Shakira has become the most popular person on Facebook with 86.3m fans. The 'Hips Don't Lie' hitmaker is closely followed by Rihanna, who has 86.2m "likes", while Eminem secured the third position with 83.9 "likes", Metro.co.uk reported.

Shakira also took to her page on the social networking site and said that she always wanted to have a lot of friends, but never imagined that it would be so many.

The top 10 'most popular persons' on Facebook are:

1. Shakira - 86,420,722 likes

2. Rihanna - 86,271,591 likes

3. Eminem - 83, 935, 160 likes

4. Cristiano Ronaldo - 76,148,074 likes

5. Michael Jackson - 71,605,480 likes

6. Vin Diesel - 70,112,311 likes

7. Katy Perry - 65,694,061 likes

8. Will Smith - 64,732,390 likes

9. Justin Bieber - 64,167,464 likes

10. Lady Gaga - 63,776,647 likes