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9 Musicians To Follow On Twitter

Michelle Tiu |
September 11, 2013 | 10:21 p.m. PDT

Staff Reporter

Musicians like Justin Bieber make up eight of the top ten most followed people on Twitter. (NRK P3 / Flickr)
Musicians like Justin Bieber make up eight of the top ten most followed people on Twitter. (NRK P3 / Flickr)
Fun fact: Eight out of the top ten most followed people on Twitter are musicians. 

The social media network probably had this in mind when they released their special music app, Twitter Music, earlier this year.

Although more and more people are getting on Twitter, musicians - especially those looking to make it big - have always used Twitter as a platform for promoting and marketing their work. However, other more established artists like Eminem don’t have very active accounts, only tweeting when they have new music or tours to promote.

But it’s not all about self-promotion, most artists and celebs also like using the social media site as a more direct means of communicating with their fans.

So, to help you decide who to follow, here’s a list of nine musicians who love saying things in 140 characters or less (unfortunately, Kanye West doesn’t make this list, because he deleted all of his earlier tweets in order to reveal the release date of “Yeezus”).

 

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