FlowingData - Music listening trends and the news in 2011

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contents: Music listening trends and the news in 2011 Music listening trends and the news in 2011 Jan 23, 2012 12:16 am  •  Permalink Anyone who uses a social music service like Rdio or last.fm has probably noticed an album's sudden rise in popularity after certain events. For example, when Amy Winehouse died, her album received exponentially more plays than usual. Other times the increase in plays for a certain artist is simple, like the release of a new album. Last.fm takes a look at these patterns in 2011 through the lens of scrobbles, which is basically how last.fm users log what they're listening to. Download the data here [zip file] and have a go yourself. [Last.fm | Thanks, @dwtkns] More to read: SOPA opposition surges Where are the biggest box office movies (not) streaming? Members Only: Using Color Scales and Palettes in R Social network analysis used to convict slumlords High resolution biomass map, at management scale  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 FlowingData, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Our mailing address is: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences