Louis Tomlinson has won the 2020 ‘Artist of the Summer’ award in a social media contest held by FM radio station 96.5 TDY.
In an audio clip shared by the radio station, they mention that they had forty-four artists with nine rounds and one winner. Louis Tomlinson won with a whopping 13, 243, 647 votes in round nine on social media alone.
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Louis received five times as many points than BTS, fourteen times as many points than Lauren Jauregui, and seventy-six more points than Monsta X in the social media contest.
96.5 TDY shared the audio clip of when the singer was announced as the winner and captioned it: “Hear the moment @Louis_Tomlinson is crowned the WINNER of #ArtistoftheSummer.”
Hear the moment 👑 @Louis_Tomlinson 👑 is crowned the WINNER of #ArtistoftheSummer ☀️ https://t.co/QpmJxv4Gt4
— 96.5 TDY (@965TDY) September 11, 2020
The 28-year-old singer-songwriter also got 28,454 web votes and 143,476 RTs from his fans all over the world.
When asked to describe his fans in three words in an interview with 96.5 TDY, Louis Tomlinson said they are: “Dedicated, loyal and crazy in the best possible way.”
Twitter has been trending with #ProudOfLouis as his fans celebrate his win. One fan tweeted: “Congrats Louis you truly deserved it. We made it lou! #ProudOfLouis”
Congrats Louis you truly deserved it. We made it lou! ❤️ #ProudOfLouis pic.twitter.com/adtKGmi4fX
— carmen 🦋 (@caarmenlazaro_) September 11, 2020
Another tweeted about the singer: “He won artist of the summer as he should I am so proud of him he deserves everything #ProudOfLouis”
he won artist of the summer as he should i am so proud of him he deserves everything #ProudOfLouis pic.twitter.com/Y0YLTygzdv
— merve 🙂 (@adoreuxharry) September 11, 2020
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The One Direction boy band went on hiatus in 2016, they have recently been making headlines as their unseen 2015 Carpool Karaoke clip with James Corden made its way to social media, which shows the former band members ordering from McDonald’s.
Since the group parted ways, all the members of the band which included Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne, have been pursuing their own successful solo careers.
He definitely deserves it! Well done! 🎉
Still hurts that they split…but they’re doing amazing on their solo careers 👏
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Wasn’t my first choice but congrats 👆