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One Direction - and its members - make up six of the most followed music industry accounts on Twitter. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Twitter launched its standalone music app yesterday following a week long beta release for selected musicians. We've taken a look at musicians on Twitter and it looks like the decision to give music special treatment is backed up by the data.

Eight of the ten most followed Twitter accounts are musicians, with teen favourites Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga and Katy Perry claiming the top three spots, each boasting over 35m followers. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, is the first non-musician on the list, ranked fourth.

Even when we broaden the scope to the 100 most followed accounts, half of them are musicians. The remainder consist largely of celebrities from the film, sport or TV industries plus some news organisations and digital brands.

Click on the buttons below to see musicians' share of the top20, top50, top100, top250.

Of the current top 100 musicians on Twitter, 57 come from the US, where most of Twitter's users are based. The UK comes in second with 14 representatives, although it's worth noting that six of those are from British-Irish boyband One Direction (the band's official account plus each member's account).

At the time of writing it takes 3.3m followers to make it onto the list of the top 100 most popular music artists on Twitter. For a spot in the top 10, more than 16m followers are needed. On average, musicians who made it onto the list have been on Twitter for 49 months, since early 2009. Most of them have been avid tweeters since (or, more likely than not, had avid tweeters take care of their accounts). The median number of tweets sent from those musicians' accounts stands at 4,425.

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Twitter's 100 most followed music accounts

