http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Rahmanthe-most-downloaded-Indian-artist/articleshow/5985261.cms
Britain has become the top country to download Bollywood music abroad while AR
Rahman has been declared the most downloaded Indian artist, according to a new
research .
Bollywood tracks have found particular favour with listeners in Britain, where
over one in four tracks downloaded is a Bollywood song. Following suit in the
downloading department are Singaporeans at the second spot, who are responsible
for nearly a third (31 per cent) of all Indian music downloads outside India.
While Finland and Germany occupy the third and fourth slots respectively,
Australian music fans account for a fifth of the global total.
The UAE, South Africa, Switzerland, Mexico and Russia round off the top 10
respectively. In India, Bollywood songs represent over half of all downloaded
tracks (54 per cent), with western pop and ghazal next in line. Among Indian
artistes, Oscar-award winning music composer AR Rahman leads the way as the
world’s most downloaded Indian artiste. He is followed in popularity by
playback singer Sonu Nigam, JoJo, Himesh Reshammiya and Shaan.
Udit Narayan, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Salim-Sulaiman occupy the rest of
the spots in that order. The research was conducted by a mobile phone company
based on the number of downloaded songs across 35 countries until mid-March
2010.
