Yeah Yeah Yeahs Music Media Analysis January to June 2010 Table of Contents Overview 3 Chart Popularity 4 Mainstream Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mainstream Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Twitter Coverage 6 Twitter Popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Twitter Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Mainstream Chart vs Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Twitter Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Shared Twitter Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 News Coverage 13 News Popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 News Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Mainstream Chart vs Sentiment . . . . . . . . . 15 Top Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Top News Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Best 5 News Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 News Activity 27 Most Shared Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 News Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Appendicies 31 Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists . . . . . . . 31 Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists . . . . . . . . 34 Appendix C - All Artists by Internet Reach . . . . 37 Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach . . . 44 2 Overview 48th on Mainstream Charts 115th on Twitter 439th in the Music Press This report reviews the popularity of Yeah Yeah Yeahs on the music charts and in the music news for the period January to June 2010. It benchmarks Yeah Yeah Yeahs against the 2,499 artists that appeared on the We Are Hunted charts during this period. The results are based on an analysis of 531,901 music articles and 13,439,734 music related tweets. News is sourced from a range of publishers including all the major music news sites and an army of passionate bloggers worldwide. Charts are compiled from samples of hundreds of charts in a range of music genres. This report was written by the We Are Hunted team and generated using the semantic analysis system that powers the wearehunted.com website. 3 Chart Popularity Mainstream Chart This section presents the mainstream chart performance for Yeah Yeah Yeahs compared to similar artists. Yeah Yeah Yeahs was ranked 48th overall of the 2,499 artists analyzed. During this period the average chart position on the We Are Hunted mainstream chart for Yeah Yeah Yeahs was 5th. 48th Overall Rank 5th Best Position Artist Rank Best Position The xx 3rd 1 Phoenix 16th 2 Animal Collective 42nd 5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 48th 5 Grizzly Bear 84th 9 The Flaming Lips 728th 212 M'Black 1771st 1,000 TV on the Radio 2394th 1,000 Figure 1: Artist Mainstream Ranks 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 2: Artist Mainstream Chart Popularity over Time Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio Grizzly Bear The Flaming Lips Animal Collective M'Black The xx Phoenix 4 Mainstream Comparison This section compares the mainstream chart performance of Yeah Yeah Yeahs against similar artists. These charts illustrate relative popularity over time. Popularity is computed from the normalised chart position for each day. 1.0 means Yeah Yeah Yeahs was ranked 1st overall of our charts for that day. 0.0 denotes Yeah Yeah Yeahs did not chart at all. 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 3: Comparisons for Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio Animal Collective M'Black Grizzly Bear 5 Twitter Coverage Twitter Popularity This section shows the number of tweets indicating that someone was listening to Yeah Yeah Yeahs during this time period. Included is the overall ranking of Yeah Yeah Yeahs when compared to similar artists. 115th Overall Rank 7,870 Tweets 0.002% Share Artist Rank Tweets Share Phoenix 53rd 12,831 0.003% The xx 67th 11,429 0.003% Yeah Yeah Yeahs 115th 7,870 0.002% Animal Collective 308th 4,189 0.001% Grizzly Bear 391st 3,562 0.001% The Flaming Lips 443rd 3,186 0.001% TV on the Radio 865th 1,816 0.000% M'Black 5035th 196 0.000% Figure 4: Twitter Coverage Comparison 150 100 50 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 5: Twitter Coverage over Time Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio Grizzly Bear The Flaming Lips Animal Collective M'Black The xx Phoenix 6 Twitter Comparison This section compares the total number of tweets mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs to similar artists. 100 80 60 40 20 100 50 25 20 15 10 5 0 8 6 4 2 0 50 40 30 20 10 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 6: Comparisons for Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio Animal Collective M'Black Grizzly Bear 7 Mainstream Chart vs Twitter 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 100 80 60 40 20 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 7: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Chart Popularity vs Twitter Coverage This chart presents a comparison of mainstream chart popularity versus Twitter Coverage. It is useful in visualizing the impact of Twitter on chart position. Chart Popularity Twitter volume 8 Twitter Users This section lists the twitter users mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs in tweets most during this period. Rank Twitter User Name 1 twitter.com/Galf_music William 2 twitter.com/molkosa Claris 3 twitter.com/thetoilettunes 4 Location Tweets Followers Updates 484 160 12,734 SlumberLand,Buenos Aires 124 187 11,488 Toilet Tunes Twit Seattle 109 844 88,194 twitter.com/KTimSeattle KTim Seattle 103 233 44,477 5 twitter.com/mark_till mark_till Los Angeles California 87 2,420 132,072 6 twitter.com/WCWMTracks WCWM Track List Williamsburg, VA 86 337 43,603 7 twitter.com/Gen22 Genevieve Canada 40 1,109 0 8 twitter.com/DannyLaurie Danny Laurie England 38 1,629 46,281 9 twitter.com/jaimearkin Jaime Arkin Milwaukee, WI 34 1,567 39,263 10 twitter.com/romanus Romanus ÜT: 48.156466,11.723544 34 3,999 65,881 11 twitter.com/soniktruth Josue Dominguez Fresno, CA 24 514 15,732 12 twitter.com/MissSerenaMarie 22 0 0 13 twitter.com/flickster4 Danyell ÜT: 33.410625,-112.004829 22 131 7,861 14 twitter.com/fishkopp_deluxe GG in the middle of nowhere 22 361 15,014 15 twitter.com/Boyvoid 21 0 0 16 twitter.com/ksmusic K tokio 21 297 8,797 17 twitter.com/NickDevious Nick Northeastern USA 21 5,989 42,912 18 twitter.com/Miel_deabeja Melissa Monardes Santiago, Chile 20 797 16,694 19 twitter.com/NobbyWalker Rob Walker Shropshire 19 75 2,609 20 twitter.com/tweetpod A Global Playlist Worldwide 19 1,135 128,876 21 twitter.com/thenoise_fm TheNoise.fm Music IS Global 19 416 10,788 22 twitter.com/djremix DJ Remix / Stefan Ontario, Canada 18 424 20,622 23 twitter.com/alekr2o Alejandra Cardoso México, D.F. 17 225 6,709 24 twitter.com/audbnyce Audio Bnyce Brown Town 17 63 4,349 25 twitter.com/caryseen caryse en-queen 17 508 3,233 26 twitter.com/Pesest Pesest 16 273 10,169 27 twitter.com/WildeLittleBen Ben Wilde 15 108 3,125 Maine, USA Figure 8: Top 60 Users tweeting about Yeah Yeah Yeahs 9 Rank Twitter User Name Location Tweets Followers Updates 28 twitter.com/juanchulas Don JuanChete Medellín, colombia 14 1,377 43,615 29 twitter.com/Pamelacq Pamela C. Quintero Monterrey N.L., México 14 153 0 30 twitter.com/cositaseria Mariabelén Lima, Peru 13 790 71,024 31 twitter.com/ivan_filios Iván Abrego Houston, TX 13 4,934 22,109 32 twitter.com/bones_yyy Muestra Los Huesos 13 137 2,963 33 twitter.com/nahao_o nahayeli lópez León Gto. // Morelia Mich. 12 114 7,067 