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<strong>Torches</strong><br />
Music Media Review<br />
Jan-Mar 2012
Table of Contents<br />
Overview<br />
News Coverage<br />
News Popularity<br />
News Comparison<br />
Top Publishers<br />
Top News Publishers<br />
Best 5 News Days<br />
News Highlights<br />
Twitter Coverage<br />
Twitter Popularity<br />
Twitter Comparison<br />
Twitter Users<br />
Shared Twitter Links<br />
Chart Popularity<br />
Emerging Singles<br />
Emerging Singles Comparison<br />
Appendicies<br />
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Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists<br />
Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists<br />
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Appendix C - All Artists by Facebook Reach<br />
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Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach<br />
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Overview<br />
1055th in the Music Press<br />
1252nd on Twitter<br />
139th on Emerging Charts<br />
This report reviews the popularity of <strong>Torches</strong> on the <strong>We</strong><br />
<strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> music charts and in the music news for the<br />
period Jan-Mar 2012. It benchmarks <strong>Torches</strong> against the<br />
1,083 artists that appeared on the <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> charts<br />
during this period. The results are based on an analysis of<br />
216,526 music articles, 12,105,831 music related tweets<br />
and inspection of the Facebook Open Graph. News is<br />
sourced from a range of publishers including major music<br />
news sites and an army of passionate bloggers worldwide.<br />
Charts are compiled from samples of hundreds of charts<br />
in a range of music genres. This report was collated by the<br />
<strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> team and generated using the text<br />
analytics software that powers the wearehunted.com<br />
website.<br />
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News Coverage<br />
News Popularity<br />
This section shows the total number of music articles mentioning <strong>Torches</strong> during this time period<br />
and the overall rank of <strong>Torches</strong> when compared to similar artists.<br />
1055th Overall Rank<br />
42 Articles<br />
0.003% Share<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
Artist Rank Articles Share<br />
Outfit 3rd 1,538 0.118%<br />
Bon Iver 7th 1,213 0.093%<br />
Fleet Foxes 65th 381 0.029%<br />
Los Campesinos! 291st 156 0.012%<br />
Deerhunter 447th 110 0.008%<br />
The Antlers 553rd 92 0.007%<br />
Band of Horses 940th 49 0.004%<br />
<strong>Torches</strong> 1055th 42 0.003%<br />
Figure 1: News Coverage Comparison<br />
0<br />
01/01 31/01 01/03 31/03<br />
<strong>Torches</strong><br />
Los Campesinos!<br />
Figure 2: News Coverage over Time<br />
The Antlers<br />
Fleet Foxes<br />
Bon Iver<br />
Band of Horses<br />
Deerhunter<br />
Outfit<br />
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News Comparison<br />
This section compares the number of music articles mentioning <strong>Torches</strong> during this time period<br />
to similar artists.<br />
5<br />
4<br />
3<br />
2<br />
1<br />
0<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
50<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
0<br />
01/01 31/01 01/03 31/03<br />
<strong>Torches</strong><br />
Los Campesinos!<br />
Figure 3: Comparisons for <strong>Torches</strong><br />
The Antlers<br />
Fleet Foxes<br />
Bon Iver<br />
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Top Publishers<br />
The Cover Lovers<br />
Spin<br />
The 405<br />
The Blue Walrus<br />
505 Indie<br />
The Mad Mackerel<br />
Other<br />
Top Publishers<br />
Figure 4: Top Publishers mentioning <strong>Torches</strong><br />
Top Publishers Mentions<br />
The Cover Lovers 2<br />
Spin 2<br />
The 405 2<br />
The Blue Walrus 2<br />
505 Indie 2<br />
The Mad Mackerel 2<br />
Cuchara Sonica 2<br />
Clash Music 2<br />
The Line Of Best Fit 2<br />
Vainzine 1<br />
indie shuffle 1<br />
Global Grind 1<br />
AUX TV 1<br />
Stop, shake, honey, go 1<br />
Hand Clap Movement 1<br />
Figure 5: Most frequently mentioned Top Publishers<br />
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Top News Publishers<br />
Publisher Rank Articles<br />
The Cover Lovers - http://thecoverlovers.blogspot.com/ 1 2<br />
Spin - http://www.spin.com/ 2 2<br />
The 405 - http://thefourohfive.com/ 3 2<br />
The Blue Walrus - http://www.thebluewalrus.com 4 2<br />
