Music Map: Find Out Who’s Listening to What and Where

Posted by Mike Richard on November 4, 2007
Filed under: Music, Sidelines

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With Gracenote.com’s Music Map you can zoom in on countries around the world to find out what folks are listening to.

I’m not entirely sure how this is useful to travelers, other than to determine the rather eclectic musical tastes of locals in the countries you’re planning to visit. Let’s take a quick tour, picking five countries at random:

Malaysians really dig the eclectic mix of Linkin Park, Avril Lavigne, and Mariah Carey - in that order.

Saudi Arabians like The Beatles, Mariah Carey, and The Rolling Stones.

(What’s with the interest in Mariah Carey? Note to self: perhaps I can use this to determine which countries adore her and cross those off of my RTW to-do list.)

Belgians on the other hand like things a little more my speed: U2, The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Pink Floyd.

Now we’re getting somewhere.

Estonians really rock out with Linkin Park, Metallica, Queen, Terminator, System of a Down, and Rammstein.

Final note: if musical taste represents any semblance of what to expect in a given country, might want to bring a helmet to Estonia.

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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.



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Comments

nina
November 4th, 2007 - 7:56 pm

Wow, 5 out of the top 10 artists listed under the Philippines are local. Interesting. But damnit, why is Mariah Carey there?!


Preya
November 5th, 2007 - 3:11 am

Oh you have no idea. Growing up in Vietnam was like growing up in a teenage Mariah Carey fan’s bedroom. And Air Supply. The place was rife with Air Supply. And if you’ve never heard of Michael Learns to Rock, you’re lucky.


Mike
November 5th, 2007 - 10:37 am

Nina: It seems no country is safe from her ear-splitting, glass-cracking, opera-esque voice.


Mike
November 5th, 2007 - 10:38 am

Preya: C’mon! Air Supply. You’re going to sit there with a straight face and tell me that “All Out of Love” isn’t one of the greatest contributions to musical history ever?