy 589 summer; 119 winter; 708 total

Sweden 498 summer; 151 winter; 649 total

Peoples Republic of China 543 summer; 62 winter; 605 total

Russian Federation 432 summer; 112 winter; 544 total

Norway 155 summer; 373 winter; 528 total

The Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel, Geneva $80,000 (62,300)

Maharajah Pavilion, Raj Palace, Jaipur, India $65,000 (50,600)

Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons Hotel, New York City $50,000 (39,000)

Hilltop Villa, Laucala Island, Fiji $45,000 (35,000)

Terrace Suite, The Mark Hotel, New York City $45,000 (35,000)

Penthouse Suite, Grand Hyatt Cannes Htel Martinez, France $41,930 (32,600)

Penthouse Suite, Hotel Cala di Volpe, Sardinia $41,177 (32,000)

Suite 5000, Madarin Oriental, New York City $36,000 (28,000)

Sky Villa, Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas $35,000 (24,800)

The Royal Suite, Htel Plaza Athne, Paris $30,745 (23,900)

Rungrado May Day stadium (football), Pyongyang, North Korea 114,000 seats

Michigan Stadium (American football), Michigan, USA 107,601 seats

Beaver Stadium (American football), Pennsylvania, USA 106, 572 seats

Ohio Stadium (American football), Ohio, USA 104,944 seats

Kyle Field (American football), Texas, USA 102,733 seats

Neyland Stadium (American football), Tennessee, USA 102,455 seats

Tiger Stadium (American football), Louisiana, USA 102,321

Bryant-Denny Stadium (American football), Alabama, USA 101,821 seats

Daryl K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium (American football), Texas, USA 100,119 seats

Melbourne Cricket Ground (cricket), Melbourne, Australia 100,024 seats

British Empire (c.1583c.1945) 22.63 per cent of world land area

Mongol Empire (c.1206 c.1370) 16.11 per cent of world land area

Russian Empire (c.1721 c.1917) 15.31 per cent of world land area

Spanish Empire (c.1740 c.1790) 13.43 per cent of world land area

Qing Dynasty (c.1636 c.1912) 9.87 per cent of world land area

Yuan Dynasty (c.1271 c.1368) 9.4 per cent of world land area

=Umayyad Caliphate (c.661 c.750) 8.73 per cent of world land area

=Second French colonial Empire (c.1534 c.1980) 8.73 per cent of world land area

Abbasid Caliphate (c.750 c.1258) 7.45 per cent of world land area

Portuguese Empire (c.1415 c.1822) 6.98 per cent of world land area

Toyota Corolla (1966present) 43,000,000+

Ford F-Series (1948present) 40,000,000+

Volkswagen Golf (1974present) 30,000,000+

Volkswagen Beetle (1938present) 23,000,000+

VAZ 2101 or Lada 1200 (19702012) 19,000,000+

=Ford Escort (19682000) 18,000,000+

=Honda Civic (1972present) 18,000,000+

Honda Accord (1976present) 17,000,000+

=Ford Model-T (19081927) 15,000,000+

=Volkswagen Passat (1973present) 15,000,000+

Mark Carne Chief Executive, Network Rail 745,000749.999

Mark Thurston Chief Executive, High Speed Two 600,000604,999

Francesco Paonessa Managing Director Network Rail 480,000484,999

Philip Hufton Managing Director, England & Wales, Network Rail 475,000479,999

Graham Hopkins Group Safety, Technical & Engineering Director, Network Rail 470,000474,999

Steve Allen Chief Financial Officer, High Speed Two 415,000419,999

Jim Crawford Phase One Managing Director, High Speed Two 400,000404,999

Jeremy Westlake Chief Financial Officer, Network Rail 385,000389,999

David Waboso Managing Director, Group Digital Railway, Network Rail 380,000384,999

Peter Hendy Chair, Network Rail 375,000379,999

Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister of Singapore $1,717,352 (1.2m)

Carrie Lam Chief Executive and President of the Executive Council of Hong Kong $578,320 (410,821)

Alain Berset President of Switzerland $401,929 (285,518)

Donald Trump President of The United States $400,000 (284,148)

Malcolm Turnbull Prime Minister of Australia $385,965 (274,177)

Sebastian Kurz Chancellor of Austria $330,396 (234,703)

Justin Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada $253,123 (179, 810)

Xavier Bettel Prime Minister of Luxembourg $245,184 (174,171)

Angela Merkel Chancellor of Germany $235,041 (166,968)

Charles Michel Prime Minister of Belgium $230,392 (163,663)

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (1612) 500,000,000

Xinhua Zidian Chinese language dictionary (1953) 400,000,000

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859) 200,000,000

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954) 150,000,000