505 Indie - http://www.505indie.com/ 5 2<br />
The Mad Mackerel - http://madmackerel.wordpress.com/ 6 2<br />
Cuchara Sonica - http://cucharasonica.com 7 2<br />
Clash Music - http://www.clashmusic.com/ 8 2<br />
The Line Of Best Fit - http://thelineofbestfit.com 9 2<br />
Vainzine - http://vainzine2.blogspot.com/ 10 1<br />
indie shuffle - http://www.indieshuffle.com/ 11 1<br />
Global Grind - http://globalgrind.com/ 12 1<br />
AUX TV - http://www.aux.tv/newmusic 13 1<br />
Stop, shake, honey, go - http://stopshakehoneygo.blogspot.com/ 14 1<br />
Hand Clap Movement - http://handclapmovement.com/ 15 1<br />
Turnin'Wrong - Http://turninwrong.blogspot.com/ 16 1<br />
Under The Gun Review - http://underthegunreview.net/ 17 1<br />
<strong>We</strong>likeit.indie - http://blog.welikeitindie.com/ 18 1<br />
rap-up - http://www.rap-up.com/ 19 1<br />
YOUR MUSIC TODAY - http://www.yourmusictoday.com/ 20 1<br />
zonaindie | just a music blog - http://www.zonaindie.com.ar/ 21 1<br />
BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog - http://brooklynrocks.blogspot.com/ 22 1<br />
Metal Insider - http://metalinsider.net/ 23 1<br />
KROQ - http://kroq.radio.com/ 24 1<br />
THE RECOMMENDER - http://therecommender.net 25 1<br />
Figure 6: Top 25 Publishers mentioning <strong>Torches</strong><br />
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Best 5 News Days<br />
1<br />
2<br />
08 March 2012 : 5 articles published<br />
Popular Articles this Day<br />
Crushed Beaks – VTOO [<strong>Torches</strong> cover] // Song Of The Day #411<br />
The Line Of Best Fit, 08 March 2012<br />
Crushed Beaks' reworking of VTOO is the sound of a conquering Scottish army retaking the<br />
Highlands - despite both bands remaining firmly ensconced in London.<br />
Crushed Beaks cover <strong>Torches</strong>' 'VTOO'<br />
The 405, 08 March 2012<br />
Friends Crushed Beaks and <strong>Torches</strong> have swapped covers of each other's songs for a new split<br />
single. <strong>Torches</strong> released a cover of 'Close Ups' back in February, and we can ...<br />
Crushed Beaks // <strong>Torches</strong> | Cover Swap | Crushed Beaks cover <strong>Torches</strong>'<br />
'VTOO'<br />
Alt Sounds, 08 March 2012<br />
Crushed Beaks' cover of <strong>Torches</strong>' 'VTOO', released as part of a free download split single between<br />
the two up and coming London bands, is available to stream and download now. ...<br />
Crashed Beaks >> <strong>Torches</strong>, 2012<br />
The Cover Lovers, 08 March 2012<br />
Crashed Beaks - VTOO [<strong>Torches</strong>] | zs This is pt.2 of the cover swap, remember pt.1 . watch the<br />
original<br />
Fred Durst Claims Limp Bizkit’s New Album Will Be “The heaviest, most<br />
crazy metal record of all time”<br />
Under The Gun Review, 08 March 2012<br />
Fred Durst has gone on record claiming the latest material from numetal act Limp Bizkit is helping<br />
create “the heaviest, most crazy metal record of all time.” Before you grab ...<br />
21 February 2012 : 5 articles published<br />
Popular Articles this Day<br />
<strong>Torches</strong> – Close-Ups [Crushed Beaks cover] // Song Of The Day #403 [Best<br />
Fit Premiere]<br />
The Line Of Best Fit, 20 February 2012<br />
<strong>Torches</strong> have rescaled Crushed Beaks' 'Close-Ups' to stadium proportions for their side of the<br />
bands' split single.<br />
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Listen: <strong>Torches</strong> - 'Close Ups' (Crushed Beaks Cover)<br />
The 405, 21 February 2012<br />
Ahead of their joint show at Power Lunches on March 10th, <strong>Torches</strong> have unveiled their cover of<br />
'Close Ups' by Crushed Beaks , which you'll be able to find on ...<br />
<strong>Torches</strong> >> Crushed Beaks, 2012<br />
The Cover Lovers, 21 February 2012<br />
<strong>Torches</strong> - Close Ups [Crushed Beaks] | zs This is pt.1 of a cover swap between the two bands.<br />
watch the original<br />
Bands to watch: <strong>Torches</strong><br />
The Blue Walrus, 21 February 2012<br />
London’s <strong>Torches</strong> (facebook/twitter) produce dark and atmospheric gloom-pop. Each song is<br />
centred on drum machine beats and grandiose vocals, with ethereal claustrophobic builds that<br />
takes you somewhere a little darker, ...<br />
Crushed Beaks / <strong>Torches</strong> Split Single<br />
The Mad Mackerel, 21 February 2012<br />
London bands Crushed Beaks and <strong>Torches</strong> have announced the release of a split download single<br />
featuring cover versions of each others songs. <strong>Torches</strong>’ version of Crushed Beaks’ Close-Ups is<br />
the ...<br />
