Britney Most-Searched Celebrity Since Inception of Internet
The Huffington Post:
Britney Spears Most-Searched Celebrity Since the Inception of the Internet
Somewhere, coy reality star Kim Kardashian is petting her fur kitten Mercy, blessing the Internet Gods who yielded her the most-searched celebrity for the second year in a row, according to Yahoo!'s latest report.
But the fame-seeking Kardashian is only making up for lost time. Turns out, one person has clearly dominated the top-searched lists for the past decade or so: Britney Spears. She's topped the lists for a whopping seven of the 12 years. That makes her the most-searched celebrity since the inception of the internet.
Most-Searched Celebrities Of The Past 12 Years
2001
Britney Spears. Brit followed up her stunning 2000 breakout performance at the MTV VMAs with writhing live snakes and a jungle-inspired rendition of "Slave 4 U." Obviously.
2002
Britney Spears. Yep, it's still Britney, b*tch.
2003
Britney Spears. Britney's on-stage kiss with Madonna during a performance of "Like A Virgin" at the MTV VMAs must have driven people to their computers for replays.
2004
Paris Hilton. Two words: sex tape. The video, released in November 2003, surfed the hotel heiress into Internet notoriety well into the next year. She also released an autobiography, "Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose," in 2004.
2005
Britney Spears. Spears spent much of 2005 pregnant with her first child, Sean Preston Federline. He was born September 14, 2005.
2006
Britney Spears. People just loved typing in "Britney Spears" into Yahoo! search boxes, huh?
2007
Britney Spears. A public meltdown, head-shaving incident and disastrous VMA performance added to the lurid spectacle of Brit Brit.
2008
Britney Spears. America's reigning pop princess continued to fascinate audiences eight years after first being crowned "Most-Searched Celebrity" on the search-engine site.
2009
Michael Jackson. The King of Pop shocked the world when he passed away on June 25 at age 50.
2010
Miley Cyrus. The former Disney star's banner year included the release of her pop anthem "Party in the U.S.A." and a starring role in "The Last Song" alongside future fiancé Liam Hemsworth.
2011
Kim Kardashian. A televised wedding, 72-day marriage and divorce filed on Halloween sealed the deal. Kardashian came in third overall that year, following only search phrases for "iPhone" and "Casey Anthony."
2012
Kim Kardashian. The reality star's budding relationship with rapper Kanye West was obsessively covered by tabloids, fashion rags and music magazines alike.
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