Apr 24, 2012 ... This report reviews the popularity of The Kills on the We. Are Hunted ... period
and the overall rank of The Kills when compared to similar artists.
The Kills Music Media Review Feb-Apr 2012
Table of Contents Overview
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News Coverage
4
News Popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 News Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Top Publishers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Top News Publishers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Best 5 News Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 News Highlights
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Twitter Coverage
16
Twitter Popularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Twitter Comparison Twitter Users
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Shared Twitter Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chart Popularity
20
Emerging Singles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Emerging Singles Comparison . . . . . . . . . . 21
Appendicies
22
Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists . . . . . . . 22 Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists . . . . . . . . 25 Appendix C - All Artists by Facebook Reach . . . . 28 Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach . . . 31
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Overview
65th in the Music Press 566th on Twitter 155th on Emerging Charts
This report reviews the popularity of The Kills on the We Are Hunted music charts and in the music news for the period Feb-Apr 2012. It benchmarks The Kills against the 1,148 artists that appeared on the We Are Hunted charts during this period. The results are based on an analysis of 217,799 music articles, 12,020,940 music related tweets and inspection of the Facebook Open Graph. News is sourced from a range of publishers including major music news sites and an army of passionate bloggers worldwide. Charts are compiled from samples of hundreds of charts in a range of music genres. This report was collated by the We Are Hunted team and generated using the text analytics software that powers the wearehunted.com website.
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News Coverage News Popularity This section shows the total number of music articles mentioning The Kills during this time period and the overall rank of The Kills when compared to similar artists.
Artist
65th Overall Rank 418 Articles 0.034% Share
Rank
Articles
Share
Jack White
7th
1,269
0.102%
The Black Keys
20th
796
0.064%
The Kills
65th
418
0.034%
Sleigh Bells
67th
410
0.033%
The Vaccines
328th
144
0.012%
Deerhunter
346th
140
0.011%
Japandroids
375th
132
0.011%
Stay +
4249th
0
0.000%
Figure 1: News Coverage Comparison
60 40 20 0 01/02
02/03
01/04
Figure 2: News Coverage over Time
The Kills
Stay +
The Vaccines
Deerhunter
The Black Keys
Sleigh Bells
Jack White
Japandroids
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News Comparison This section compares the number of music articles mentioning The Kills during this time period to similar artists.
15 10 5 0 50 40 30 20 10 0 0.01 0.005 0.0 -0.005 -0.01 25 20 15 10 5 0 6 4 2 0 01/02
02/03
01/04
Figure 3: Comparisons for The Kills
The Kills
Stay +
The Black Keys
Sleigh Bells
The Vaccines
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Top Publishers
PropertyOfZack Under The Gun Review AbsolutePunk
Top Publishers
Global Grind :: The Playlist :: Alter The Press Other
Figure 4: Top Publishers mentioning The Kills
Top Publishers
Mentions
PropertyOfZack
28
Under The Gun Review
19
AbsolutePunk
14
Global Grind
10
:: The Playlist ::
10
Alter The Press
10
The 405
8
Clash Music
8
The Noise Collective
7
brooklynvegan
6
earmilk.com
6
Spin
5
Colt-On
5
SOHH.com
5
Tiny Mix Tapes
5
Figure 5: Most frequently mentioned Top Publishers
6
Top News Publishers Publisher
Rank
Articles
PropertyOfZack - http://propertyofzack.com/
1
28
Under The Gun Review - http://underthegunreview.net/
2
19
AbsolutePunk - http://absolutepunk.net/
3
14
Global Grind - http://globalgrind.com/
4
10
:: The Playlist :: - http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/
5
10
Alter The Press - http://www.alterthepress.com/
6
10
The 405 - http://thefourohfive.com/
7
8
Clash Music - http://www.clashmusic.com/
8
8
The Noise Collective - http://www.thenoisecollective.co.cc/
9
7
brooklynvegan - http://www.brooklynvegan.com/
10
6
earmilk.com - http://www.earmilk.com/
11
6
Spin - http://www.spin.com/
12
5
Colt-On - http://colt-on.com/
13
5
SOHH.com - http://www.sohh.com/
14
5
Tiny Mix Tapes - http://www.tinymixtapes.com/
15
5
motor.de News - http://www.motor.de/news
16
5
HIPSTER RUNOFF - http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/
17
5
HipHopDX - http://www.hiphopdx.com/
18
5
Alt Sounds - http://hangout.altsounds.com/cmps_index.php?page=main
19
5
A Heart Is A Spade - http://www.aheartisaspade.com/
20
4
Music for the Musically Challenged - http://www.musicforthemusicallychallenged.tumblr.com/
21
4
Artist Direct - http://www.artistdirect.com/
22
4
Mess and Noise - http://www.messandnoise.com/
23
4
Audio Perv - http://theaudioperv.com/
24
4
Prefix Magazine - http://prefixmag.com
25
4
Figure 6: Top 25 Publishers mentioning The Kills
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Best 5 News Days 1
11 February 2012 : 29 articles published Popular Articles this Day The Kills to Stream NYC Concert Tomorrow Artist Direct, 11 February 2012 Tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 11, The Kills, featuring Allison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, the latter of whom is married to supermodel Kate Moss, will be performing their 10th anniversary concert at ...