06 February 2012 : 3 articles published<br />
Popular Articles this Day<br />
Foster The People: <strong>Torches</strong> [Reviews]<br />
Ultimate Guitar, 06 February 2012<br />
Compact Discs : Released: May 23, 2011 Genre: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Indie Dance, Indietronica,<br />
Neo-Psychedelia Label: Columbia, Startime Number Of Tracks: 10 Foster The People, with their<br />
highly successful ...<br />
Foster The People – “Don’t Stop (St. Lucia Remix)”<br />
Pigeons and Planes, 06 February 2012<br />
Newcomer St. Lucia takes on one of the many earwormy hits from Foster The People‘s catchy<br />
debut, <strong>Torches</strong>. He basically puts the song into overdrive, accentuating everything and taking the<br />
...<br />
Pop Punk/Rock/Alternative/Emo’s Coheed and Cambria Second...<br />
Neeshland, 06 February 2012<br />
Pop Punk/Rock/Alternative/Emo ’s Coheed and Cambria Second Stage Turbine Blade 10th<br />
Anniversary listening party was a success! In fact, it was the busiest PPRAE has ever been! The<br />
room size ...<br />
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4<br />
5<br />
16 January 2012 : 2 articles published<br />
Popular Articles this Day<br />
Murkage – TORCHES<br />
YOUR MUSIC TODAY, 16 January 2012<br />
Manchester-based rap/electonic collective Murkage just dropped a visual for their track<br />
‘TORCHES’, which was put together by directors Chris Ranson and Gaika Tavares. Get grimey<br />
and have a [...] READ ...<br />
Stopshakehoneygo's Best Albums of 2011 (3/5)<br />
Stop, shake, honey, go, 16 January 2012<br />
Best Albums of 2011 - (50-41) (40-31) (30-21) Albumilistauksen sijoilla 30-21 alkaa olla jo niin<br />
hyviä levyjä, että köyhempänä vuotena niistä kukin olisi voinut olla listan kärkisijoilla. Tarjolla on<br />
poppailua, ...<br />
21 January 2012 : 3 articles published<br />
Popular Articles this Day<br />
Foster The People, nueva remezcla de “Don’t Stop”<br />
Cuchara Sonica, 20 January 2012<br />
Foster The People fue una de las bandas que más nos sorprendió en 2011. Un trio encabezado<br />
por Mark Foster, que hace las veces de vocalista y compositor, que nos ...<br />
Ouça a nova música do Foster The People – “Ruby”<br />
505 Indie, 21 January 2012<br />
Uma nova faixa dos moleques de Los Angeles circula na rede. “Ruby” tem sido tocada nos shows<br />
do Foster The People desde alguns meses atrás, mas agora a versão de ...<br />
I like dat grime shit :: MURKAGE / <strong>Torches</strong><br />
Turnin'Wrong, 21 January 2012<br />
VIDEO MURKAGE / <strong>Torches</strong> Murkage 's "<strong>Torches</strong>" sowie die Default Sovereign EP gibt's gratis<br />
gegen Abgabe deiner E-Mail Adresse. (Da Megaupload gesperrt wurde, enfällt der Downloadlink<br />
im Moment) Dafür hier ...<br />
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News Highlights<br />
This section includes a brief summary of what the music press had to say about <strong>Torches</strong> during<br />
this period.<br />
January<br />
"<strong>Torches</strong> has gained an unlikely fan: Alessio Rastani loves the record and has posted it on<br />
his Facebook page. I think Murkage is having the last ..."<br />
Thu 26/01 - Behind the music: Political music tries to break down barriers – on the streets and on the radio -<br />
Guardian music<br />
February<br />
"<strong>Torches</strong> have rescaled Crushed Beaks' 'Close-Ups' to stadium proportions for their side of<br />
the bands' split single"<br />
Mon 20/02 - <strong>Torches</strong> – Close-Ups [Crushed Beaks cover] // Song Of The Day #403 [Best Fit Premiere] - The<br />
Line Of Best Fit<br />
"<strong>Torches</strong> have unveiled their cover of 'Close Ups' by Crushed Beaks , which you'll be able<br />
to find on their forthcoming split single. <strong>We</strong> haven't heard ..."<br />
Tue 21/02 - Listen: <strong>Torches</strong> - 'Close Ups' (Crushed Beaks Cover) - The 405<br />
"<strong>Torches</strong> have announced the release of a split download single featuring cover versions<br />
of each others songs. <strong>Torches</strong>’ version of Crushed Beaks’ Close-Ups is the first ..."<br />
Tue 21/02 - Crushed Beaks / <strong>Torches</strong> Split Single - The Mad Mackerel<br />
March<br />
"<strong>Torches</strong> have swapped covers of each other's songs for a new split single. <strong>Torches</strong><br />
released a cover of 'Close Ups' back in February, and we can ..."<br />
Thu 08/03 - Crushed Beaks cover <strong>Torches</strong>' 'VTOO' - The 405<br />
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Twitter Coverage<br />
Twitter Popularity<br />
