10 Most Popular Celebrities on Facebook
Ever since the invention of social media the famous people have been using it in order to better communicate with their fans. There is Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Youtube and other known social media where celebrities have official accounts.
Thank God for Facebook now, because they can make their online presence known for every single one of their fans, not matter their location on the Globe.
But some of them managed to make themselves known on social media by their dedication to the fans and became the most popular celebrities on Facebook.
I must admit that I love those kind of celebrities that manage their own social media accounts. Why? Because I believe there is no better way to get to know your fans from all over the world than by social media.
Let’s take a look at the most popular celebrities on Facebook!
10. Lionel Messi – 69,954,535 likes
The Argentine footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team is the 10th most popular celebrity on Facebook.
He is one of the richest footballers in the world and one of the most famous athletes ever so the 69 million likes comes with no surprise for any of us.
In fact, it seems kind of a low number if you consider his popularity. Consider this, he was ranked many times as the best player in the world and was rated by some sport magazines as the greatest of all time.
He was the first football player in history to with four FIFA/Ballons d’Or, all of which he won consecutively and the first to win three European Golden Shoe awards.
Pretty impressive, isn’t it?You can find his page here.
9. Will Smith – 71,044,833 likes
One of the most popular celebrities on Facebook, Will Smith is an American actor, producer and rapper. Started as The Fresh Prince rapper and then he starred in the popular TV Series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and from there his popularity increased rapidity.
In 2007 he was named the most powerful actor in Hollywood and the most bankable star worldwide by Forbes.
Okay, but what does it mean? It means that his movies go straight into the box office. His 16 out of the 20 fiction films he has acted in have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of over $100 million each. Five of them took over $500 million each in global box office reports.
In 2014 only, his films have grossed $6.6 billion in global box office.
Was nominated for four Golden Globes awards, two Academy Awards and won four Grammy Awards and received Best Actor Oscar nominations for Ali and “The Pursuit of Happyness”.
With that much popularity and earnings for his movies is no surprise that he is one of the most liked celebrities on Facebook.
You can find his page here.
8. Justin Bieber – 73,308,124 likes
There is not much to say about him. Everyone knows who Bieber is, either they like it or not.
Bieber became famous on Youtube with the song “Baby” in 2007 when his actual manager Scooter Braun first discovered him. And ever since his Facebook likes started growing as he released new materials.
He used to be a good singer, but something changed after he and Selena Gomez broke up a while ago.
But like every other artist, the bad things started to come to his way.
As the negative things started to add up, the numbers of fans started to go down.
But that is not an impediment for him to live his life as he wants. Recently he teased a new song. Would you want to listen to that teaser?
You can find his page here.
7. Katy Perry – 73,683,146 likes
By the age of 29 Katy Perry received so many awards and nominations, and has been included in the Forbes list of “Top-Earning Women in Music” between 2011 and 2013.
Not many people know that Katy had a career in gospel music as a teenager and even released a debut studio album, Katy Hudson in 2001.
But her real fame came in 2008 with the release of the single “I Kissed a Girl” from her album “One of the Boys”. Her third album “Teenage Dream” became the first by a female artist to produce five number-one Billboard Hot 100 songs and the second overall after Michael Jackson’s “Bad” in 1987.
She has sold over 11 million albums and 81 million singles worldwide, making her one of the best-selling artists of all time.
Today, she is one of the most popular celebrities on Facebook and the fans are still coming.
You can find her page here.
6. Michael Jackson – 78,128,780 likes
Even though he is dead for over five years (June 25 2009) he is still one of the best artists this world has seen.
Started his career with his brothers in Jackson 5 and then in the 80s he became a dominant figure in popular music. His contributions to music, dance and fashion made him a global figure in popular culture for over four decades.
Even now that he is dead, we still haven’t forgotten him, and his Facebook page continues to grow each day.
He was and forever will be the King Of Pop for everyone, because he brought something new to the music. As a dancer he popularized a number of complicated dance techniques, you may have heard of The Robot of the Moonwalk, right?
