Yesterday, on March 21st, Twitter turned 8 years old. On the March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey sent the first public tweet into the world ("just setting up my twttr") and since then, the service has come a long way. In only 18 months, 500,000 users had signed up. Three years, two months and one day after debuting, Twitter had reached the first billion tweets. In November of 2013, when the service was filing the paperwork for its IPO, it said there were 232 million monthly active users, 53 million of which were in the U.S.
Take a trip down memory lane to see what your favorite country artists had to say for their first official tweets.
Joined Twitter in 2008
Keith Urban - @KeithUrban - Welcome to Keith Urban's official Twitter page! 3:48 PM - 15 May 2008
Dierks Bentley - @DierksBentley - Welcome to the official Twitter page for Dierks Bentley! 3:55 PM - 15 May 2008
Jason Aldean - @Jason_Aldean - Welcome to the official Jason Aldean Twitter page! 4:22 PM - 15 May 2008 (Obviously, someone from the label or management company set these up for the three men of country.)
Trisha Yearwood - @TYcom - TRISHA YEARWOOD HEADLINES CIVIL WAR EVENT https://tinyurl.com/6kdo23 11:22 AM - 4 Jun 2008
Lady Antebellum - @ladyantebellum - Our new single is "Lookin' For A Good Time." Make sure you call up your local radio station and request it! 5:54 PM - 29 Jul 2008
Luke Bryan - @LukeBryanOnline - luke is participating in the paper doll project - auction starts on nov 28th at https://pages.ebay.com/paperdoll. 11:23 AM - 14 Nov 2008
Taylor Swift - @taylorswift13 - apologizing to a very needy cat for being gone so long. 5:15 AM - 6 Dec 2008
https://twitter.com/taylorswift13
Randy Houser - @RandyHouser - The Official Twitter for Randy Houser! www.RandyHouser.com 12:21 PM - 12 Dec 2008
Danni Rosner - @dannirosner - exhausted after a great show tonight at Busboys & Poets... thanks to everyone for coming out! :) It was great to see you! 2:42 AM - 18 Dec 2008
Joined Twitter in 2009
Grand Ole Opry - @opry - This weekend at the Opry: Craig Morgan, Montgomery Gentry, Vince Gill, Eric Church, Ricky Skaggs, Diamond Rio, Chuck Wicks, and many more! 10:47 AM - 30 Jan 2009
Natalie Stovall & The Drive - @NatalieStovall - I am making some lunch after some serious songwriting today... =) 5:01 PM - 3 Feb 2009
Jake Owen - @jakeowen - Tweet tweet!! I'm outside looking at the stars in Nashville. Seems like it's gonna be a buffalo wing night for me 9:35 PM - 25 Feb 2009
Frankie Ballard - @FrankieBallard - Rockin' till the sun comes up 3:16 PM - 6 Mar 2009
Tim McGraw - @TheTimMcGraw - Tell your friends to join Tim McGraw's Twitter feed. News coming soon! 3:20 PM - 11 Mar 2009
Brett Edlredge - @bretteldredge - Hates shopping at the mall! 11:37 AM - 14 Mar 2009
Eric Church - @ericchurch - what's your favorite song off of Carolina? 7:02 PM - 27 Mar 2009
Mary Sarah - @MarySarahMusic - Check this video out -- Kara DioGuardi Vid Besties! https://tinyurl.com/cd7ehv 11:56 PM - 29 Mar 2009
Rascal Flatts - @rascalflatts - You can listen to "Things That Matter" before the album comes out! Call 615-823-5601 to hear a clip. ~ Rascal Flatts 2:59 PM - 30 Mar 2009
Jerrod Niemann - @jrodfromoz - I am the light, what you seek is fire. 8:09 AM - 17 Apr 2009
Justin Moore - @JustinColeMoore - Learning how to twitter 2:36 PM - 28 Apr 2009
Miranda Lambert - @mirandalambert - tweeting for the first time 6:48 PM - 1 May 2009
Sara Evans - @saraevansmusic - Hey everybody! This is my first Twitter! I'm so twervous!!! Ha! I'm sitting on my girlfriend's front porch in Alabama having a cocktail! ... 8:35 PM - 1 May 2009
Thompson Square - @thompsonsquare - trying to figure this out. watching a fraiser rerun 12:47 PM - 16 May 2009
Blake Shelton - @blakeshelton - I used to think rice was a form of pasta. 6:37 PM - 9 Jun 2009
Greg Bates - @gregcbates - Just joined the masses. This better not take over my life. 5:37 PM - 26 Jun 2009
Thomas Rhett - @ThomasRhett - Get me some meatloaf! 10:23 PM - 18 Sep 2009
Brantley Gilbert - @BrantleyGilbert - Just left the Compound.... Ridin' around with Jeremy and Justin.... who knows where we'll end up.... 5:20 PM - 28 Oct 2009
Joined Twitter in 2010
Florida Georgia Line - @FLAGALine - I posted 36 photos on Facebook in the album "Summer 2010" https://fb.me/EaLqGJhy 12:01 AM - 29 Jul 2010
Joined Twitter in 2011
Scotty McCreery - @ScottyMcCreery - Hello Everyone! This is my new page now, and I will try my best to keep yall up to date on whats happening in my... https://fb.me/SIgXlgXc 3:31 AM - 4 Mar 2011
Aaron Tippin - @TippinAaron - Children across continent to perform song simultaneously https://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Children+across+continent+perform+song+simultaneously/4709507/story.html … via @AddThis 8:04 PM - 4 May 2011
Joined Twitter in 2013
Dan + Shay - @DanAndShay - Here we go... 5:14 PM - 15 Jul 2013
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