Social media has been a key tool for musicians, composers and singers from its earliest days. From pop stars to folk talents, here are our top ten musical Scottish tweeters.
We’ve listed (but not ranked) them by number of followers, knowing that’s only one measure of popularity. Other factors to take into account in assessing Twitter “influence” include how many other Tweeters each of our 100 has, in turn, followed to build their audience: the bigger the ratio of followers to following, the more impressive the performance.
And how many Tweets they’ve each put out there: fewer can suggest each word is like gold dust to fans, while more indicates greater interactivity with followers.
Paolo Nutini @PaoloNutini
Followers 157,320 Following 12,194 Tweets 375
Typical tweet "Sorry it's been quiet working in LA for a bit. We even rented a house so its like Entourage. Dani's like Johnny Drama!"
Annie Lennox @AnnieLennox
Followers 79,771 Following 117 Tweets 1800
Typical tweet "Over 200 million women & girls want access to ?#contraceptives? but do not have it. Support ?#FPsummit? for women worldwide"
KT Tunstall @KTTunstall
Followers 49,670 Following 141 Tweets 2577
Typical tweet "BIG LOVE to all the Nutjobs (you know who you are) who got me this UHMUHZING creepy bobble-head-me for my b-day. HA! X"
Alex Kapranos @alkapranos
Followers 45,377 Following 294 Tweets 2382
Typical tweet "Merci Beauregard. Tres bien. Finally met Shirley from @garbage too. What a great woman."
Fran Healy @franhealy
Followers 21,282 Following 145 Tweets 2744
Typical tweet "Getting ready for a week of Travis writing in NYC. Push ups. Sit ups. Squat Thrusts. Thrusts (just for Dougie)"
Edwyn Collins @EdwynCollins
Followers 17,649 Following 524 Tweets 5979
Typical tweet "Hello Fancy Friends The cough is much better, Guys & Dolls!! Wonderful times! Don't Shilly Shally –Edwyn"
Amy Macdonald @Amy_Macdonald
Followers 15,023 Following 71 Tweets 11,225
Typical tweet "I have a day off which is going to be amazing! Massage, facial and nails! Total heaven! ;-)"
Eddi Reader @eddireader
Followers 9214 Following 469 Tweets 11,496
Typical tweet "I'm obsessing about celebrating the ignored John Rae of Orkneys who discovered how 2 survive the artic and get through it. ?"
Jon Fratelli @jonfratelli
Followers 5179 Following 20 Tweets 253
Typical tweet "Just watched "From The Sky Down" the U2 film.Only watch it if your not currently making your own album.. it may make you start it over.."
Roddy Frame @RoddyFrame
Followers 3101 Following 65 Tweets 40
Typical tweet "Working on a new powerpop song with Dan Donovan today."
Any analysis of a fluid medium like Twitter can be challenged. We’d like to hear your views – about any omissions, suggested inclusions, or even the worth of Twitter itself – using the comments box below. We’ll be updating our Scottish list later this year and you can help shape it. And with us, you’re not limited to 140 characters!
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