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March 27, 2008

Forbes: Soulja Boy, Flo Rida, OneRepublic top list of 'The Year's Hottest New Music Stars'

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In Pictures: The Year’s Hottest New Music Stars

Forbes:

To compile a list of the hottest new stars of music, we examined several measures of popularity and success. To start off, we looked at the top searches and downloads on peer-to-peer networks during the past 12 months as measured by BigChampagne, as well as press mentions as measured by Factiva.

Then we looked at U.S. digital track downloads and album sales in 2007 and the first two months of 2008, as measured by Nielsen SoundScan. Finally, we took a look at “mastertone” ringtone sales during the same period, as measured by Nielsen RingScan (mastertones are ringtones that play a snippet of the actual recording of your favorite song).

So who made our list? R&B and hip-hop acts dominate, including hitmaking singers Kingston, Holiday and former American Idol champ Jordin Sparks and rappers Flo Rida, Plies, Huey and Hurricane Chris. Also making the list are the rock band OneRepublic and easygoing singer-songwriter Caillat.


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