Social media has changed the game in many fronts and that includes the way that bands engage their fans. Before, artists would set up exclusive clubs and mailing list to somehow limit the amount of people who would get updates from them. With the explosion of the Facebook and Twitter phenomenon, the game has been more about building larger communities to ensure that the message does get across to as many fans as possible.
I scanned through the local bands who maintain a Facebook page and ranked them according to the number of members of each community. Before, popularity was based on whose songs stay on top of the charts for the longest time. Now, there’s a better and more tangible and comparative metric to really gauge the breadth of influence of artists.
Feel free to tell me if I missed anyone. The stats are as of April 5, 2011.
Here are the top ten artists in the Philippines according to Facebook:
10. Slapshock - over 39K fans
9. Kamikazee - over 72K fans
8. Greyhoundz – over 76K fans
7. Up Dharma Down - over 103k fans
6. Bamboo - over 120K fans
5. Wolfgang – over 125K fans
4. Chicosci - over 189K fans
3. Urbandub – over 306K fans
2. Eraserheads - over 702K fans
1. Parokya ni Edgar - over 1.1M fans
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Facebook has really changed how you measure popularity… the more fb users/fans you have is an indication of how popular you are… thanks Sir Benj for compiling and sharing this to us…
no. 2 lang ang ‘heads? oh well… mataas pa rin considering na tagal na silang disbanded.
sponge cola – 151,780
tanya markova – 61,288
rivermaya has 2 FB pages – 65K & 10K (will you include them in the list?)
Ngayon ko lang narinig yung band na “tanya markova.”
Don’t kill me, please! XD
hataw pa din ang e-heads, kamikazee rules …
btw, benj thanks for liking my page …. ^_^
Any update?
Oops. There are lots of pop-ups coming from your blog.