The Kills Bring “The Last Goodbye” To Letterman stereogum, 11 February 2012 On last night’s episode of the Late Show With David Letterman, the Kills brought a stripped-down, no-backing-band rendition of their gooily gorgeous ballad “The Last Goodbye” to the stage. Allison ...
The Kills - 'The Last Goodbye' NME - Reviews, 10 February 2012 A raggedly sentimental chanson
The Kills played the Standard; Jeff the Brotherhood played Maxwell's (here's more pics from Death by Audio) brooklynvegan, 11 February 2012 photos by Andrew St. Clair Death By Audio - Wednesday night - 2/8/2012 The Kills, JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters play their sold out NYC show at Terminal 5 on ...
The Kills, Estelle Bring Pre-Valentine's Heartbreak to Late Night Spin, 11 February 2012 Last night's late-night TV lineup was a good one for crying into your beer. The Kills, performing on Late Show With David Letterman , and Estelle, singing on The Tonight ...
The Kills: "The Last Goodbye" (Live On Letterman) (Video) Prefix Magazine, 10 February 2012 Blood Pressures took the Kills into a few different directions, with the contemplative “The Last Goodbye” the most obvious example ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/the-kills/the-last-goodbye-live-on-letterman-video/61721/
Video: The Kills perform “The Last Goodbye” on Letterman Consequence of Sound, 10 February 2012 Plus, watch Foo Fighters deliver the Top 10 List.
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JEFF the Brotherhood, Hunters & the Numerators played Death By Audio (pics), play Maxwell's tonight brooklynvegan, 10 February 2012 photos by Devan Council JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters, both on tour with The Kills (pics from their Austin show HERE), played a sweaty, sold-out show at Death By Audio ...
Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt Is 'Home,' Hasn't Lost a Step Spin, 10 February 2012 Since summer 2010, preternaturally talented Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt (Thebe Kgositsile) has been living in a Samoan reform school — a situation that's left OFWGKTA leader Tyler, the Creator, ...
JEFF the Brotherhood's Tiny NYC Show, By the Numbers Spin, 10 February 2012 Last night, Nashville garage-rock shredders JEFF the Brotherhood tore through a quick set at Williamsburg, Brooklyn DIY space Death by Audio as a warm-up before opening for the Kills on ...
2
10 February 2012 : 21 articles published Popular Articles this Day The Kills - 'The Last Goodbye' NME - Reviews, 10 February 2012 A raggedly sentimental chanson
The Kills: "The Last Goodbye" (Live On Letterman) (Video) Prefix Magazine, 10 February 2012 Blood Pressures took the Kills into a few different directions, with the contemplative “The Last Goodbye” the most obvious example ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/media/the-kills/the-last-goodbye-live-on-letterman-video/61721/
Video: The Kills perform “The Last Goodbye” on Letterman Consequence of Sound, 10 February 2012 Plus, watch Foo Fighters deliver the Top 10 List.
JEFF the Brotherhood, Hunters & the Numerators played Death By Audio (pics), play Maxwell's tonight brooklynvegan, 10 February 2012 photos by Devan Council JEFF the Brotherhood & Hunters, both on tour with The Kills (pics from their Austin show HERE), played a sweaty, sold-out show at Death By Audio ...
9
Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt Is 'Home,' Hasn't Lost a Step Spin, 10 February 2012 Since summer 2010, preternaturally talented Odd Future rapper Earl Sweatshirt (Thebe Kgositsile) has been living in a Samoan reform school — a situation that's left OFWGKTA leader Tyler, the Creator, ...
JEFF the Brotherhood's Tiny NYC Show, By the Numbers Spin, 10 February 2012 Last night, Nashville garage-rock shredders JEFF the Brotherhood tore through a quick set at Williamsburg, Brooklyn DIY space Death by Audio as a warm-up before opening for the Kills on ...
The Kills Visit Letterman A Heart Is A Spade, 10 February 2012 Watch ‘The Last Goodbye’ below. Catch The Kills on their North American tour. MP3: The Kills – Tape Song (Live On WOXY)
DeLorean: Leon Payne - "Psycho" (1950s) Tiny Mix Tapes, 10 February 2012 1950s: Leon Payne - "Psycho" by Mike Wojciechowski on 02-10-2012 Jack Kittel: Presumably, there are times in your life when you dig through your music collection for fucked up country ...
The Kills – “The Last Goodbye” 2/9 Letterman Audio Perv , 10 February 2012 The Kills performed “The Last Goodbye” on the Late Show with David Letterman . Watch the video below and pick up the album Blood Pressures on iTunes , Amazon MP3 ...
Not Surprisingly, Sales Poster For 'Machete Kills' Features Danny Trejo & Blood :: The Playlist ::, 10 February 2012 Sales posters are usually pretty easy to ignore. Leaking to the internet via weak cellphone pics or shoddy scans, they are usually never representative of the final film and look ...
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24 April 2012 : 14 articles published Popular Articles this Day Open'er Festival 2012 Expands Clash Music, 24 April 2012 Open'er 2012 has expanded, with Yeasayer , The Ting Tings and more being added to the bill. Held in Gydynia, Open'er has rapidly blossomed into one of Eastern Europe's most ...
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The Final Shot: The Kills by Jason Williamson The Line Of Best Fit, 24 April 2012 An incredible shot of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince from 2011's Hard Rock Calling is today's Final Shot.
