List of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists

Justin Bieber has spent the most weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50, with 139.

The Billboard Social 50 is a popularity chart which ranks the most active musical artists on the world's leading social networking services. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Next Big Sound, is based collectively on each artist's weekly additions of friends, fans and followers, along with artist website views and streaming media. Bill Werde, the former editorial director of Billboard, called the Social 50 "yet another step" in the evolution of the magazine and an "important response to our changing times". The chart initially only retrieved its data from YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, and iLike to create its ranking, but in November 2012 was expanded to include SoundCloud and Instagram. Data from Vine and Tumblr were added to the chart in June 2015.

The Billboard Social 50 was launched on December 11, 2010. The first artist to reach number one on the chart was Barbadian singer Rihanna. Since debuting, she has spent a total of 21 weeks at the top of the chart. Canadian singer Justin Bieber holds the record for the most weeks at number one, with 139. He also holds the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one, with 24. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift follows Bieber and Rihanna with 26 weeks at number one. Following her death in December 2012, American singer Jenni Rivera became the first and only artist to top the chart posthumously. Since its launch, 16 artists have reached the top spot on the Billboard Social 50. Three of these artists—Rivera, Skrillex and Justin Timberlake—have only reached the spot for a single week.

Number-one artists

Taylor Swift has spent 28 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.

Rihanna and Miley Cyrus have each spent 21 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.

Adele, Lady Gaga, and Psy have each spent 11 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.

One Direction has spent 8 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.

Ariana Grande has spent 7 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.

Key

No.	nth artist to top the Billboard Social 50
re	Return of an artist to number one

No.	Artist	Reached number one	Weeks at number one	Ref.
1	Rihanna	December 11, 2010	1
2	The Black Eyed Peas	December 18, 2010	2
re	Rihanna	January 1, 2011	3
3	Justin Bieber	January 22, 2011	4
re	Rihanna	February 19, 2011	1
4	Lady Gaga	February 26, 2011	1
re	Justin Bieber	March 5, 2011	2
re	Lady Gaga	March 19, 2011	5
re	Justin Bieber	April 23, 2011	4
re	Lady Gaga	May 21, 2011	5
re	Justin Bieber	June 25, 2011	3
5	Selena Gomez	July 16, 2011	1
re	Justin Bieber	July 23, 2011	1
re	Rihanna	July 30, 2011	1
re	Justin Bieber	August 6, 2011	24
6	Adele	January 21, 2012	11
re	Rihanna	April 7, 2012	1
re	Justin Bieber	April 14, 2012	7
re	Rihanna	June 2, 2012	5
7	Katy Perry	July 7, 2012	1
re	Rihanna	July 14, 2012	2
8	Skrillex	July 28, 2012	1
re	Rihanna	August 4, 2012	1
re	Justin Bieber	August 11, 2012	2
re	Rihanna	August 25, 2012	1
9	Taylor Swift	September 1, 2012	1
10	Psy	September 8, 2012	10
11	One Direction	November 17, 2012	1
re	Justin Bieber	November 24, 2012	1
re	One Direction	December 1, 2012	1
re	Rihanna	December 8, 2012	2
re	Justin Bieber	December 22, 2012	1
12	Jenni Rivera	December 29, 2012	1
re	Justin Bieber	January 5, 2013	5
13	Shakira	February 9, 2013	1
14	Beyoncé	February 16, 2013	2
re	Rihanna	March 2, 2013	2
re	Justin Bieber	March 16, 2013	3
15	Justin Timberlake	April 6, 2013	1
re	Justin Bieber	April 13, 2013	1
re	Taylor Swift	April 20, 2013	1
re	Rihanna	April 27, 2013	1
re	Psy	May 4, 2013	1
re	Justin Bieber	May 11, 2013	8
re	One Direction	July 6, 2013	1
re	Justin Bieber	July 13, 2013	5
re	One Direction	August 10, 2013	2
re	Justin Bieber	August 24, 2013	1
re	One Direction	August 31, 2013	3
re	Katy Perry	September 21, 2013	1
16	Miley Cyrus	September 28, 2013	6
re	Katy Perry	November 9, 2013	1
re	Miley Cyrus	November 16, 2013	6
re	Beyoncé	December 28, 2013	1
re	Justin Bieber	January 4, 2014	1
re	Miley Cyrus	January 11, 2014	4
re	Shakira	February 8, 2014	6
re	Justin Bieber	March 22, 2014	17
re	Miley Cyrus	July 19, 2014	1
re	Justin Bieber	July 26, 2014	8
re	Miley Cyrus	September 20, 2014	1
re	Justin Bieber	September 27, 2014	2
re	Miley Cyrus	October 11, 2014	3
re	Justin Bieber	November 1, 2014	1
re	Selena Gomez	November 8, 2014	1
re	Justin Bieber	November 15, 2014	1
17	Ariana Grande	November 22, 2014	1
re	Justin Bieber	November 29, 2014	1
re	Ariana Grande	December 6, 2014	3
re	Taylor Swift	December 27, 2014	8
re	Ariana Grande	February 21, 2015	1
re	Taylor Swift	February 28, 2015	9
re	Ariana Grande	May 2, 2015	1
re	Taylor Swift	May 9, 2015	6
re	Ariana Grande	June 20, 2015	1
re	Taylor Swift	June 27, 2015	1
re	Justin Bieber	July 4, 2015	1
re	Taylor Swift	July 11, 2015	2
re	Justin Bieber	July 25, 2015	25

See also

• 2010 in music
• 2011 in music
• 2012 in music
• 2013 in music
• 2014 in music
• 2015 in music

References

Social 50 history

External links

• Social 50 at Billboard
• Social 50 at Next Big Sound