His distinctive sound and style has influenced numerous hip hop, post-disco, contemporary R&B, pop, and rock artists. He had influence while he was still alive and it seems that he still has it long after his dead.
You can find his page here.
5. Vin Diesel – 83,517,751 likes
The voice of tree-like humanoid Groot from the recent released movie “The Guardians of the Galaxy” is one of the most popular celebrities on Facebook and not only there.
He first became known to the public after he starred in Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan in 1998. After that the character Riddick from “The Chronicles of Riddick” followed and his success only got bigger.
However many of you know him as Dominic Toretto from “The Fast and the Furious” film series (2001-present).
What you may not know about him is that his real name is Mark Sinclair of Mark Vincent. Funny, right?
Now, years after his first appearance in the movie industry he is a filmmaker, director, producer and founder of the production companies One Race Films, Racetrack Records and Tigon Studions and one of the most liked celebs on social media.
You can find his page here.
4. Rihanna – 89,642,821 likes
Known as the girl with an umbrella, Rihanna slowly claimed onto the stair of fame and it seems like she plans to stay there for a long time.
Everything started when she met record producer Evan Rogers and recorded demo tapes under Roger’s guidance. Eventually her tape reached Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for its president, hip-hop producer and rapper Jay- Z.
Now she is known for her unique chameleon style she adopted since Good Girl Gone Bad. Over the years her work has earned numerous awards and accolades, including 7 Grammy Awards, 8 American Music Awards, 22 Billboard Music Awards and 2 BRIT Awards.
She is one of the richest artist and forth most powerful celebrity of the year according to Forbes in 2012). Right now, Rihanna is one of the most popular celebrities on Facebook with over 89 million likes.
You can find her page here.
3. Eminem – 93,262,622 likes
The “Rap God”, is one of the most popular celebs this world has known. He has his own record label named Shady Records with his manager Paul Rosenberg and his radio channel Shade 45 on Sirius XM Radio.
In 2002 he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the “8 Mile” iconic song “Lose Yourself” becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award.
Slim Shady is the best-selling artist of the 2000s in the USA and the Rolling Stones magazine ranked him as 82nd on its list of The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
Was named by the same magazine “The King of Hip-Hop”. He had 10 number-one albums on Billboard 200 and has sold over 80 million albums and 120 million singles worldwide.
All that and you are not surprised by the number of likes his Facebook page has. In fact you wonder why it doesn’t have more.
You can find his page here.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo -96,101,096likes
The richest footballer from 2014 World Cup, Ronaldo is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and captains the Portugal national team.
In 2009, he became the most expensive player in the world when he decided to move from Manchester United to Real Madrid in a transfer worth €94 million ($132 million).
His contract with Real Madrid makes him the highest-paid footballer in the world due to its annual salary of €21 million.
Being the best player in the world (according to some sport publications), Ronaldo has many fans by his side, 96 million fans to be exact.
That makes him one of the most popular celebrities on Facebook.
You can find his page here.
1. Shakira – 102,686,336 likes
And the number one most popular celebrity on Facebook is Shakira. He became famous with “Whatever, Whatever” from her fifth album Laundry Service (2001) when she entered the English-language market.
Since then she has won many awards including a Golden Globe nomination. Also, she has a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and is one of the best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 60 million records worldwide.
Today, she is listed as 58th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes magazine. Her official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” is the biggest-selling World Cup song of all time.
Its video has over 720 million views making it the seventh most-watched video on Youtube.
With that many awards and nominations Shakira became one of the most respected and loved celebrity of all time, and her 100 million fans on Facebook are there to prove that.
You can find her page here.
In conclusion, social media is a way for people to communicate and make friends. Now, everyone has at least one virtual presence and the celebrities are not an exception.
After all, we are in the 21st century where technology is our best friend.
What better way to communicate with the fans than social media?
Which ones you have liked on Facebook? What do you think of the Most Popular Celebrities on Facebook?
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