It’s been an inevitability for some time now, but Canadian teenybopper sensation Justin Bieber has finally overtaken Queen of Twitter Lady Gaga as the micro-blogging social network’s most-followed user, grabbing the crown earlier today.

I know, I know. But the deed is done. Bieber’s time-of-writing 33,323,245 followers has edged Gaga’s 33,320,260 to put him at the very top of Twitter’s elite list of power-celebrities. And, as of right now, there’s literally nobody to challenge him.

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Yesterday we took a look at the ten most retweeted Twitter tweets of all time in a list that was headed by Canadian pop music megastar Justin Bieber.

Well, his record didn’t last long, as a tweet sent on Wednesday has received over 200,000 retweets – and counting – and is now far and away Twitter’s most retweeted post. It’s also by Justin Bieber. And it will break your heart.

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Canadian teenybopper/global irritant Justin Bieber has become the second Twitter user to reach the 20 million follower mark, passing the milestone late last week. Bieber joins Lady Gaga as the only other member of Twitter’s 20 million club, with Katy Perry likely to join them towards the end of May.

However, it’s not all sunshine and glory at the top-end of Twitter’s most-followed list – following an altercation with a user, hip hop star Nicki Minaj has deleted her Twitter account… and with it her 11 million fans.

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I’d imagine a teen celebrity fond of pranks would think that posting a fake phone number on Twitter would be pretty hilarious. And I bet it was hilarious, initially. But a couple of Texans, Dilcie and Kent, are having trouble seeing the humor in it, as their phones have been ringing off the hook ever since.
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As much as it pains me to say it, Canadian teenybopper Justin Bieber is a social media phenomenon.

In just four unbearably long short years, Bieber (and his team) has intelligently used social platforms such as YouTube, Twitter and Facebook to propel an unknown, 13-year old kid into a global megastar and uber-brand, with millions and millions of fans around the world.

On Twitter, he’s second only to Lada Gaga in popularity, with his 14 million followers keeping him constantly in Twitter’s Trending Topics and amongst the network’s most-retweeted users. And he’s bigger still on Facebook and YouTube, with 37 million Likes and over two billion video views respectively.

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Justin Bieber is the second most-popular user on Twitter with over 11.5 million followers – only Lady Gaga has more – and pretty much everything he tweets is guaranteed to receive hundreds and hundreds of retweets and replies.

In fact, he’s arguably got the most obsessed following on all of Twitter. But how does that stack up to ticket sales for Bieber’s gigs?

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