Justin Bieber might have record-breaking album sales, but now he’s also got a Guinness World Record thanks to his fans! On March 1^st, the Biebs’ 18^th birthday, thousands of fans took to a Facebook page to chime in and help set the record for most social media messages in 24 hours.

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Although the official tally isn’t in yet, about halfway through the day fans had hit 214,900 messages, and by 7:27 PM ET the total was around 292,069. Participants were supposed to retweet the following message, first tweeted out by a special account just for the occasion. They could also post this message to the Facebook wall of the event.

Please RT: Setting a world record for @justinbieber! #leggo bit.ly/jb18th

— JB World Record (@JBWorldRecord) March 1, 2012

The World Record folks are still working out the details, but the current record-holder, Beat Cancer Everywhere, only gained 209,771 mentions in 2009 which helped them raise $70,000 for cancer research. With his 17.8 million Twitter followers, it’s really no surprise that Bieber was able to surpass that number.

According to happybirthdayjustinbieber.com, it will take about a week to tally the official number of mentions. Until then, you can get Justin another gift he asked for this year by donating to charity: water on his behalf.

VIA Mashable