34 twitter.com/dashnak dashnak México, D.F. 12 378 6,791 35 twitter.com/RyanKihnAZ Ryan Kihn Peoria, AZ 12 57 0 36 twitter.com/69mins 69mins 12 22 308 37 twitter.com/lastfm_scrob23 last.fm scrobblers 11 38 1,157 38 twitter.com/emeojotaaemea Elydeth Rodríguez MEX. D.F. 11 35 485 39 twitter.com/Demetrioteama Demetrio López SCL - Chile 11 1,033 9,618 40 twitter.com/SOUL_Magazine S.O.U.L. Magazine New York, NY 11 10,396 2,120 41 twitter.com/amarilloazulado Mario Cabrera Bogotá, Colombia 11 1,117 17,809 42 twitter.com/kenfiles Ken Files 11 28 2,517 43 twitter.com/theblogmachine theblogmachine San Juan, Puerto Rico 11 613 34,381 44 twitter.com/nycsongs nycsongs iPhone: 40.997391,-74.217163 10 806 3,443 45 twitter.com/Rodoolfooo 9 0 0 46 twitter.com/Blogfeedser Blogfeedser 9 194 4,381 47 twitter.com/twistening twistening 9 3,041 33,958 48 twitter.com/GoddessofBunk 9 0 0 49 twitter.com/BobsTunes Bob Tunes 9 130 11,764 50 twitter.com/pichonCalavera Sergio Tijuana, Mexico 9 61 3,198 51 twitter.com/Miuccia_addict Miuccia_addict bay areaaaaaa 9 133 1,976 52 twitter.com/drewgraphix Drewgraphix 9 19 0 53 twitter.com/matt_olivio 9 0 0 54 twitter.com/ErsatzJobl 9 0 0 55 twitter.com/leoke oscar molina bogota 8 80 1,173 56 twitter.com/eyemusing eyemusing San Diego 8 775 0 57 twitter.com/timtasticbot Tim's Bot 8 43 1,875 58 twitter.com/mindwork mindwork 8 281 3,363 59 twitter.com/paulfsmusic Paul's Music 8 13 2,808 60 twitter.com/purewaves Pure Waves 8 53 6,128 iPhone: 52.087906,5.109180 Taganrog New York Figure 8 (continued): Top 60 Users tweeting about Yeah Yeah Yeahs 10 Shared Twitter Links This section lists the most popular urls in tweets mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs during this period. URL Rank Tweets http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah+Yeah+Yeahs 1 687 http://lastfm.es/user/influenciable 2 115 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Heads Will Roll 3 70 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Zero 4 54 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Maps 5 54 http://tinysong.com/6JCu 6 25 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Runaway 7 25 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Dull Life 8 22 http://slacker.com/r/Z3Tr 9 22 http://tinysong.com/d75z 10 20 http://tinysong.com/3aKI 11 19 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Soft Shock 12 19 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Cheated Hearts 13 18 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Gold Lion 14 17 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Date With the Night 15 17 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Y Control 16 16 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Hysteric 17 16 http://slacker.com/r/Rs56 18 15 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Heads Will Roll (A-trak Remix) 19 14 http://www.thesixtyone.com/s/lbr9oiUcY6r/ 20 13 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/nahao_o 21 12 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Phenomena 22 12 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Rich 23 11 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/Miel_deabeja 24 11 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Down Boy 25 11 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Maps 26 10 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Dragon Queen 27 10 Figure 9: Top Shared Links on Twitter mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs 11 URL Rank Tweets http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Skeletons 28 10 http://www.tunewiki.com/t/zz3b 29 10 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Little Shadow 30 9 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/Rodoolfooo 31 9 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Honeybear 32 9 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/emeojotaaemea 33 8 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Pin 34 8 http://www.tunewiki.com/ 35 7 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/mindwork 36 7 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Modern Romance 37 7 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/matt_olivio 38 7 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Warrior 39 7 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Shame and Fortune 40 7 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/MmSuperMario 41 7 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/ErsatzJobl 42 6 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Skeletons (acoustic) 43 6 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/IAmTheNewThing 44 6 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/unaghii 45 6 http://www.tunewiki.com/t/142lz 46 6 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah+Yeah+Yeahs/_/Heads+Will+Roll 47 6 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Kiss Kiss 48 6 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/Slowner_ 49 6 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Gold Lion 50 6 http://tinysong.com/3b9x 51 5 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Way Out 52 5 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Tick 53 5 http://tinysong.com/7tzf 54 5 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/GilesFernandes 55 5 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/Rockers to Swallow 56 5 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/ja_fernandez 57 5 http://www.tweekly.fm/user/LiamCowen 58 5 http://www.last.fm/music/Yeah Yeah Yeahs/_/The Sweets 59 5 http://slacker.com/r/Pdpy 60 5 Figure 9 (continued): Top Shared Links on Twitter mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs 12 News Coverage News Popularity This section shows the total number of music articles mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs during this time period and the overall rank of Yeah Yeah Yeahs when compared to similar artists. 439th Overall Rank 247 Articles 0.007% Share Artist Rank Articles Share Phoenix 19th 1,764 0.051% The xx 33rd 1,302 0.038% M'Black 35th 1,241 0.036% Animal Collective 54th 1,003 0.029% Grizzly Bear 71st 853 0.025% The Flaming Lips 76th 837 0.024% TV on the Radio 348th 315 0.009% Yeah Yeah Yeahs 439th 247 0.007% Figure 10: News Coverage Comparison 50 40 30 20 10 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 11: News Coverage over Time Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio Grizzly Bear The Flaming Lips Animal Collective M'Black The xx Phoenix 13 News Comparison This section compares the number of music articles mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs during this time period to similar artists. 