Gracenote: Music Map
Very neat application out of Gracenote, the company that usually provides the album information on CD’s. They’ve launched a ‘Music Map’ that shows the “popularity” of artists and albums by region and country in many parts of the world. Based on how often Gracenote’s database is queried about particular albums or artists, they can tally totals and give you the top ten recording artists. For example, the Beatles are ranked first in France and California. Link to Flash map. (boingboing)
eÆsthete
very cool application! so interesting to see the top records and artists around the globe.