This section shows the number of tweets indicating that someone was listening to <strong>Torches</strong> during<br />
this time period. Included is the overall ranking of <strong>Torches</strong> when compared to similar artists.<br />
1252nd Overall Rank<br />
494 Tweets<br />
0.000% Share<br />
600<br />
400<br />
200<br />
Artist Rank Tweets Share<br />
Bon Iver 64th 12,149 0.007%<br />
Fleet Foxes 375th 2,429 0.001%<br />
Band of Horses 466th 1,900 0.001%<br />
Los Campesinos! 856th 909 0.001%<br />
The Antlers 983rd 742 0.000%<br />
Outfit 1081st 627 0.000%<br />
Deerhunter 1083rd 626 0.000%<br />
<strong>Torches</strong> 1252nd 494 0.000%<br />
Figure 7: Twitter Coverage Comparison<br />
0<br />
01/01 31/01 01/03 31/03<br />
<strong>Torches</strong><br />
Los Campesinos!<br />
Figure 8: Twitter Coverage over Time<br />
The Antlers<br />
Fleet Foxes<br />
Bon Iver<br />
Band of Horses<br />
Deerhunter<br />
Outfit<br />
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Twitter Comparison<br />
This section compares the total number of tweets mentioning <strong>Torches</strong> to similar artists.<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
40<br />
30<br />
20<br />
10<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
600<br />
400<br />
200<br />
01/01 31/01 01/03 31/03<br />
<strong>Torches</strong><br />
Los Campesinos!<br />
Figure 9: Comparisons for <strong>Torches</strong><br />
The Antlers<br />
Fleet Foxes<br />
Bon Iver<br />
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Twitter Users<br />
This section lists the twitter users mentioning <strong>Torches</strong> in tweets most during this period.<br />
Rank Twitter User Name Location Tweets Followers Reach<br />
1 twitter.com/Stfncassu Stefano The Grid, Via: World Wide <strong>We</strong>b 3 3,520 10,560<br />
2 twitter.com/BattleBornMusic Battle Born Las Vegas, NV 2 1,884 3,768<br />
3 twitter.com/Phixelle Miguel Naranjo Puerto Vallarta 3 731 2,193<br />
4 twitter.com/d3n15p d3n15p 2 966 1,932<br />
5 twitter.com/premiumsam01 Samuel Colorado San Salvador, El Salvador 1 1,465 1,465<br />
6 twitter.com/prh3media Paul Harvey Wherever @paulrharvey3 is 8 136 1,088<br />
7 twitter.com/Sandra_Unicorn Sandra_Unicorn 25 years old, A_u_s_t_R_I_A 1 1,066 1,066<br />
8 twitter.com/yamaraditya Yama Raditya Steady on the ground 4 222 888<br />
9 twitter.com/lowmusicalsoul Milena St. Wola, Poland 2 402 804<br />
10 twitter.com/ElCobra Michael Bach Bonn, Germany 1 772 772<br />
11 twitter.com/TICK_03 ♔Charmaine 싱가포르 4 184 736<br />
12 twitter.com/mirabbani MuhammadIbnuRabbani Tanjungpinang ~ Jakarta 3 244 732<br />
13 twitter.com/FTPplatypus Perry the Platypus Foster the People's Psyche 2 357 714<br />
14 twitter.com/NicolinaFarina Nikki Farina 2 314 628<br />
15 twitter.com/PeepMyCHiC Ol' Dirty Bastard Buffalo, NY 1 625 625<br />
16 twitter.com/Gerrimg Ǥerri Ӎ Ǥhifari ÜT: -7.3162081,108.2350937 2 302 604<br />
17 twitter.com/ehmskiify Irem Eugenio Philippines 3 186 558<br />
18 twitter.com/christykramer Christy Kramer Austin, TX 1 527 527<br />
19 twitter.com/Laurenthecat Lauren Cheng Underneath ryan ross's moat 2 254 508<br />
20 twitter.com/dieg0mat Diego Matamoros Honduras 2 243 486<br />
21 twitter.com/ElinMaa Elly. Skyloft 2 222 444<br />
22 twitter.com/firda4415 PUDWILL WANNABE Puchong 2 174 348<br />
23 twitter.com/kimberly_FTP Kimberly Downtown 2 172 344<br />
24 twitter.com/agoonerette ▲ Z U R ▲ Emirates Stadium 1 330 330<br />
25 twitter.com/believe1nmagic Kelly Ann New Hampshire 2 162 324<br />
Figure 10: Top 25 Users tweeting about <strong>Torches</strong><br />
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Shared Twitter Links<br />
This section lists the most popular urls in tweets mentioning <strong>Torches</strong> during this period.<br />
URL Rank Tweets<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Don't+Stop+(Color+On+The+Walls) 1 5<br />
http://last.fm/user/mirabbani 2 3<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Rise+Against/_/<strong>Torches</strong> 3 2<br />
http://last.fm/music/Foster The People/_/Color on the walls (Don't stop) 4 2<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Helena+Beat 5 2<br />
http://www.pandora.com/land/song/1f8e1b5debec8cd1 6 2<br />
http://twitpic.com/8rl0a3 7 2<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Pumped+Up+Kicks 8 2<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/broken-jaw/id435761204 9 1<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sleeping-giant-music/id410720565 10 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+the+People/_/I+Would+Do+Anything+For+You 11 1<br />
