Saturday, July 16, 2011

Most popular female star on Facebook: Rihanna sets world record (Video)

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA -- Singer Rihanna, 23, is now the lady with the most Likes on Facebook; she now has the R&B songstress has 40,616,279 thumbs up on her account , setting the world record for the Most popular female star on Facebook .

  Photo: Singer Rihanna performs on NBC's 'Today' show in New York. Photo: Reuters
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  The Guinness world record for the Most likes on a Facebook item in 24 hours is 588,243, as featured on the official page for Lil Wayne, a.k.a Dewayne Michael Carter, Jr. (USA).

  Guinness World Records also recognized the most "likes" on a Facebook page in 24 hours: 1,571,161 - by Frito-Lay (USA).

  The Barbados-born singer Rihanna has amassed 40,622,133 "likes" for her Facebook page, edging out Gaga, who lags with 40,580,102 "likes."

   And to that, Rihanna updated her status saying: "40 mil! 1 LOVE #RihannaNavy"

  American rapper Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known as Eminem, 38, tops the list with 43million hits.

  According to Famecount, Rihanna is the third biggest web star behind Gaga and Justin Bieber.