Posted on 05/02/2018 12:59:05 PM PDT by ethom
Kanye West's week of seemingly unending tweets (and corresponding media attention) vaults him back onto Billboard’s Social 50 chart, re-entering at No. 2 on the May 5-dated list.
The Social 50 is powered by data tracked by music analytics company Next Big Sound and ranks the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Wikipedia and Tumblr. The chart's methodology blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views and engagement. The chart’s latest tracking week ended April 26.
West, who initially reactivated his Twitter account on April 14, reaches No. 2 -- his highest ranking since hitting No. 2 in March 2016 -- with 2.5 million retweets and 898,000 mentions in the week ending April 26, according to Next Big Sound.
Kanye West accepts the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on Aug. 30, 2015 in Los Angeles.
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In the process, West announced new music -- some his own, some he simply produced, slowly revealing details of the not-yet-released material as the week wore on.
Later, the rapper began catching flak for his positive tweets about President Donald Trump. In an April 25 tweet, he called Trump his “brother” and said they were both “dragon energy.”
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The progressives will be gunning to get him back on the plantation...
“who could be no 1, potus?”
Not on a chart with Miley C and Brittney S.....
KW is the only one in the Top 10 I recognize.
https://www.billboard.com/charts/social-50
Oh, sorry, missed Cat at No. #7, the only good role she’s had.
Who’da’thunk’it in 2015 that Twitter would become the Great Equalizer against the mainstream/leftist/Lib Media?
Tweets against twits. {seriously shaking head}
Mission accomplished.
Most of what is up there is due to the power of the 15 year old girl. It looks like tweets are the new Tiger Beat. 4 Boy bands and a former boy band member make up half the list. One (Avici) is getting attention because he recently passed away. Shawn Mendes is a nice looking young man with relatable (to the young girls) songs.
I DO NOT CARE WHO YOU ARE....that is frigging FUNNY!!!
:)
He’s OUR Kanye, now.
and Kim K is calling Jared Kushner on policy! what in the world is going on... lol
BTS, who are #1 on the chart, are a k-pop (Korean pop) boy band.
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