Indecent Exposure: Idolator Charts The Artists Of Today That You’ll Be Sick Of Hearing About By Tomorrow
(Ed. note: Beginning today, we will semi-regularly rank the artists who are receiving the most dangerously high levels of popular-culture exposure. It’s an anecdotal chart that takes into account such factors as media appearances, blog hype, playing-in-the-background bar music, and overheard subway conversations, and it is 100 percent statistically sound.)
INDECENT EXPOSURE CHART: 3/26/07 | |||
ARTIST | WEEKS ON CHART | LAST WEEK | DAYS UNTIL BACKLASH |
1. AMY WINEHOUSE | 5 | 3 | -6 |
2. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM | 12 | 8 | 14 |
3. CRYING “AMERICAN IDOL” GIRL* | 1 | – | – |
4. ARCADE FIRE | 124 | 1 | 0 |
5. MODEST MOUSE | 11 | 5 | 8 |
6. ARCTIC MONKEYS | 74 | 6 | 24 |
7. EL-P | 6 | 8 | 21 |
8. THE NATIONAL+ | 3 | 46 | 113 |
9. LILY ALLEN | 418 | 11 | 44 |
10. ANNA NICOLE SMITH | 7 | 10 | N/A |
* = Hotshot debut + = Greatest gainer
Thanks to her SXSW gig, Smoking Gun rider release, and general mainstream-magazine glossiness, AMY WINEHOUSE claims the top spot this week, pushing fellow U.K. ladybird LILY ALLEN down to the No. 9 slot. Hot on her heels is LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, whose Sound Of Silver is already the sound of numerous cool-kid dive bars and dinner parties. Also making a big surge is THE NATIONAL, who scooted across the blogosphere thanks to a “leaked” MP3; look for them to be knocked down next week, when CARRIE UNDERWOOD’s Saturday Night Live appearance pushes her back in the top five, and SNOOP DOGG causes national headlines with yet another international incident.