10 5 0 40 30 20 10 0 10 8 6 4 2 0 15 10 5 0 15 10 5 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 30/06 Figure 12: Comparisons for Yeah Yeah Yeahs Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio Animal Collective M'Black Grizzly Bear 14 Mainstream Chart vs Sentiment 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 25 20 15 10 5 10 5 0 01/01 31/01 02/03 01/04 01/05 31/05 Figure 13: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Chart Popularity vs News Sentiment + Volume This chart presents a comparison of mainstream chart popularity versus news sentiment and volume. It is useful in visualizing the impact of news coverage on chart position. The top chart illustrates the chart movement in Red. The Sentiment trend in Orange below is represented as a bar chart illustrating the cumulative sentiment thoughout the time period. Below zero indicates negative sentiment, above zero indicates positive sentiment at that point in time. The Green bar chart displays the number of articles published mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs that day. Chart Popularity News volume Sentiment trend 15 Top Publishers Spin Pitchfork Prefix Magazine Top Publishers Covert Curiosity Faronheit No Rock&Roll Fun Other Figure 14: Top Publishers related to Yeah Yeah Yeahs Top Publishers Mentions Spin 25 Pitchfork 18 Prefix Magazine 7 Covert Curiosity 4 Faronheit 3 No Rock&Roll Fun 3 The POP! Stereo 3 Streetkiss music 3 Jonk Music 3 Galaxy fm ® 3 surviving the golden age 2 some beans 2 Merry Swankster 2 KEEM ALL HIPPIES 2 The Pop Cop 2 Figure 15: Most frequently mentioned Top Publishers 16 Top News Publishers Publisher Rank Articles Spin - http://www.spin.com/ 1 25 Pitchfork - http://pitchfork.com/ 2 18 Prefix Magazine - http://prefixmag.com 3 7 Covert Curiosity - http://covertcuriosity.blogspot.com 4 4 Faronheit - http://faronheit.blogspot.com 5 3 No Rock&Roll Fun - http://xrrf.blogspot.com 6 3 The POP! Stereo - http://popstereo.blogspot.com/ 7 3 Streetkiss music - http://www.streetkiss.com/music 8 3 Jonk Music - http://jonkmusic.blogspot.com 9 3 Galaxy fm ® - http://galaxyfm.blogspot.com 10 3 surviving the golden age - http://survivingthegoldenage.blogspot.com 11 2 some beans - http://some-beans.blogspot.com/ 12 2 Merry Swankster - http://www.merryswankster.com/ 13 2 KEEM ALL HIPPIES - http://keemallhippies.blogspot.com/ 14 2 The Pop Cop - http://thepopcop.blogspot.com/ 15 2 Clash Music - http://www.clashmusic.com/ 16 2 This Mornin' I Am Born Again - http://thismornin.blogspot.com/ 17 2 Infrasons - http://infrasons.blogspot.com/ 18 2 Beyond Race - http://www.beyondrace.com/ 19 2 The Vinyl District - http://vinyldistrict.blogspot.com/ 20 2 Frequenze Indipendenti - http://frequenzeindipendenti.blogspot.com/ 21 2 Consequence of Sound - http://www.consequenceofsound.net/ 22 2 brooklynvegan - http://www.brooklynvegan.com/ 23 2 The Devil Has The Best Tuna - http://besttuna.blogspot.com 24 2 Let There Be Night - http://lettherebenight.blogspot.com/ 25 1 Sweeping The Nation - http://sweepingthenation.blogspot.com/ 26 1 Pop Tarts Suck Toasted - http://poptartssucktoasted.blogspot.com 27 1 Figure 16: Top 71 Publishers mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs 17 Publisher Rank Articles PopWreck(oning) - http://popwreckoning.com/ 28 1 discopunk - http://discopunk.blogspot.com/ 29 1 Musical Justice - http://musicjustice.blogspot.com/ 30 1 wongie's music world - http://wongiesmusicworld.blogspot.com/index.html 31 1 I Rock Cleveland - http://irockcleveland.blogspot.com/ 32 1 caffeine-headache - http://caffeine-headache.net/ 33 1 Planet Mondo - Atomic Blog - http://planetmondo.blogspot.com/ 34 1 IHEARTCOMIX! - http://www.iheartcomix.com 35 1 Stereoscope - http://www.stereoscope.fm/ 36 1 Letters Have No Arms! - http://letterarms.blogspot.com/ 37 1 Largehearted Boy - http://blog.largeheartedboy.com/ 38 1 Nashville Nights - http://nashvillenights.blogspot.com/ 39 1 My Old Kentucky Blog - http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com 40 1 Indiecent Music - http://www.indiecentmusic.com/ 41 1 8/1 - http://hayatbayat.blogspot.com/ 42 1 :: The Playlist :: - http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/ 43 1 Ryan's Smashing Life - http://ryanssmashinglife.blogspot.com 44 1 inALLcaps - http://www.inallcaps.com 45 1 The Lost Turntable - http://lostturntable.blogspot.com/ 46 1 The Cure for Bedbugs - http://cureforbedbugs.blogspot.com 47 1 your head's not right - http://yourheadsnotright.blogspot.com/index.html 48 1 Sundtrak - http://www.sundtrak.com/ 49 1 Athens66 - http://athens66.blogspot.com/ 50 1 Pirates of the Bargain Bin - http://piratesofthebargainbin.blogspot.com/ 51 1 JPs Blog - http://jp917.blogspot.com/ 52 1 INDIEBLOGHEAVEN - http://indieblogheaven.typepad.com/indieblogheaven/ 53 1 stereogum - http://www.stereogum.com/ 54 1 Muzak For Cybernetics - http://muzakforcybernetics.blogspot.com 55 1 ::: Off the Radar ::: - http://offtheradarmiami.blogspot.com/ 56 1 Penned Madness - http://www.pennedmadness.com/ 57 1 B-Town Hit Parade - http://breidholt.blogspot.com/ 58 1 NME - News - http://www.nme.com/ 59 1 Louis Louis - http://itslouislouis.blogspot.com 60 1 Versions Galore - http://versionsgalore.blogspot.com/ 61 1 Shark Party! - http://sharkparty.blogspot.com 62 1 Mojophenia - http://mojophenia.blogspot.com/ 63 1 Music Liberation - http://musicliberation.blogspot.com/ 64 1 Keep Hope Inside - http://keephopeinside.blogspot.com 65 1 Figure 16 (continued): Top 71 Publishers mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs 18 Publisher Rank Articles Veritas Lux Mea - http://thetruthenlightensme.blogspot.com 66 1 ultra8201 - http://ultra8201.blogspot.com 67 1 One Sweet Song - http://onesweetsong.blogspot.com/ 68 1 Paste Magazine - http://www.pastemagazine.com/ 69 1 Indie Selections For Your Erections - http://isyes.blogspot.com/index.html 70 1 The Line Of Best Fit - http://thelineofbestfit.com 71 1 Figure 16 (continued): Top 71 Publishers mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs 19 Best 5 News Days 1 27 January 2010 : 13 articles Popular Articles this Day 2010 Grammy Awards: Predictions and Prognostications Prefix Magazine, 27 January 2010 The awards for the 52nd Grammys will be handed out and broadcast live Jan. 31 on CBS. True to form, we've decided to take our hand at making some predictions ... Wednesday's Music Roundup Spin, 27 January 2010 [Updated: 4:54 P.M.] NEWS: GRAMMY Preview: Who'll Win? If only we ran the Grammys.... Score along at home with our semi-educated guesses! [ SPIN ] FEIST , DEVO , ROOTS ... Embed and breakfast man: Yeah Yeah Yeahs No Rock&Roll Fun, 27 January 2010 So, it turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote Skeletons during a snowstorm. And so they wanted the video to reflect that feeling, they instructed Barney Clay when he turned up ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons (Video) Muzak For Cybernetics, 27 January 2010 The YYYs go goth in this new video from director Barney Clay (who also happens to be Karen O.'s boyfriend). January seems like an appropriate month to release a video ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Skeletons" (Video) Prefix Magazine, 27 January 2010 Earlier today, we brought you the behind the scenes look at the creation of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Skeletons" video, and now here comes the finished product. There's really only one ... WATCH: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Premiere New Video! Spin, 26 January 2010 Whether she's a multi-colored chieftain from outer space , a gold-plated disco queen , or a nouveau geisha , Karen O loves playing dress-up. And in the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' ... "Skeleton" (Making-Of Clip) (Video) Prefix Magazine, 26 January 2010 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are shooting another promo for a track from It’s Blitz —this time for “Skeletons.” This making-of clip includes exclusive interviews with the band, including a high-haired ... 