Facebook Fan Clubs
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Daniel J. Mount in
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Apr 30th, 2009 |
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In the world of Southern Gospel, in the last six months or so, Facebook has replaced MySpace as the place for fans and artists alike to network and stay in touch.
Unlike MySpace, where the structure was artist and group profiles, Facebook is structured so that all profiles are supposed to be real people, and artists are represented by fan club pages. These have taken off within the last several months, with some now showing hundreds or thousands of members.
- Gaither Vocal Band Fans – 2,792 members
- Ernie Haase & Signature Sound – 2,658 members
- Ann Downing – 1,669 members
- Gaither Vocal Band Appreciation Group – 1,141 members
- Greater Vision Friends – 919 members
- Gold City Fans – 860 members
- The Quicks – 791 members
- Legacy Five: A Southern Gospel Group – 637 members
- Joseph Habedank Fan Club – 624 members
- The Perrys – 501 members
- Talley Trio Fans – 402 members
- Kenny Hinson – 375 members
- Sisters – 348 members
- Brothers Forever Fanatics – 333 members
- Chuck Wagon Gang – 324 members
- The Cathedral Quartet – 264 members
- Triumphant Quartet – 262 members
- Inspirations Fan Club – 253 members
- Roy Webb – 250 members
- David Hill Trio – 201 members
- The Speer Family – 169 members
- The Crist Family – 166 members
- Legacy Five Alive – 164 members
- Kingdom Heirs – 156 members
- Nick Trammell Fan Club – 141 members
- Tribute Quartet – 137 members
What’s interesting—and what illustrates the year or so these Facebook group pages have had to build a fan base—is how many of the groups’ fan bases are proportionate to their real-life fan bases.
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Soul’d Out… 1,046 members!
Great list..missing Hovie Lister & the Statesmen Quartet. Anyways-I’m just glad that my Perrys group has made it over 500. =)
you left out SOQT!!! soul’d out quartet has one of the bigger fan populations according to statistics anyway…so please don’t forget about us!! (:
You’re missing SOUL’D OUT QUARTET, with 1,004 fans so far.
You also forgot a few others:
Hoppers – 1,033 fans
Austins Bridge – 582 fans
Haha this is great!!
Cool – and to anyone who is wondering, basically I listed all the ones I could find. I am a member of the Statesmen group, but somehow I accidentally omitted it from the list.
I don’t see Soul’d Out Quartet. They now have 1.054 fans and growing every day!!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sould-Out-Quartet/39569703129?sid=3213b984dba4503f3aed819174c8ca66&ref=s
here is SO QT facebook page.
Hidee,
It is brand new, so there are not a huge number of fans as of yet. However, The Melody Boys Quartet of Little Rock, AR now have a Facebook page. I would love to see y’all join!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1037501792&ref=profile#/pages/Melody-Boys-Quartet/75917112689?ref=mf