Robert Rodriguez Gets His Gringo, Mel Gibson Joins 'Machete Kills' :: The Playlist ::, 24 April 2012 We presume Robert Rodriguez didn't keep him waiting around for the script (ZING). Just over a week since it was reported that Rodriguez wanted Mel Gibson for a role in ...
Dr. Dre Kills 2Pac Hologram Tour Hype, "I Want To Get Rid Of All The Rumors Out There" [Video] SOHH.com, 24 April 2012 Aftermath Records boss Dr. Dre recently thanked fans for their support of his Coachella performance a couple weeks ago and killed hype surrounding intentions to start a Tupac Shakur hologram ...
[News] Dr. Dre Kills Rumors Of Tupac Hologram Tour HipHopDX, 23 April 2012 Dr. Dre says that the hologram was "strictly for Coachella" but that he hasn't entirely ruled out the possibility of taking it on tour.
motor.de verlost 2 Tickets fürs Electronic Beats-Festival mit The Kills, Miike Snow und Austra motor.de News, 24 April 2012 Mit dem Electronic Beats-Festival im Kölner E-Werk wird der diesjährige Festivalsommer schon am 24. Mai eröffnet – parallel übrigens zum Immergut . Der Tag stellt einen ganz besonderen Genuss für ...
PropertyOfZack Contest : : The GK Tour PropertyOfZack, 24 April 2012 PropertyOfZack is teaming up with Glamour Kills to give away a clear vinyl copy of The GK Tour split that features The Wonder Years, Polar Bear Club, Transit, The Story ...
2k12 Outside Lands Band Lineup and Ticket Details Indie Rock Reviews, 24 April 2012 Outside Lands celebrates its fifth anniversary with a killer lineup featuring acts from Stevie Wonder to Zola Jesus and artists in between. Regular and VIP 3-Day tickets are still available, ...
Project 46 feat. Andrew Allen - Reasons (Radio Edit) blahblahblahscience, 24 April 2012 Contributed by Jon Herriot “Reasons” is a new house track from Project 46, with vocals from Andrew Allen. Andrew Allen is totally new to EDM, he is more of a ...
11
PropertyOfZack Road Blog : : We Still Dream (Update I) PropertyOfZack, 23 April 2012 From Mike Davis: For the next 2 weeks we are going to be on tour with a band from Ohio called City Lights. This tour almost feels like a new ...
4
02 March 2012 : 10 articles published Popular Articles this Day French Montana Kills Max B Rejected Appeal Reports, "Don't Believe The Rumors" SOHH.com, 02 March 2012 Bad Boy Records rapper French Montana has stepped forward to clear the air a day after close friend Max B made headlines for having his murder conviction appeal rejected, claiming ...
Melanie Fiona Featuring J.Cole "This Time" (NEW MUSIC) Global Grind, 02 March 2012 Melanie Fiona wants to give you her all "This Time." Melanie Fiona drops another R&B banger, but this time she brought along her Roc Nation buddy J.Cole . "If only ...
Throwing Up, Fever Fever! Sonic Masala, 02 March 2012 I came across London's punk critters Throwing Up when they emailed me about a post I did on fellow UK two girl/one boy rioters Fever Fever (their 'Teeth' track still ...
Bonfire Nights Are Their Own Worst Enemy The POP! Stereo, 02 March 2012 What would happen if say The Kills used less drugs, spent say $100 on production, and were Australian? The answer to that question is answered by Bonfire Nights to take ...
SXSW News Roundup: Bruce Springsteen, SPIN Party, new speakers and more! The AU Review, 02 March 2012 SXSW never stops growing, getting bigger and bigger every day leading up to the event! Here's the news roundup: We've got some killer news; while Bruce Springsteen was already announced ...
PropertyOfZack Interview : : Right Away, Great Captain! PropertyOfZack, 02 March 2012 Fans were more than excited last week when we took the wraps off the story behind the final Right Away, Great Captain! record, and PropertyOfZack is now incredibly thrilled to ...
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Stalley - "Volley Express" (Feat. Scar) earmilk.com, 02 March 2012 It's a shame Stalley doesn't receive the love and credit he deserves as an artist, especially in the Maybach Music Group. "Volley Express" is a smooth freebie he released featuring ...
Warpaint no Optimus Alive!12. WTMO, 02 March 2012 Foi anunciado mais um nome que irá subir ao Palco Heineken do Optimus Alive!12; Destea vez é a banda americana de dream pop, Warpaint, que subirá ao palco secundário do ...
SBTRKT no Optimus Alive’12 WTMO, 02 March 2012 Aaron Jerome, mais conhecido como SBTRKT, vai actuar no Optimus Alive! 12. O concerto está marcado para o dia 15 de Julho no Palco Heineken, onde já estão confirmados artistas ...
Stalley – "Volley Express" (Feat. Scar) The Noise Collective, 02 March 2012 It's a shame Stalley doesn't receive the love and credit he deserves as an artist, especially in the Maybach Music Group. "Volley Express" is a smooth freebie he released featuring ...
5
18 April 2012 : 15 articles published Popular Articles this Day Outside Lands Reveals This Year's Lineup... The Daily Swarm, 18 April 2012 Holy headliners! Via Brooklyn Vegan : Confirmed Outside Lands 2012 lineup: Stevie Wonder Metallica Neil Young & Crazy Horse Jack White Foo Fighters Beck Skrillex Sigur Ros Justice Norah Jones ...