http://www.lastfm.pl/music/Foster+The+People/<strong>Torches</strong> 12 1<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-rock-cafe-podcasts-indie/id271203356 13 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Life+on+the+Nickel 14 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Don't+Stop+(Color+On+The+Walls) 15 1<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch 16 1<br />
http://blip.fm/~1a6dyc 17 1<br />
http://blip.fm/profile/keithold/blip/77249706/Foster%2BThe%2BPeopleâ Helena%2BBeat%2B(Free%2BAlb... 18 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Helena+Beat 19 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Chin+Music+For+The+Unsuspecting+Hero 20 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/user/CharmingChocobo 21 1<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-would-do-anything-for-you/id435761204 22 1<br />
http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/alice-lounge/id252960227 23 1<br />
http://dlvr.it/1G6yzm 24 1<br />
http://www.last.fm/music/Foster+The+People/_/Waste 25 1<br />
Figure 11: Top Shared Links on Twitter mentioning <strong>Torches</strong><br />
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Chart Popularity<br />
Emerging Singles<br />
This section presents the best charting singles for <strong>Torches</strong> on the Emerging <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> charts<br />
Close-Ups<br />
Best Single<br />
22nd<br />
Avg Position<br />
1.0<br />
0.8<br />
0.6<br />
0.4<br />
0.2<br />
0.0<br />
01/01 31/01 01/03<br />
Close-Ups<br />
Figure 13: Singles Chart Comparison over Time<br />
Single Avg Position<br />
Close-Ups 22<br />
Figure 12: Best Single Positions<br />
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Emerging Singles Comparison<br />
This section compares the emerging chart performance of the most popular singles released by<br />
<strong>Torches</strong>. These charts illustrate relative popularity over time. Popularity is computed from the<br />
normalised chart position for each day. 1.0 means the single was ranked 1st overall of our charts<br />
for that day. 0.0 denotes the single not charted at all.<br />
1.0<br />
0.8<br />
0.6<br />
0.4<br />
0.2<br />
0.0<br />
Close-Ups<br />
Figure 14: Chart ranking for <strong>Torches</strong><br />
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Appendicies<br />
Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists<br />
This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong><br />
<strong>Hunted</strong> mainstream chart.<br />
Artist Rank Avg Position<br />
Gotye 1 2<br />
Bruno Mars 2 2<br />
Coldplay 3 2<br />
One Direction 4 2<br />
Gym Class Heroes 5 2<br />
Flo Rida 6 3<br />
Avicii 7 3<br />
Pitbull 8 3<br />
Ed Sheeran 9 3<br />
FUN featuring Janelle Monae 10 3<br />
Jason Mraz 11 3<br />
David Guetta 12 4<br />
Taylor Swift 13 4<br />
The Black Keys 14 4<br />
Calvin Harris 15 4<br />
The Wanted 16 4<br />
Rizzle Kicks 17 4<br />
Timomatic 19 5<br />
Gavin DeGraw 20 5<br />
Drake 21 5<br />
Maroon 5 22 5<br />
Breathe Carolina 23 5<br />
Jessie J 24 5<br />
Brantley Gilbert 25 5<br />
Beyoncé 26 5<br />
Charlene Soraia 27 5<br />
Toby Keith 28 6<br />
Figure 15: Top 100 Artists on <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> Mainstream Chart<br />
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Artist Rank Avg Position<br />
JLS 29 6<br />
T-Pain 30 6<br />
Kirko Bangz 31 6<br />
Hunter Hayes 32 7<br />
Outasight 33 7<br />
Hedley 34 7<br />
Reece Mastin 35 7<br />
Lana Del Rey 36 7<br />
Katy Perry 37 7<br />
Laurent <strong>We</strong>ry 38 7<br />
Taio Cruz 40 7<br />
Hilltop Hoods 41 7<br />
TYGA 42 8<br />
The Throne 43 8<br />
Snoop Dogg 44 8<br />
Florence and the Machine 45 8<br />
Guy Sebastian 46 8<br />
Labrinth 47 8<br />
The Babysitters Circus 48 8<br />
Kimbra 49 8<br />
Six60 50 8<br />
Hot Chelle Rae 51 8<br />
Dappy 52 9<br />
Chris Brown 53 9<br />
Selena Gomez 54 9<br />
Mary J. Blige 55 9<br />
J.Cole 56 10<br />
Professor Green 57 10<br />
Rihanna 58 10<br />
Luke Bryan 59 10<br />
Jake Owen 60 10<br />
Big Sean 61 10<br />
Dierks Bentley 62 11<br />
Carrie Underwood 63 11<br />
Jason Derulo 64 11<br />
Matt Corby 65 11<br />
Kenny Chesney 66 11<br />
Walk Off The Earth 67 11<br />
Figure 15 (continued): Top 100 Artists on <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> Mainstream Chart<br />
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Artist Rank Avg Position<br />
B.o.B. 68 11<br />
The Fray 70 12<br />
Rick Ross 71 12<br />
Young Jeezy 72 12<br />
Wale 73 12<br />
Scotty McCreery 74 12<br />
Miranda Lambert 76 13<br />
The Band Perry 77 13<br />
George Strait 78 13<br />
Martina McBride 79 13<br />
