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Cilmi Crashes Hard Rock Extravaganza
October 31, 2008
Forget about the Billboard Top 100. A better gauge these days of a music artist’s popularity could arguably be the Hitwise ‘Music - Bands and Artists’ Category.
Not surprisingly, off the back of her six Aria Awards Gabriella Cilmi was a fast mover in the Bands & Artists industry last week, with her official site (www.gabriellacilmi.com.au) skyrocketing from a ranking of 259 to 6 in a single week in the Bands & Artists industry (w/e 25/10/08).
While Cilmi is a fresh face on the scene, a look at the Top 20 Band and Artist sites for the same week would warm the cockles of many long suffering hard rock enthusiasts, with the list looking like a throwback to the early 90s.
A swathe of new album releases has seen many of the big guns of yesteryear back on top. AC/DC (www.acdc.com) are “back in black” at number 3 and Nine Inch Nails (www.nin.com) gained their “animal instincts” to feature at number 8 by following the lead of Radiohead and offering their album online for free. “Nothing Else Matters” for Metallica fans however, who have propelled their site (www.metallica.com) up to rank 11th, closely followed by Gun’s and Roses (www.gunsnroses.com), who after years in the wilderness have their “appetite for destruction” back. Their website (www.gunsnroses.com) sits at number 12 in the Bands & Artists rankings.
Posted at 03:38 PM
In Categories Bands and Artists