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How Gnarls Barkley Became The Biggest Band In The World (In 12 Hours)

Yesterday, a song from Gnarls Barkley's forthcoming album The Odd Couple leaked, and late last night, the Daily Swarm wondered if it was a sign that the viral marketing for the duo's next album, out in April, had already begun. This sounds like a job for our long-dormant feature Track Marks, in which we track the popularity of a blogger buzz band—especially since the hype cycle on this traveled so fast, and even made a pit stop at our inbox. So without further ado...

ARTIST: Gnarls Barkley
HOMETOWN: ~~The Internet~~ Los Angeles
ALBUM: The Odd Couple, out April 8

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8:45 AM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Maura Johnston
2,680 views, 5 comments

Latest by worldsfair: Mission FREAK not Creek Maura what about the Myspace blog post/bulletin as i believe reported by p4k? more »

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How The "Weezy And Zac Sittin' In A Tree" Rumor Became Today's Biggest Rumor In The World

Artists: Lil Wayne/Zac Efron.
Rumor: The two of them are not only collaborating on a High School Musical remix album, they're totally making out. And Weezy's rubbed off so much on Zac, the Disney-bred cutie is dropping the N-bomb!
First Mention: The OC Weekly printed "The Efron Scandal," which made these claims, on Thursday, and author Ben Westhoff tipped us off to the story Friday. But we didn't run it, because it was pretty freaking obvious that it was a goof. Take this sentence: "'I'm just being me,' Wayne insists, leading a tour of his recently purchased oceanfront house, which features a faux-bronze statue of his own nude figure, and a Juicy Fruit-dispensing bathroom attendant who lives on the premises full-time." I mean, in ninth grade I fell for the old "gullible isn't in the dictionary" joke and even I realized this was someone having a 675-word laugh.

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2:30 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By mjohnston
3,015 views, 5 comments

Latest by Weezy F Baby: no homo more »

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How The "Chris Brown's Album In Jeopardy" Rumor Became Today's Most Puzzling Rumor In The World

Artist: Chris Brown
Rumor: Because of the lukewarm response to his first single, "Wall To Wall," the R & B singer's forthcoming album, Exclusive, may be scrapped by his label, Zomba.
First mention: That Grape Juice, which had previously broken the news about Mya's album suffering the same fate, posted the rumor on Sunday. The item cited the lackluster chart performance of "Wall To Wall," which leaked in May and is currently at No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The Build-Up: Vibe Confidential tried to link to the That Grape Juice post in question yesterday, although someone stuck a huge break tag in the middle of the HREF.
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3:49 PM on Tue Jul 3 2007
By mjohnston
1,543 views, 3 comments

Latest by silkyjumbo: huh. i'm hearing a chris brown song on "urban" radio here in atlanta quite a bit, but it's not this one. and he recently played a packed out show in a decent sized venue. maybe labels should let the screaming more »

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How "Overrated Music" Became This Week's Biggest Angle In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. Today, however, we'll take a look at one of the week's most popular listicle subjects: More »

4:29 PM on Wed Jun 20 2007
By mjohnston
1,456 views, 18 comments

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How The "50 Cent Made $400 Million From Vitamin Water" Rumor Became This Week's Biggest Rumor In The World

Artist: 50 Cent
Project: A $400 million windfall from the sale of Glacéau, the company that makes the punch-with-a-kick beverage line Vitamin Water, which counts the 50-branded "Formula 50" among its flavors.
First mention: Coca-Cola announced that it had bought Glacéau for $4.1 billion dollars broke on Friday—the same day the news that 50's forthcoming album Curtis had been pushed back to September (from its original July release date) hit the blogs.
The Build-Up: Shortly after the Curtis news broke, a 50-related item on AllHipHop appeared, and it contained a claim that 50 had little reason to worry; even though his tired sex metaphors weren't catching on with audiences, he was still going to make a lot of money—50 apparently owned a 10% stake in the company, and that he would net a cool $400 million from the deal. The news got picked up by a bunch of news agencies, and news of Curtis' woes seemed less important in the purplish-tinted light of this huge payday. More »

4:40 PM on Wed May 30 2007
By mjohnston
9,124 views, 8 comments

Latest by Vince Neilstein: David Wright should use his connects to hook 50 Cent up with producer Lastings Milledge, aka "L Millz." That, and he needs to hit more dingers. more »

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Track Marks: How The "Kelly Clarkson's Album To Be Revamped" Rumor Became Today's Biggest Rumor In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. Today, however, we'll take a look at today's second-most blogged-about rumor: More »

4:48 PM on Fri May 4 2007
By mjohnston
2,773 views, 10 comments

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Track Marks: How Sir Salvatore Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

5:00 PM on Thu Apr 26 2007
By mjohnston
336 views, 3 comments

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Track Marks: How Thrushes Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

1:50 PM on Fri Apr 6 2007
By mjohnston
595 views, 12 comments

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Track Marks: How The Robert Smith/Ashlee Simpson Team-Up Became This Week's Biggest Rumor In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. Today, however, we'll take a look at one of the week's most blogged-about rumors: More »

4:50 PM on Mon Apr 2 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,547 views, 13 comments

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Track Marks: How YACHT Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

2:40 PM on Thu Mar 29 2007
By mjohnston
809 views, 4 comments

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Track Marks: How The Electric Soft Parade Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

12:45 PM on Mon Mar 26 2007
By Brian Raftery
772 views, 3 comments

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Track Marks: How Illinois Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

12:15 PM on Mon Mar 19 2007
By Brian Raftery
638 views, 5 comments

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Track Marks: How Justice Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

10:42 AM on Thu Mar 8 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,576 views, 6 comments

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Track Marks: How The Morning Benders Became Today's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

3:58 PM on Fri Mar 2 2007
By mjohnston
712 views, 1 comment

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Track Marks: How Sister Vanilla Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

4:01 PM on Thu Mar 1 2007
By mjohnston
330 views, 1 comment

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Track Marks: How The Bird & The Bee Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

10:55 AM on Wed Feb 28 2007
By Brian Raftery
1,260 views, 10 comments

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Track Marks: How Loney, Dear Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Feb 6 2007
By mjohnston
147 views, 2 comments

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Track Marks: How Andrew Bird Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World

Welcome to another edition of Track Marks, in which your Idolators perform an autopsy on the latest band burning up the MP3-blogger charts. More »

11:07 AM on Tue Jan 30 2007
By Brian Raftery
163 views, 2 comments

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Posts Tagged “track marks”

How Gnarls Barkley Became The Biggest Band In The World (In 12 Hours)

How The "Weezy And Zac Sittin' In A Tree" Rumor Became Today's Biggest Rumor In The World

How The "Chris Brown's Album In Jeopardy" Rumor Became Today's Most Puzzling Rumor In The World

How "Overrated Music" Became This Week's Biggest Angle In The World

How The "50 Cent Made $400 Million From Vitamin Water" Rumor Became This Week's Biggest Rumor In The World

Track Marks: How The "Kelly Clarkson's Album To Be Revamped" Rumor Became Today's Biggest Rumor In The World

Track Marks: How Sir Salvatore Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How Thrushes Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How The Robert Smith/Ashlee Simpson Team-Up Became This Week's Biggest Rumor In The World

Track Marks: How YACHT Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World

Track Marks: How The Electric Soft Parade Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How Illinois Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How Justice Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How The Morning Benders Became Today's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How Sister Vanilla Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How The Bird & The Bee Became This Week's Biggest Band In The World

Track Marks: How Loney, Dear Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World

Track Marks: How Andrew Bird Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World