List of Billboard Social 50 number-one artists

BTS have spent the most weeks as number one on the Billboard Social 50, with 210 out of their 219 weeks on the chart.

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. In October 2016, South Korean boy band BTS landed the number one spot on the chart, becoming the second K-pop act, after Psy, to reach first place on the ranking. They hold the record for the most weeks at number one, with 210. Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Bieber follows with 164 weeks at number one. BTS also hold the record for the most consecutive weeks at number one, with 180. Following her death in December 2012, American singer Jenni Rivera became the first and only artist to top the chart posthumously. Since its launch, 20 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.

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 the Artist 100 and Emerging 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.

Number-one artists

BTS currently holds the record for most consecutive weeks at number one with 180.
Justin Bieber has spent 163 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.
Taylor Swift performing live on a banjo, wearing a beige blouse and pigtails
Taylor Swift have spent 28 weeks at number one, the most by any female artist.
Rihanna and Miley Cyrus have each spent 21 weeks at number one on the Billboard Social 50.
Ariana Grande has spent 18 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.
Key
No. nth artist to top the Billboard Social 50
re Return of an artist to number one
Contents
2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017
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 4
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 56
re Ariana Grande August 20, 2016 1
re Justin Bieber August 27, 2016 1
re Ariana Grande September 3, 2016 4
18 Shawn Mendes October 1, 2016 2
19 Niall Horan October 15, 2016 2
20 BTS October 29, 2016 2
re Ariana Grande November 12, 2016 2
re BTS November 26, 2016 1
re Ariana Grande December 3, 2016 1
re BTS December 10, 2016 3
re Ariana Grande December 31, 2016 1
re BTS January 7, 2017 3
re Ariana Grande January 28, 2017 1
re BTS February 4, 2017 8
re Justin Bieber April 1, 2017 1
re BTS April 8, 2017 11
re Ariana Grande June 24, 2017 1
re BTS July 1, 2017 1
re Justin Bieber July 8, 2017 1
re BTS July 15, 2017 1
re Justin Bieber July 22, 2017 1
re BTS July 29, 2017 180

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