Rihanna and Nicki Minaj collab on new song “Raining Men” and their popularity is growing stronger everyday according to Billboard’s new social network chart called Social 50.

The new Social 50 uses a formula that blends the artists’ popularity based on their weekly addition of friends, fans and followers, based on song plays through MySpace.com, YouTube.com, Twitter.com and iLike.com.
Rihanna toped the chart by leading in new friends, fans and followers for the week and newcomer Nicki Minaj landed out the list at #5. According to Billboard, the data is collected by Next Big Sound, a company that tracks music being shared on the social networks. “The volume of online activity that top artists now receive is too big to ignore,” added Next Big Sound CEO, Alex White. “We are thrilled that social music activity now receives the same emphasis as the music charts for which Billboard is synonymous.”

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