85 most talked about artists on Twitter
In the last 24 hours…
There are numerous ways of wigging-in on other people's Tweets (we've covered some here) and, if you're that way inclined, joining in on the conversation.
One such aggregator, We Are Hunted, have "for your amusement" (or bemusement) published a list of the most talked about artists on Twitter over the last 24 hours. Interestingly, the top four are female and, with the exception of Lady GaGa, of the 'girly-girl' variety.
Fine, move over Kings Of Leon (ninth place? Pah), we're going all out on a Mariah Carey exclusive*. Power to the Tweets!
1. Taylor Swift
2. Pink
3. Lady GaGa
4. Mariah Carey
5. Beatles
6. Queen
7. Britney Spears
8. Kings Of Leon
9. Aerosmith
10. Coldplay
11. Kanye West
12. Kiss
13. Miley Cyrus
14. Lil' Wayne
15. Prince
16. Demi Lovato
17. Radiohead
18. Depeche Mode
19. Nine Inch Nails
20. Pink Floyd
21. Eminem
22. John Mayer
23. New Kids On The Block
24. Jonas Brothers
25. McFly
26. The Cure
27. Taking Back Sunday
28. Drake
29. Bob Dylan
30. Bruce Springsteen
31. Silverstein
32. Green Day
33. Jason Mraz
34. Metallica
35. Keri Hilson
36. The Killers
37. Paramore
38. David Bowie
39. Lily Allen
40. Black Sabbath
41. Led Zeppelin
42. Madonna
43. Frank Sinatra
44. Pussycat Dolls
45. Celine Dion
46. Morbid Angel
47. Kelly Clarkson
48. Rolling Stones
49. Jay-Z
50. Ciara
51. Fall Out Boy
52. MGMT
53. Kid Cudi
54. Nelly
55. Jimi Hendrix
56. Death Cab for Cutie
57. Bon Jovi
58. Jack Johnson
59. Linkin Park
60. The Doors
61. Billy Idol
62. Bob Marley
63. Jimi Hendrix
64. Asher Roth
65. Black Eyed Peas
66. Nirvana
67. Hannah Montana
68. Cat Stevens
69. Mansun
70. The Jonas Brothers
71. Dave Matthews
72. Katy Perry
73. Rihanna
74. AC/DC
75. Dido
76. Oasis
77. Lloyd Cole
78. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
79. The Fray
80. Ne-Yo
81. Justin Timberlake
82. Pearl Jam
83. Jeff Beck
84. The Smiths
85. Prodigy
*Actually, we're probably not going to do that.
(Via: Idolator)
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