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Celeb News: Rihanna buys Facebook likes to surpass Gaga's
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Rihanna buys Facebook likes to surpass Gaga's
Its actually her label but tempted to make the title interesting.
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It's believed that record labels have boosted first week album sales for years, all in an attempt to dictate public perception, and in turn, raise an artist's profile. But, are the majors now boasting fan/follower counts on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter?
That's exactly what's happening, according to Boston-based viral marketing firm ViralMS (ViralMS.com), which offers a service that allows users to purchase Facebook "fans."
Last Thursday (July 14), popstar Rihanna made headlines when she surpassed Lady Gaga to become the most popular female on Facebook, boasting over 40.6 million fans ... and to date, has reached 41.1 million.
However, was the singer's numbers juiced for publicity, and to dictate popularity in the social media world?
ViralMS confirmed to BallerStatus.com that their "Buy Facebook Fans" service (ViralMS.com) was purchased for Rihanna's official Facebook page (Facebook.com/Rihanna), just one day before she overtook Lady Gaga and made headlines.
We've obtained a snapshot of the transaction details of the order from the company's Paypal account (see here ), which shows that an order was placed for 100,000 fans -- the number Rihanna had passed Gaga by, at the time of our report -- for the cost of $7,799.
While ViralMS could not confirm who placed the order (due to privacy policy), they suggested the possibility that it was either a crazed fan, or Rihanna's camp/label. It's likely that the latter would be the logical answer.
Apparently, this is a normal practice ...and ViralMS has been offering it to high-profile clients since their launch in 2008. They say the "more fans they have the more popular they appear."
"We have a wide demographic of famous individuals who buy Facebook fans. Ever since we started the industry we have worked with high-profile actors, musicians, politicians, athletes, and even Fortune 500 companies," a rep for the company told us.
"Humans are historically social creatures and they form friendships with other humans," the rep added. "The Internet has given celebrities a way to really flex their muscles through social networks. The more fans they have the more popular they appear -- it's like a game to them, really."
ViralMS claims to receive orders to boost Facebook numbers from regular individuals on a daily basis, and from celebrities "every few weeks"; and on Twitter, the orders are coming in at an even higher volume.
On Twitter, Rihanna has more than 6.2 million followers and currently ranks at #13 among all users. Lady Gaga still reigns supreme on the social media site with 11.7 followers, with Justin Bieber at #2 and President Obama at #3.
The perception of more fans/followers seems to hold a lot of weight in today's world. If it didn't, services like those of ViralMS wouldn't be as successful as they are.
Inquiries to Rihanna's camp/label for comment were not answered at press time.
Read more at ONTD: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com...#ixzz1SoFk0300
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Sources: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/61333687.html
http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/07/...for-publicity/
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L.A. Reid is a mess. 
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it's just likes on Facebook.  does it really matter who's the queen on facebook, or stupid conspieracy stories about a label buying likes.
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Originally posted by Shame♥
L.A. Reid is a mess. |
obvious that those likes were fixed 
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If this is a fake, then the OP and the creator of this rumor are ****ing messes.
If this is real, Rihanna and her team are ****ing messes.
Either way, this report is a ****ing mess and I am not here for it.
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So that is why she is not making the Forbes 100.
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Oh well, she's more than 100,000 likes ahead of Gaga now. And it's not like other artists haven't bought albums in the first week to try and break records, but fall short anyway.
Rihanna was going to pass Gaga REGARDLESS. But this doesn't seem true, it actually took a longer time than I had expected for her to get the likes at the rate she had been going, I predicted it to happen at like 5am but it didn't happen till 11am.
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so desperate
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Oh.
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Originally posted by WONDA
And it's not like other artists haven't bought albums in the first week to try and break records, but fall short anyway.
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You have receipts for that slander, sis?
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I'm sure she isn't the only one.... Look at how fast Shakira rakes up likes.
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But they were close in "likes" regardless. It's not like she bought 10 million fans to catch up.
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Her label needs to purchase her some nominations instead of likes.
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Originally posted by WONDA
Oh well, she's more than 100,000 likes ahead of Gaga now. And it's not like other artists haven't bought albums in the first week to try and break records, but fall short anyway.
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No shes not more than 100,000 now.. its like 90,000 or something, please check again 
And do you know the news that Rihanna is #1 female on facebook she would gain even faster.
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She didn't do this. This is what makes stans look pressed as hell. Just accept the fact and move on lol
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Leave Rihanna Alone 
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