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Australia’s 40 Most Popular Songs Online for ‘07

 
Fergie, Fall Out Boy and Rihanna top the list of this year’s most streamed songs according to

the take40.com Top 40 Streamed Songs 2007.



Take 40 Australia is delighted to present Australia’s most streamed songs of 2007, celebrating

the rise and rise of online music and the increasing popularity of streaming media with Aussie

music lovers.



Take 40 Australia, the first and longest running music countdown in the country and now one

of the country’s biggest online music destinations, reported over 12 million legal plays of new

music and classic tracks from the Take 40 weekly chart and massive online library in 2007,

indicating that Australian music lovers have well and truly embraced streaming music.



Whilst the ‘click and buy’ digital music download market tends to get all the headlines with

iTunes and BigPond Music taking the lion’s share of dollars in 2007, the online streaming side

of the business is challenging this user pays model.



Provided completely free to visitors, the streaming music service adopted by take40.com

works in the same way as traditional media outlets. All running costs (including royalty

payments to the record labels and artists responsible for producing the music) are covered by

companies who pay to place advertising on the site. This format allows for a high resolution

video and audio experience at absolutely no cost to website users, whist ensuring that the

artists and companies responsible for creating the music are paid.



Based on video and audio plays on take40.com the Take 40.com Top 40 Streamed Songs 2007 is

a real mixed bag featuring Australia’s favourite rock, pop and R+B hits.



Check out all these songs and thousands more at www.take40.com



take40.com Top 40 Streamed Songs 2007

TITLE ARTIST



1 Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) Fergie

2 Thnks fr th Mmrs Fall Out Boy

3 Umbrella Rihanna

4 Dance Floor Anthem Good Charlotte

5 Girlfriend Avril Lavigne

6 Can't Touch It Ricki-Lee

7 Don't Miss You Amy Pearson

8 Beautiful Girls Sean Kingston

9 Dear Mr President Pink

10 The Way I Are Timbaland

11 LoveStoned Justin Timberlake

12 Never Again Kelly Clarkson

13 Stronger Kanye West

14 Love Today Mika

15 When You're Gone Avril Lavigne

16 Destination Calabria Alex G

17 Shut Up and Drive Rihanna

18 Glamorous Fergie

19 Hook Me Up Veronicas, The

20 4 In The Morning Gwen Stefani

21 Don't Matter Akon

22 How Far We've Come Matchbox 20

23 Candyman Christina Aguilera

24 All Good Things Nelly Furtado

25 In This Life Delta Goodrem

26 Leave Me Alone Pink

27 Makes Me Wonder Maroon 5

28 It's Not Over Daughtry

29 Grace Kelly Mika

30 Hey There Delilah Plain White T's

31 Better Than Me Hinder

32 The Take Over, The Breaks Over Fall Out Boy

33 Gimme More Britney Spears

34 Like This Kelly Rowland ft. Eve

35 Lips Of An Angel Hinder

36 This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race Fall Out Boy

37 What I've Done Linkin Park

38 Teenagers My Chemical Romance

39 Just A Song About Ping Pong Operator Please

40 Straight Lines Silverchair





Take 40 Australia



Take 40 Australia is the nation’s first and longest running music countdown. The Take 40

brand encompasses radio, online, television and new media. Using a combination of radio

airplay, digital and retail sales the Take 40 chart is Australia’s most trusted record of the week’s

biggest songs. Hosted by Andrew G, and broadcast nationally each week to over 1.5 million

listeners, Take 40 is the country’s most listened to weekly music radio programme. With a

focus on the biggest stars, Take 40 Australia is truly ‘the home of the hits’



take40.com



The online home for Take 40 Australia, take40.com is one of Australia’s leading music websites.

Featuring the weekly Take 40 countdown, the site also offers free audio and video streaming,

daily entertainment news, exclusive interviews and innovative promotions.



mcm entertainment



mcm entertainment is one of Australia’s most innovative media entertainment groups. With

an expertise in music and entertainment media production, mcm creates advertiser driven

properties across traditional and new media platforms.



mcm is renowned for its nationally syndicated radio brands including Take 40 Australia,

The Hot Hits, Planet Rock, My Generation and The Jonathan Coleman Experience.



The group also publishes several of the nation’s top rating music entertainment websites,

including take40.com and thehothits.com.



mcm entertainment has developed and produced several television series, including Live at

The Chapel and Take 40 Live Lounge.



mcm supplies programming to hundreds of radio stations, free to air and subscription TV

networks as well as publishing its own internet and mobile content.



17 April 2008

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