Justin Bieber tops Kim Kardashian as most-searched person of 2011
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Justin Bieber has overtaken Kim Kardashian as the most-searched person in 2011, according to the search engine Bing.
Looks like Kim just can’t get a break.
Kardashian was the queen of search last year, but the combination of Bieber’s My World 2.0 Tour, hit concert movie ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosting job, Christmas album, romance with Selena Gomez and the little matter of the now-pulled paternity suit over Mariah Yeater’s baby were enough to push him to the top spot.
Meanwhile, Kardashian launched a new reality show, ‘Kourtney and Kim Take New York,’ got married and got divorced. It was quite a lot, but not enough to stop Bieber fever.
Several notable names dropped out of the top 10 this year, including Sandra Bullock and Jesse James. But President Obama may have fallen the furthest. In 2010, was the No. 5 most-searched person. In 2011, he was No. 49.
Two people who got huge boosts in 2011 were Gomez, who went from No. 50 to No. 11 (thanks, no doubt, to all the Bieber-smooching) and Jennifer Lopez, who wasn’t in the top 50 last year and is now fifth.
Although Amy Winehouse’s death was the fifth most searched-for news story for the whole year, Winehouse herself did not make the top 10 most searched-for people.
Women did very well in 2011, however. Although Bieber was the No. 1 person and musician, the rest of the top 10 in both categories were women. Additionally, Chelsea Handler beat out Conan, Dave and Jay to be the most searched-for late night talk show host. And all of the top 10 reality stars were women.
Strangely, the most searched-for movie was not the final ‘Harry Potter’ or ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1,’ but Tom Cruise’s ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.’ The dominance of the fourth movie in the ‘Mission: Impossible’ franchise makes one wonder if Bing is the preferred search engine of either the Church of Scientology, or animation fans (it’s directed by animator Brad Bird).
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Kim Kardashian. Credits: Valerie Macon / Getty Images, left; Donald Traill / Associated Press.