Outside Lands 2012: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Beck, Jack White, Foo Fighters, Hidden Track, 18 April 2012 The lineup for this year’s Outside Lands festival has been announced and it looks fantastic. Not only will Neil Young & Crazy Horse make their long-awaited return to the stage ...
NEWS: Rainn Wilson kills Blitzen Trapper Inertia Music, 18 April 2012 Yes, you read that right. Rainn Wilson, or Dwight from The Office is a groupie. A really creepy groupie of Blitzen Trapper in the comedic short film, “The Blitzen Trapper ...
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Sigur Ros & The Kills & The Walkmen To Perform At Outside Lands Festival 2012 A Heart Is A Spade, 18 April 2012 View the full roster here. Catch Sigur Ros on their North American tour. Valtari will see daylight shortly. Purchase Sigur Ros items via Insound. MP3: Sigur Ros – Gong
CONCRETE CATWALK: Rashida Jones Is Hipster Chic In NYC (PHOTOS) Global Grind, 18 April 2012 Yesterday the weather in New York City was amazing. It came close to hitting 90 degrees and everyone in the city seemed to be out and about, wearing their best ...
Our Favorites Rollo & Grady, 17 April 2012 Alison Mosshart – The Kills Sharon Van Etten Theresa Wayman – Warpaint Andrea Estella – Twin Sister Cameron Mesirow – Glasser Klara and Johanna Söderberg – First Aid Kit Annie ...
Metallica and Skrillex Lead Outside Lands 2012 Lineup The Rad Report, 18 April 2012 As originally seen on The Rad Report - California... Knows How to Party Metallica, Skrillex, Neil Young and the Foo Fighters are amoung the big names headlining Outside Lands 2012. ...
Outside Lands 2012 Lineup Announced DoucheBagFace, 18 April 2012 Confirmed Outside Lands 2012 lineup: Stevie Wonder Metallica Neil Young & Crazy Horse Jack White Foo Fighters Beck Skrillex Sigur Ros Justice Norah Jones Dispatch The Kills Regina Spektor Passion ...
Glamour Kills Launch Summer Sampler; New Clothing Line PropertyOfZack, 17 April 2012 Glamour Kills have let the wraps off of their summer sampler and clothing line. Check out the clothing line here and download the sampler here . You can check out ...
Glamour Kills To Release Free Sampler At Midnight PropertyOfZack, 17 April 2012 Glamour Kills will be releasing their summer music sampler at midnight tonight. Check out the track listing for the sampler below by clicking “Read More.”[[MORE]] • The American Scene - ...
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News Highlights This section includes a brief summary of what the music press had to say about The Kills during this period.
February "The Kills have covered The Velvet Underground’s classic ‘Pale Blue Eyes’" Sat 18/02 - #163 – The Kills Cover ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ - Safety, Fun Learning
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Twitter Coverage Twitter Popularity This section shows the number of tweets indicating that someone was listening to The Kills during this time period. Included is the overall ranking of The Kills when compared to similar artists.
566th Overall Rank 1,506 Tweets 0.001% Share
Artist
Rank
Tweets
Share
Stay +
11th
44,807
0.028%
The Black Keys
75th
11,023
0.007%
Jack White
301st
3,121
0.002%
Sleigh Bells
311th
3,021
0.002%
The Vaccines
324th
2,818
0.002%
The Kills
566th
1,506
0.001%
Deerhunter
1111th
592
0.000%
Japandroids
1786th
240
0.000%
Figure 7: Twitter Coverage Comparison
3000 2000 1000 0 01/02
02/03
01/04
Figure 8: Twitter Coverage over Time
The Kills
Stay +
The Vaccines
Deerhunter
The Black Keys
Sleigh Bells
Jack White
Japandroids
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Twitter Comparison This section compares the total number of tweets mentioning The Kills to similar artists.
60 40 20
300 200 100 3000 2000 1000 250 200 150 100 50
60 40 20 01/02
02/03
01/04
Figure 9: Comparisons for The Kills
The Kills
Stay +
The Black Keys
Sleigh Bells
The Vaccines
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Twitter Users This section lists the twitter users mentioning The Kills in tweets most during this period.
Rank
Twitter User
Name
Location
Tweets
Followers
Reach
1
twitter.com/Naestopaz
naestopaz
Denver, Colorado, USA
12
1,263
15,156
2
twitter.com/Stfncassu
Stefano
The Grid, Via: World Wide Web
4
3,630
14,520
3
twitter.com/antionassis
Universo Onassis
4
2,621
10,484
4
twitter.com/manda_julian
Amanda Juliantama ☮
EARTH
23
438
10,074
5
twitter.com/CatMilk
David
Dijon, France
10
712
7,120
6
twitter.com/creativeness
Creativeness Cool
everywhere, yet no where.
3
1,643
4,929
7
twitter.com/Yomer0
Jesus
Mexico
4
1,200
4,800
8
twitter.com/MissElectronic
Wild Child
0001 Cemetery Lane
5
915
4,575
9
twitter.com/TeTriis
Tetramina.
pasando de nivel.
4
1,009
4,036
10
twitter.com/d3n15p
d3n15p
4
1,005
4,020
11
twitter.com/GGDANCE
GGDANCE
AMSTERDAM
3
1,243
3,729
12
twitter.com/ILikedToDay
↪ ♕ RAFFCorp™
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7
467
3,269
13
twitter.com/yuuhi_hajime
hajime!
