TheBillboard Social 50 was a popularity chart which ranked the most activemusic artists on the world's leadingsocial networking services.^[1] Its data, published byBillboard magazine and compiled byNext Big Sound, was based collectively on each artist's weekly additions offriends, fans and followers, along with artist website views andstreaming media.^[1] Bill Werde, the former editorial director ofBillboard, called the Social 50 "yet another step" in the evolution of the magazine and an "important response to our changing times".^[2] The chart initially only retrieved its data fromYouTube,Vevo,Facebook,Twitter,Myspace, andiLike to create its ranking, but in November 2012 was expanded to includeSoundCloud andInstagram.^[3][4] Data fromVine andTumblr was added to the chart in June 2015.^[5]

TheBillboard Social 50 was launched on December 11, 2010. The first artist to reach number one on the chart was Barbadian singerRihanna.^[3][6] Since debuting, she had spent a total of 21 weeks at the top of the chart. In October 2016, South Korean boy bandBTS landed the number one spot on the chart, becoming the second K-pop act, after Psy, to reach first place on the ranking. They set the record for the most weeks at number one, with 210.^[7] Canadian singer-songwriterJustin Bieber followed with 164 weeks at number one. BTS also set the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one, with 180. Following her death in December 2012, American singerJenni Rivera became the first and only artist to top the chartposthumously. Since its launch, 20 artists had reached the top spot on theBillboard Social 50. Three of these artists—Rivera,Skrillex andJustin Timberlake—had only reached the spot for a single week.

On December 26, 2020,Billboard announced its suspension of the Social 50 chart for an undisclosed period of time in order to facilitate their transition to a new data partner. While this would also impact theArtist 100 andEmerging Artists charts—both include social metrics in their formulation—Billboard stated that neither chart would be disrupted. The Social 50 was to resume activity sometime early in 2021, but remains inactive to date.^[8]

BTS currently holds the record for most consecutive weeks at number one with 180.

Rihanna andMiley Cyrus have each spent 21 weeks at number one on theBillboard Social 50.

Adele,Lady Gaga, andPsy have each spent 11 weeks at number one on theBillboard Social 50.

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