20 Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Skeleton" (Making-Of Clip) (Video) Prefix Magazine, 26 January 2010 The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are shooting another promo for a track from It’s Blitz —this time for “Skeletons.” This making-of clip includes exclusive interviews with the band, including a high-haired ... Tuesday's Music Roundup Spin, 26 January 2010 [Updated: 5:57 P.M.] NEWS: DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Announces Summer Tour Opening acts include Sharon Jones, Felice Brothers, Zac Brown Band, Raphael Saadiq and more! [ SPIN ] OF MONTREAL Kick ... Brit Awards 2011 shortlist announced: NME awards shortlist published No Rock&Roll Fun, 26 January 2010 Well, it's as good a joke as it was last year. Although, to be honest, this year's shortlists for the NME prizes is so conservative, I suspect even the Brits ... 2 02 January 2010 : 8 articles Popular Articles this Day Re-Post: Best Songs of the Decade: #1 - 10 Pop Tarts Suck Toasted, 02 January 2010 10. Jay-Z - "99 Problems" ; John Elway was the last person to truly go out on top, retiring with two Super Bowl wins in a row and then riding ... UK Blogger Albums Of 2009 Poll Results Sweeping The Nation, 01 January 2010 Here we go again, then. The traditional first post of the new year on this blog, and hopefully the highest profile given what it entails and the effort put into ... WONGIE'S BEST OF 2009: #31-40 (plus 2 tracks i couldn't cut out) wongie's music world, 02 January 2010 #31 Agnes – Release Me #32 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Zero #33 Frankmusik – Confusion Girl #34 Golden Silvers with Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Arrows of Eros #35 Passion Pit ... Top 50 Songs of 2009: Pt. 5 surviving the golden age, 02 January 2010 10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Zero" When the Yeah Yeah Yeahs released the first single from It's a Blitz , it seemed like a departure from everything we knew about the ... 21 2009 Readers' Poll Results discopunk, 02 January 2010 First of all we want to thank everyone who voted on our first Readers' Poll and say that we're very pleased with the results ■ not a surprise since we ... {Richard Hawley} caffeine-headache, 02 January 2010 Richard Hawley has a cover of Gordon Lightfoot's “Early Morning Rain” on Starbucks’ latest Sweetheart Compilation. Here's the impressive track listing: 01 Death Cab for Cutie: “Love Song” (Cure cover) ... End of 2009: Matt Miles PopWreck(oning), 02 January 2010 Top 3 Albums of 2009: Converge – Axe to Fall Flaming Lips – Embryonic Decemberists – Hazards of Love Honorable Mentions: Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs – It’s Blitz Them Crooked Vultures ... Happy New Decade From The Devil The Devil Has The Best Tuna, 01 January 2010 And so another year draws to a close and a new one begins. A year in which we all, with the exception of MPs with their hand in the till ... Top 50 Songs of 2009: Pt. 1 surviving the golden age, 01 January 2010 50. Duece Poppi "My White Friends" The last entry on any countdown is usually the editor of the list having his way. While 2009 had plenty of decent songs, Duece ... Musical Justice's Top 10 CDs of 2009 Musical Justice, 02 January 2010 Been a little while since we've posted, so I've got a couple of recaps first. Here's the wrap-up of 2009's best: TOP 10 CDs OF 2009 1. Art Brut - ... 3 28 January 2010 : 8 articles Popular Articles this Day Grammy Preview: Who'll Win? Spin, 28 January 2010 The 52nd annual Grammy Awards feature an amazing roster of performers, including Green Day, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and many more. (Watch the show Sunday, Jan.31, at 8 p.m. ... Watch: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Skeletons' Drowned In Sound, 28 January 2010 Like you'd not had enough audio-visual content from us in the past day, with THREE whole videos AND a brand new Yeasayer song. Well, here's yet another one, this time ... 22 Watch: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Skeletons' Drowned In Sound, 28 January 2010 Like you'd not had enough audio-visual content from us in the past day, with THREE whole videos AND a brand new Yeasayer song. Well, here's yet another one, this time ... Beach House Wow at Album Release Show Spin, 28 January 2010 It's the trajectory of a band on the rise. For their just released third album, the SPIN-praised Teen Dream , Baltimore dream-pop outfit Beach House signed with indie heavyweight Sub ... 2010 Grammy Awards: Predictions and Prognostications Prefix Magazine, 27 January 2010 The awards for the 52nd Grammys will be handed out and broadcast live Jan. 31 on CBS. True to form, we've decided to take our hand at making some predictions ... Wednesday's Music Roundup Spin, 27 January 2010 [Updated: 4:54 P.M.] NEWS: GRAMMY Preview: Who'll Win? If only we ran the Grammys.... Score along at home with our semi-educated guesses! [ SPIN ] FEIST , DEVO , ROOTS ... Embed and breakfast man: Yeah Yeah Yeahs No Rock&Roll Fun, 27 January 2010 So, it turns out Yeah Yeah Yeahs wrote Skeletons during a snowstorm. And so they wanted the video to reflect that feeling, they instructed Barney Clay when he turned up ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons (Video) Muzak For Cybernetics, 27 January 2010 The YYYs go goth in this new video from director Barney Clay (who also happens to be Karen O.'s boyfriend). January seems like an appropriate month to release a video ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Skeletons" (Video) Prefix Magazine, 27 January 2010 Earlier today, we brought you the behind the scenes look at the creation of Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Skeletons" video, and now here comes the finished product. There's really only one ... Beach House Wow at Album Release Show idiomag, 28 January 2010 For their just released third album, the SPIN-praised Teen Dream , Baltimore dream-pop outfit Beach House signed with indie heavyweight Sub Pop; worked with Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on ... 23 4 06 January 2010 : 7 articles Popular Articles this Day Karen O, Brian Eno Out Of Oscar Race Clash Music, 06 January 2010 Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O and producer Brian Eno have fallen foul of Oscar regulations and are out of the running for the 'Best Original Score' award. A new ... Mix/Cover/Live #112 The 405, 06 January 2010 Today's Mix/Cover/Live + MP3 Roundup includes Woods, Marina & The Diamonds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Florence & The Machine. Remix MP3: Marina And The Diamonds - Hollywood (Fenech-Soler Remix) Cover ... MY TOP ALBUMS OF 2009! IHEARTCOMIX!, 06 January 2010 Ok, so I've been slowly piecing together my best of lists for the year. In the coming days you'll get the IHEARTCOMIX YEAR IN REVIEW along with some of the ... Free Mixtape : Action Jackson : A Wintry Mix My Old Kentucky Blog, 06 January 2010 Our favorite DJ in town, Action Jackson , who is performing tonight at LET GO! At The Lockerbie , sent us over his latest mixtape, A Wintry Mix . I ... Your Starter For Ten Planet Mondo - Atomic Blog, 05 January 2010 Happy New Year bloggers, blogettes and browsers. Hope you had a goody without overindulging too much. How are you naming new year? Personally I can't bring myself to say twenty ... Best Songs of 2009: 25-11 Jonk Music, 06 January 2010 "Kettering" The Antlers Repeated, persistent piano chords support and console Peter Silberman's fragile voice as he grapples with mortality on "Kettering." The song moves from melancholia to anger to acceptance ... Chris' Top 20 of 2009 Stereoscope, 06 January 2010 2009 was a great year for music. Much too good to be limited to only 10 songs. Here are 20 of the best, and my favorite, songs from the last ... Keith's odds and ends Merry Swankster, 05 January 2010 I hope you enjoyed our 50 songs of 2009 list as much as we enjoyed writing. Shall we say 87% enjoyment? Aces. Before we go headfirst into 2010 (/checks calendar, ... 