Blake Shelton 80 13<br />
Justin Bieber 81 13<br />
Tim McGraw 82 13<br />
Alyssa Reid 83 13<br />
Foo Fighters 84 13<br />
David Nail 85 14<br />
Lady GaGa 86 14<br />
Madonna 87 14<br />
Lady Antebellum 88 14<br />
Pixie Lott 89 15<br />
Skrillex 90 15<br />
WILL.I.AM 91 15<br />
She & Him 92 16<br />
MGK 93 16<br />
MELANIE FIONA 94 16<br />
The Saturdays 95 16<br />
Colbie Caillat 96 16<br />
Adele 97 16<br />
Friendly Fires 98 16<br />
Matt Nathanson 99 17<br />
Leona Lewis & Avicii 101 17<br />
Eric Church 102 17<br />
Nicki Minaj 103 18<br />
Jennifer Lopez 104 18<br />
Emeli Sandé 105 18<br />
Figure 15 (continued): Top 100 Artists on <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> Mainstream Chart<br />
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Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists<br />
This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong><br />
<strong>Hunted</strong> Emerging chart.<br />
Artist Rank Avg Position<br />
Grimes 1 5<br />
Sleigh Bells 2 5<br />
Schoolboy Q feat A$AP Rocky 3 6<br />
A$AP Rocky 4 6<br />
The <strong>We</strong>eknd 5 6<br />
Azealia Banks 6 7<br />
Frank Ocean 7 7<br />
Electric Guest 8 7<br />
Frankie Rose 9 7<br />
Lana Del Rey 10 7<br />
La Sera 11 7<br />
FUN featuring Janelle Monae 12 8<br />
Miike Snow 13 8<br />
Gang Colours 14 8<br />
Peace 15 8<br />
Santigold 16 9<br />
TYGA 17 9<br />
Bleeding Knees Club 18 9<br />
Emeli Sandé 19 9<br />
The Black Keys 20 9<br />
Cloud Nothings 21 9<br />
Charlene Soraia 22 10<br />
Ben Howard 23 10<br />
Django Django 24 10<br />
Ladyhawke 26 11<br />
Porcelain Raft 27 11<br />
Philco Fiction 29 11<br />
Figure 16: Top 100 Artists on <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> Emerging Chart<br />
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Artist Rank Avg Position<br />
The Maccabees 30 11<br />
Chairlift 32 11<br />
Niki & The Dove 33 11<br />
Blood Red Shoes 34 12<br />
Jonquil 35 12<br />
Band Of Skulls 36 12<br />
Rhye 37 12<br />
Lower Dens 38 12<br />
JJ DOOM 39 12<br />
MMoths 40 13<br />
Kirko Bangz 41 13<br />
Zulu Winter 42 13<br />
Regina Spektor 43 13<br />
Brantley Gilbert 44 13<br />
Justice 45 13<br />
The Twilight Sad 46 13<br />
Julianna Barwick 47 13<br />
of Monsters & Men 48 13<br />
Redlight 49 13<br />
Michael Kiwanuka 50 13<br />
Civil Twilight 51 13<br />
Gilbere Forte 52 14<br />
Jack Penate 53 14<br />
Lianne La Havas 54 14<br />
Lemonade 55 14<br />
AraabMUZIK 56 14<br />
Chart Superstars 57 14<br />
The Drums 58 14<br />
Field Music 59 14<br />
Alabama Shakes 60 14<br />
Oberhofer 62 14<br />
Wolf & Cub 63 14<br />
Katalyst 64 15<br />
Dirty Three 65 15<br />
Parachute Youth 66 15<br />
Gossling 67 15<br />
My Morning Jacket 68 15<br />
Theme Park 69 15<br />
Figure 16 (continued): Top 100 Artists on <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> Emerging Chart<br />
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Artist Rank Avg Position<br />
San Cisco 70 15<br />
The Big Pink 71 15<br />
Zedd 72 16<br />
Outfit 73 16<br />
Daniel Rossen 74 16<br />
Spector 75 16<br />
Sleep Party People 76 16<br />
Korallreven 77 16<br />
School Of Seven Bells 78 16<br />
Horse Feathers 79 16<br />
Carnivals 80 16<br />
Shearwater 82 16<br />
St. Vincent 83 17<br />
All The Young 84 17<br />
KAVINSKY 85 17<br />
Pulled Apart By Horses 86 17<br />
Beach House 87 17<br />
Wiley 89 17<br />
Skrillex 90 17<br />
M83 91 17<br />
Eugene McGuinness 92 17<br />
Seams 93 17<br />
Dirty Beaches 94 18<br />
Beach Fossils 95 18<br />
Saschienne 96 18<br />
The 2 Bears 97 18<br />
Clubfeet 98 18<br />
Marissa Nadler 99 18<br />
Rusko 101 18<br />
Olu 102 18<br />
Yuna 103 18<br />
Yoofs 104 18<br />
James Blake 105 18<br />
Wolfgang Gartner 106 18<br />
James Vincent McMorrow 107 18<br />
Figure 16 (continued): Top 100 Artists on <strong>We</strong> <strong>Are</strong> <strong>Hunted</strong> Emerging Chart<br />
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Appendix C - All Artists by Facebook Reach<br />
This section presents the top Artists ranked by their Facebook Reach. Reach is calculated as the<br />
sum of the standard deviations of the Likes, Shares, Clicks and Comments of each artist's<br />
Facebook page compared to the rest.<br />
Artist Rank Shares Likes Comments Clicks<br />
Rihanna 1 16,039 54,379,850 45,496 45<br />
Regina Spektor 2 2,575 1,191 879 31,373<br />
Katy Perry 3 3,262 41,464,862 2,345 1,289<br />
Selena Gomez 4 2,297 3,505 401 17,713<br />
Crystal Castles 5 4,427 1,673 1,634 10,437<br />
Chris Brown 6 4,455 20,236,889 1,210 644<br />
Adele 7 2,718 24,706,857 823 716<br />
Paramore 8 3,170 20,386,135 856 1,986<br />
