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Miley Cyrus, Chris Brown, Others Make Top Twitter News In 2009

By Jayson Rodriguez (MTV.com)

In 2009, the world of Twitter was abuzz with celebrity activity. Some artists often shared feelings that didn't always jibe with their public personas. Whether it was Chris Brown publicly pining for his former flame Rihanna, or Miley Cyrus being self-conscious about her appearance, the freedom of the micro-blogging site eventually was lost for some celebrities, replaced with what seemed to them like a swarm of Twitter paparazzi - RSS feeds replaced cameras, and bloggers had plenty of content to drive traffic to their own URLs. Some celebrity tweets became headlines.

But while Brown and Cyrus ended up canceling their accounts, others became emboldened by Twitter.

Take Pink, for example, who never seems at a loss for words. She promptly responded to Kanye West's Video Music Awards stunt of interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.

"Kanye west is the biggest piece of sh-- on earth. Quote me," the rock chick wrote.

And she wasn't the only one annoyed with his antics. Katy Perry may have even one-upped her musical counterpart.

"F--- you Kanye," she wrote. "It's like [you] stepped on a kitten."

John Mayer, Ricky Martin, NBA star Chris Paul, Ryan Seacrest and a host of other people also logged on to take their shots at Kanye.

"OMG" moments, however, weren't limited to the VMAs. Events like the MTV Movie Awards and the passing of pop icon Michael Jackson also brought out the best in Twitter.

The Gloved One's passing, in fact, was among the biggest trending topics on Twitter all year. News of MJ's death rattled the site. Twitterers found themselves locked out of the site as the company's servers weren't able to handle the surge of traffic.

In the past 12 months, it's like a new Titanic-sized living room was created where instead of your crazy uncle saying inappropriate things at the most inopportune time, it was Diddy. People like Ashton Kutcher now lead the day's conversations on Twitter. For better or worse, Twitter took over in 2009, and as the new year rolls along, expect more of the same.

Miley Cyrus, who once tweeted simply, "TWEET! TWEET! TWEET! I JUST TWITTERED. I LOVE TWEETIN'," may have left the popular service, but here's hoping more artists embrace it and fans keep following them and speaking their minds.

And you don't even have to be stuffed in a locker to do so.

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