Billboard has a new chart called Social 50 which ranks the most active artists on the world’s leading social networking site. It’s an ingenious way to see who’s hottest amongst the social networking generation. Not suprisingly, noneother than Rihanna sits in the number 1 spot in its debut week. The beautiful songstress is followed by Justin Bieber and Eminem at the second and third places respectively.
“We continue to adapt the way we chart the changing landscape of music,” Billboard Editorial Director, Bill Werde, said of the new chart. “The Social 50 is yet another step in the evolution of Billboard and an important response to our changing times.”
They use a unique metric that includes weekly page views and song plays on sites like MySpace, iLike, YouTube and Facebook.
Trailing behind the Slim Shady (at number 3) are Lady GaGa and Nicki Minaj. Black Eyed Peas, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Linkin Park and Shakira also make the top 10.
- Rihanna
- Justin Bieber
- Eminem
- Lady GaGa
- Nicki Minaj
- Black Eyed Peas
- Katy Perry
- Ke$ha
- Linkin Park
- Shakira
