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"We\u2019ve previously noted how viral Facebook Pages can become, thanks in large part to the \u201CHighlights\u201D section of user homepages where you get notified when multiple friends become a fan of a given page.  This lead to Ashton Kutcher reaching one million fans on Facebook before one million followers on Twitter (during the infamous CNN race), and Vin Diesel becoming perhaps a bit disproportionately popular on the social network.\nNow, this concept has gained a whole new meaning in the aftermath of the loss of Michael Jackson.  The King of Pop has vaulted from a mere 80,000 fans prior to his passing to nearly 6.7 million as of this evening.  In turn, that makes Jackson\u2019s fan page the most popular on the entire site, surpassing Diesel and President Obama.While the growth will probably start to slow after tomorrow\u2019s massive memorial for Jackson, the huge following leaves the singer\u2019s heirs (and his record label) with a massive network to communicate with fans and continue the massive resurgence of interest in Jackson\u2019s music we\u2019ve seen over the past week and a half; as of July 1st, there had already been 2.6 million downloads of the aritst\u2019s music, and Jackson still currently owns the top two albums on iTunes, as well as three of the top 10 singles.\nOn the Facebook Page, there\u2019s currently a simple music player with a number of Jackson\u2019s hits and an option to buy them through Amazon.  It\u2019s also served as an enormous online memorial, with the Page still seeing dozens of new comments from fans every few minutes.  In any event, if we needed yet another metric to measure the massive impact of Jackson\u2019s passing, his Facebook page is it.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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