Posts Tagged ‘ Music ’

Rebecca Black fastest moving search term in social sphere

Tweet In the last week the Internet has been buzzing with talk of Rebecca Black. Like her or hate her, Rebecca Black’s pop song Friday is a YouTube sensation which is quickly heading towards 100 million views and has become one of the most talked about topics within the blogosphere. Between the week ending 12 [...][ READ MORE ]

Charity traffic leaps 30% in Comic Relief week

Tweet It’s red nose time and once again the UK turns its thoughts to sponsored runs, baking extravaganzas and taking baths in baked beans – all in the name of raising money for charity. As you might expect, searches for all terms relating to Comic Relief and Red Nose Day have all increased significantly in [...][ READ MORE ]

Comedians have last laugh of ticketing search terms

Tweet Every week the research team here at Hitwise do some analysis of the ticketing industry to see which music artists are being searched for the most and which are the most popular gigs/festivals that people want to attend. Whilst this always throws up a few surprises (how can Michael Bolton still be so popular?), [...][ READ MORE ]

2010 Online: the year in review

Tweet I can scarcely believe that a whole year has passed since I was sitting here writing the 2009 review, but 12 months to the day here we are, and it’s been another fascinating year in the digital world. Once again I have cherry picked the best blog posts from the year which have either [...][ READ MORE ]

Tron searches dominated by Daft Punk soundtrack and light cycle game

Tweet This winter’s big budget film is Tron Legacy, and as with any major Hollywood release, in the build up to the film’s opening weekend, searches online have reached new peaks. In the last week searches for ‘tron’ have more than doubled, whereas searches for ‘tron legacy’ increased by 60%. What’s interesting about the search [...][ READ MORE ]

Take That reunion takes Ticketmaster to 13th most popular website online

Tweet The full reunion of Take That has been some 15 years in the waiting but when Robbie Williams came back to the band, there was online pandemonium as people rushed to secure tickets for the 2011 Take That tour. In the week ending 30 October when tickets went on sale for the Take That [...][ READ MORE ]

Cheryl Cole most searched for celebrity online

Tweet Celebrities – from the A-list Hollywood star to the Z-list Big Brother housemate, we’re obsessed with them, and no-one seems to attract more public attention currently than the nation’s favourite Geordie, Cheryl Cole. We monitor over 50 million search terms a month in the UK, and given the astonishing variety of terms people type [...][ READ MORE ]

BBC Radio 1 website has its busiest ever day thanks to RATM vs. X Factor chart battle

Tweet Yesterday (20/12/09) was the busiest ever day for the BBC Radio 1 website as listeners logged on to discover that Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’ had beaten X Factor winner Joe McElderry’s ‘The Climb’ to the Christmas number one spot. The website was the 36th most visited in the UK and, [...][ READ MORE ]

2009 online: the year in review

Tweet The end of the year presents and excellent opportunity for reflection, and also for lists. Combining the two, I’ve decided to reflect on the last year of online activity in the UK by providing a list of our most popular and commented on blogs over the last 12 months. January Our analysis of the [...][ READ MORE ]

TuneChecker and MP3 music download price comparison websites

Tweet One of the fastest moving search terms in our Music category last week was ‘tunechecker’, the name of MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis’s new MP3 music download price comparison website. Last week the site ranked 49th in our Music category and, as you can see from the chart below, is already picking up significantly more traffic [...][ READ MORE ]