Everybody's Faking It These Days.

I noticed something when I was researching my blog about Bieber and Gaga.  According to their Facebook pages, they both have the highest concentration of fans in Mexico.  Now, I'm sure that the people of Mexico enjoy a bit of plastic pop as much as the rest of us but it struck me as strange that the one place in the whole world which was most crazy about Gaga was also the most bonkers about Bieber.  Intrigued, I did a little bit of further investigation and guess what?  Mexico is also the one place in the world which is most rampant for Rihanna.

Wacky for The Wanted...

Loony for Lana...

and nuts about One Direction...

When the Spice Girls ruled the world, each one had a territory in which they were most popular.  Geri was Queen in the UK, Mel C was Spain's favourite Spice and so on...  so which territories love each boy in 1D the most?  Interesting findings below...

They are ALL loved the most... In Mexico!!!


An obvious pattern is in place…  I checked the sales figures for each of these groups' latest releases in Mexico and they were modest to say the least.  Also, the StatusPeople tool showed that all of these people had a percentage of fake Twitter followers and therefore open to falsifying Facebook fans.

Perhaps Mexico does have the most enthusiastic social media supporters of pop music in the world or, most likely, is home to some of the biggest click farms where you can buy yourself social media millions for a fistful of dollars. 

If these fake accounts were culled, we would see who really were the pop music champions but I'm sure Twitter and Facebook aren't in any hurry to do this as they look equally magnificent having millions of customers too.  What would be achieved by bursting the bubble anyway?  Just remember how you felt when you were told the truth about Santa.  Can you look your 6-year-old in the eye and tell her Justin Bieber is nothing more than the Easter Bunny?  That One Direction are akin to the fairies at the bottom of the garden?  If the truth came out, the music industry might well go pop.

FOOTNOTE: After publishing this blog, I tweeted about how Jedward were the most honest boys in pop as they had zero fake followers.  Here's the proof: