Twitter’s Most-Chatted-About Artists List: It’s Not As Trent Reznor-Heavy As You Might Think
The microblogging service Twitter has really taken off this week, thanks in large part to its ability to both refract the narcissistic impulses of the famous and allow anyone with an e-mail address to act Just Like The Stars. Sometimes, though, it is actually sort of useful! The music-chatter-charting site We Are Hunted released what it’s saying is a list of yesterday’s 85 most-mentioned artists on the 140-character-limited service, and what’s probably most surprising is its middle-of-the-roadness–Taylor Swift, who’s an avid Tweeter herself, tops the chart, and mainstreamy artists like Lady GaGa, Mariah Carey, and Britney Spears are all in the top 10 while Nine Inch Nails (No. 19) and Radiohead (No. 17) have to do with only making the top 20. Oh no, the not-cool people are taking over the Web! Guess it’s time to go back to BBSes. 1. Taylor Swift 2. Pink 3. Lady GaGa 4. Mariah Carey 5. Beatles 6. Queen 7. Britney Spears 8. Kings of Leon 9. Aerosmith 10. Coldplay 11. Kanye West 12. Kiss 13. Miley Cyrus 14. Lil’ Wayne 15. Prince 16. Demi Lovato 17. Radiohead 18. Depeche Mode 19. Nine Inch Nails 20. Pink Floyd 21. Eminem 22. John Mayer 23. New Kids On The Block 24. Jonas Brothers 25. McFly 26. The Cure 27. Taking Back Sunday 28. Drake 29. Bob Dylan 30. Bruce Springsteen 31. Silverstein 32. Green Day 33. Jason Mraz 34. Metallica 35. Keri Hilson 36. The Killers 37. Paramore 38. David Bowie 39. Lily Allen 40. Black Sabbath 41. Led Zeppelin 42. Madonna 43. Frank Sinatra 44. Pussycat Dolls 45. Celine Dion 46. Morbid Angel 47. Kelly Clarkson 48. Rolling Stones 49. Jay-Z 50. Ciara 51. Fall Out Boy 52. MGMT 53. Kid Cudi 54. Nelly 55. Jimi Hendrix 56. Death Cab for Cutie 57. Bon Jovi 58. Jack Johnson 59. Linkin Park 60. The Doors 61. Billy Idol 62. Bob Marley 63. Jimi Hendrix 64. Asher Roth 65. Black Eyed Peas 66. Nirvana 67. Hannah Montana 68. Cat Stevens 69. Mansun 70. The Jonas Brothers 71. Dave Matthews 72. Katy Perry 73. Rihanna 74. AC/DC 75. Dido 76. Oasis 77. Lloyd Cole 78. Yeah Yeah Yeahs 79. The Fray 80. Ne-Yo 81. Justin Timberlake 82. Pearl Jam 83. Jeff Beck 84. The Smiths 85. Prodigy
One caveat: I do wonder if one-word artists like “Pink” and “Queen” and “Kiss” and “Prince”–all of whom rank pretty highly–are seeing their totals inflated at least a little bit because of their, y’know, resemblance to actual words.
we are hunted, minimalist music aggregator [elbo.ws/vanilla]
