Morricone enters at No. 9, followed by Daniels at No. 12. Ennio Morricone and Charlie Daniels debut on Billboard’s Social 50 chart dated July 18 following their July 6 deaths.
The Social 50 is powered by data tracked by music analytics company Next Big Sound and ranks the most popular artists on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia.
The chart's methodology blends weekly additions of friends/fans/followers with artist page views and engagement. The chart's latest tracking week ended July 9.
Italian composer Morricone leads the pair by entering at No. 9. In the tracking week ending July 9, Morricone’s Wikipedia page saw 740,000 hits, a leap of 7,959%, according to Next Big Sound.
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