Sentence examples for led a record from inspiring English sources

One Direction and Ed Sheeran led a record 2014 for British artists, who notched up five of the top 10 best-selling albums worldwide.

Davis had a huge and significant discography as a leader by the time he hired Coltrane, an unheralded musician best known as a rarely soloing sideman, who'd never yet led a record date.

Gazprom, the Russian natural gas producer, and Petroleo Brasileiro, a government-owned oil company, led a record $88 billion of bond sales by emerging-market borrowers in 2003, tapping into demand for higher-yielding assets after interest rates in the United States fell to the lowest levels in four decades.

When he was tapped to oversee the 2006 campaign effort, Emanuel led a record fundraising effort, bringing in far more money than four years earlier.

PAGE A6 Harvard President to Resign The president of Harvard University, Neil L. Rudenstine, who led a record-setting fund-raising campaign, is stepping down.

On the final night of the bed-in, Lennon led a recording of "Give Peace a Chance," sung by him and 50 or so guests, including Timothy Leary, Tommy Smothers, Petula Clark and Allen Ginsberg.

Darren 'Graceland' Jones, a local man from Cwmbran, led a record-breaking gathering of Elvises at a festival in Porthcawl in September shortly after being voted the best Elvis impersonator in Wales.

This despite the fact that the lobbying outfit's primary purpose is to advocate for additional weapons to Israel, one of the central reasons its tax-exempt front group, the American Israel Education Foundation, led a record-breaking delegation of 81 Members of Congress to Israel this August.

In 1977, Shirley Schmidt was named head of CBS/Israel, the first woman to lead a record company for CBS.

His increasing power-hitting ability eventually led to a record for home runs to lead off a game.

One day a rider handed them a business card; that led to a record contract.