The best artists, albums and song of 2009 according to music bloggers. More after the jump.

Top 50 Albums of 2009 / The Hype Machine via kwout

Music Blog Zeitgeist of 2009 / The Hype Machine

2 performances made in Stockholm. More after the jump:

Michael Jackson tribute @ Stockholm | haha.nu - the lifestyle blogzine

In this post Techdirt reports that the wedding party viral video on YouTube has boosted sales of Chris Brown’s song Forever. The video is linked below:

And google use this as a case study on their blog.

A nice interactive timeline of Michael Jackson’s life:

A Life in Pop - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

It’s possible to watch Michael Jackson Memorial and post message through Facebook here:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/fb/facebook.html?stream=stream1

CNN.com Live - Facebook

Spotify is a new Streaming service to listen to music. There are 3 options available (Free, 0.99 € day pass, or 9.99 € for a monthly subscription). For the free option, a Beta invite is normally required but it’s possible to register to the service straight away through this link. I came across this service [...]

TorrentFreak reports the availability of 6 GB of free music released for the 23 th edition of  The Outh by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival. It’s good to see the spread of free music. It’s another good sign after the failure of DRM.

SXSW 2009 on BitTorrent: 6 GB of Free Music | TorrentFreak

y2k bug was expected, but the bug affecting Zune 30 players wasn’t. It is now called “Zune 2K9″ bug and leads to Zune 30 players freeze at the end of 2008. The root cause reported by Microsoft:
The problem was caused by the Zune’s internal clock and its inability to handle leap years, according to [...]

xkcd summarizes the problem with DRM: their lack of flexibility in time. And what happens when law makers don’t understand technology and follow Lobbyists.

xkcd - A Webcomic - Steal This Comic via kwout

Suzanne Vega has a blog on the New York Times web site. In her last post, she describes the creation of “Luka”. I liked this song when it was released in the eighties. And I still like to listen to it.
The genesis of this song was very long (several years as described by Suzanne).
The discussion [...]