東京の片隅
10
321
3,210
14
twitter.com/Betossaur
Humberto Gesser
Jurassik Park
4
783
3,132
15
twitter.com/robt_richlinski
...
U.S.A
4
687
2,748
16
twitter.com/Kerrie77
Paula
toi aqui
7
380
2,660
17
twitter.com/mattheoy
Mateus Gonçalves
São Paulo
5
516
2,580
18
twitter.com/Tavaringa
Bruna Oliveira
Cidade onde não existe indie
3
774
2,322
19
twitter.com/dezessetebeijos
cibele
3
653
1,959
20
twitter.com/scott_hn
Scott
Portland, Oregon
11
170
1,870
21
twitter.com/stetls
stef
Rio de Janeiro
5
356
1,780
22
twitter.com/letshh
Letícia
3
513
1,539
23
twitter.com/DJDawnrazor
Jim M
5
268
1,340
24
twitter.com/__505
Tarsila Barcellos
High Green, Sheffield - Brazil
5
266
1,330
25
twitter.com/ImBabyRuthless
Where The Wild Things Are.
8
162
1,296
aaron
#∞☺♥†
Figure 10: Top 25 Users tweeting about The Kills
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Shared Twitter Links This section lists the most popular urls in tweets mentioning The Kills during this period.
URL
Rank
Tweets
http://goo.gl/ldDCC
1
24
http://www.last.fm/user/Juliantama
2
23
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/CatMilk
3
8
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/Sgt_Fuzzyboots
4
6
http://getglue.com/recording_artists/the_kills
5
6
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/plastictramp_
6
6
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/mattheoy
7
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/Elyria_Lecter
8
5
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kills/_/Cat+Claw
9
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/mrscarbohydrate
10
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/tarsila_b
11
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/everythingtosay
12
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/stetls
13
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/franzfergidon
14
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/ValenceKPoison
15
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/ImBabyRuthless
16
5
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kills
17
5
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/Betossaur
18
4
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kills/_/Hand
19
4
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kills/_/Fried+My+Little+Brains
20
4
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/inkrevolution
21
4
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/TeTriis
22
4
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/jenslendering
23
4
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/weirdudu
24
4
http://www.tweekly.fm/twitter/antionassis
25
4
Figure 11: Top Shared Links on Twitter mentioning The Kills
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Chart Popularity Emerging Singles This section presents the best charting singles for The Kills on the Emerging We Are Hunted charts
Single
Pale Blue Eyes Best Single
Avg Position
Pale Blue Eyes
1
The Last Goodbye
20
1st Avg Position Figure 12: Best Single Positions
1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 01/02
02/03
01/04
Figure 13: Singles Chart Comparison over Time
Pale Blue Eyes
The Last Goodbye
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Emerging Singles Comparison This section compares the emerging chart performance of the most popular singles released by The Kills. These charts illustrate relative popularity over time. Popularity is computed from the normalised chart position for each day. 1.0 means the single was ranked 1st overall of our charts for that day. 0.0 denotes the single not charted at all.
1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 01/02
02/03
01/04
Figure 14: Chart ranking for The Kills
Pale Blue Eyes
The Last Goodbye
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Appendicies Appendix A - Top Mainstream Artists This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the We Are Hunted mainstream chart.
Artist
Rank
Avg Position
Gotye
1
2
Coldplay
2
3
One Direction
3
3
Bruno Mars
4
3
The Black Keys
5
3
Avicii
6
3
FUN featuring Janelle Monae
7
3
David Guetta
8
3
Pitbull
9
3
Flo Rida
10
3
The Wanted
11
4
Jason Mraz
12
4
Brantley Gilbert
13
4
Gym Class Heroes
14
4
Gavin DeGraw
15
4
Katy Perry
16
4
Rizzle Kicks
17
4
Beyoncé
18
5
Kirko Bangz
19
5
Calvin Harris
20
5
Drake
21
5
Chris Brown
22
5
Ed Sheeran
23
5
Taylor Swift
24
5
Outasight
25
5
Breathe Carolina
26
6
Rihanna
27
6
Figure 15: Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart
22
Artist
Rank
Avg Position
Timomatic
28
6
TYGA
29
6
Maroon 5
30
6
Hunter Hayes
31
6
Laurent Wery
32
6
Carrie Underwood
33
6
The Throne
34
6
Hilltop Hoods
35
6
Hot Chelle Rae
36
6
Snoop Dogg
37
7
Toby Keith
38
7
Florence and the Machine
39
7
Mary J. Blige
41
8
Jake Owen
42
8
Reece Mastin
43
8
Selena Gomez
44
8
Skrillex
45
8
Emeli Sandé
46
8
Big Sean
47
8
Dierks Bentley
48
8
Lana Del Rey
49
8
The Babysitters Circus
50
9
Kenny Chesney
51
9
Matt Corby
52
9
Miranda Lambert
53
9
T-Pain
54
9
Young Jeezy
55
9
Blake Shelton
56
9
J.Cole
57
9
Walk Off The Earth
58
9
Luke Bryan
59
9
George Strait
60
10
Cher Lloyd
61
10
Tim McGraw
62
10
Wale
63
10
Scotty McCreery
64
10
The Fray
65
10
Jason Derulo
66
10
Figure 15 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart
23
Artist
Rank
Avg Position
Justin Bieber
67
10
B.o.B.
