Miscellaneous Ramblingn on Music Scene

I was playing with Google Trends and found some interesting data. In case you are wondering, Google published their top 100 most searched terms hourly in Google Trends. In addition, you can view the a search term’s trend history. It also ranks the top 10 regions and cities for the search term. Alright people, let’s look at some interesting data for year 2007.

As you can see, the top 10 cities of where the search term “sex” is coming from:

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1. Delhi, India
2. Cairo, Egypt
3. Istanbul, Turkey
4. Ankara, Turkey
5. Warsaw, Poland
6. Zurich, Switzerland
7. Brussels, Belgium
8. Chicago, USA
9. LA, USA
10. Sydney, Australia

However, the search term “porn” shows different data! Look like the Brits are pretty horny

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1. Manchester, UK
2. Birmingham, UK
3. Melbourne, Australia
4. Brentford, UK
5. Sydney, Australia
6. LA, USA
7. London, UK
8. Toronto, Canada
9. Chicago, USA
10. Montrea, Canada

We found this interesting statistic of Grammy Award from Wikipedia:

• Most Grammy Awards won by a band: U2, total of 22 Grammy awards;
• Most Grammy Awards in a lifetime: Sir Georg Solti, total 31 Grammy awards;
• Most Grammy Awards (male solo artist): Stevie Wonder, total 23 Grammy awards;
• Most Grammy Awards (female solo artist)Alison Krauss, 20 Grammy Awards;
• Only artist to have won the “Big Four” Grammy Awards at a single ceremony: Christopher Cross is the only artist to receive the “Big Four” (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist) in a single ceremony in 1981;
• Youngest person to win a Grammy:LeAnn Rimes at the tender age of 14.

The list of Grammy Awards 2008 nominees has been announced. The 50th Grammy Awards will take place on February 10 again at the Staples Center. This will be a milestone for the Grammys and the Recording Academy. The list of nomination is huge, in fact there are total 110 separate categories! Here we will list down only the big 3 categories:

Record Of The Year
‘Irreplaceable’ - Beyoncé
‘The Pretender’ - Foo Fighters
‘Umbrella’ - Rihanna ft. Jay-Z
‘What Goes Around…Comes Around’ - Justin Timberlake
‘Rehab’ - Amy Winehouse

Album Of The Year
‘Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace’ - Foo Fighters
‘These Days’ - Vince Gill
‘River: The Jni Letters’ - Herbie Hancock
‘Graduation’ - Kanye West
‘Back To Black’ - Amy Winehouse

Song Of The Year
‘Before He Cheats’ - Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood)
‘Hey There Delilah’ - Tom Higgenson (Plain White T’s)
‘Like A Star’ - Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
‘Rehab’ - Amy Winehouse (Amy Winehouse)
‘Umbrella’ - Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart (Rihanna ft. Jay-Z)

What’s your prediction?