Basshunter : Hitwise : Top European Music Online Search In August!

Amazing news from HitWise!

Here are this month’s lists of the top 20 band / artist searches sending traffic to social networking sites (e.g. MySpace, YouTube, Last.fm, etc.) and the most popular music blogs for the 4 weeks ending August 2nd. First up social networks, and the top 2 entries, Basshunter and Biffy Clyro, have both had successful summers in the charts and have been in our top 20 for a number of months. The release of High School Musical 3 has led to a surge on interest in the Disney film / stage show, while Mamma Mia has also helped Abba enter the list at number 19. More evidence of the benefit of cross media promotion is the appearance of Hamfatter, the band that recently secured funding on the BBC show Dragons’ Den, at number 20.

1. Basshunter (6)
2. Biffy Clyro (14)
3. High School Musical (New)
4. Jordin Sparks (New)
5. Gabriella Cilmi (8)
6. Noah and the Whale (New)
7. Jonas Brothers (2)
8. Kid Rock (New)
9. Mcfly (New)
10. Slipknot (New)