68
10
Alyssa Reid
69
11
Charlene Soraia
70
11
Madonna
71
11
MELANIE FIONA
72
11
M83
73
11
Martina McBride
74
11
Rick Ross
75
11
usher
76
12
Taio Cruz
77
12
WILL.I.AM
78
12
The Band Perry
79
12
Jessie J
80
13
JLS
81
13
Guy Sebastian
82
13
Professor Green
83
13
Six60
84
13
Qwote
85
14
David Nail
87
14
Lady Antebellum
88
14
Travis Porter
90
14
Labrinth
92
15
Hedley
93
15
Arctic Monkeys
94
15
DJ Fresh
95
16
MGK
96
16
Far East Movement
97
16
Colbie Caillat
98
16
Eric Church
99
17
Nicki Minaj
100
18
Karmin
101
21
Lady GaGa
102
21
Sean Paul
103
24
Waka Flocka Flame
106
24
Figure 15 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Mainstream Chart
24
Appendix B - Top Emerging Artists This section presents the top 100 Artists for this period based on their popularity on the We Are Hunted Emerging chart.
Artist
Rank
Avg Position
Beach House
1
4
Best Coast
2
5
Frank Ocean
3
6
The Cribs
4
6
Peace
5
6
dirty projectors
6
7
Santigold
7
7
Alabama Shakes
8
7
Airhead
9
7
Lotus plaza
10
8
Lemonade
11
8
Electric Guest
12
8
Schoolboy Q feat A$AP Rocky
13
8
FUN featuring Janelle Monae
14
8
Miike Snow
15
9
Django Django
16
9
La Sera
17
9
Redlight
18
9
Philco Fiction
19
10
Outfit
20
10
JJ DOOM
21
10
Sleep Party People
22
10
Jonquil
23
10
Grimes
24
10
El-P
25
10
of Monsters & Men
26
10
Band Of Skulls
27
10
Figure 16: Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart
25
Artist
Rank
Avg Position
Ladyhawke
28
10
Gang Colours
29
11
Azealia Banks
30
11
Blood Red Shoes
31
11
Sleigh Bells
32
11
Julianna Barwick
33
11
Torches
34
11
Theme Park
35
11
Regina Spektor
36
11
Kodiak
37
11
Lana Del Rey
38
12
Mike Wexler
39
12
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
40
12
Rhye
41
12
Haim
42
12
Eugene McGuinness
43
12
Travis Porter
44
12
Lower Dens
45
12
Katalyst
46
12
Dirty Three
47
12
The Temper Trap
50
13
Carnivals
51
13
Kirko Bangz
52
13
Brantley Gilbert
53
13
Simian Mobile Disco
54
13
The Twilight Sad
55
13
Bleeding Knees Club
56
13
Swizz Beatz x A$AP Rocky x araabMUZIK
57
13
M. Ward
58
13
Saschienne
59
13
TYGA
60
13
Civil Twilight
61
13
Zulu Winter
62
13
Emeli Sandé
63
13
Sufjan Stevens
64
13
Jack Penate
65
13
Jai Paul
67
14
Seams
68
14
Figure 16 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart
26
Artist
Rank
Avg Position
Killer Mike
69
14
The Drums
70
14
Gossling
71
14
Parachute Youth
72
14
Field Music
73
14
Wolf & Cub
74
14
Cloud Nothings
75
14
Crushed Beaks
76
15
Yoofs
77
15
Mister Lies
78
15
Georgia Anne Muldrow
79
15
San Cisco
80
15
Niki & The Dove
81
15
Dragonette
82
15
Ben Howard
83
15
Zedd
84
15
Night Works
85
16
Spector
86
16
Korallreven
87
16
School Of Seven Bells
88
16
Horse Feathers
89
16
Alex Clare
90
16
Young Magic
91
16
The Horrors
92
16
Shearwater
94
16
All The Young
96
16
KAVINSKY
97
17
Vacationer
98
17
Marina and the Diamonds
99
17
Tribes
100
17
Odd Future
101
17
Charlene Soraia
102
17
Tanlines
103
17
Becoming Real
104
17
Flux Pavilion
105
17
Figure 16 (continued): Top 100 Artists on We Are Hunted Emerging Chart
27
Appendix C - All Artists by Facebook Reach This section presents the top Artists ranked by their Facebook Reach. Reach is calculated as the sum of the standard deviations of the Likes, Shares, Clicks and Comments of each artist's Facebook page compared to the rest.
