Archive for April, 2010


A Good Old Top Ten…

APR. 30
2010

Top ten’s are fun aren’t they… You know where you stand with a top 10.

And to be honest when Friday comes around I don’t have the will power to put together anything more complicated.

HOWEVER… I have been kind enough to throw in a remix of each of the top ten artists… Click the pictures to open up a whole new world of audio pleasure.

This chart is based on Social Network Buzz; as in those who are most talked about on the Webiverse.

Who Gots the Buzz?

#1

Mariah Carey

She’s having a what! A kid you say? Damn… I’m definitely gonna post something up on the internets after I’m done writing this. I mean have you seen her new curvy figure. Coincidence? I think not!

#2

Justin Bieber

Are you a Belieber? No… Well it doesn’t really matter cause you’re in the minority. That’s democracy. He had his hat stolen recently though so it’s not all plain sailing…

#3

Lady Gaga

If your not a Belieber then you must be a Little Monster… It stands to reason. You better choose your allegiance soon… Me I’m with Gaga, she’s more influential.

#4

Billy Joel

What the! Billy Joel… What’s HE doing here? As unlikely as it seems it’s probably down to this commercial for John Lewis featuring a cover version of Joel’s She’s Always a Women

#5

Demi Lovato

Probably the most surprising thing about this Disney product is her top 3 favourite bands. Abigail Williams, Job for a Cowboy and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. Take THAT Disney.

#6

Soulja Boy

To be honest if you can’t do the Soulja Boy Crank Dat dance then you can’t be worth knowing… It’s on a par with not knowing about the Stanky Leg dance.

#7

Bullet for My Valentine

What is it with Wales. Lost Prophets, Funeral for a Friend and these guys… Something must be in the water over there because the U.S market has been lapping it up.

#8

Ke$ha

Have you ever brushed your teeth with a bottle of Jack (Daniels I presume?)… Thought not. Check this apperance on Saturday Night Live

#9

Eminem

Angry middle class kids rejoyce your saviour is back! And he’s admitted that his last album was “ehh” Man I’m so out of touch is that bad or good?

#10

Akon

Wait a minute… Akon was No. 10 in our “Friendly” Chart last week. And now he’s No. 10… I smell a conspiracy, or could that just be my Konvict aftershave?

Lily Allen and the worthless BRIT…

APR. 28
2010

Remember earlier this year when Lily Allen won the BRIT Award for British Female Solo Artist...

You don’t?

Well whatever…she did and at the time she was pleased as punch.

But now it appears she’s not…. apparently the BRIT Awards are one big record label conspiracy…

So was the BRIT Award worthless? Well just look what it did to her Social Network Buzz…

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The BRIT Effect - click to expand

I put that big arrow there so you can see the affect… or lack of it.

Similarly there was little change in her MySpace Views & Plays. In fact the BRIT Awards coincide with a drop in plays & views but I would put that down to a regular fluctuation rather than something caused by the Award show.

MySpace Ain't Moving - click to expand

MySpace Ain't Moving - click to expand

There is one site where the award had an affect… or should I say Twaffect?

No. I don’t think I should…

Twimeline of Twollowers - click to expand

Twimeline of Twollowers - click to expand

As you can see Lily had a steady increase of followers from the day of the Award Show onwards; although to be fair this was probably caused by her performance at the Awards rather than the Award itself.

Alternatively it could have been her drunken acceptance speech which made people think “Hey, Lily’s pretty outspoken and entertaining. I wonder if she’s on Twitter?” In fact the second arrow shows the start of a peak which is more than likely caused by Lily’s spat with Courtney Love at the NME Awards.

What do you think? Are award shows relevant anymore? Or are they just a place for celebrities to get drunk and embarrass themselves (and then reap the publicity benefits…)

Answers on a postcard please!

MusicMetric “Friendly” Friday Chart.

APR. 23
2010

Summer is pretty much here. Well it’s sunny in London and that pretty much never happens so I’m going to start my summer early.

It’s also Friday and I’m feeling particularly friendly, so here is a top 10 of the “friendliest” artists on the webiverse this week!

That is the artists who’ve added most Friends/Fans on their social networking sites. Check. It. Out…

The Friendly Chart

#1

G.U.R.U.

Sadly Guru passed away earlier this week and there has been a flurry of activity on his various social networking sites. One half of the legendary Hip-Hop group Gang Starr, his presence will be sorely missed.

#2

Bon Jovi

Incredible. They’ve been going for over 25 years and there still gaining fans. Whatever they’re doing it’s working.

#3

Drake

Once the darling on the Blogosphere; Drake is limbering up to make the jump from Blog star to Billboard star. He’s on tour with Jay-Z this summer, so that’s a start…

#4

Plan B

The Defamation of Strickland Banks is a concept album by a rapper who does more singer than rapping. Confused? Me too. However it looks likely to be number 1 in the UK Album Chart this Sunday.

#5

Kid Cudi

Perhaps the most successful of the so called “indie rappers” his new album has changed names several times it’s now called Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager …You what?

#6

Lady Antebellum

Sunny. Happy. Beautiful. If Dawson’s Creek was still running these guys would be a shoe in for the season’s finale song. What ever did happen to the whole Joey, Pacey and Dawson love triangle?

#7

50 Cent

It feels like Fiddy is now part of the “old guard” of rap what with all these Lil’, Young and Kid rappers coming out but with a U.S tour this summer he’s sure to put the youngsters in their place….

#8

Shakira

It has been announced this week that Shakira she’ll be playing at the UK’s largest festival Glastonbury… Interesting. So the She Wolf is going to be playing Worthy Farm…

#9

Britney Spears

Miss Spears. There’s not really much she hasn’t done. Well apart from have a Britney themed episode of Glee… but don’t worry there’s a campaign for that #BritneySpearsGLEE

#10

Akon

Singer-Songwriter, rapper, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. But he can only make it to Number 10… But he did sign Lady GaGa and write her first hit so we’ll let him off.