Pop star Miley Cyrus was a hot topic on Twitter following her controversial MTV Video Music Awards performance on Sunday night.
According to new data from Twitter, Miley Cyrus' performance at the VMAs triggered 306,100 tweets per minute. For comparison, Justin Timberlake's performance during the award show registered nearly 220,000 tweets per minute. Drake's performance was close behind with 194,500 tweets per minute.
TWEETS PER MINUTE
1. Miley Cyrus 306,100
2. Justin Timberlake 220,000
3. Drake 194,500
Similarly, Cyrus, who performed in what is being called a "suggestive" way, was mentioned 4.5 million times last night on Twitter. Timberlake and Lady Gaga followed her with 2.9 million mentions and 1.9 million mentions, respectively.
MOST TWITTER MENTIONS
1. Miley Cyrus 4.5 million
2. Justin Timberlake 2.9 million
3. Lady Gaga 1.9 million
Why did you take out Lady Gaga in the MOST TWITTER MENTIONS while she is at a third place before Drake? What is this vendetta? Oh, you already took care of that. Maybe I got confused.
