Gorillaz became the most popular act on MySpace

Dec 12, 2008
MySpace webservice revealed its top eight most popular acts and most watched music videos of 2008. Gorillaz have taken the first place – their personal webpage has 682,875 friends. The band, created by Blur frontman Damon Albarn, beat The Bullet For My Valentine and Amy Winehouse.

Madonna’s music video 4 Minutes became the most popular video of the year. The second place was taken by The Verve’s song Love Is Noise.

The list of most popular musical acts on MySpace in 2008 is:
Gorillaz (682,875 friends)
Bullet for My Valentine (596,885 friends)
Amy Winehouse (542,268 friends)
Coldplay (525,110 friends)
Lily Allen (462,159 friends)
MIA (399,858 friends)
Oasis (353,484 friends)
Imogen Heap (351,484 friends)

The list of the most popular songs is:
Madonna - 4 Minutes
The Verve - Love Is Noise
BPA and Dizzee Rascal - Toe Jam
Justice - DVNO
Oasis - Im Outta Time
Dragonforce - Heroes of Our Time
Sigur Ros - Inni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur
The Raconteurs - Old Enough