Sonu Nigam and WhoJo? On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 11:07, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@yahoo.com>wrote:
> > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Rahmanthe-most-downloaded-Indian-artist/articleshow/5985261.cms > > Britain has become the top country to download Bollywood music abroad while > AR Rahman has been declared the most downloaded Indian artist, according to > a new research . > > Bollywood tracks have found particular favour with listeners in Britain, > where over one in four tracks downloaded is a Bollywood song. Following suit > in the downloading department are Singaporeans at the second spot, who are > responsible for nearly a third (31 per cent) of all Indian music downloads > outside India. While Finland and Germany occupy the third and fourth slots > respectively, Australian music fans account for a fifth of the global > total. > > The UAE, South Africa, Switzerland, Mexico and Russia round off the top 10 > respectively. In India, Bollywood songs represent over half of all > downloaded tracks (54 per cent), with western pop and ghazal next in line. > Among Indian artistes, Oscar-award winning music composer AR Rahman leads > the way as the world’s most downloaded Indian artiste. He is followed in > popularity by playback singer Sonu Nigam, JoJo, Himesh Reshammiya and > Shaan. > > Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Salim-Sulaiman occupy the rest > of the spots in that order. The research was conducted by a mobile phone > company based on the number of downloaded songs across 35 countries until > mid-March 2010. > > >
