Badgalriri -- Rihanna's handle on Instagram -- has been absent from the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform all summer since her account was deactivated in May. While no official explanation was offered, some say it was because of posts containing risqué images from her Lui magazine cover shoot.
Either way, Badgalriri reappeared Nov. 2 on Instagram, spurring a No. 2 re-entry on the Social 50 after a five-month absence from the chart's top 10. The surge back onto the chart also elevates her on the Billboard Artist 100, where she flies 100-44.
1 ARIANA GRANDE (+1)
2 RIHANNA (RE-ENTRY)
3 TAYLOR SWIFT (+1)
4 SELENA GOMEZ (+1)
5 MILEY CYRUS (-2)
6 NICKI MINAJ (=)
7 JUSTIN BIEBER (-6)
8 ONE DIRECTION (-1)
9 BEYONCE (+2)
10 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER (+6)
11 KATY PERRY (-3)
12 CHRIS BROWN (=)
13 JENNIFER LOPEZ (+1)
14 LUCY HALE (+7)
15 SHAWN MENDES (+3)
16 DEMI LOVATO (+17)
17 IGGY AZALEA (-4)
18 WIZ KHALIFA (-3)
19 SNOOP DOGG (-10)
20 MARTIN GARRIX (+4)
21 EMINEM (+4)
22 ED SHEERAN (-3)
23 DRAKE (-13)
24 JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE (+19)
25 BOB MARLEY (-2)
26 AUSTIN MAHONE (-4)
27 LUDACRIS (-10)
28 ROMEO SANTOS (-8)
29 SHAKIRA (=)
30 LADY GAGA (+14)
31 ELLIE GOULDING (-2)
32 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS (-2)
33 FIFTH HARMONY (DEBUT)
34 BRITNEY SPEARS (+3)
35 ZENDAYA (-8)
36 BRUNO MARS (-8)
37 PITBULL (-5)
38 DAVID GUETTA (+4)
39 THE VAMPS (RE-ENTRY)
40 CALVIN HARRIS (+5)
41 BECKY G (RE-ENTRY)
42 RITA ORA (-7)
43 BIG SEAN (RE-ENTRY)
44 CIARA (-3)
45 ADELE (-5)
46 SAM SMITH (-10)
47 LITTLE MIX (-16)
48 LINKIN PARK (RE-ENTRY)
49 NICK JONAS (RE-ENTRY)
50 FRENCH MONTANA (DEBUT)
Re-activating IG couldn't take her to #1? With perfumes promo, photoshoots, new performance etc?
Ari just debuted a new video last week, and that also counts into the Social 50. Rihanna probably would have shot back to #1 had it not been for the LMH video premiere.