Indecent Exposure: Idolator Charts The Artists Of Today That You’ll Be Sick Of Hearing About By Tomorrow
(Ed. note: Once again, we present “Indecent Exposure,” a ranking of 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: 4/18/07 | |||
| ARTIST | WEEKS ON CHART | LAST WEEK | DAYS UNTIL BACKLASH |
| 1. FEIST 1 | 72 | 13 | 5 |
| 2. LILY ALLEN | 378 | 6 | 4 |
| 3. OF MONTREAL | 113 | 22 | — |
| 4. WHALEY, THE WHALE WHO LIVES WHERE WHALES DON’T USUALLY LIVE | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 5. AVRIL LAVIGNE | 5 | 29 | 13 |
| 6. ARCTIC MONKEYS | 66 | 8 | 19 |
| 7. ART BRUT 2 | — | N/A | 36 |
| 8. JOSIE | 27,846 | 826 | -123 |
| 9. THE PUSSYCATS | 3 | 827 | 1 |
| 10. JOHN COOPER CLARKE 3 | N/A | N/A | APRIL 22, 2007 |
1 = Greatest gainer 2 = Newly mustacheless 3 = Enjoying this for as long as it lasts
A high-falutin’ New York Times profile helps send FEIST straight to the top of this week’s list–but boy, was this a close race! While most wags thought LILY ALLEN was due for a cooling-off period, her recent tour-cancellation announcement shot the pint-sized potty-mouther back to No. 2, followed closely by karaoke jammy-jammers OF MONTREAL. Leaks helped ART BRUT and AVRIL LAVIGNE break into the Top 10, meaning that we’ll have to say farewell to the likes of LINKIN PARK, MODEST MOUSE and POUTY PICTURE OF ROSE MCGOWAN for now. Next week, look for ARCTIC MONKEYS to take the top spot–unless a certain water-locked mammal has a WHALEY of a time with his/her newfound fame!
