Next Big Sound a startup that tracks online popularity of music and artists published a study called ” 2011 State of Online Music”: The 2011 State of Online Music report includes major trends and highlights from 2011: overall consumption numbers, top networks and their most popular artists and days, the top 50 artists of 2011, [...]

Information is beautiful site published a nice infographic (Word cloud) of 21 top music albums of 2011 (according critics) :  The Top 21 Albums of 2011 from 120 Top 10 Lists via kwout

MOG is a streaming music service like Spotify that advertise 12 Millions songs. They just anounce a free version (Unfortunately it doesn’t work outside the US): The MOG Blog via kwout MOG via kwout The MOG Blog  

There are beautiful photos after the jump: Jennifer Lopez for TOUS Spring 2011 Campaign by Ellen von Unwerth via kwout

NPR Planet Money Blog published a podcast on the making of the Song Of The Summer taking Rihanna’s Man Down as case study. The Friday Podcast: Manufacturing The Song Of The Summer : Planet Money : NPR via kwout

It’s now a classic: The Pichfork Top 50 Albums of 2010 has been published. And number 1 is Kanye West:   Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2010 via kwout Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2010  

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