Music has reached the dizzy heights of the fast food industry. For the second time, more than 1 billion music purchases were made in the USA in 2006.
It ended up being a great year for the music industry ... and with thanks to technology. 1,198,000 music purchases were made in 2006, up from 1,003,000 in the previous year.Digital sales increased by 65% in 2006 and pushed overall music sales up by 19%.
Steaming Media such as what you see in the ROO Media powered Undercover site was responsible for more exposure than ever before for new music and on a global basis. Shakira feat. Wyclef with 'Hips Don't Lie' was the most streamed song of 2006 registering 50,494.051 video stream detections according to Nielsen BDS.
The most played song by Internet stream was Cassie's 'Me & U'.
Top 10 Music Video Streams according to Nielsen BDS were:
1. Hips Don't Lie/Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean 50,494,051
2. Check On It/ Beyonce feat. Slim Thug 16,309,914
3. SOS/ Rihanna 15,437,252
4. Stupid Girls/ Pink 15,016,999
5. Buttons/ Pussycat Dolls 14,549,037
6. I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)/ T-Pain 14,332,778
7. Temperature/ Sean Paul 14,169,125
8. Unfaithful/ Rihanna 13,952,532
9. Beep/ Pussycat Dolls 13,785,499
10. Promiscuous/Nelly Furtado feat. Timberland 12,919,796
Top 10 Internet Streams
1. Me & U/ Cassie 12,378,057
2. Hips Don't Lie/ Shakira feat. Wyclef 12,350,823
3. Temperature/ Sean Paul 12,236,883
4. You're Beautiful/ James Blunt 12,108,879
5. Check On It/ Beyonce feat. Slim Thug 10,427,511
6. So Sick/ Ne-Yo 10,089,266
7. I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)/ T-Pain 10,034,849
8. Bad Day/ Daniel Powter 9,886,562
9. Be Without You/ Mary J. Blige 9,870,366
10. Crazy/ Gnarls Barkley 9,162,018
