Current Twitter trends: Music Monday, 'Ain't nothing like', 'New Moon'
Monday 23 November 2009
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The weekly meme "Music Monday (#musicmonday(" is trending again on the morning of Monday, November 23.
Twitter users are learning about new musicians and music that has been recommended to them by the people they follow on the social networking site.
The term "#musicmonday" is seeing a particularly high rate of use on Twitter this Monday as people are also using the term to tweet about the American Music Awards.
The American Music Awards took place on Sunday, November 22 and Twitter's list of trending topics for Monday is saturated with terms referencing the music event. "AMAs," "Adam Lambert," "Lady Gaga" and "American Music" are all hotly talked about subjects related to the American Music Awards on the microblogging site this morning.
People are also sharing their thoughts on the second movie in the popular teen-oriented Twilight saga. New Moon was released on November 20 in the US and has been smashing opening-day box office records in the US. The film is estimated to have grossed $72.7 million in the US on its first day.
The top 10 most talked about topics on Twitter on November 23 at 9:30 AM GMT are:
1. #musicmonday (new)
2. #aintnothinglike (new)
3. New Moon (new)
4. Adam Lambert (new)
5. #happybirthdaymiley (new)
6. Jedward (new)
7. AMAs (new)
8. Lady Gaga (new)
9. Google Wave (new)
10. American Music (new)
- 1 Spotify: 1 million plays, £108 return
- 2 Apple admits it has a human rights problem
- 3 Kate Allen: It's time for America to put an end to this shameful scandal
- 4 Lightning kills an entire football team
- 5 I was born to be a killer. Every night I see the Devil in my dreams
- 6 Now The Sun tries to call in its favours from Downing Street
- 7 BBC to issue global apology for documentaries that broke rules
- 8 Mona Lisa's 'twin sister' is discovered – 500 years late
- 9 Rhodri Marsden: What we like and what we don't like are often closer than you'd think
- 10 Modern lovers: The 'sexual body warriors' and pioneers transforming 21st-century relationships
- 1 Apple admits it has a human rights problem
- 2 Lightning kills an entire football team
- 3 Now The Sun tries to call in its favours from Downing Street
- 4 I was born to be a killer. Every night I see the Devil in my dreams
- 5 Amanda Knox set to break her silence – and pocket a fortune from book deal
- 6 Israel blames Iran for embassy bomb attacks
- 7 BBC to issue global apology for documentaries that broke rules
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