Eminem passes Michael Jackson to be most 'liked' person on Facebook
King of Pop dethroned? Eminem passes Michael Jackson to be most 'liked' person on Facebook
Published: Monday, February 28, 2011
Michael Jackson is no longer the King of Pop -- at least not on Facebook.
Eminem has overtaken Michael Jackson to be the most "liked" individual person on Facebook. As of Monday morning, the "Love The Way You Lie" rapper had 29,337,425 fans.
At press time, the late Michael Jackson had 29,328,374 fans on the social networking site.
Last week, Eminem had passed Lady Gaga to be the most liked living person on Facebook. The "Bad Romance" singer currently has 29,093,783 "likes," putting her in third place for an individual on Facebook.
If Eminem's aiming for the most "likes" overall on Facebook, though, he's got a long way to go:
Top 20 most "liked" pages on Facebook
1. Texas Hold'em Poker (37.36 million "likes")
2. Facebook (34.70 million "likes")
3. Eminem (29.34 million "likes")
4. Michael Jackson (29.33 million "likes")
5. Lady Gaga (29.09 million "likes")
6. YouTube (27.78 million "likes")
7. Family Guy (26.19 million "likes")
8. Rihanna (25.74 million "likes")
9. Linkin Park (23.59 million "likes")
10. South Park (22.79 million "likes")
11. Coca-Cola (22.71 million "likes")
12. Shakira (22.39 million "likes")
13. Justin Bieber (22.15 million "likes")
14. The Simpsons (21.15 million "likes")
15. Megan Fox (21.09 million "likes")
16. Vin Diesel (20.88 million "likes")
17. Cristiano Ronaldo (20.67 million "likes")
18. Lil Wayne (20.59 million "likes")
19. Bob Marley (20.59 million "likes")
20. Starbucks (19.78 million "likes")
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