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MANILA, Philippines – UK boy band One Direction was named on Sunday, December 22 MTV’s Stars of 2013 after getting the most number of votes in the inaugural international #MTVstars social media campaign.
The boy band got 40.8 million votes worldwide, beating US popstar Justin Bieber, who got 40.5 million votes.
Rounding off the top 10 of MTV’s Stars of 2013 were Ke$ha, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Wanted, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé, Chris Brown, Rihanna and Little Mix.
“We heard we racked up over 40 million votes. We can’t believe the hard work – it must have taken you absolutely ages. Thank you so, so much!,” said One Direction member Liam in a message to the group’s fans.
“Party time!” added another member, Louis.
Over 117 million votes flooded in from around the world.
According to MTV officials, #MTVstars was a trending topic in 127 locations around the world, and registered an astonishing 50,000 tweets per minute.
In addition to the #MTVStars social media campaign, MTV will also present this month “MTV’s Biggest Music Moments of 2013,” which will revisit the year’s most talked about music moments. – Rappler.com
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