24 The Best of 2009 MegaList: Music, Film, Television, Web & More bazookaluca, 05 January 2010 In case you were stuck in a well for the entire year, here's what you missed in 2009. **NOTE** The items within the following lists are not ranked in order ... Karen O and Brian Eno Out of Oscar Race for Best Score Pitchfork, 06 January 2010 Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and art-rock titan Brian Eno both wrote the scores for major motion pictures released in 2009: Karen O (along with Carter Burwell) tackled Spike ... 5 09 January 2010 : 7 articles Popular Articles this Day Shorties (New Blur Documentary, Hilary Mantel, and more) Largehearted Boy, 09 January 2010 The London Evening Standard points out the new Blur documentary, No Distance Left to Run. Watch the film's trailer. Podularity interviews Hilary Mantel, author of the Booker prize-wining novel Wolf ... [DECADEnce] The Top 100 Songs of the 00s Faronheit, 09 January 2010 I don't know how your first full week of 2010 has been, but I can tell you that mine has been busier than busy, and wilder than wild. To say ... They Don't Love You Like I Love You Nashville Nights, 09 January 2010 On paper it looks like someone's attempt to ride the wave of A-Trak's 'Heads Will Roll' success but I assure you this one's legit. The smooth production value has whimsical ... I like the way you squeeze my hand/ Pulling me to another dream/ A lucid dream... some beans, 09 January 2010 Π■νε κι οι γιορτ■ς... ∆εν τις πολυκαταλ■βαµε εδ■ στο some beans, καθ■ς υπ■ρχαν περισσ■τερα ιατρικ■ ζητ■µατα τριγ■ρω απ'■σα στο µ■σο επεισ■διο του ER , αλλ■ περ■σανε. Μελοµακ■ρονα και κουραµπι■δες φαγ■θηκαν, ... Music Blog Zeitgeist 2009 Indiecent Music, 09 January 2010 Pós-modernidade é isso aí. Saiu mais uma vez a lista de melhores do ano do Hype Machine (a gente explicou aqui ). De brinde, umas ilustrações incríveis, entre as quais ... 25 Top Albums of ’09 (75-46) Beyond Race, 09 January 2010 Yes, we’re just putting our Top Albums of 2009 list up right now. And yes, 2010 is already upon us. But really, now, after we’ve had some time to settle ... Binary's Favorite Songs of 2009 (Kyle's) Binary, 09 January 2010 Now that 2009 has drawn to a close and we're getting into full swing on 2010 Josh and I wanted to put together a list of our favorite tracks from ... 26 News Activity Most Shared Articles This section lists the articles mentioning Yeah Yeah Yeahs that were shared the most on Twitter during this period. 1 Grammy Preview: Who'll Win? Spin, 28 January 2010 The 52nd annual Grammy Awards feature an amazing roster of performers, including Green Day, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and many more. (Watch the show Sunday, Jan.31, at 8 p.m. ... Entities mentioned: AC/DC, Alice in Chains, Animal Collective, Bat For Lashes, brian eno, Dave Matthews, David Byrne, David Byrne Brian Eno, David Byrne and Brian Eno, day n nite, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Draft, Drake, Eminem, Flo Rida, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Jay-Z, Judas Priest 2 The Best Moments of Glastonbury 2010 Spin, 29 June 2010 Ah, Glastonbury: 200,000 people amassed together on Worthy Farm in Pilton, England for what has become the biggest, muddiest, loudest festival in the world. While the event is historic on ... Entities mentioned: Blur, Brother Ali, Candi Staton, Daft Punk, Darlings, Delphic, Dizzee Rascal, Fatboy Slim, Florence and the Machine, Gorillaz, Groove Armada, House of Pain, Howl, Kelis, Lady GaGa, Lush, Moss, Nas, Nirvana, Norman 3 Penny Sparkle Due This September, European Tour Also Announced 4AD, 24 June 2010 Blonde Redhead return this fall with the release of Penny Sparkle , the sublime new album from the fêted New York trio. Released on September 14th (13th outside the US), ... Entities mentioned: alan, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Bush, Depeche Mode, Fever Ray, Glasser, My Bloody Valentine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 4 Monday's Music Roundup Spin, 08 February 2010 [Updated: 6:33 P.M.] NEWS: Best & Worst SUPER BOWL Music The Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, the Who, and more of the big game's musical wins and losses. [ SPIN ] ... Entities mentioned: 30 Seconds to Mars, Amanda Palmer, Arcade Fire, Beck, Cass McCombs, Courtney Love, Danger Mouse, Evelyn Evelyn, Feist, Flying Lotus, Frances Bean Cobain, Grizzly Bear, High on Fire, Hot Chip, Jamie Lidell, King Crimson, LCD Soundsystem, Leonard Cohen, Lotus, Ludacris 27 5 Shorties (New Blur Documentary, Hilary Mantel, and more) Largehearted Boy, 09 January 2010 The London Evening Standard points out the new Blur documentary, No Distance Left to Run. Watch the film's trailer. Podularity interviews Hilary Mantel, author of the Booker prize-wining novel Wolf ... Entities mentioned: Blur, Booker T, HILARY DUFF, Karen O, Yeah Yeah Yeahs 6 Wednesday's Music Roundup Spin, 27 January 2010 [Updated: 4:54 P.M.] NEWS: GRAMMY Preview: Who'll Win? If only we ran the Grammys.... Score along at home with our semi-educated guesses! [ SPIN ] FEIST , DEVO , ROOTS ... Entities mentioned: AC/DC, Animal Collective, Beach House, Bob Dylan, Broken Bells, Cold Cave, Dakota Fanning, Danger Mouse, Dave Matthews, Deftones, Desert, Devo, dirty projectors, Electric Light Orchestra, ELECTRO ROCKERS, ELO, Feist, Grizzly Bear, Hope Sandoval The Warm Inventions, Jackson 5 7 Tuesday's Music Roundup Spin, 26 January 2010 [Updated: 5:57 P.M.] NEWS: DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Announces Summer Tour Opening acts include Sharon Jones, Felice Brothers, Zac Brown Band, Raphael Saadiq and more! [ SPIN ] OF MONTREAL Kick ... Entities mentioned: AC/DC, Animal Collective, Beck, Blur, Bob Dylan, Cold Cave, Cold War Kids, Dave Matthews, Deftones, Devo, Drake, Electric Light Orchestra, ELECTRO ROCKERS, ELO, Feist, Grizzly Bear, Hope Sandoval The Warm Inventions, Jack White, Jackson 5, Joan Jett 8 Spin magazine lists the 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years PunkNews, 11 June 2010 To celebrate their 25th Anniversary, Spin has posted a list of their 125 best albums of those 2.5 decades. The list includes The Hives , LCD Soundsystem , Queens of ... Entities mentioned: Against Me!, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Elliott Smith, Fugazi, Green Day, Jesus Mary Chain, Johnny Cash, LCD Soundsystem, Metallica, My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Public Enemy, Queens of the Stone Age, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Sleater-Kinney 28 News Highlights This section includes the most repeated statements in the music press about Yeah Yeah Yeahs month by month during this period. January "Yeah Yeah Yeahs has gotten to recently. I'd say that Spoon's music was a little too weird for that kind of success, but compared to Karen ..." Wed 20/01 - Shifted Emotions - Faronheit "Yeah Yeah Yeahs have announced plans to release a digital bundle of their forthcoming single, 'Skeletons'. The single, off the band's 2009 album 'It's Blitz!', will ..." Sun 24/01 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce ‘Skeletons’ Digital Bundle - Rock on the Streets "Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released the video for their song 'Skeletons'. It will be the third single form their 2009 album "It's Blitz". The video centers ..." Wed 27/01 - New Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons - JPs Blog "Yeah Yeah Yeahs have premiered the music video for "Skeletons". The track is for the new single off the band's latest album, 'It's Blitz!'