Alicia Keys 9 2,283 16,936,260 3,003 15<br />
The Bloody Beetroots 10 4,533 2,638 2,400 4,615<br />
Jennifer Lopez 11 2,369 10,971,092 2,839 1,712<br />
Coldplay 12 1,275 19,503,063 299 1,333<br />
Secondhand Serenade 13 1,231 5,748 1,253 8,616<br />
Rusko 14 1,838 815,734 776 7,582<br />
Mumford And Sons 15 5,253 1,676 1,935 293<br />
Taylor Swift 16 1,273 3,087 357 7,340<br />
Skrillex 17 2,975 4,869,920 2,785 3<br />
Madonna 18 1,820 8,451,789 437 1,898<br />
Trey Songz 19 3,629 6,999 1,627 1,244<br />
Angus Stone 20 3,658 1,637 1,652 790<br />
Sleigh Bells 21 3,742 1,064 2,095 181<br />
David Guetta 22 1,597 1,949 307 4,496<br />
Rammstein 23 3,288 3,055 2,310 38<br />
Bon Iver 24 3,528 1,130,898 617 223<br />
Fleet Foxes 25 3,721 742,354 420 241<br />
She & Him 26 2,257 721 1,420 1,975<br />
The Gaslight Anthem 27 2,603 20,994 1,329 1,437<br />
Figure 17: Top Artists by Facebook Reach<br />
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Artist Rank Shares Likes Comments Clicks<br />
The Black Keys 28 2,598 2,060 1,474 1,236<br />
Foo Fighters 29 741 7,524,522 345 1,027<br />
First Aid Kit 30 2,113 545 836 1,990<br />
Jeffree Star 31 2,073 1,493 1,111 1,806<br />
Lil Wayne 32 3,094 5,045 628 501<br />
Nicki Minaj 33 2,222 1,985,563 533 900<br />
Local Natives 34 2,914 506 1,191 126<br />
Beach House 35 2,657 932 1,095 475<br />
Black Veil Brides 36 1,846 1,778,438 1,629 37<br />
Lady GaGa 37 2,472 10,572 1,031 451<br />
Bonobo 38 2,069 900 686 1,264<br />
Drake 39 1,548 2,146 260 2,296<br />
The Civil Wars 40 2,391 1,845 1,344 15<br />
Protest The Hero 41 1,387 743 888 1,897<br />
The Drums 42 2,301 276,663 958 104<br />
Miike Snow 43 2,441 522 727 204<br />
Steve Aoki 44 1,529 666,776 438 1,531<br />
Crookers 45 1,213 567 284 2,442<br />
Birdy 46 1,144 300 264 2,528<br />
Carrie Underwood 47 700 6,798,643 85 3<br />
Demon Hunter 48 1,091 920 638 2,055<br />
Mary J. Blige 49 835 4,603,250 814 9<br />
The Temper Trap 50 2,272 407 632 157<br />
T-Pain 51 854 5,773,852 79 2<br />
Eyes Set to Kill 52 966 848,912 1,010 1,406<br />
Washed Out 53 2,078 51,038 758 206<br />
Miss May I 54 1,338 5,125 2,108 97<br />
Lacuna Coil 55 949 3,106 790 1,795<br />
<strong>We</strong> Have Band 56 1,295 405 381 1,545<br />
Phantogram 57 1,840 104,132 930 104<br />
Far East Movement 58 2,055 847 569 48<br />
James Blake 59 1,711 1,555 1,023 178<br />
Kelly Clarkson 60 883 4,228,143 248 24<br />
Breakbot 61 1,261 585 423 1,336<br />
Parov Stelar 62 1,514 972 632 727<br />
Ellie Goulding 63 1,449 1,479,897 477 197<br />
Soko 64 971 422 331 1,768<br />
George Strait 65 770 4,128,632 359 0<br />
Figure 17 (continued): Top Artists by Facebook Reach<br />
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Artist Rank Shares Likes Comments Clicks<br />
Toro y Moi 66 1,699 66,505 861 100<br />
Pretty Lights 67 1,535 479 464 675<br />
Suicide Silence 68 1,379 4,069 1,059 358<br />
The Do 69 1,755 576 210 513<br />
Zola Jesus 70 826 407 445 1,664<br />
Band of Horses 71 1,567 843,980 533 16<br />
coeur de pirate 72 1,788 503 572 52<br />
Atmosphere 73 1,010 819,183 237 1,137<br />
Frank Turner 74 1,614 297 493 292<br />
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart 75 1,714 476 456 157<br />
Cut Copy 76 1,645 686 367 312<br />
Laura Marling 78 1,294 357 388 784<br />
Hot Chip 79 1,403 597 399 452<br />
Iron & Wine 80 1,448 891 723 83<br />
Semi Precious <strong>We</strong>apons 81 646 208,788 373 1,505<br />
Zeds Dead 82 1,414 1,047 742 79<br />
Cocoon 83 1,029 325 198 1,095<br />
Fanfarlo 84 1,406 284 489 231<br />
School Of Seven Bells 85 1,133 22,060 289 816<br />
Timber Timbre 86 1,495 651 533 40<br />
Huoratron 87 766 241 409 1,196<br />
Sleeping With Sirens 88 1,143 862 1,022 26<br />
The Joy Formidable 89 1,271 505 441 339<br />
Noah and the Whale 90 1,452 336 368 113<br />
Lady Antebellum 91 1,440 1,141 409 89<br />
The Agonist 92 687 852 395 1,228<br />
Russian Circles 93 1,274 447 640 77<br />
The Glitch Mob 94 948 289,879 194 817<br />
Oh Land 95 1,162 574 468 335<br />
Mutemath 96 1,199 202,777 261 353<br />
Cee-Lo 97 1,257 532 667 0<br />
Young Jeezy 98 565 3,300,665 35 0<br />
Japandroids 99 1,075 116 278 592<br />
Agnes Obel 100 1,207 813 690 8<br />
Soap & Skin 101 1,304 238 283 194<br />
Figure 17 (continued): Top Artists by Facebook Reach<br />
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Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach<br />
This section presents the top Music News publishers ranked by their Facebook Reach. Reach is<br />
calculated as the sum of the standard deviations of the Likes, Shares, Clicks and Comments of<br />
