Who is Dana Droppo? Billboard's Chief Brand Officer reportedly deactivates X account as alleged tweets about Taylor Swift and Rihanna go viral

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Dana Droppo faces backlash for her alleged tweets against Taylor Swift and Rihanna (image via Getty)

Dana Droppo is Billboard's Chief Brand Officer. Her career includes notable roles as an executive, media producer, and writer. Before working at Billboard, she looked over content teams at Complex Media, Turner Broadcasting, The Hollywood Reporter, and Rolling Stones.

Droppo recently deactivated her X account after she was slammed for her past tweets against Taylor Swift and Rihanna. This comes after Billboard released their Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century lineup, and Taylor was placed at no.2.

After the ranking had been announced, Taylor Swift fans took to social media to outrage, pointing out Billboard's recent post, which included Swift's wax figure from Ye's infamous Famous music video from 2016.

Dana Droppo has also interviewed notable celebs such as Megan Thee Stallion, Blake Shelton, Jason Momoa, Angela Davis, and Lana Del Rey.

More about the outrage against Dana Droppo

Taylor Swift fans have taken to social media to slam Billboard's Chief Brand Officer, Dana Droppo after tweets against the singer surfaced on the internet. In some of the tweets, Dana can be seen alleging that Swift "can't keep a man" and called her a "loser." She also made several comments about Rihanna by comparing her to Evelyn Lozada and reacted to her comments on her childbirth experience.

Dana Droppo makes scathing comments against Taylor Swift (image via @danadroppo on X)
Dana Droppo makes scathing comments against Taylor Swift (image via @danadroppo on X)

It was anticipated that Beyonce would be getting the top spot. However, Swifties disagreed and brought up chart records of the performance of the two artists, alleging that the ranking did not make sense.

Although Dana deactivated her account recently, fans did not stop and brought up Billboard's post, which featured a video celebrating Taylor Swift's achievement as the second greatest pop star of the 21st century after Beyonce. While the video's aim was to showcase Swift's flourishing career, it included a brief clip from Ye's Famous video, which featured a naked wax figure of the singer.

Taylor's fans demanded an apology from Billboard and threatened to boycott the platform using the hashtag #BillboardIsOverParty.

Billboard took to X to apologize for the mishap saying,

"We are deeply sorry to Taylor Swift and all of our readers and viewers that in a video celebrating Swift's achievements, we included a clip that falsely depicted her. We have removed the clip from our video and sincerely regret the harm we caused with this error."

Taylor Swift is yet to respond to Billboard's mishap and her fans on the incident.

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