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"Despite competing with the Democratic National Convention for TV watchers' attention, the MTV Video Music Awards kept viewers' fingers racing online. Their chatter made the VMAs one of the top social TV events ever.\nThe VMAs attracted 12.8 million comments on Twitter and Facebook, positioning the broadcast at number two on Bluefin Labs's \"Most Social TV Events\" chart, just behind the 2012 Grammys and ahead of this year's Super Bowl. Throw in figures from other websites such as GetGlue and Viggle, and the VMAs shoot to number one with 19.1 social media interactions, reports Trendrr.\n\nSEE ALSO: 18 Badass GIFs From the VMAs | Sharpie Debuts Interactive Music Video During VMAs\nWhich celebrities and moments kept viewers engaged? Check out the infographic below and this top five list. \nTop 5 Most-Tweeted Moments\nBased on stats from MTV's Twitter Tracker, these moments stood out with the social media crowd.\n\n5. Olympian Gabby Douglas Joins Alicia Keys Onstage: 14-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys performed the title track from her forthcoming album, Girl on Fire, and she had a sporty surprise for viewers. Keys brought out Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas (see above), who showcased gymnastics swagger.\n4. Rihanna Wins Video of the Year: Rihanna was bookended the VMAs, opening the show with two songs and then closing it by winning Video of the Year for \"We Found Love.\" The steamy video had previously caused controversy with France banning it last year.\n3. Green Day Rocks Staples Center Crowd: An ill Billie Joe Armstrong lead Green Day in \"Let Yourself Go,\" the first single from \u00A1Uno! \u00A1Dos! \u00A1Tre!, which drops Sept. 25. Armstrong spent loads of time with fans in the pit, hopefully keeping his germs to himself.\n2. Taylor Swift Sings Her Hit Single: Decked in a red-and-white striped top, T-Swizzle channeled her inner Where's Waldo during her \"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together\" performance. At the end, of course, MTV zoomed in on Twilight's Taylor Lautner, who had previously dated Swift.\n1. Frank Ocean Shines in Emotional Performance: Frank Ocean, who in July revealed that his first \"true love\" was with a man before releasing his critically acclaimed Channel Orange album, gave a touching performance of \"Thinking of You.\" Twitter users reacted in droves, making this the most-tweeted moment.\n\nBoy Band One Direction Sets Twitter Ablaze\nBritish-Irish boy band One Direction made quite a splash in its first appearance at the VMAs, performing, presenting and winning Most-Share Worthy Video, Best New Artist and Best Pop Video. \nThis Mashable infographic from social media management platform Viralheat shows how One Direction stacked up against other artists and even each other. Niall Horan reigned supreme, likely because he landed a subtle lip-on-lip peck with Katy Perry.\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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