50% of all active Twitter users follow at least one musician

Pop and hip-hop are two of the most talked about music genres on Twitter

@KatyPerry

Katy Perry’s ‘Part of me’ was one of the most tweeted about singles on Twitter this year with over 3 million mentions

@JustinBieber
The second most re-tweeted Tweet of the year came from @JustinBieber saying goodbye to a fan who passed away

Coachella 
Over 2.7 million mentions: Coachella was one of this year’s most tweeted about music festivals.

#YOLO Over 49 million mentions
This was one of 2012's most talked about music-related terms on Twitter. Shortly after Drake premiered “The Motto” on Los Angeles' Power 106 on October 31, 2011, daily use of the term shot up by nearly 3 million in 2012.

HYFR Over 4 million mentions
@Drake's song was one of the most mentioned singles this year on Twitter.

Whitney Houston 
Over 10 million tweets : After the star's death, people turned to Twitter to tweet their condolences for the star and there were sent the day she died, peaking at 73,662 Tweets per minutes as news of her passing spread

A few Top Twitter trends 2012:

  • Chris Brown
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Katy Perry
  • Michael Jackson
  • Rihanna
  • #nowplaying
  • #MusicMonday 
  • #2chainzback2schoollyrics

2012’s top re-tweets
This year’s top re-Tweets were dominated by @JustinBieber and all members of @One Direction

#GangnamStyle
Psy’s Gangnam Style was one of the top tweeted about singles of the year with over 18 million mentions

Fun Facts:

  • In 2012, there were more mentions about LMFAO’s grammy nominated ‘Sexy and I know It’ than the Spice Girl’s Olympics closing ceremony performance.
  • Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Rick Ross, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna and Bruno Mars were among a few of the most mentioned artists on Twitter this year

  • In 2012, there were more mentions of 2Pac on Twitter than Beyonce and Jay Z’s recently born daughter Blue Ivy