Rahman,the most downloaded Indian artist 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. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Music/Rahmanthe-most-downloaded-Indian-artist/articleshow/5985261.cms
