Jul 20, 2011
STUDY REVEALS DADDY YANKEE IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LATIN CELEBRITIES IN SOCIAL MEDIA
HIT SINGLE VEN CONMIGO HAS MORE THAN 13 MILLION VIEWS IN VEVO IN ITS FIRST TWO WEEKS
Miami, Florida- Daddy Yankee is one of the outstanding artists with the most “likes” on his Facebook fan page. This is according to the Plus Three Agency who did a social media study to determine the impact and growth of social media in the Hispanic market. Daddy Yankee is one of the top 1,000 celebrities on the list which included President Barack Obama, George Lopez, Carlos Santana and professional soccer player Leonel Messi.
The study shows that usage of Facebook by Hispanics has increased by 167% compared to non Hispanic user increases, 21%.
In another study, Nielsen is reporting that Facebook users average four hours and thirty nine minutes on the site weekly. This usage is more than what is used in Este Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Wikipedia, y Amazon combined.
Daddy Yankee has more that 8.5 million “likes” on his Facebook fanpage and more than 1.5 million followers on Twitter. His most recent hit single Ven Conmigo has more than 13 million views on VEVO less than a month after its world premiere.
Daddy Yankee was named by CNN as the Most Influential Hispanic Artist of 2009, and by Time Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential in the World in May 2006. Yankee recently received awards by Billboard Magazine as Urban Latin Artist of the Decade and the Latin Album Artist of the Decade. The Puerto Rican native has broken yet another barrier for the Latin artist community and was the first Latin Urban recording artist to guest star on CBS’ Emmy Award winning soap The Bold and the Beautiful in June of 2010. Yankee is currently in the studio putting final touches to his highly anticipated upcoming release, PRESTIGE due out October 2011.
FOR MORE INFO ON DADDY YANKEE, VISIT:
www.daddyyankee.com
ww.facebook.com/daddyyankee
www.twitter.com/dynation
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