Justin Bieber tops the list of most influential music stars
The Box Powerlist, the definitive guide to the most influential pop stars on the planet has today revealed that Justin Bieber has successfully held onto his crown as the King of Pop, and topped the exclusive list for the second year in a row.

Justin Bieber reigns supreme over any other artist within the charts, YouTube views, airplay and on social media.

The list, which is presented by The Box Plus Network, takes every aspect of a pop artist's career into consideration, including recording revenues, social media influence, fanbase reach, personal wealth, chart performance, award wins and press coverage. The data is compiled by leading social media insight and strategy agency Media Measurement, who have developed a special algorithm in order to deliver the ultimate singular ranking of music’s best-known names. 

As a data-driven digital media agency, Media Measurement specialise in the power of social media and online news to help their clients identify, understand and connect with customers. Their Lead Consultant explains the process behind the list:
“We collated data on 10 core metrics, including social media influence, net worth, awards and chart performance to get a complete picture of which artists have true star power in 2017. These metrics were run through our exclusive algorithm to determine which artists are on the rise, which are losing ground, and who is the true King or Queen of the Pop World.”

The first male artist to top the list for a consecutive year, Bieber comes out top of categories including chart positions, social media followers, YouTube views/ subscribers and airplay. The star’s latest album ‘Purpose’ grew to be one of the best-selling albums of the year, spurning five singles in the Top 100, including three Number One singles: ‘What Do You Mean?’, ‘Sorry’  and ‘Love Yourself’. On Twitter, the singer is still top dog, with 91.5M followers at the time of data-crunching - a huge 15.58M growth in the last year! 

Following Bieber we have Rihanna and Drake closing the top 3. The Box Powerlist 2017: Results Show will air tomorrow, April 14th, on 4Music at 1pm. Fans can tune in to witness the full breakdown of this year’s list, and how their favourite artists have come to be placed.

The Pop Powerlist - Top 20
1 - Justin Bieber
2 - Rihanna
3 - Drake
4 - Beyoncé
5 - Adele
6 - Coldplay
7 - Justin Timberlake
8 - Taylor Swift
9 - Little Mix
10 - One Direction
11 - Ariana Grande
12 - Lady Gaga
13 - Bruno Mars
14 - Selena Gomez
15 - Calvin Harris
16 - Katy Perry
17 - Ed Sheeran
18 - The Weeknd
19 - Shawn Mendes
20 - Zayn