Rihanna Overtakes Eminem On Facebook

She's now the most like star on the site

Published 20th Nov 2012

Rihanna has overtaken Eminem as the most liked person on Facebook.

At the time of writing this morning, RiRi has 61,663,575 fans on the social networking site compared to Eminem’s 61,311,582.

Back in August, Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) became the first celebrity on the planet to surpass the 60million barrier but since then Rihanna’s popularity has swelled ensuring that she overtook the rapper this week.

Hip shaking Columbian songstress Shakira is third most popular on Facebook with 54.8million online devotees.

Despite being the most popular celeb on Twitter with 30.2million followers, Lady Gaga is lagging behind in fourth place on Facebook with just over 53million fans.

The late Michael Jackson completes the top five with 51.9million fans.

Rihanna is currently number one on the UK singles chart with her brand new track ‘Diamonds’.