Following in the tradition of Google’s Zeitgeist and Yahoo’s list of top searches, MySpace has put together its “Top 8’s of 2008″, detailing some of the most popular artists, songs, searches, performers, and blogs on the social network in the last year.
The biggest winner overall seems to be Twilight – the vampire flick that took the world by storm earlier this winter ranked highest in terms of overall searches on MySpace as well as for the movie trailer category. Other popular search terms are unsurprisingly entertainment oriented (and stand in contrast to popular searches on Google and Yahoo, many of which were focused on the election and the Olympics).
The report also indicates which songs have fared best on MySpace’s massively popular music streaming service, which has streamed billions of songs in few months since it launched. Oddly enough, only two of the most searched-for artists on MySpace Music were in the top 8 for songs streamed, which means that some of these artists aren’t converting their popularity into listeners as well as they could be.
Good thing to know that the stereotype that myspace is used only by 16 year old high school girls stays true with Twilight being the #1 search term haha
Peter Epstein
http://www.thew...war.com/myspace
Haha. So true.
Yeah so true
Twilight!
“Oddly enough, only two of the most searched-for artists on MySpace Music were in the top 8 for songs streamed, which means that some of these artists aren’t converting their popularity into listeners as well as they could be.”
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. I’m sure the search function on Myspace Music is working and people are finding the Myspace pages of the artists they are searching for. Even if the search function isn’t working, the premise of Myspace Music is that having artist’s music on people’s Myspace pages will lead to it being streamed and then download sales. Uh-oh! Music, like advertising, requires more than one listen or impression to make a sale. The notion that a group of people that are notoriously fickle are going to hear a song once on someone’s Myspace page and stop what they are doing to buy seems a bit ludicrous. There’s a reason that FM radio has such a tight rotation – so they can pound songs into people’s brains. People have always been streaming major label artists on Myspace, but now they are just doing it with the consent of the labels. I think a better way of measuring the effectiveness of Myspace Music in selling music would be to compare the number of times a song is streamed to actual download sales – especially after the first week. Artists such as Beyonce that were popular before Myspace Music are gonna still be popular with Myspace Music. However, I want to see Myspace Music actually create success stories out of unknown artists before I believe they are doing anything revolutionary. They have Myspace Records so all they have to do is make someone on their own label a success and I’m a believer.