Girl, four, scoops world record after memorising and playing 50 xylophone songs in under 25 minutes

A four-year-old has scooped a world record for memorising and playing 50 xylophone songs in under 25 minutes.

Laasya Chigurupati can learn and reel off songs including Jingle bells, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Row Row Row Your Boat after hearing them just a handful of times.

Laasya was first given a xylophone 10 months ago and started by playing the ‘ABC song’, going on to stun her parents by playing 52 tunes at the age of three – a repertoire which has now increased to a whopping 75.

After initially being baffled by her abilities, proud parents Jithender Chigurupati, 34, and Aparna Chodagam, 33, both originally from India, became convinced that their daughter must be in line for a world record.

They approached the Assist World Records Research Foundation and now Laasya’s amazing talents have finally been rewarded with an official Assist World Record.

The family have also approached Guinness World Records Kids, and are waiting to hear if Laasya could be in line for a second world record.

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The four-year-old, from Beeston in Leeds, West Yorkshire, first showed signs of brilliance at the age of two when she began reciting Sanskrit poetry in full without help.

Mr Chigurupati, a project manager at William Hill, said: “When she was two-years-old, we knew she had a lot of memory grasping skills.”

He said: “We listened to a lot of Sanskrit poetry and after she heard one two or three times, she started humming it. By the age of two years and five months, she started reciting 14 Sanskrit poems.”

They decided to encourage their daughter’s memory skills and bought her a xylophone.

“At first she remembered the colours, but then we realised she was grasping the tones when she listened to the songs. Even when she hears pop songs she tries to play them,” he added.

“We have been exploring her talents and are open to whatever option she wants to take. We are really proud.”