This is Gloucestershire -- POP pooch Benson has been named top dog in social media.Benson is The Wanted's furry companion, and the band, featuring Gloucester's Nathan Sykes, picked up the Shorty Award.
The annual award is given to the best non human featuring in social media websites.
The awards were announced in New York this week, where Justin Bieber was honoured for making the best use of Twitter.
The group has just finished making a video for its next single release in the USA.
Former Longlevens Junior School and Ribston Hall pupil Nathan, 19, shot to stardom when The Wanted's All Time Low went to number one in August 2010.
He won the Door Youth Project's Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest in 2007. Reported by This is 2 days ago.