With the release of "Journals" on Monday, Dec. 23, Justin Bieber set the online world on fire and, in turn, returns to the No. 1 spot on the Social 50 to reclaim the throne for the first time in 18 weeks.
Billboard´s Social 50 chart ranks the most popular artists on YouTube, Vevo, Facebook, Twitter, Soundcloud, Wikipedia, Myspace and Instagram. The chart’s methodology blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers along with artist page views, song plays and reactions as measured by music analytics provider Next Big Sound.
According to Billboard, Justin’s move to No. 1 dethrones Beyonce, who slips No.1 to No.3 after returning to the top after her surprise album was released on Dec. 13. Miley Cyrus, meanwhile, rises to No.2.
This is one of those moments when I take a huge breathe of happiness in. I feel and I am proud of Justin for the success of the "Journal Collection/Album". For the hard work he put on the songs. Even though some Beliebers didn´t like the songs because they were slow, I thought they were fantastic, amazing and from his heart, so I would like to that all the Beliebers who bought the songs and album on iTunes for making this happen, because it wouldn´t have if it was not for you guys.