The Most Popular Downloads in a Sea of 97 Million

According to MusicHype CEO, Kevin King there are approximately 97 million songs in the world (recorded in the Gracenote database), and counting (Marsband.com). Such a vast array may not be so startling when we imagine the place that holds quite possibly all of these items; the infinite, ‘one stop culture shop’ that is the World Wide Web. For our usage and abusage there is a comprehensive range of music downloading sites from the well-loved iTunes to the seemingly controversial Napster. The choice is yours –although we advise the legal route. On top of this, however, is the next crucial decision –what to add to our playlists.

When in doubt more than a fair few of us have had a mainstream wander through Billboard’s hot 100 for the most popularly downloaded songs in hope of finding something we might like. Perhaps we have even ventured to browse through Youtube’s highest trending music videos and have fostered an addiction to PSY’s ‘GAGNAM STYLE’ (click this here to see an infographic on how it went viral). Whatever digital media insight webpage we may be on is where data is playing an integral role in shaping the ever-changing music industry.  They are particularly handy for all us downloader’s. For the latest top 20 favoured artists from iTunes, please see the info-graphic below. 

Although it's unlikely, but if you haven't seen and heard it yet, here is the number 1 downloaded song on iTunes in the past 24 hours with 45,285 downloads in that space of time, PSY's GANGNAM STYLE.