. 'It's Blitz!' ..." Sun 31/01 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Premier “Skeletons” Music Video - Rock on the Streets February "Yeah Yeah Yeahs have moved away from their original garage rock sound and embraced electro rock, It's Blitz! still lives up to its hype, buoyed by ..." Tue 02/02 - 10 Favourite Albums of 2009 - I Know That I'm Right :: A Music Blog May "Yeah Yeah Yeahs being used for sneaky background earworm action, as their song "Runaway" was used for a 2009 episode of Gossip Girl . It's Blitz! ..." Thu 20/05 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Song In Apple iPad Ad - Chart Attack 29 June "Yeah Yeah Yeahs have been enjoying quite a bit of attention from the rap game lately – well, one of their songs has, anyway. Previously flipped ..." Thu 10/06 - ESSO - Heads Will Roll - DJ Booth 30 Appendicies Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the We Are Hunted mainstream chart. Artist Rank Best Position Muse 1 1 Lady GaGa 2 1 The xx 3 1 Radiohead 4 1 Coldplay 5 1 The Beatles 6 1 Vampire Weekend 7 1 MGMT 8 1 The Killers 9 1 Florence and the Machine 10 1 The Black Eyed Peas 11 2 Kings of Leon 12 2 Nirvana 13 2 Paramore 14 2 Arctic Monkeys 15 2 Phoenix 16 2 Red Hot Chili Peppers 17 2 Metallica 18 2 Linkin Park 19 2 Gorillaz 20 3 Pink Floyd 21 3 Michael Jackson 22 3 Ke$ha 23 3 Beyoncé 24 3 Foo Fighters 25 3 Green Day 26 3 The Smiths 27 4 Figure 17: Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart 31 Artist Rank Best Position Bon Iver 28 4 Rihanna 29 4 Jason Derulo 30 4 System of A Down 31 4 AC/DC 32 4 Lily Allen 33 4 La Roux 34 4 Taylor Swift 35 4 Led Zeppelin 36 4 Guns N´ Roses 37 4 Massive Attack 38 4 Owl City 39 5 Crystal Castles 40 5 Jay-Z 41 5 Animal Collective 42 5 30 Seconds to Mars 43 5 Oasis 44 5 Katy Perry 45 5 Britney Spears 46 5 Passion Pit 47 5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 48 5 Rage Against the Machine 49 5 Blink 182 50 5 The National 51 5 Franz Ferdinand 52 6 M.I.A. 53 6 Queen 54 6 Justin Bieber 55 6 Beach House 56 6 Blur 57 6 Jason Mraz 58 6 Eminem 59 6 Daft Punk 60 7 Joy Division 61 7 OneRepublic 62 7 The Strokes 63 7 Lil Wayne 64 7 Bloc Party 65 7 Figure 17 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart 32 Artist Rank Best Position Mumford And Sons 66 7 Arcade Fire 67 7 The Temper Trap 68 7 Snow Patrol 69 7 Placebo 70 7 The White Stripes 71 7 Death Cab For Cutie 72 7 The Cure 73 8 U2 74 8 Drake 75 8 Alicia Keys 76 8 LCD Soundsystem 77 8 The Kooks 78 8 Mariah Carey 79 9 The Jonas Brothers 80 9 Lady Antebellum 81 9 The Prodigy 82 9 Empire Of The Sun 83 9 Grizzly Bear 84 9 Black Sabbath 85 9 Chris Rea 86 9 Miley Cyrus 87 9 John Mayer 88 10 Evanescence 89 10 Kanye West 90 10 Justice 91 10 David Guetta 92 10 Train 93 10 Yeasayer 94 10 Broken Bells 95 10 The Crystals 96 10 Depeche Mode 97 10 The Rolling Stones 98 10 The Postal Service 99 10 Fleet Foxes 100 11 Figure 17 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart 33 Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the We Are Hunted emerging chart. Artist Rank Best Position The National 1 2 The xx 2 2 Bon Iver 3 2 LCD Soundsystem 4 3 Jedi Mind Tricks 5 3 Stars 6 3 Dredg 7 3 Jason Aldean 8 3 Tied & Tickled Trio 9 3 Plan B 10 3 Sia 11 4 She & Him 12 4 Vampire Weekend 13 4 La Roux 14 4 Crystal Castles 15 4 Yeasayer 16 4 Robyn 17 4 Hot Chip 18 5 Sleigh Bells 19 5 Broken Social Scene 20 5 B.o.B. 21 5 Beach House 22 5 Florence and the Machine 23 5 The Woods 24 5 The Morning Benders 25 5 Damian Marley & Nas 26 5 Marina and the Diamonds 27 5 Figure 18: Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart 34 Artist Rank Best Position Fol Chen 28 5 Mark Wills 29 5 Two Door Cinema Club 30 6 Rockets 31 6 The Radio Dept. 32 6 just.one.duran 33 6 Passion Pit 34 6 The Black Keys 35 6 Justice 36 6 Major lazer 37 6 Pendulum 38 7 HEALTH 39 7 Broken Bells 40 7 DOOM 41 7 Miike Snow 42 7 Caribou 43 7 Tame Impala 44 7 MEN 45 7 Tryo 46 7 Chipmunk 47 7 Cults 48 8 Owl City 49 8 DELOREAN 50 8 Best Of ! 51 8 Ludacris & Shawnna 52 8 Crookers 53 8 Arcade Fire 54 8 Danger 55 8 Andrea Bocelli 56 8 Hostage 57 8 The Roots 58 8 The New Pornographers 59 8 Band of Horses 60 9 Joker 61 9 Ellie Goulding 62 9 The Crystal 63 9 Surfer Blood 64 9 Angus & Julia Stone 65 9 Figure 18 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart 35 Artist Rank Best Position Jónsi 66 9 Delphic 67 9 Dirty Money 68 9 Flying Lotus 69 9 The Scare 70 10 Everything Everything 71 10 Janelle Monae 72 10 Joanna Newsom 73 10 MSTRKRFT 74 10 A-Ha 75 10 Deadmau5 76 10 Animal Collective 77 10 Grizzly Bear 78 10 Frog Eyes 79 10 Ratatat 80 11 Wild Nothing 81 11 Rusko 82 11 The Hood Internet 83 11 Diplo 84 11 Cam'ron 85 11 Atmosphere 86 11 Wale 87 12 The Tallest Man On Earth 88 12 Japandroids 89 12 Toro y Moi 90 12 Foals 91 12 Here We Go Magic 92 12 Neon Indian 93 12 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 94 12 The Drums 95 12 Avi Buffalo 96 12 Jamaica 97 13 Beirut 98 13 Goodfellas Soundtrack The Crystals 99 13 Calvin Harris 100 13 Figure 18 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart 36 Appendix C - All Artists by Internet Reach This section presents the top 250 Artists ranked by their Internet Reach. Reach is determined by analysing the incoming links to the artists's websites (links), the average number of pages the artist has indexed on popular search engines (index) and the number of articles shared on Twitter mentioning this artist. For each artist, their own website, myspace, last.fm, facebook and youtube sites are compacted into a single score. Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Eminem 2 261,044 260,986 49,170 Interpol 5 65,023 158 33,668 MGMT 6 170,374 39,518 30,752 Weezer 9 204,822 133,398 22,698 Gucci Mane 10 30,373 368 22,887 Trey Songz 11 74,211 22,318 19,353 Lenny Kravitz 12 38,408 337 16,881 Chromeo 13 33,550 125 16,112 Wiz Khalifa 14 9,065 138 14,077 Katy Perry 15 90,535 1,230 12,581 Chris Brown 16 142,334 201,335 10,921 nevershoutnever! 17 180,747 220 10,733 Paramore 18 243,205 61,195 9,864 Amy Winehouse 19 78,302 510 10,855 Travie McCoy 20 10,283 97 10,878 Shakira 21 93,764 2,151 10,321 TLC 23 1,632,428 40,805 338 Drake Bell 24 7,642 63 9,577 Vampire Weekend 25 78,870 324 8,520 Gorillaz 26 126,911 418 8,119 Ronnie James Dio 28 34,680 25 7,825 The Dave Matthews Band 29 75,896 936 7,470 Alanis Morissette 30 56,091 1,475 7,467 Panic! At The Disco 32 71,602 220 6,792 Rihanna 33 93,464 552 6,568 Snoop Dogg 34 189,908 104,247 5,455 Four Year Strong 35 36,589 141 6,465 Figure 19: Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 37 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Matisyahu 36 27,888 2,024 6,209 Miley Cyrus 37 93,276 596 5,776 John Mayer 38 166,706 24,862 5,106 Slash 39 40,668 155 5,559 Pearl Jam 40 269,091 10,420 3,925 Erykah Badu 41 56,013 303 5,106 Lady GaGa 42 374,511 279,169 2,552 Mary J. Blige 43 122,149 121,505 3,640 Bob Dylan 44 632,923 67,140 601 Gustavo Cerati 45 31,086 478 4,296 Die Antwoord 46 13,363 45 4,296 Arcade Fire 47 92,383 73 3,810 Jimmy Eat World 49 57,870 2,320 3,871 Sade 50 51,819 6,785 3,722 Nine Inch Nails 51 418,225 879 1,490 Kings of Leon 52 339,769 309,525 1,207 Manchester Orchestra 53 19,258 9,492 3,782 The xx 54 37,634 35 3,615 Bonobo 55 22,395 447 3,620 Iron Maiden 56 203,066 2,452 2,486 Muse 57 216,164 385 2,211 Phoenix 58 86,556 19,472 2,917 Alicia Keys 60 228,257 155,963 1,676 Them Crooked Vultures 61 