Artist
Rank
Shares
Likes
Comments
Clicks
Rihanna
1
16,106
55,548,054
45,503
45
Justin Bieber
2
10,485
42,766,448
6,404
872
Regina Spektor
3
2,580
1,200
880
31,373
Katy Perry
4
3,309
42,390,280
2,365
1,289
Selena Gomez
5
2,330
3,719
415
17,713
Crystal Castles
6
4,428
1,673
1,634
10,437
Chris Brown
7
4,568
21,160,176
1,225
644
Paramore
8
3,185
20,821,417
856
1,986
Alicia Keys
9
2,292
17,387,477
3,003
15
The Bloody Beetroots
10
4,538
2,649
2,404
4,615
Jennifer Lopez
11
2,395
12,088,653
2,844
1,712
Coldplay
12
1,304
20,254,881
309
1,333
Secondhand Serenade
13
1,238
5,807
1,253
8,616
Rusko
14
1,843
838,394
777
7,582
Taylor Swift
15
1,328
3,373
375
7,340
Mumford And Sons
16
5,266
1,746
1,941
293
Skrillex
17
3,008
5,788,061
2,802
3
Madonna
18
1,845
8,895,306
440
1,898
Trey Songz
19
3,635
7,005
1,628
1,244
Angus Stone
20
3,659
1,652
1,652
790
Sleigh Bells
21
3,747
1,078
2,103
181
Edward Sharpe
22
4,088
1,100
1,543
164
David Guetta
23
1,627
2,175
319
4,496
She & Him
24
2,259
727
1,420
1,975
Bon Iver
25
3,532
1,173,255
617
223
The Gaslight Anthem
26
2,606
20,947
1,329
1,437
Fleet Foxes
27
3,725
753,808
423
241
Figure 17: Top Artists by Facebook Reach
28
Artist
Rank
Shares
Likes
Comments
Clicks
The Black Keys
28
2,609
2,108
1,481
1,236
Foo Fighters
29
750
7,680,074
358
1,027
Jeffree Star
30
2,084
1,530
1,121
1,806
First Aid Kit
31
2,120
585
843
1,990
Lil Wayne
32
3,127
5,259
636
501
Nicki Minaj
33
2,262
1,980,907
540
900
A Day To Remember
34
2,235
2,040
1,378
1,035
Local Natives
35
2,914
505
1,191
126
Beach House
36
2,661
946
1,096
475
Black Veil Brides
37
1,886
1,891,189
1,631
37
Lady GaGa
38
2,499
10,769
1,056
451
Bonobo
39
2,071
901
686
1,264
Drake
40
1,570
2,290
262
2,296
Protest The Hero
41
1,387
745
888
1,897
The Civil Wars
42
2,402
1,892
1,349
15
Crookers
43
1,213
569
284
2,442
Birdy
44
1,146
353
264
2,528
The Drums
45
2,302
287,497
961
104
Miike Snow
46
2,441
534
733
204
Carrie Underwood
47
721
6,989,327
88
3
Demon Hunter
48
1,096
933
642
2,055
Eyes Set to Kill
49
969
875,150
1,012
1,406
Mary J. Blige
50
842
4,727,360
815
9
T-Pain
51
878
6,033,775
82
2
The Temper Trap
52
2,275
412
635
157
Washed Out
53
2,078
54,740
758
206
Miss May I
54
1,338
5,089
2,108
97
Lacuna Coil
55
950
3,096
790
1,795
We Have Band
56
1,295
408
385
1,545
Little Dragon
57
1,800
393
452
731
Breakbot
58
1,261
593
448
1,336
James Blake
59
1,715
1,568
1,023
178
Far East Movement
60
2,055
859
569
48
Parov Stelar
61
1,520
970
634
727
Soko
62
973
434
335
1,768
Ellie Goulding
63
1,450
1,515,369
477
197
Toro y Moi
64
1,700
70,071
861
100
Pretty Lights
65
1,536
483
465
675
Figure 17 (continued): Top Artists by Facebook Reach
29
Artist
Rank
Shares
Likes
Comments
Clicks
George Strait
66
774
4,202,431
360
0
Suicide Silence
67
1,392
4,108
1,059
358
Zola Jesus
68
830
413
446
1,664
The Do
69
1,757
611
213
513
Atmosphere
70
1,012
838,946
237
1,137
coeur de pirate
71
1,790
514
575
52
Band of Horses
72
1,568
858,747
533
16
Frank Turner
74
1,614
295
497
292
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
75
1,715
478
457
157
Laura Marling
76
1,294
359
391
784
Semi Precious Weapons
77
647
209,145
373
1,505
Hot Chip
78
1,404
602
401
452
Delta Spirit
79
941
323
399
1,110
Iron & Wine
80
1,448
896
723
83
Zeds Dead
81
1,417
1,076
749
79
Cocoon
82
1,029
329
198
1,095
School Of Seven Bells
83
1,136
23,184
296
816
Fanfarlo
84
1,407
280
489
231
Timber Timbre
85
1,496
653
533
40
Huoratron
86
766
238
409
1,196
Sleeping With Sirens
87
1,145
896
1,032
26
The Agonist
88
694
905
396
1,228
The Joy Formidable
89
1,272
511
444
339
Noah and the Whale
90
1,455
341
368
113
Lady Antebellum
91
1,442
1,168
411
89
The Glitch Mob
92
948
301,321
194
817
Russian Circles
93
1,276
450
647
77
Oh Land
94
1,164
575
473
335
Mutemath
95
1,199
205,651
261
353
Cee-Lo
96
1,257
546
667
0
Japandroids
97
1,075
117
278
592
Young Jeezy
98
568
3,461,963
35
0
Agnes Obel
99
1,208
819
690
8
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour
100
1,161
899
319
374
Colbie Caillat
101
852
853,176
167
568
Figure 17 (continued): Top Artists by Facebook Reach
30
Appendix D - All Publishers by Internet Reach This section presents the top Music News publishers ranked by their Facebook Reach. Reach is calculated as the sum of the standard deviations of the Likes, Shares, Clicks and Comments of each publisher compared to the rest.
