The BBC has been testing a new service called SoundIndex, which lists the top 1,000 artists based on discussions crawled from Bebo, Las.fm, Google Groups,iTunes, MySpace and YouTube.

 

The top five bands according to SoundIndex right now are Coldplay, Rihanna, The Ting Tings, Duffy and Mariah Carey , but the index is refreshed every six hours.

 

This is somewhat similar to Songkick’s “Battle Of The Bands,” which we covered in March. Songkick uses different data - MySpace, Amazon and blogs - to determine rankings, and the results are completely different.

 

SoundIndex also lets users sort by popular tracks, search by artist, or create customized charts based on music preferences or filters by age range, sex or location. Results can also be limited to just one data source (such as Last.fm).

 

 

 

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/20/whos-the-hottest-band-on-the-internet-coldplay-says-bbc-soundindex/

 

SoundIndex site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/soundindex

Wow!

Interesting site! Thank you for posting.

Everyone keep mentioning Coldplay on MySpace to keep them at the top :P

is it new?!

its so clear !

posting my bulletin now ;)

They're back up to number two on iTunes!! That commercial really helped them bounce back! Now we just have to get rid of rihanna!

They're back up to number two on iTunes!! That commercial really helped them bounce back! Now we just have to get rid of rihanna!

 

#2 most downloaded single AND album! Dang, maybe that commercial was the "global reach" :P

it's a GREAT little video! Even my fiance who isn't the biggest Coldplay fan in the world said "Damn! he's SO cool!" I think they should make the whole video like that. They've used Mark Romanek before for the Speed of Sound video.