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Divas Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Demi Lovato top Social 50 chart

The three pop divas Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Demi Lovato have taken a leap to the top of the Social 50 chart this week.

The American singer/songwriter/actress Mariah Carey got nearly 10 million Facebook Likes, following the success of her latest single Almost Home from the recently released film ‘Oz The Great and Powerful’. The track highlights Carey’s ‘amazing range and powerful voice.’ In Carey’s words, ‘Almost Home has a message that works beautifully with the film. It’s a feel-good record; it gives you the feeling of reaching your home and being with people that you love.’ She has risen from the 46th to 31st rank on the chart recently.

Last year, she had been ranked second on VH1’s list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.
Meanwhile, the Trinidadian-born American rapper/ singer/songwriter/television personality Nicky Minaj moved up from the 16th to 6th rank in the charts with the increasing popularity of her number Freak performed with co-artiste French Montana. Minaj and French Montana have given the video a touch of Dancehall, Jamaican genre of popular music and hip-hop, adding a Caribbean flavor to it. The video became viral on the internet soon after its release on March 7. About the video, French Montana said, ‘I just feel like that was the perfect song for her. We could’ve did a strip club song. We just wanted to do something that was big. We both from New York, so I feel like this made sense.’

American singer-songwriter/musician/actress Demi Lovato’s video for her latest single Heart Attack that was released on March 1 raised her ranking in the charts from the 20th to the 12th rank. Speaking about her new album, the X Factor USA judge said, ‘For a while, I could tell that when people would talk to me they knew my story. I think I’ve opened up more on this album. My life began to evolve and I started to grow. These are songs about the celebration of life and how rewarding it can be. This is what this album is about.’

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