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Overall Twitter Rank
Twitter handle
Followers
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1 1 Justin Bieber @justinbieber Canada 37617919
2 2 Lady Gaga @ladygaga USA 36218810
3 3 Katy Perry @katyperry USA 35048911
4 5 Rihanna @rihanna USA 29217969
5 6 Taylor Swift @taylorswift13 USA 26317147
6 8 Britney Spears @britneyspears USA 25757555
7 9 Shakira @shakira Colombia 20373031
8 10 Justin Timberlake @jtimberlake USA 18854773
9 17 Jennifer Lopez @JLo USA 16407892
10 18 Nicki Minaj @NICKIMINAJ USA 16257145
11 19 Bruno Mars @BrunoMars USA 15895645
12 21 P!nk @Pink USA 14883194
13 22 Selena Gomez @selenagomez USA 14794264
14 23 Marshall Mathers @Eminem USA 14187868
15 25 demetria lovato @ddlovato USA 13247361
16 26 Adele @OfficialAdele United Kingdom 13008150
17 27 Alicia Keys @aliciakeys USA 12654136
18 28 Chris Brown @chrisbrown USA 12418597
19 29 Harry Styles @Harry_Styles United Kingdom 12264098
20 31 Miley Ray Cyrus @MileyCyrus USA 11763425
21 32 One Direction @onedirection United Kingdom 11199725
22 34 Lil Wayne WEEZY F @LilTunechi USA 11111693
23 35 Niall Horan @NiallOfficial United Kingdom 10940372
24 38 Snoop Dogg @SnoopDogg USA 10626289
25 41 Louis Tomlinson @Louis_Tomlinson United Kingdom 10042876
26 42 Mariah Carey @MariahCarey USA 10015009
27 43 Liam Payne @Real_Liam_Payne United Kingdom 10009445
28 44 Coldplay @coldplay United Kingdom 10002184
29 45 Wiz Khalifa @wizkhalifa USA 9951338
30 47 Pitbull @Pitbull Cuba 9665355
31 49 Avril Lavigne @AvrilLavigne Canada 9435229
32 50 Ashley Tisdale @ashleytisdale USA 9343766
33 51 Kanye West @kanyewest USA 9310315
34 53 Alejandro Sanz @AlejandroSanz Spain 8965234
35 54 iamdiddy @iamdiddy USA 8958131
36 56 Zayn Malik @zaynmalik United Kingdom 8761045
37 60 Ricky Martin @ricky_martin Puerto Rico 8483946
38 62 David Guetta @davidguetta France 8292003
39 69 Ivete Sangalo @ivetesangalo Brazil 7895392
40 70 50cent @50cent USA 7802833
41 72 Juanes @juanes Colombia 7515720
42 73 Beyoncé Knowles @Beyonce USA 7503011
43 75 Ludacris @Ludacris USA 7380986
44 78 Usher @UsherRaymondIV USA 7239902
45 79 Agnes Monica @agnezmo Indonesia 7235243
46 89 will.i.am @iamwill USA 6430308
47 91 Paulina Rubio @paurubio Mexico 6413946
48 92 Jessie J @JessieJ United Kingdom 6413816
49 97 Jessica Simpson @JessicaSimpson USA 6317136
50 100 Trey Songz @TreySongz USA 6173332
51 101 Ed Sheeran @edsheeran United Kingdom 6167140
52 104 Nick Jonas @nickjonas USA 6012511
53 107 Carly Rae Jepsen @carlyraejepsen Canada 5858141
54 112 Sherina Munaf @sherinamunaf Indonesia 5698343
55 127 T-Raww @Tyga USA 5303959
56 132 joe jonas @joejonas USA 5132156
57 133 Soulja Boy @souljaboy USA 5066129
58 136 Jason Mraz @jason_mraz USA 4932803
59 138 Kelly Rowland @KELLYROWLAND USA 4867481
60 139 David Bisbal @davidbisbal Spain 4831240
61 140 Calle 13 @Calle13Oficial Puerto Rico 4820257
62 145 Luis Fonsi @luisfonsi Puerto Rico 4699810
63 150 Thalia @thalia Mexico 4576359
64 152 Queen Latifah @IAMQUEENLATIFAH USA 4563508
65 153 Daddy Yankee @daddy_yankee Puerto Rico 4562339
66 156 Vidi Aldiano @vidialdiano Indonesia 4527451
67 158 Cody Simpson @CodySimpson Australia 4511128
68 163 LMFAO @LMFAO USA 4431082
69 169 Luan Santana @luansantana Brazil 4375047
70 170 Christina Aguilera @xtina USA 4369579
71 180 Cher Lloyd @CherLloyd United Kingdom 4249328
72 181 Olly Murs @ollyofficial United Kingdom 4249175
73 185 afgansyah reza @afgansyah_reza Indonesia 4192871
74 186 Lenny Kravitz @LennyKravitz USA 4188820
75 187 Jonas Brothers @JonasBrothers USA 4185361
76 191 John Legend @johnlegend USA 4158382
77 195 Lily Allen @lilyrosecooper United Kingdom 4113226
78 196 Rev Run @RevRunWisdom USA 4110300
79 199 Adam Levine @adamlevine USA 4099147
80 214 Sandy Leah @SandyLeah Brazil 3917949
81 216 Mary J. Blige @maryjblige USA 3890543
82 223 Sean Kingston @SeanKingston USA 3801223
83 227 Jaden Smith @officialjaden USA 3753717
84 228 Big Sean @BigSean USA 3740183
85 230 Cheryl Cole @CherylCole United Kingdom 3726256
86 232 T.I. @Tip USA 3723170
87 234 Kelly Clarkson @kelly_clarkson USA 3706494
88 236 Yoko Ono @yokoono Japan 3690882
89 245 Ricardo Montaner @montanertwiter Argentina 3614485
90 246 Mac Miller @MacMiller USA 3600670
91 249 LL COOL J @llcoolj USA 3590239
92 254 Chayanne @CHAYANNEMUSIC Puerto Rico 3531081
93 257 Ne-Yo @NeYoCompound USA 3512828
94 258 J. Cole @JColeNC USA 3512091
95 262 Juan Luis Guerra @JuanLuisGuerra Dominican Republic 3474002
96 264 Miranda Cosgrove @MirandaCosgrove USA 3447970
97 267 Enrique Iglesias @enrique305 Spain 3421631
98 271 Ciara @ciara USA 3391816
99 274 Siwon Choi @siwon407 South Korea 3377469
100 279 Ke$ha @keshasuxx USA 3328797

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Emoji Meaning

100 emoji: the number one-hundred, written in red, underlined twice for emphasis.

Originating from the number 100 written on a school exam or paper to indicate a perfect score of 100 out of 100. Teachers in Japan may also use a stamp in addition to the 100 mark, to indicate that a student has performed very well.

This 100 emoji is commonly used as a shorthand for 100%, with the usage meaning “keep it real” or a similar sentiment. A 100 emoji can be used to express pride or general acceptance of an idea.

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In Snapchat, the 100 emoji appearing next to a fire emoji indicates a 100 day Snapstreak.

Hundred Points was approved as part of Unicode 6.0 in 2010under the name “Hundred Points Symbol”and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.

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Also Known As

  • 💯 100
  • 💯 Keep It 100
  • 💯 Perfect Score

Apple Name

💯 Hundred Points Symbol

Unicode Name

💯 Hundred Points Symbol

Codepoints

Shortcodes

  • :100:(Github, Slack)
  • :hundred_points:(Emojipedia)

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  • 💯 Hundred Points Emoji Proposal:L2/07-257,L2/09-026

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