Publisher
Rank
Shares
Likes
Comments
Clicks
Daytrotter.com
1
12,300
4,626
5,548
2,586
Pitchfork
2
12,600
3,593
6,735
245
Metal Hammer
3
2,251
9,602
2,526
47
Alternative Press
4
2,141
6,266
1,936
6,936
Between The Sheets Podcast & Gaye Ann's Playlist
5
4,855
7,915
2,715
0
MTV Newsroom
6
902
8,453
1,913
0
Rolling Stone
7
5,642
4,224
2,782
2,770
La Blogoth que mp3blog
8
6,710
2,025
2,182
3,201
DJ Magazine
9
4,456
3,425
2,264
888
Hypebeast
10
5,039
1,972
1,152
5,078
HIPSTER RUNOFF
11
5,493
1,054
2,269
2,992
AbsolutePunk
12
1,248
4,267
1,024
158
Noisecreep
13
1,190
4,190
818
11
fresh new tracks
14
4,756
2,123
1,475
58
NME
15
3,780
1,974
1,297
822
Idolator
16
641
1,592
466
3,203
earmilk.com
17
3,929
1,017
1,301
25
the kollection
18
3,428
992
1,393
0
aurgasm
19
4,161
651
1,295
226
The A.V. Club
20
3,112
660
1,598
23
XXLMag.com
21
2,031
1,702
766
248
There Goes The Fear
22
1,279
1,765
930
0
indie shuffle
23
3,054
759
1,259
36
Metal Injection
24
1,061
1,386
575
1,165
RealTalkNY
25
3,179
1,270
521
50
2dopeboyz
26
2,739
482
670
1,198
DJ Booth
27
2,164
1,159
419
642
Figure 18: Top Music News Publishers
31
Publisher
Rank
Shares
Likes
Comments
Clicks
GAFFA.dk
28
933
1,352
774
308
rap-up
29
1,240
215
187
2,878
stereogum
30
1,871
324
433
1,808
Spin
31
1,776
1,142
588
18
AllHipHop.com
32
1,389
461
310
1,901
Paste Magazine
33
1,660
756
599
611
HipHopDX
34
2,491
733
578
23
Classic Rock Magazine
35
929
1,150
478
342
Gotta Dance Dirty
36
2,340
510
699
165
Dancing Astronaut
37
1,850
882
491
7
PunkNews
38
769
587
430
1,299
Spinner.com
39
1,520
822
585
103
Guardian music
40
546
1,364
391
0
ill roots
41
963
924
602
23
Pretty Much Amazing
42
1,873
711
457
71
Mixmag
43
1,140
645
300
685
club fono grama
44
994
745
412
5
Vacay Wave
45
1,647
406
515
16
brooklynvegan
46
1,682
232
416
376
Gorilla vs Bear
47
1,683
259
466
154
The Wire
48
817
700
335
13
An Aquarium Drunkard
49
1,486
274
343
330
said the gramophone
50
1,301
329
282
375
Faster Louder
51
457
277
270
942
The Music Ninja
52
1,512
236
448
10
Rap Basement
53
1,417
213
191
381
Fuel Fandango
54
440
593
331
4
Beyond Race
55
115
868
136
4
CMJ New Music Monthly
56
741
452
251
156
White Folks Get Crunk
57
1,068
355
285
26
Pigeons and Planes
58
1,146
329
276
26
Minimal Freaks
59
1,444
303
191
34
Undertheradar.co.nz
60
694
409
330
12
R.fm
61
887
432
164
60
The FADER
62
817
227
175
433
CHROMEMUSIC
63
1,310
237
207
30
Sound On The Sound
64
469
400
214
172
Discobelle
65
812
338
123
156
Figure 18 (continued): Top Music News Publishers
32
Publisher
Rank
Shares
Likes
Comments
Clicks
Nialler9 Music Blog
66
360
388
263
3
Buzzbands.LA
67
465
415
185
14
The Burning Ear
68
848
194
272
5
Consequence of Sound
69
658
288
210
12
Einstein Music Journal
70
364
317
204
131
JUICE
71
280
469
142
6
DANCEiSM
72
707
194
229
63
fluo kids
73
622
112
87
518
HearYa: An Indie Music Blog
74
401
344
110
180
Alter The Press
75
341
352
207
4
Under the Radar
76
429
329
146
37
swedesplease
77
568
171
176
180
bigstereo
78
742
108
143
247
Drowned In Sound
79
483
180
75
327
LeMellotron
80
571
302
95
12
Metal Insider
81
393
187
233
78
Beatportal
82
513
187
146
161
TheNeedleDrop
83
620
116
263
0
nyctaper
84
693
137
210
10
AudioPorn Central
85
523
132
150
223
Who The Bloody Hell Are They?
86
225
157
161
319
the bay bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music
87
311
102
103
452
Motel de Moka
88
651
98
177
120
Pachaholic
89
620
240
109
0
The Quietus
90
644
166
171
7
Potholes In My Blog
91
445
263
129
8
The Word Is Bond
92
397
240
145
0
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
93
388
234
127
45
HARD CANDY
94
297
273
96
83
bring your jack
95
306
312
89
7
Buzz Grinder
96
46
20
8
842
Dallas Observer - Music
97
343
156
107
225
Killed By Death Records
98
517
98
92
250
Soundvenue
99
281
241
97
117
BaebleMusic
100
433
109
128
209
Figure 18 (continued): Top Music News Publishers
33
