The first few values of (sin k)^k, k >= 1, are:
sin(1)^1 = 0.841470984807896
sin(2)^2 = 0.826821810431805
sin(3)^3 = 0.002810384734461
sin(4)^4 = 0.328042581863883
sin(5)^5 = -0.81081460609467
sin(6)^6 = 0.000475886020687
sin(7)^7 = 0.052831820502919
sin(8)^8 = 0.917970288581835
sin(9)^9 = 0.000342924768404
sin(10)^10 = 0.002270688337734
sin(11)^11 = -0.99989227733272
and the record high points are at k = 1, 8, 33, ...