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Bizmology’s Top 5 Music Stories of 2010 Posted: 17 Dec 2010 09:49 AM PST And so we come to another year-end list. I’m not a huge fan of these things. They make me think that the writer can’t dig up enough decent content during these perennially slow news days. Which is partly true. But my list is better, dear readers, because it was generated by you. Using our super-duper analytics tool here at Bizmology, I was able to cull my top-5 most-read posts over the year based on page views. It’s a list for the people, by the people. Let’s relive the memories, shall we? No. 5 — Internet radio defies expectations Music industry observers have speculated over the potential value of online streaming services. What many didn’t expect was the rising popularity of Internet radio in 2010. The findings suggest music consumers are more varied than the industry might have previously thought. No. 4 — The 2010 concert industry: one hot ticket This pre-Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger post examined the 2009 concert industry and skyrocketing concert tickets anticipated for the 2010 season. Turns out that North American receipts and attendance weren’t so hot after all this year, as this recent post suggests. No. 3 — Fake concert tickets proliferate Sluggish sales and attendance weren’t the only things plaguing the 2010 concert industry. Fraudulent tickets continued to flood the market, due in part to perpetrators’ wily methods as well as a general lack of public awareness. The moral of this story: do your homework before ponying-up for that front-row Lady Gaga ticket. No. 2 — Beatles (yawn) come to iTunes Steve Jobs finally lands his favorite band’s catalog on Apple‘s iTunes Store. The long-suspected debut of the Beatles’ music in digital form came amid a shower of hyperbole, though first-week receipts were strong. The Fab Four still has selling power. and… No. 1 — What’s a hit song, anyway? This recent post was a fun one to write, and generated a handful of interesting comments. Basically, the Billboard charts are hardly the only tell-tale sign of whether an artist has a hit on her hands. New social media tracking methodologies — such as Billboard’s Social 50 and MTV’s Music Meter — rank artists by the buzz they create on Facebook, Twitter and other spots on the blogosphere. Honorable mentions include the ongoing financial saga at EMI, Winston Churchill’s chart success, and a pickle’s dominationover Nickelback. Let me know what you like or detest in our 2010 music industry coverage, and what stories you think will dominate 2011 music news. ~ Photo by L. Whittaker, used under a Creative Commons license.

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