each publisher compared to the rest.<br />
Publisher Rank Shares Likes Comments Clicks<br />
Daytrotter.com 1 12,200 3,975 5,402 2,586<br />
Pitchfork 2 12,300 3,542 6,560 245<br />
Metal Hammer 3 2,196 9,540 2,495 47<br />
MTV Newsroom 4 902 8,478 1,914 0<br />
Between The Sheets Podcast & Gaye Ann's Playlist 5 4,577 6,614 2,550 0<br />
Alternative Press 6 1,989 4,657 1,579 6,936<br />
Rolling Stone 7 5,363 3,720 2,650 2,770<br />
La Blogoth que mp3blog 8 6,576 2,013 2,153 3,201<br />
DJ Magazine 9 4,367 3,263 2,256 888<br />
Hypebeast 10 4,798 1,948 1,118 5,078<br />
HIPSTER RUNOFF 11 5,397 852 2,211 2,992<br />
AbsolutePunk 12 1,212 4,181 995 158<br />
Noisecreep 13 1,176 4,205 806 11<br />
fresh new tracks 14 4,633 2,088 1,421 58<br />
NME 15 3,526 1,781 1,209 822<br />
Idolator 16 637 1,605 466 3,203<br />
aurgasm 17 4,112 638 1,284 226<br />
earmilk.com 18 3,678 952 1,197 25<br />
the kollection 19 3,281 865 1,342 0<br />
XXLMag.com 20 1,990 1,678 748 248<br />
The A.V. Club 21 2,982 639 1,551 23<br />
There Goes The Fear 22 1,277 1,766 930 0<br />
Metal Injection 23 1,031 1,403 575 1,165<br />
RealTalkNY 24 3,138 1,236 517 50<br />
indie shuffle 25 2,750 680 1,155 36<br />
2dopeboyz 26 2,640 459 662 1,198<br />
DJ Booth 27 2,084 1,120 408 642<br />
Figure 18: Top Music News Publishers<br />
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Publisher Rank Shares Likes Comments Clicks<br />
GAFFA.dk 28 896 1,336 757 308<br />
rap-up 29 1,210 203 187 2,878<br />
stereogum 30 1,824 314 413 1,808<br />
Spin 31 1,762 1,097 519 18<br />
Paste Magazine 32 1,624 755 583 611<br />
AllHipHop.com 33 1,301 388 299 1,901<br />
HipHopDX 34 2,410 709 567 23<br />
Classic Rock Magazine 35 890 1,118 463 342<br />
Gotta Dance Dirty 36 2,304 482 696 165<br />
Guardian music 37 536 1,350 384 0<br />
PunkNews 38 753 533 410 1,299<br />
Spinner.com 39 1,472 753 560 103<br />
ill roots 40 933 915 600 23<br />
Pretty Much Amazing 41 1,827 698 442 71<br />
Dancing Astronaut 42 1,764 757 424 7<br />
Mixmag 43 1,112 642 299 685<br />
club fono grama 44 979 744 410 5<br />
Gorilla vs Bear 45 1,680 265 466 154<br />
Vacay Wave 46 1,576 344 489 16<br />
brooklynvegan 47 1,638 219 399 376<br />
The Wire 48 790 700 298 13<br />
An Aquarium Drunkard 49 1,441 271 339 330<br />
said the gramophone 50 1,274 315 275 375<br />
Faster Louder 51 449 275 260 942<br />
The Music Ninja 52 1,441 223 410 10<br />
Fuel Fandango 53 440 595 331 4<br />
Rap Basement 54 1,393 214 191 381<br />
Beyond Race 55 115 874 136 4<br />
CMJ New Music Monthly 56 721 434 242 156<br />
White Folks Get Crunk 57 1,047 346 279 26<br />
Pigeons and Planes 58 1,114 326 270 26<br />
Minimal Freaks 59 1,402 298 188 34<br />
Undertheradar.co.nz 60 657 386 317 12<br />
R.fm 61 878 427 162 60<br />
The FADER 62 794 223 172 433<br />
CHROMEMUSIC 63 1,235 224 199 30<br />
Sound On The Sound 64 449 375 203 172<br />
Discobelle 65 798 325 122 156<br />
Figure 18 (continued): Top Music News Publishers<br />
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Publisher Rank Shares Likes Comments Clicks<br />
Nialler9 Music Blog 66 347 381 254 3<br />
Buzzbands.LA 67 458 397 184 14<br />
The Burning Ear 68 822 192 268 5<br />
JUICE 69 276 489 142 6<br />
Einstein Music Journal 70 364 317 204 131<br />
fluo kids 71 621 112 87 518<br />
Alter The Press 72 338 343 205 4<br />
DANCEiSM 73 689 184 218 63<br />
HearYa: An Indie Music Blog 74 382 304 104 180<br />
Consequence of Sound 75 626 221 191 12<br />
bigstereo 76 738 106 143 247<br />
swedesplease 77 553 165 164 180<br />
Beatportal 78 510 186 146 161<br />
Under the Radar 79 419 282 143 37<br />
AudioPorn Central 80 509 131 150 223<br />
Drowned In Sound 81 466 163 71 327<br />
TheNeedleDrop 82 587 107 256 0<br />
nyctaper 83 678 120 207 10<br />
Motel de Moka 84 649 99 177 120<br />
Metal Insider 85 368 166 223 78<br />
the bay bridged - San Francisco Bay <strong>Are</strong>a Indie Music 86 305 101 102 452<br />
Potholes In My Blog 87 434 265 129 8<br />
Who The Bloody Hell <strong>Are</strong> They? 88 214 147 150 319<br />
LeMellotron 89 521 254 92 12<br />
The Quietus 90 623 161 155 7<br />
HARD CANDY 91 288 274 96 83<br />
bring your jack 92 304 313 89 7<br />
Clash Music 93 340 260 110 28<br />
Buzz Grinder 94 46 20 8 842<br />
Soundvenue 95 275 241 97 117<br />
One Track Mind 96 534 132 181 6<br />
Killed By Death Records 97 506 95 90 250<br />
BaebleMusic 98 425 106 126 209<br />
Dallas Observer - Music 99 338 145 101 225<br />
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles 100 363 209 116 45<br />
Figure 18 (continued): Top Music News Publishers<br />
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