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 Post subject: Weezer = biggest download of 2005
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:18 am 
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What da...? Really? I demand a recount!! From Drowned in Sound:

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Geeks win! =Weezer= is biggest download of 2005

Shove your Arctic Monkeys internet phenomenom back up yer ass... Weezer top American download chart.

In a land five or six ago, before the internet was full of kids with angular haircuts and tattoos, there was just Weezer posting blogs and mp3s and their fans - the Netscape-tshirt-wearing geeks who sat on Napster for weeks waiting for live tracks and b-sides to download on snail-like dial-up internet connections which made funny noises. So it's apt that in the biggest year for legal downloading that the kings still have their crowns.

The biggest selling digital track in the USA for 2005 with a whopping a 961,981 sales was 'Beverly Hills' by Weezer. These figures are according to Nielsen SoundScan so it is a FACT!

However, just to confuse things, Gwen Stefani was number one in the Digital Songs category with 1,171,672 copies of 'Hollaback Girl' sold. The Digital Songs chart rates all versions of a song. The Digital Tracks category is for a single version of a track.

The Top Selling Digital Tracks for 2005 were:

1. Weezer - Beverly Hills (961,981)
2. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl (921,704)
3. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps (892,704)
4. Kelly Clarkson - Since You Been Gone (853,948)
5. The Killers - Mr Brightside (833,978)
6. Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down (830,835)
7. Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk With My Heart (815,752)
8. Kanye West - Gold Digger (815,394)
9. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (803,790)
10. Nickelback - Photograph (795,419)

Top Selling Digital Songs for 2005 were:

1. Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl (1,171,672)
2. Kanye West - Gold Digger (1,089,665)
3. Weezer - Beverly Hills (961,988)
4. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone (960,341)
5. Black Eyed Peas - My Humps (917,807)
6. The Killers - Mr Brightside (889,323)
7. Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin' Down (830,835)
8. Black Eyed Peas - Don't Phunk With My Heart (815,753)
9. Lifehouse - You and Me (808,991)
10. Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams (803,790)

All that's left to say is Godbless America, and thank you for all the culturally significant music you consume like burgers and then throw up on the rest of the world.
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They should post the numbers of how many people deleted Beverly Hills immediately after listening to it.

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No shit. Weezer should be embarassed. Hell, I'M embarassed for them.
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lot's of weezer fans are embaressed to buy that at a store.

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 Post subject: Re: Weezer = biggest download of 2005
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Aural Fixation Wrote:
What da...? Really? I demand a recount!! From Drowned in Sound:

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All that's left to say is Godbless America, and thank you for all the culturally significant music you consume like burgers and then throw up on the rest of the world.


Pathetic, America's contribution to music seems to be getting worse and worse by the year. As well as the general public's taste in music.
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jesus. i saw heard and saw the video for my humps for the first time flipping through the hotel stations the week after christmas. holy crap that is an absolutely horrible song! like some bad ripoff of kelis' milkshake

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Since I stopped listening to radio and video channels, I never get inundated by this stuff. I've maybe heard half of these songs. I'm a much happier person.

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jewels santana Wrote:
lot's of weezer fans are embaressed to buy that at a store.


haha
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All somebody needs to do is release a compilation with all those tracks on it and you'll be a millionaire within a week. Seriously.

I can't believe the number of people who will come into the store and slap down $20 for a cd that they've only heard one song off of.
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DumpJack Wrote:
Since I stopped listening to radio and video channels, I never get inundated by this stuff. I've maybe heard half of these songs. I'm a much happier person.

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My son likes that Weezer song. Mainly because it's on the new Kidz Bop cd and he sees the commercial for it a million times a day if he's watching Nickelodeon.

He was totally surprised when I told him I knew the song and who really sang it. ha

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Rivers just needs to go back to school, fall in love with some unattainable japanese cello-playing girl or whatever, and get back to not sucking. UNLISTENABLE.

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I've never heard any of those songs outside of the Kanye.

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 Post subject: Re: Weezer = biggest download of 2005
PostPosted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:45 pm 
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Dalen Wrote:
Aural Fixation Wrote:
What da...? Really? I demand a recount!! From Drowned in Sound:

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All that's left to say is Godbless America, and thank you for all the culturally significant music you consume like burgers and then throw up on the rest of the world.


Pathetic, America's contribution to music seems to be getting worse and worse by the year. As well as the general public's taste in music.


I wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Britney Spears has the biggest download for 2006.
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dog on wheels Wrote:
All somebody needs to do is release a compilation with all those tracks on it and you'll be a millionaire within a week. Seriously.

I can't believe the number of people who will come into the store and slap down $20 for a cd that they've only heard one song off of.


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I've never heard any of those songs outside of the Kanye.

Kanye is the only one on that list that I remotely liked - and even that one only had a shelf life of about 3 plays. The rest of the list is irredeemable shit.
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By way of comparison, Cash Box's Top 10 Pop singles of 1975:

1. LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER - The Captain & Tennille (A&M)
2. RHINESTONE COWBOY - Glen Campbell (Capitol)
3. BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN - Stevie Wonder (Tamla)
4. PICK UP THE PIECES - The Average White Band (Atlantic)
5. FAME - David Bowie (RCA Victor)
6. AT SEVENTEEN - Janis Ian (Columbia)
7. SHINING STAR - Earth, Wind & Fire (Columbia)
8. THANK GOD I’M A COUNTRY BOY - John Denver (RCA Victor)
9. LADY MARMALADE - LaBelle (Epic)
10. ISLAND GIRL - Elton John (MCA)
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neuroboy Wrote:
jesus. i saw heard and saw the video for my humps for the first time flipping through the hotel stations the week after christmas. holy crap that is an absolutely horrible song! like some bad ripoff of kelis' milkshake


milkshake is good though.

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