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That fanfare helps earn Benjamin a prominent spot on the Billboard Social 50.<\/p>\n<p>The artist, who had never before appeared on the chart, takes #8 on this week&#8217;s edition of the listing.<\/p>\n<p>BTS, predictably, retains the pinnacle position on the chart, which ranks artists based on social media activity. The superstar group is celebrating its 141st week at #1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your voice is heavenly.<br \/>Thanks for coming.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBenjamin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlecBenjamin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JIMIN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JIMIN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VfuDbNbR8j\">pic.twitter.com\/VfuDbNbR8j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ubc29\ud0c4\uc18c\ub144\ub2e8 (@BTS_twt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTS_twt\/status\/1163055321331331072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SEOUL WAS AMAZING ! thanks so much for coming to my show, Jimin . \ud83d\ude42 . <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTS_twt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BTS_twt<\/a> . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mBVCKJr7Pk\">pic.twitter.com\/mBVCKJr7Pk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alec Benjamin (@AlecBenjamin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecBenjamin\/status\/1163055256885796864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alec Benjamin starts at #8 on this week&#8217;s Social 50.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":131888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1047],"tags":[12050,8321,12850],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alec Benjamin Debuts On Billboard Social 50 Following Shout-Out From BTS Member Jimin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A recent social media exchange between BTS member Jimin and singer-songwriter Alec Benjamin spurred a real-life meeting between the two. 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