49,247 42,517 2,857 Beastie Boys 62 287,769 333,944 735 Linkin Park 63 261,418 8,497 1,634 OK Go 64 63,936 4,512 2,783 Britney Spears 65 208,787 4,913 1,913 The Offspring 66 398,982 306,196 69 Jack Johnson 67 167,969 1,204 2,087 Ozzy Osbourne 68 144,421 105,131 1,977 Frightened Rabbit 69 24,762 106 2,929 Metallica 70 363,549 3,306 856 Blink 182 71 344,908 353,426 141 Janelle Monae 72 49,312 3,978 2,651 Pink 73 321,792 426,391 40 Unkle 74 19,661 149 2,813 Anberlin 75 63,474 223 2,427 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 38 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Mystery Jets 76 12,479 63 2,683 The Replacements 77 296,750 414,745 21 Keith Urban 78 48,102 5,214 2,455 The Summer Set 79 18,669 86 2,576 Boys Like Girls 80 127,238 59,984 1,787 Radiohead 81 349,374 120,804 229 Carrie Underwood 82 273,407 203,776 395 U2 83 302,914 6,134 579 Foxy Shazam 84 5,703 126 2,338 Coldplay 85 270,240 11,471 741 65daysofstatic 86 22,857 3,389 2,193 Sarah McLachlan 87 68,284 15,234 1,851 Mumford And Sons 88 27,180 1,651 2,073 Lupe Fiasco 89 78,756 5,088 1,708 Peter, Bjorn And John 90 26,651 108 2,016 The Black Eyed Peas 91 276,201 123,900 201 Broken Social Scene 92 45,606 855 1,846 Scuba 93 333,537 7,364 101 iamamiwhoami 94 3,847 4 2,061 Kanye West 95 199,615 335 886 Jason Derulo 96 80,885 189 1,589 Jay-Z 97 154,832 1,844 1,135 Robyn 98 36,695 6,797 1,822 Ciara 99 280,056 166,939 2 Lady Antebellum 100 47,145 211 1,761 We Are Scientists 101 39,033 4,188 1,791 Aeroplane 102 7,665 42 1,986 Blur 103 41,208 183 1,765 B.o.B. 104 28,484 5,199 1,817 The Black Keys 105 62,798 843 1,620 Born Ruffians 106 10,601 67 1,905 GOBBLE GOBBLE 107 4,048 10 1,904 Peter Gabriel 108 196,615 84,947 551 Motion City Soundtrack 109 41,611 6,663 1,647 Train 110 290,890 11,111 158 Nelly Furtado 111 129,272 81,533 949 30 Seconds to Mars 112 85,457 199 1,396 Tor 113 109,683 3,220 1,214 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 39 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Hannah Montana 114 70,378 257 1,436 Camera Obscura 115 34,367 703 1,642 Yeasayer 116 25,111 89 1,670 Regina Spektor 117 89,831 221 1,283 Depeche Mode 118 210,315 2,565 540 Incubus 119 206,897 99,456 324 Mr. Hudson 120 10,895 445 1,717 Pierce The Veil 121 7,453 83 1,712 Madonna 122 252,866 3,696 232 Plies 123 45,988 7,927 1,445 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 124 165,304 45,401 643 Tennis 125 263,019 44,133 65 Josh Groban 126 57,269 6,058 1,352 Avril Lavigne 127 149,643 495 814 The Crystal 128 45,774 247 1,425 Asha Bhosle 129 283,507 6,233 0 Keane 130 146,830 10,266 799 Whitney Houston 131 147,338 127,924 514 Timbaland 132 97,166 185,204 663 Dido 133 190,205 225,366 0 Queens of the Stone Age 134 168,000 199,156 181 Demon Hunter 135 47,494 365 1,352 Guns N´ Roses 136 87,592 502 1,097 Slipknot 137 197,576 18,745 396 Apparatjik 138 25,364 262 1,444 Thicke 139 79,390 91,852 901 Foo Fighters 140 210,152 51,223 197 Kasabian 141 177,605 172,541 79 Pitbull 142 31,494 432 1,340 Pretty Lights 143 8,739 88 1,475 Plain White T's 144 81,469 24,669 985 Fucked Up 145 15,098 2,263 1,415 Julian Casblancas 146 9,016 361 1,450 The Only 147 221,775 17,914 113 David Bowie 148 154,238 21,703 496 Hot Chip 149 52,252 513 1,132 Michael Buble 150 51,428 15,511 1,075 Rammstein 151 80,322 1,387 931 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 40 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 152 115,330 82,806 524 Danger 153 135,376 572 596 Alicia 154 158,268 155,611 87 Shazam 155 91,135 114,740 578 Efterklang 156 22,801 78 1,244 Kids In Glass Houses 157 6,852 32 1,337 Imogen Heap 158 56,873 1,822 998 Lil Wayne 159 102,572 782 715 Elvis Presley 160 158,003 7,382 369 Elvis 161 157,888 7,361 369 Alexandra Burke 162 5,761 29 1,279 Oscar 163 133,404 195 517 Sleigh Bells 164 16,871 26 1,206 Bjork 165 202,102 18,939 62 Cancer Bats 166 7,845 45 1,249 Crookers 167 21,812 39 1,165 Deftones 168 162,878 1,456 318 Flo Rida 169 203,864 14,053 43 t.i. 170 163,476 10,625 285 Beck 171 100,939 1,622 666 rubik 172 167,750 32,226 195 Broken Bells 173 11,294 20 1,196 Rusko 174 12,726 71 1,185 The Gaslight Anthem 175 13,788 91 1,154 Drake 176 126,341 40,138 390 Metric 177 48,763 530 943 AC/DC 178 105,748 2,323 592 Midlake 179 24,379 3,019 1,064 Girl Talk 180 16,664 87 1,116 Tame Impala 181 10,916 164 1,148 The Pixies 182 66,357 81 816 Gogol Bordello 183 66,535 2,883 804 jamie cullum 184 106,305 87,394 368 Florence and the Machine 185 30,455 15,315 986 Daughtry 186 195,531 165 42 Grizzly Bear 187 57,906 135 843 The All American Rejects 188 93,246 39,997 531 The Beatles 189 150,810 12,874 247 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 41 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets La Roux 190 24,721 119 1,024 The Jonas Brothers 191 98,266 18,135 527 Devo 192 49,911 5,455 843 Leona Lewis 193 128,688 91,507 173 Travis 194 119,228 144,403 103 311 195 105,953 93,493 301 Kid Sister 196 13,648 100 1,062 Snow Patrol 197 112,605 45,376 364 The Flaming Lips 198 129,745 16,882 326 Pogo 199 139,748 11,591 262 The Tallest Man On Earth 200 10,335 41 1,054 Megadeth 201 123,167 9,588 360 Rubix 202 165,905 32,335 47 Paul Mccartney 203 145,004 1,133 242 The Chemical Brothers 204 111,188 22,878 391 The Prodigy 205 89,816 23,094 514 OneRepublic 206 146,948 82,576 30 Fanfarlo 207 18,446 238 985 Kid Cudi 208 69,448 988 679 Taylor Swift 209 114,704 608 409 Adam Lambert 210 56,924 17 746 Spoon 211 22,614 148 944 Rio Berlinda 212 172,897 17,727 2 Ludacris 213 53,154 725 744 Miike Snow 214 8,290 98 1,009 The Antlers 215 24,873 82 908 The Gossip 216 81,080 57,531 439 Pomplamoose 217 3,778 34 1,029 A-Ha 218 72,560 43 621 WILL I AM 219 177,154 6 0 The Morning Benders 220 15,818 48 954 Coheed and Cambria 221 78,593 13,557 544 MajorLazer 222 8,111 98 982 Warpaint 223 10,711 88 961 The Temper Trap 224 13,807 1,711 937 Moby 225 129,924 27,603 185 Tiesto 226 100,521 3,195 416 Arctic Monkeys 227 90,464 7,099 465 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 42 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Bruce Springsteen 228 137,994 2,017 191 Circa Survive 229 24,507 4,012 856 The Drums 230 14,956 51 915 Allure 231 97,672 3,060 416 Jordin Sparks 232 115,239 123,630 25 Belle and Sebastian 233 67,936 2,393 587 How To Destroy Angels 234 11,539 16 927 Envy on the Coast 235 35,125 40 780 Robin Thicke 236 14,519 298 899 Wilco 237 112,445 484 315 The Ting Tings 238 104,988 60,233 216 Portishead 239 83,192 4,706 475 Mike Posner 240 29,006 10,976 780 Beach House 241 24,386 42 833 Bob Marley 242 157,590 2,204 24 Breakbot 243 6,920 21 918 A House 244 21,112 61 833 Freelance Whales 245 6,516 74 918 McFly 246 93,403 632 390 Johnny Cash 247 130,568 1,690 166 Autechre 248 19,228 30 829 Kings of Convenience 249 29,433 133 763 Modest Mouse 250 51,781 10,137 602 Evanescence 251 115,358 285 241 Daft Punk 252 146,587 298 54 David Guetta 253 76,271 21,767 407 Marilyn Manson 254 116,766 886 213 The Love Language 255 3,297 33 879 Brittany Murphy 256 4,037 185 871 The White Stripes 257 99,708 1,288 299 Silversun Pickups 258 33,162 282 683 Caspa & Rusko 259 6,017 45 844 Vegas 260 58,983 13,816 491 Figure 19 (continued): Top 250 Artists by Internet Reach 43 Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach This section presents the top 200 Music News publishers ranked by their Internet Reach. Reach is determined by analysing the incoming links to the publisher's website (links), the average number of pages the publisher has indexed on popular search engines (index) and the number of articles shared on Twitter from this publisher. Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Ultimate Guitar 1 5,631,248 0 623 Noisecreep 2 4,541,863 13,371 1,142 thestar.com - music 3 4,085,197 0 1,211 New York Times Music 4 4,144,621 11 176 Artist Direct 5 1,945,384 2,972,108 59 brooklynvegan 6 1,038,496 51,258 20,821 NME - Reviews 7 2,581,156 1,001,949 120 Contactmusic 8 1,547,223 1,913,271 5 Deezer 9 2,095,546 0 516 Orange Country Register - music 10 1,478,174 752,104 103 KROQ 11 0 0 17,590 AbsolutePunk 12 910,497 1,069,291 242 stereogum 13 1,509,116 2,195 95 Global Grind 14 0 401,608 12,125 ShowHype 15 1,310,838 0 27 SF Weekly - Music 16 1,016,373 295,163 239 Pitchfork 17 776,674 76,699 3,530 NPR Music 18 998,900 0 1,762 Boston Herald 19 976,732 142,300 4 Hip Hop Blips 20 1,037,856 0 0 Guardian music 21 128,317 0 7,994 AllHipHop.com 22 713,477 248,519 283 betterPropaganda Reviews 23 824,486 12,400 36 Listen Before You Buy 24 725,388 1,800 60 ListenBeforeYouBuy 25 725,388 1,800 60 Paste Magazine 26 690,696 0 157 earmilk.com 27 687,001 0 29 Figure 20: Top 200 Music News Publishers 44 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Largehearted Boy 28 620,680 0 93 MeFi Music 29 626,110 0 0 Drowned In Sound 30 562,511 0 490 NME - Blog 31 0 1,001,949 120 NME - News 32 0 1,001,949 120 CCM Magazine 33 379,346 293,175 22 HIPSTER RUNOFF 34 365,591 13,884 1,297 HitFix 35 461,468 70,486 86 Blabbermouth 36 201,487 458,660 423 aquarium drunkard 37 458,681 11,156 164 An Aquarium Drunkard 38 458,429 11,156 164 2dopeboyz 39 443,918 43,815 2 La Blogoth que mp3blog 40 405,829 10,707 483 :: The Playlist :: 41 387,045 28,860 326 Discobelle.net 42 362,068 26,248 372 The Music Slut 43 382,906 25,395 109 Chromewaves 44 393,091 12,541 37 Discobelle 45 362,068 0 372 Beatportal 46 222,763 257,746 252 ArjanWrites.com Music Blog 47 367,364 11,706 138 Nashville Scene 48 388,107 0 0 ABC Radio National - The Music Show 49 262,006 206,953 2 Pretty Much Amazing 50 0 0 3,503 Pigeons and Planes 51 314,785 0 464 said the gramophone 52 328,651 0 316 Metal Underground 53 258,932 129,465 21 fluo kids 54 230,173 0 797 bigstereo 55 271,788 21,640 196 Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 56 244,073 98,679 0 soul sides 57 286,754 0 101 DJ Booth 58 0 265,613 1,405 17dots 59 290,852 6,733 3 Dallas Observer - Music 60 0 390,739 693 Muzzle of Bees 61 278,032 11,159 46 Daily Telegraph - music 62 285,545 0 0 CHARTattack 63 150,361 80,342 837 Chart Attack 64 150,361 80,311 837 CultureBully 65 262,479 11,935 33 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 45 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets goldenfiddle 66 267,033 0 0 Culture Bully 67 262,454 0 33 Blender.com - Blog 68 223,048 59,020 45 Blender.com - Guide 69 223,048 58,994 45 Epic Records 70 259,579 1,756 0 PCL LinkDump 71 243,198 13,796 43 Dancing Astronaut 72 249,025 0 10 Rolling Stone: Features 73 0 145,533 1,587 SOULBOUNCE.COM 74 237,736 15,810 22 Awesome Tapes from Africa 75 137,702 1,545 1,037 AudioPorn Central 76 221,866 25,674 105 The Smoking Section 77 204,934 55,680 0 Tiny Mix Tapes 78 219,956 0 146 The Lefsetz Letter 79 231,649 0 16 Hype Machine 80 0 0 2,202 Clash Music 81 147,845 100,642 242 Alternative Press Magazine 82 138,193 84,495 414 Alternative Press 83 138,166 84,448 414 GIMME TINNITUS 84 138,740 1,879 808 MetalSucks 85 191,049 0 310 Nialler9.com 86 177,133 11,067 380 Xclusive Zone 87 204,868 18,543 30 muzic.net.nz 88 128,928 156,740 0 Billboard Biz 89 183,404 43,784 42 WE ARE THE MASCOTTE 90 204,792 3,795 42 The Wire 91 198,443 0 88 aurgasm 92 149,487 1,588 538 CMJ New Music Monthly 93 176,528 26,443 77 yvynyl 94 190,697 6,238 37 The Volume 95 194,620 0 4 Matablog 96 186,345 0 33 Black Cab Sessions 97 47,131 1,309 1,304 Fuel/Friends Music 98 171,521 0 116 4AD 99 141,700 64,058 48 Dusted Magazine 100 164,225 9,871 44 Chart Rigger 101 170,127 5,109 4 Friends Or Enemies 102 0 146,490 853 donewaiting.com 103 164,329 0 73 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 46 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets The Passion of the Weiss 104 169,235 0 4 Rolling Stone 105 0 0 1,587 Rolling Stone: Album Reviews 106 0 0 1,587 nicko 107 157,881 1,712 80 redthreat 108 157,881 0 80 PopEater 109 0 231,004 328 No Rock&Roll Fun 110 145,483 30,054 13 Popdose: Popular Culture News 111 143,574 0 161 *Sixeyes 112 156,714 3,016 8 can you see the sunset from the southside? 113 146,659 5,720 85 HipHopDX 114 0 242,687 215 ARTHUR MAGAZINE 115 121,353 10,101 297 Billboard.com 116 151,233 24 62 Coilhouse 117 109,870 6,575 366 Brain Gell 118 88,870 101,876 13 Analog Giant 119 138,729 6,402 24 GRANDGOOD 120 128,277 20,694 6 Covert Curiosity 121 78,276 2,500 566 captain's dead 122 131,188 11,241 17 The FADER 123 0 0 1,289 Ohh So Famous! 124 77,336 0 546 Classic Rock Magazine 125 113,632 32,378 30 Daytrotter.com 126 0 0 1,266 Pasta Primavera 127 124,554 0 25 motor.de Musikmagazin 128 0 226,312 0 Buzz Grinder 129 96,010 38,351 52 Bradley's Almanac 130 122,822 1 0 MBV Music 131 90,719 8,404 228 Some Velvet Blog 132 117,089 0 18 DJ Magazine 133 104,927 0 132 Electrorash 134 117,498 0 11 Bumpershine.com 135 109,490 15,498 0 Earsucker 136 117,943 0 0 FACT 137 115,679 0 17 mp3hugger 138 111,206 0 55 Kevin Hugger 139 111,166 0 55 HARD CANDY 140 106,127 0 97 TheLineofBestFit 141 108,532 0 72 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 47 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets SleepWalKing Magazine 142 0 0 1,071 Cable and Tweed 143 108,947 3,869 0 New Music Monday 144 0 0 1,034 Oh Word 145 109,357 0 0 Jam Bands 146 108,593 0 0 Epitaph Records 147 90,391 26,940 24 Indie Rock Cafe 148 87,984 6,130 156 Cowbell.fm 149 0 190,428 13 Capital Inicial 150 1,091 1 1,006 Spin 151 0 148,261 221 club fono grama 152 56,234 1,144 453 Heart on a Stick 153 99,743 8,234 0 The Rising Storm 154 100,389 4,957 7 f&art 155 99,453 2,406 4 3hive 156 97,841 7 23 Buzzbands.LA 157 94,811 4,902 8 THERECOMMENDER 158 32,985 1,439 599 Gorilla Vs. Bear 159 0 0 914 White Folks Get Crunk 160 76,904 3,236 164 Antiquiet 161 69,959 18,756 141 Triple J - Home and Hosed 162 0 0 897 zonaindie | just a music blog 163 94,413 0 5 Andamos Armados 164 32,593 14,831 508 Each Note Secure 165 82,167 0 112 Audio Perv 166 85,641 14,358 0 Anti Music 167 91,982 1 10 Jazzwise Magazine 168 0 0 876 Gotta Dance Dirty 169 84,795 1,834 58 stytzer 170 87,299 3,707 21 Planet Mondo - Atomic Blog 171 88,323 3,282 11 Indie For Bunnies 172 84,613 8,474 12 Destination: Out 173 75,833 0 125 OnSmash 174 0 228 819 This Recording 175 86,584 0 0 nyctaper 176 63,749 0 212 inkiostro 177 84,020 0 15 The Hood Internet 178 0 1,402 789 Mudd Up! 179 83,162 0 10 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 48 Publisher Rank Links Index Tweets Merry Swankster 180 77,678 0 58 Cuchara Sonica 181 0 50,588 518 Metal Hammer 182 0 0 782 :: arjanwrites music blog :: 183 66,695 10,785 93 AWmusic 184 71,600 7,486 53 Modular 185 40,674 0 383 78s - Das Magazin für bessere Musik 186 65,850 20,491 31 78s 187 65,836 20,491 31 Blackdown 188 65,524 2,038 125 Bass Music Blog 189 66,856 2,041 108 American Athlete 190 61,986 2,418 148 Electric Zoo 191 78,607 0 0 The 405 192 69,209 2,208 75 Star Maker Machine 193 75,104 3,215 11 The Music Ninja 194 0 0 735 Knox Road 195 72,516 0 40 Silence Is A Rhythm Too 196 74,418 3,317 4 RealTalkNY 197 0 0 724 Captain Obvious 198 73,654 3,010 10 More Cowbell 199 76,249 0 0 Slowcoustic 200 73,737 0 14 Figure 20 (continued): Top 200 Music News Publishers 49
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