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International top tracks on Last.fm: Gaga reigns, Eastern Conference Champions rise

Relaxnews
Monday 14 June 2010 00:00 BST
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Lady Gaga boasts the five most popular tracks for the third consecutive week on Last.fm, the internet radio station that lets users in more than 200 countries listen to music in the site's library. "Bad Romance," "Telephone," and "Alejandro" top the chart released June 14, followed by "Poker Face" and "Paparazzi."

Following the Gaga block are several long-standing top tracks: MGMT's "Kids," Ke$ha's "TiK Tok," The xx's "Crystalized," Muse's "Uprising," and "Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon.


Last.fm's top tracks from May 30 to June 6:

1. Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance" (38,468 listeners)
2. Lady Gaga - "Telephone (feat. Beyoncé)" (37,134 listeners)
3. Lady Gaga - "Alejandro" (31,252 listeners) (+1)
4. Lady Gaga - "Poker Face" (28,111 listeners) (-1)
5. Lady Gaga - "Paparazzi" (25,773 listeners)
6. MGMT - "Kids" (24,498 listeners)
7. Ke$ha - "TiK ToK" (24,145 listeners)
8. The xx - "Crystalised" (23,359 listeners)
9. Muse - "Uprising" (22,033 listeners)
10. Kings of Leon - "Sex on Fire" (21,453 listeners) (+1)


Last.fm also indicates the tracks and artists getting the most hype - measured by their percentage growth in listeners. Eastern Conference Champions, an indie band from Philadelphia, is currently the most hyped artist with a listener base that has grown 1,288% to more than 12,000.

Last.fm claims more than 40 million active users based in more than 200 countries. Available in 12 languages, the site's radio service is free for users in the UK, the US, and Germany; elsewhere, a subscription costs €3.00 per month. Using a system called "scrobbling," Last.fm's charts measure everything its users listen to through the Last.fm website as well as hundreds of other music sites and services, including iTunes, Spotify, and The Hype Machine.

http://www.last.fm

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