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Celeb News: Who are the most photographed celebrities in the world?
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Who are the most photographed celebrities in the world?
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Now that Diana, Princess of Wales, is dead, who is widely considered "the most photographed woman in the world"? (Angelina Jolie? Madonna?) What about the most photographed man?
- Shutterbug
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Good question. Unfortunately, reliable statistics do not exist on the number of photographs taken of individual subjects, especially in this age of digital cameras and camera phones. There are millions of pictures taken every day, and it's impossible to categorize them all. Maybe there's some creepy kid in Andorra who just sits around all day taking pictures of his sister from dawn till dusk, thousands a day, millions a year. Would that make her the most photographed woman in the world?
If we stick to "professional" photographs — news photos, model shoots, paparazzi snaps, etc. — there are some candidates that are better than others. Let's run through some of top contenders:
• Queen Elizabeth II - In any given day or week, there will not be as many photos taken of the Queen as there are of, say, Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton, but she's still a visible international celebrity and, more importantly, she has been for the past 60 years. Over her lifetime, she has very possibly had more photographs taken of her than anyone else alive today. [Sources: Dalje.com; AnswerBag]
• Madonna - When Princess Diana was alive, Madonna was widely considered the second most photographed woman in the world, so after Diana's death, Madonna would have logically inherited the "most photographed" title. That might have been a reasonable claim in 1997, but now that Madge is a 58-year-old mother, she has receded from the spotlight a bit. She could challenge Queen Elizabeth for the lifetime title, but I highly doubt she is still the most photographed woman on a daily/weekly basis. [Sources: WIkiAnswers, Twitpic]
• Rihanna - Photo-tagging service Tagcow claims that the Barbadian songstress was by far the most "tagged" celebrity in 2009. This is not a representative sample, since Tagcow only counts photos submitted to its site, but it probably gives us a decent idea of which celebrities are most targeted by fans and amateur photographers.
• Lady Gaga - I tried Google image searches for some likely "most photographed" candidates to see how many photo "hits" turned up online, and Lady Gaga absolutely wiped the floor with the rest of them. Here are the hit results for the names I searched (please note that this is not meant to be a comprehensive ranking):
Lady Gaga - 52,300,000
Rihanna - 16,200,000
Madonna - 13,600,000
Miley Cyrus - 10,400,000
Britney Spears - 9,490,000
Megan Fox - 9,350,000
Paris Hilton - 8,890,000
Lindsay Lohan - 8,360,000
Queen Elizabeth - 8,130,000
Angelina Jolie - 7,330,000
Kristen Stewart - 5,470,000
Hillary Clinton - 5,210,000
Jennifer Aniston - 3,440,000
Google image searches, of course, only count photos (and other non-photo images) that are posted online, and the results include many duplicate photos that are found in multiple locations (in news stories, for instance). Still, the difference between Gaga and everyone else is astounding, and we know she isn't running from the cameras.
On the men's side, the world leader by acclamation was Michael Jackson, but, as with Princess Di, MJ is no longer with us. I can't think of any obvious heir to the King of Pop's "most photographed" throne in the entertainment industry, so I would bet a large stack of non-monetary objects that Barack Obama is currently the most photographed man in the world, on a daily basis. However, he has only been a major celebrity for about three years, so he wouldn't do as well on the lifetime chart.
Doing Google image searches for some likely male candidates again produced eye-opening results (again, these are hand-picked names, and this is not meant to be a comprehensive ranking):
Barack Obama - 49,800,000
Justin Bieber - 14,600,000
George W. Bush - 13,500,000
Eminem - 11,700,000
Bill Clinton - 11,000,000
Usher - 5,610,000
Bill Gates - 5,200,000
Tiger Woods - 5,020,000
Tom Cruise - 5,080,000
Robert Pattinson - 5,000,000
Justin Timberlake - 4,260,000
Brad Pitt - 4,000,000
David Beckham - 3,840,000
There's no doubt that many of President Obama's photo results come from the same wire-service photos appearing on hundreds of different news sites, but that's still a huge lead for the rest of the pack to overcome.
Interestingly (and somewhat unbelievably), the Guinness Book of World Records gives the "most photographed" title to a celebrity that most of us have not even heard of: the Korean boy band TVXQ (also known as DBSK).
According to Guinness, the five members of TVXQ/DBSK had been photographed 500 million times, counting group and individual photos, as of March 19, 2009. The group is also in the Guinness Book for having the largest official fan club, with more than 800,000 members (who presumably have several cameras each).
I am skeptical about this "record" — it looks like the work of an overactive fan club lobbying Guinness for a record that is impossible to verify but might help sell thousands of books in Korea — but TVXQ is very popular throughout Asia, and we have to remember that "in the world" does not just mean "in Canada, the U.S. and other English-speaking countries."
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• Lady Gaga - I tried Google image searches for some likely "most photographed" candidates to see how many photo "hits" turned up online, and Lady Gaga absolutely wiped the floor with the rest of them.
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Lady Gaga - 52,300,000
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I knew Rihanna had to be on the list, lol.
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GAGA
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Lol at the difference between Gaga and everyone else.
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Originally posted by MonstahNL
Lady Gaga - 52,300,000
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This is not reliable though. The same photo can posted online million times, I think it explains Rihanna's high position (no shade, I'm serious).
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Where's Beyonce?
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What is this...?
Angelina/Britney are probably the most photographed. Beyoncé values her privacy.
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Madonna is not 58 and I doubt there are more pictures of GaGa from 2 years than pictures of Madonna from 27 years.
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RIHANNA
YES BITCH WERK IT RIHANNA THE HOTTEST BITCH IN HEELS!
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Beyoncé never goes out that much in public, at least where there are paparazzis
Lady Gaga we all know she lives for the attention
Rihanna, I bet the photos when she got beaten by the one that shall not be named are posted like half of that number and don't forget that she is always changing her look so people tend to take more pictures when they see her
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Originally posted by missjessaBAYBAY
I knew Rihanna had to be on the list, lol.
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Of course. Everyone loves Rihanna.
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In all seriousness, though, if this were 2007-2008, I'd definitely give the title to Britney Spears. These days I'd say it's a battle between Gaga and Angelina Jolie. If this were U.S.-centric, I'd say Kim Kardashian.
For the men, it's Barack Obama, no contest.
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I just noticed Gaga's numbers are almost tripe everyone elses...
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I don't really consider this as being an achievement.. But, that's just me..
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Originally posted by Kirill
This is not reliable though. The same photo can posted online million times, I think it explains Rihanna's high position (no shade, I'm serious).
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And why wouldn't Rihanna be photographed a lot? She's just as famous as Lady Gaga
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^^I Know! I am glad paparazzis have been leaving Britney alone, they are so stupid and they can completly make you mad.
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Originally posted by RudeBoy
And why wouldn't Rihanna be photographed a lot? She's just as famous as Lady Gaga
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As Famous? Please. Lady GaGa has yet a little to run to be compared to Rihanna.
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agreed with Kirill, Google Images is not a reliable statistic to confirm the total of unique photos...at all.
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Originally posted by MissTina
I don't really consider this as being an achievement.. But, that's just me..
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You would if Beyonce was on it.
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